| Please visit our website for more information about us and our PGY2 Pharmacy Informatics program Overview Pharmacists who complete the Vizient® PGY2 Pharmacy Informatics Residency Program will be equipped with the knowledge and skills to leverage data effectively in the evolving medication use process. As a resident, you will develop a comprehensive understanding on the use of informatics from clinical, operational and leadership perspectives. You will engage with experienced preceptors and mentors with diverse backgrounds from health care to analytics, as well as leaders from Vizient member institutions. This unique opportunity to develop leadership, advanced programming and database management skills will enable you to become a leader in the informatics realm and prepare you to serve in a wide range of pharmacy related roles. Who we are Vizient is the nation’s largest member-driven health care performance improvement company. Our diverse membership includes academic medical centers, pediatric facilities, community hospitals, integrated health delivery networks and non-acute health care providers that together represent more than $100 billion in annual purchasing volume. Vizient members are interested in learning from our trusted experts and from each other to find ways to accelerate performance and improve care. Membership gives health care organizations access to the many ways we at Vizient help optimize each interaction along the continuum of care. The residency Data analytics and informatics are the backbone of everything we do at Vizient. Our pharmacy analytics team continually pushes the envelope to provide our members meaningful and actionable data and insights to support their efforts to drive cost-effective care and improve clinical outcomes. The pharmacy informatics resident is integral to advancing the data platforms our members use to optimize their pharmacy performance. Core learning experiences - Orientation
- Forecast analytics I & II
- Pharmacy sourcing and program services
- Analytic resource development
- Clinical applications I: clinical databases
- Clinical applications II: clinical reporting
- Longitudinal
- Advisory consulting
- Health system and operational informatics
- Residency project
Precepting opportunities - Advanced pharmacy practice experience (APPE) precepting
Elective learning experiences - Analytics resource development
- Drug information
- Administrative analytics
- Clinical analytics and data science
- Informatics project management
- Executive pharmacy leadership
- Teaching certificate through local college of pharmacy
Travel Occasional travel may be required. Professional meetings may include the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) Midyear Clinical Meeting and Vizient University Health System Consortium network meetings. Travel expenses are reimbursed for meetings and rotation activities that are approved by the residency program director. Benefits - Estimated annual stipend: $60,000
- 14 days paid time off in addition to holidays
- Medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance
- Eligibility for Health Savings Account and 401(k) savings plan
Program information Start date: July 5, 2021 Residency program director Bryan Shaw, PharmD Director, Pharmacy Analytics and Informatics Residency coordinators Amanda Melton, PharmD, BCPS Senior Clinical Manager Carina Dolan, PharmD, BCOP Senior Director, Clinical Oncology and Pharmaceutical Outcomes Residency site 290 E. John Carpenter Freeway Irving, TX 75062 | 
