ASHP's Section of Pharmacy Informatics and Technology has five Section Advisory Groups (SAGs) to help you engage with ASHP and colleagues who share similar interests. SAG volunteer opportunities are open for application annually in the spring.
SAG on Clinical Applications
The main focus of the SAG on Clinical Applications is development of recommendations to assist pharmacists in the design, implementation, interoperability, and use of clinical applications. This SAG supports both clinical and operational workflows, promotes patient safety and provides structure for positive health outcomes in all spectrums of practice, from acute through ambulatory care, to specialty and infusion, and throughout transitions of care and setting. This includes, but is not limited to, electronic health records, electronic prescribing, personal health records, quality measures, medication reconciliation, virtual care (including telehealth), digital health and electronic documentation of pharmacists’ clinical services crossing the continuum of care.
Leadership
Chair
Andrea Duong, PharmD
Clinical Instructor/ Clinical Pharmacist
University of Illinois Chicago
Chicago, IL
Vice Chair
Jessica Zebracki, PharmD
Pharmacy Informaticist
Mount Sinai Health System
New York, NY
Current SAG on Clinical Applications Roster
SAG on Clinical Decision Support
The SAG on Clinical Decision Support aims to enhance clinical workflows and optimize the medication use process by refining clinical decision support tools and integrating innovative functionalities into electronic health records and clinical information systems. Our goal is to improve patient outcomes and safety through better decision making in the medication use process.
Leadership
Chair
Pooja Ojha, PharmD
Medication Management Informaticist
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN
Vice Chair
Marc Willner, PharmD
Lead Pharmacy Informatics Specialist
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH
Current SAG on Clinical Decision Support Roster
SAG on Data Analytics
The SAG on Data Analytics is dedicated to managing, analyzing, and applying healthcare data to support clinical and business decision-making to optimize the medication use process. By leveraging advanced analytics, artificial intelligence, and machine learning tools, our goal is to improve patient outcomes and safety through better decision making.
Leadership
Chair
Samantha Bastow, PharmD, MBA
Associate Director, Clinical Integration
Becton, Dickinson and Company
Seminole, FL
Vice Chair
Emi Radetich, PharmD, BCPS
Resident
University of Utah Health
Salt Lake City, UT
Current SAG on Data Analytics Roster
SAG on Educational and Professional Development
The SAG on Educational and Professional Development is focused on providing educational opportunities and training materials for practicing and future Pharmacy Informaticists. The Educational and Professional Development Advisory Group develops submissions to AJHP to support all facets of health information technology, reviews and develops Section resources, and supports publication of informatics research. This advisory group is also involved in planning educational and networking opportunities at ASHP and other national meetings possibly in conjunction with the Section’s other SAGs.
Leadership
Chair
Varintorn Aramvareekul, BSPharm, RPh, MHSA, MBA, CPHIMS, CPEL, CPHQ, CSSGB, DPLA, FACHE, PMP, SHIMSS
President
VBA Consulting Group
North Bethesda, MD
Vice Chair
Heather Nelkin, PharmD, MBA, BCOP, DPLA
Associate Director, Evidence Generation Lead Medical Affairs
BD
Winston Salem, NC
Current SAG on Educational and Professional Development Roster
SAG on Operations and Automation
The SAG on Operations and Automation is focused on safe, interoperable, efficient use and ongoing maintenance of centralized and decentralized medication-use technology, including, but not limited to, automated dispensing cabinets, carousels, packagers, compounders, robotics, smart infusion devices and pumps, bar coded medication administration, inventory, tracking, machine readable technologies, financial and other related technologies throughout the closed loop medication cycle and across care settings.
Leadership
Chair
Christopher Goncalo, PharmD, BCPS
Director, Inpatient Pharmacy Operations
Boston Medical Center
Boston, MA
Vice Chair
John Hill, PharmD, MS, BCPS, BCSCP, CPEL, FASHP
Director, Medication Use Systems and Automation
The Johns Hopkins Health System
Baltimore, MD
Current SAG on Operations and Automation Roster
Pharmacy Health Information Technology (PHIT) Collaborative
The Pharmacy HIT Collaborative Committees and Workgroups focus on supporting use of standardized electronic health records that support safe, efficient and effective medication use and continuity of care, and provide access to the pharmacists' patient care services by other members of the healthcare team. The PHIT Collaborative works to assure pharmacists' roles in provision of patient care services are recognized and integrated into the National HIT Interoperable framework.
The Pharmacy HIT Collaborative’s Volunteer Workgroups help facilitate the Collaborative’s efforts. Representative PHIT Collaborative Workgroup members from SOPIT are appointed by the Executive Committee.
PHIT Workgroup 1 - Professional Service Claims and Codes
PHIT Workgroup 2 - Professional Service Documentation and Coding
PHIT Workgroup 3 -Electronic Clinical Exchange and Workflow
PHIT Workgroup 4 - Pharmacy Systems Interoperability
