Formulary management
The Alfred Health Formulary helps to promote the use of evidence-based medicine, ensuring that clinical practice guidelines incorporate updated treatment algorithms that maximise patient outcomes.
The role of the Formulary Manager is closely linked to the hospital’s Drug and Therapeutics Committee (DTC). The hospital formulary, defined as a compilation of pharmaceuticals revised regularly to reflect the current clinical judgement of the medical staff, is a crucial component of patient care.
Management of the formulary is part of a larger medication-use quality improvement initiative monitored by DTC, which is designed to endure safe and appropriate prescribing, distribution, and administration of medications throughout the facility, and ensuring that medications are accessible to our patients.
