Improved Outcomes and Cost Savings Associated With Pharmacist Presence in the Emergency Department

Author:

McAllister Matthew W.1,Chestnutt Joshua G.1

Affiliation:

1. Midtown Medical Center, Columbus, GA, USA

Abstract

Purpose: The study sought to determine whether the inclusion of a pharmacist on the emergency department (ED) resuscitation team was associated with improved compliance with the Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) guidelines and patient survival. The study also evaluated cost avoidance associated with a pharmacist providing clinical services to the ED. Methods: Cardiac arrest event records were evaluated for compliance with ACLS guidelines as well as for whether or not a pharmacist was involved as a member of the resuscitation team. Pharmacists documented all interventions performed while physically present in the ED which were utilized to associate cost avoidance. Results: When a pharmacist assisted as a member of the resuscitation team, a significant increase in the percentage of medications administered in compliance with the ACLS guidelines was noted (78% vs 67%, P = .0255). An increase in survival to hospital admission (25% vs 17.8%, P = .0155) was also noted though no significant increase in survival to hospital discharge (15% vs 4.4%, P = .6392) was observed. Over a 5-month period, pharmacists in the ED performed 1200 interventions, which created US$98 362 in cost avoidance. This extrapolates to approximately US$320 000 per year in cost avoidance. Conclusion: Inclusion of a pharmacist as a member of the resuscitation team improved compliance with medications administered according to the ACLS guidelines and increased survival to hospital admission, though survival to hospital discharge was unaffected. The presence of a pharmacist in the ED was associated with approximately US$320 000 in cost avoidance per year, if not more.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Pharmacology (medical),Pharmacology,Pharmacy

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