Our Facility—Most Modern In Upstate New York

Pharmacy residents participate in the physician order entry program using a Pyxis Profile System.

The automated system, designed to improve patient safety and the quality of clinical care, was implemented in 2005.

Our new pharmacy was built in 2005 and the new design is driven by a high degree of computerization with respect to medication ordering, distribution and inventory management.

• Vertical carousels provide state-of-the-art technology for inventory and allow bar coding for individual medications and inventory tracking for just-in-time delivery.
• A physician order entry system was implemented in 2005 with a wireless computer verification to increase pharmacy rounding with physicians.

Residency Site—University Hospital

University Hospital, the area's only Level-1 trauma center, has decentralized pharmacy services for every patient care area.

Ambulatory Care Services

Ambulatory care services include:

• Pharmacy based anticoagulation clinic and a regional oncology center
• Upstate New York Poison Control Center, which serves 34 counties, are also drug information center training sites.

In 2005, SUNY Upstate University Hospital was recognized by the University Health Consortium as the best performer in medication safety management among academic medical centers.