Christopher Fortier is the Manager of Pharmacy Support Services at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) and a Clinical Assistant Professor with the South Carolina College of Pharmacy – MUSC Campus. Dr. Fortier received his Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Connecticut and completed both a PGY-1 Practice Residency and a PGY-2 Health-System Pharmacy Administration Residency at the Medical University of South Carolina Medical Center.
As the Manager of Pharmacy Support Services he oversees procurement/contracting, controlled substances, repackaging, compounding, give-in-clinic, and investigational drug services. Dr. Fortier has recently lead the implementation of bar code medication administration and smart infusions pumps across the organization.
As a member of the ASHP Practice Manager Section he serves as the immediate past chair on the sections Leadership Development Advisory Group (2005-present). Additionally, he is a representative on the ASHP Foundation’s Center for Health-System Pharmacy Leadership Student & New Practitioner Leadership Task Force (2007-present). Dr. Fortier has served on the ASHP New Practitioners Forum Executive Committee for two years, serving as the vice-chair in 2006-2007. Dr. Fortier is also involved with the University HealthSystem Consortium’s (UHC) Pharmacy Council in which he is a member of the Pharmacy Council’s Executive Committee and chairs the Medication Use Informatics and Technology Committee. Dr. Fortier is a member of the South Carolina Society of Health System Pharmacists and serves on the Continuing Education Committee (2006-present).
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Mark Siska, RPh, MBA/TM, Assistant Director Pharmacy Informatics & Technology, Mayo Clinic
Mark Siska is the Assistant Director of Informatics and Technology for Pharmacy Services at Mayo Clinic Rochester. He has been actively engaged in the development, implementation, support & oversight of medication related electronic applications and automation at Mayo Clinic Rochester for 11 years. Mark is currently the past chair of the American Society of Health System Pharmacists Section of Informatics and Technology and recently served on the National Quality Forum’s Health IT structural measures steering committee. He received his Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy Degree from the University of Illinois, College of Pharmacy in 1980, completed his Hospital Pharmacy Resident training at Saint Mary’s Hospital in 1981and recently completed his MBA in technology management.
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Christopher Fortier is the Manager of Pharmacy Support Services at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) and a Clinical Assistant Professor with the South Carolina College of Pharmacy – MUSC Campus. Dr. Fortier received his Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Connecticut and completed both a PGY-1 Practice Residency and a PGY-2 Health-System Pharmacy Administration Residency at the Medical University of South Carolina Medical Center.
As the Manager of Pharmacy Support Services he oversees procurement/contracting, controlled substances, repackaging, compounding, give-in-clinic, and investigational drug services. Dr. Fortier has recently lead the implementation of bar code medication administration and smart infusions pumps across the organization.
As a member of the ASHP Practice Manager Section he serves as the immediate past chair on the sections Leadership Development Advisory Group (2005-present). Additionally, he is a representative on the ASHP Foundation’s Center for Health-System Pharmacy Leadership Student & New Practitioner Leadership Task Force (2007-present). Dr. Fortier has served on the ASHP New Practitioners Forum Executive Committee for two years, serving as the vice-chair in 2006-2007. Dr. Fortier is also involved with the University HealthSystem Consortium’s (UHC) Pharmacy Council in which he is a member of the Pharmacy Council’s Executive Committee and chairs the Medication Use Informatics and Technology Committee. Dr. Fortier is a member of the South Carolina Society of Health System Pharmacists and serves on the Continuing Education Committee (2006-present).
Describe organizational and department strategies to collect, analyze, and manage data quality.
Identify current status and future developments in the utilization of medication use technologies and informatics-based metrics.
Identify methods to build and develop competence in your analytics team.
Outline examples of strategies and potential barriers to producing medication safety metrics.