UC Irvine Health System
UC Irvine Health System
29/07/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 29/07/2024 17:53
UCI Health pharmacy: Expanding patient-centered care
UCI Health pharmacy: Expanding patient-centered care
Expansion is fueling greater access to academic medicine throughout Orange County and beyond
July 29, 2024
IN THE NEWS: UCI Health Chief Pharmacy Officer Melanie D. Joe, PharmD, recently spoke with Becker's Hospital Review about how the program at Orange County's only academic health system is putting patients first by fueling expanded access to innovative pharmacy services.
"The UCI Health pharmacy team will focus on developing ambulatory patient care strategies, including implementation of home infusion pharmacy services and further growth of clinical pharmacy medication management. We are opening an infusion center pharmacy and a retail pharmacy at the new UCI Health - Irvine medical complex in July, which will expand access to academic medicine across Orange County.
"Our aim is to provide holistic, patient-centered care for specialty acute services in addition to offering solutions in the ambulatory space."
Joe is also the associate director and founding associate dean for Pharmacy Professional Affairs at the UC Irvine School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences. She serves as a liaison between the school and UCI Medical Center in Orange, part of UCI Health. She oversees the UCI Health pharmacy enterprise, which includes infusion centers, ambulatory locations, specialty and integrative medicine services and investigational drug services.