P & T : a peer-reviewed journal for formulary management
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This article presents the third in a series of three interviews that P&T conducted with several members of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) Expert Panel on Formulary Management. In 2008, ASHP convened this panel of experts to develop revised guidelines for P&T committee and formulary management to replace the previous guidance issued in 1991.1 These revised guidelines include recommendations concerning the review and evaluation of drugs for formulary inclusion, pharmacoeconomic assessments, therapeutic interchange, medication-use evaluations (MUEs), management of drug shortages, and many other important topics. In this series, ASHP experts discuss P&T committee and formulary management guidelines in their respective institutions as well as other observations and insights. In Part 3, the author interviews Sabrina Cole, PharmD, Clinical Specialist, Drug Information, at the Grady Health System in Atlanta, Georgia.