Pharmacy Services
At FirstLight Health System, our highly skilled pharmacists are an integral part of your healthcare delivery team. We are dedicated to providing high quality services that foster the efficacy, safety, and cost-effectiveness of drug use. The Department of Pharmacy at FirstLight Health System is a participating member of the patient care team responsible for the outcomes associated with the medication use process. The department consists of pharmacists, as well as technical and support personnel, who work together to assure our patients receive the highest quality of pharmaceutical care possible.
We are proud to offer a variety of services to our patients and healthcare team. Some specific clinical services provided by our pharmacists include; reviewing chemotherapy orders to ensure they are correct and properly dosed, evaluating patients kidney function and adjusting antibiotic doses accordingly, and monitoring INR’s and adjusting warfarin doses if needed. In addition to clinical services the pharmacy department also offers many medication distribution and preparation services as well as educational services.
Clinical Pharmacy services:
- Renal drug monitoring
- Drug interaction monitoring
- Therapeutic drug monitoring
- Anticoagulation monitoring
- Drug order review
Medication distribution and preparation services:
- Efficient medication delivery
- Unit dose dispensing
- Sterile 797 IV admixtures
- Chemotherapy
Educational services:
- Drug information and consultation for care providers
- Pharmacy residency program
- Adjunct faculty for the University of MN, College of Pharmacy
FirstLight Health System now also offers ambulatory care pharmacy services, MTM or Medication Therapy Management. MTM is an every expanding niche for our pharmacists to be more involved in direct patient care and help patients get the best out of their medications. Pharmacists see patients as an outpatient and review entire drug therapy regimens, help prevent side effects and interactions, provide medication and disease state educations and work with primary care providers to make recommendations to optimize therapy.
For more information on pharmacy services or to set up an MTM appointment, please call 320-225-3597.