Table 1.

Inpatient and Outpatient Considerations for Pharmacy Practice Management

Inpatient Considerations	Outpatient Considerations
Limiting exposure to staff and patients
Limiting physical presence •Attending clinical rounds or huddles virtually •Rotating pharmacy staff on- and off-site •Pharmacists to avoid accessing patient rooms (not seeing patients directly) •If rounding in person, maintaining 6 feet from other team members	Limiting physical presence •Concentrating visits on particular days to allow for non-patient visit days •Rotating pharmacy staff on- and off-site •Pharmacists to avoid accessing patient rooms (not seeing patients directly)
Distribution of services
Onsite •Urgent/emergent needs (rapid responses/codes) •Collaboration with other team members •Discharge education Offsite •Medication education and reconciliation •Patient own medication identification •Therapeutic drug monitoring •Order verification, including chemotherapy •Medication adjustments based on renal and liver function •Drug-drug interaction management	Onsite •Urgent/emergent needs (rapid responses/codes) •Help maintain clinic workflow efficiency/throughput •Collaboration with other team members Offsite •Medication education and reconciliation •Oral chemotherapy education and follow-up •Conditioning and transplant education •Laboratory follow up •Therapeutic drug monitoring •Order verification •Chemotherapy order preparation
Technology
Messaging •Chat mechanisms (EMR real-time, Cureatr, Voatle, Skype for Business) •EMR messaging functions •Email •Handouts or medication calendars sent to patient via EMR or through programs such as MedActionPlanPro Audiovisual •Audio call resources (Doximity, Jabber phone, blocked calls from personal line) •Virtual visit capabilities (eg, webcam) •Zoom/Webex/Skype for Business (for communicating with team members) (if approved for use by IT department)