PharmaTAP was established in August 2007 as part of an award from the Lilly Endowment to help Indiana improve the safety, quality and efficiency of healthcare services. The program focuses in three areas:
Operational efficiency and effectiveness of healthcare systems to reduce wait time, delays in care, and resource waste.
Quality and safety of healthcare delivery to reduce potential for patient harm and improve reliability of processes used to support care.
Technology adoption that aligns new technology application with existing processes to minimize potential for new process failures.
Collaborators
PharmaTAP partners with Purdue's Regenstrief Center for Healthcare Engineering (RCHE) and the Healthcare Technical Assistance Program (HTAP) to integrate faculty research capabilities and apply engineering principles to solve problems and improve performance.
PharmaTAP also collaborates with:
- Other subject matter experts to provide clients with the best experience possible.
- Major core system technology vendors and applications in support of their respective project strategies to assure safe technology adoption.
- Academic centers to provide educational opportunities, develop resource materials for new, emerging topics and to support research and performance improvement.
Purdue University PharmaTAP Advisory Council Members
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Steve Abel
Bucke Professor and Head
Purdue School of Pharmacy
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Mary Baker
Hospira
Medical Affairs Manager and Clinical Fellow
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Dawn Blank
Eli Lilly & Co.
Team Leader - Intervention Consulting
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Barry Boudreaux
Medco Health Solutions
Director of Pharmacy Practice
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John J. Brady
Arcadia Resources, Inc.
Vice President, Sales & Marketing
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Mary Burkhardt
Medco Health Solutions
Director of Medication Safety
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Daniel Degnan
Community Hospitals Indianapolis
Medication Safety Officer
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George Elmes, MD
Medical Director, Internal Medicine
The Care Group
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Barry Hart
Freedom Pharmacy
CEO
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Mark Hochstetler, MD
Vice President, Clinical Affairs
VHA Central
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Jan Kirsch
VHA Central
Director, Performance Improvement
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Betsy Lee
Indiana Patient Safety Center
Director
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David McKinnis
Purdue University Technical Assistance
Director
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Kathy Rapala
Aurora Health Care
Director, Clinical Risk Management
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Charles E. Sanders, Jr., MD
Ball Memorial Hospital
Vice President of Medical
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Kathleen Shoemaker
Eli Lilly & Co.
Quality and Reimbursement Consultant
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Ron Snow
CVS Caremark
Manager, Professional & College Relations
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Ray Snowden
Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center
President & CEO
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Timothy W. Vanderveen
Cardinal Health, Inc.
Vice President
