Benefit of Incorporating Clinical Pharmacists in an Adult Intensive Care Unit: A Cost-saving Study.
Daniel Muñoz-PichuanteLorenzo Villa ZapataPublished in: Journal of clinical pharmacy and therapeutics (2020)
The participation of a clinical pharmacist in a multidisciplinary ICU team reduces healthcare expenditures through treatment optimization translated into cost avoidance. This study has corroborated prior evidence that clinical pharmacist involvement in ICUs provides economic value and quality assurance in healthcare settings.