Andrew Ten Eick

About Andrew Ten Eick

I am a highly knowledgeable and compassionate SENIOR PHARMACY PROFESSIONAL with 17+ years of experience managing both the clinical and patient service aspects of hospital-based pharmaceutical care. I use my deep understanding of pharmacology and my high-level managerial skills to provide compliant, cutting-edge, compassionate patient care and efficient pharmacy management.With a demonstrated ability to develop and maintain collaborative scientific relationships with physicians, nurses, and other key opinion leaders, I am committed to building strategic plans for processes, policies, and models that promote patient care and safety.I also am a qualified, capable educator and faculty member with extensive experience creating and presenting continuing education opportunities. I support and participate in pharmaceutical research and am skilled in maintaining regulatory and legal compliance while managing large, complex pharmacy operations across multiple locations.Pharmacy | Pharmacology | Clinical Research | Teaching | Medical Affairs | Compliance Cross-Functional Team Leadership | Patient Education | Physician Relations | Management | Team Building Clinical Development | Scientific Presentations | Leadership | Budget Management

Experience

1. Director of Pharmacy-ochsner Baptist Medical Center

   Ochsner Health

   Jan 2015 — Present · New Orleans, LA, US

   Recruited to provide strategic, agile planning and direction for 230 licensed bed and flagship NICU facility of Ochsner Health System. Manage $5.2M budget and develop relationships with physicians and other key opinion leaders. Establish new technologies, provide action items for continual process improvement, and ensure regulatory compliance. Create peer-to-peer opportunities for continuing education and staff development.• Improve communication and relationships with physicians and nurses by creating and a program to put pharmacists on the hospital floor as well as rounding in nursing units. Results include improved patient care, increased productivity, reduced time for medication delivery, and enhanced opportunities for collaboration with and education of medical staff.• Pitch and receive approval to purchase and implement new gravimetric IV workflows for 10-15 doctors and 7-10 CRNAs as well as JACHO compliant drug label printer for 13 anesthesiologists that increased productivity, enhanced patient care, and ensured regulatory compliance. • Engage with KOLs (5 physicians, 5 neonatal nurse practitioners) responsible for 54 NICU beds to successfully educate them on the need to hire a clinical NICU pharmacist.• Assist in developing and leading multi-functional medical reconciliation team for emergency department patients that surpassed goal of collecting complete medical histories for 75% of patients by 20%, reaching 95% of patients admitted to the emergency room/hospital.• Play critical role in bringing chemotherapy operations within the main pharmacy, opening a satellite location, and developing standard operating system for chemotherapy and sterile product production.• Create and lead multiple cross-functional teams and committees including: medical safety, opioid stewardship, antibiotic stewardship, and hypoglycemia committee.• Spearhead development, implementation, and education surrounding USP 800 and ensure compliance with USP 795, 797, and 800.

Education

• University of Iowa

  Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.), Pharmacy

  1994 — 1996

• Cleveland Clinic Foundation

  Pharmacy Residency, Clinical Pharmacy

  1996 — 1997

• Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

  Pediatric Clinical Pharmacology/Toxicology Fellowship, Clinical Pharmacology/Toxicology

  1997 — 2000

• University of Iowa

  Bachelor of Pharmacy (B.Pharm.), Pharmacy

  1988 — 1994

Skills

• Management
• Clinical Trials
• Clinical Pharmacy
• Research
• Pharmaceutical Industry
• U.s. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (Hipaa)
• Patient Safety
• Meditech
• Inpatient
• Pharmacy Benefit Management
• Disease Management
• Informatics
• Hospital Pharmacy
• Medicine
• Healthcare
• Cross Functional Team Building
• Inpatient Care
• Healthcare Information Technology (Hit)
• Medication Therapy Management
• Working with Physicians
• Managed Care
• Ambulatory Care
• Quality Patient Care
• Medicaid
• Pediatric Intensive Care
• Pharmacists
• Hospitals
• Healthcare Information Technology
• Electronic Medical Record (Emr)
• Pharmacy
• Healthcare Management
• Patient Counseling
• Jcaho
• Clinical Research
• Clinical Pharmacology
• Pharmacy Automation
• Pediatrics
• Acute Care
• Cross-Functional Collaborations
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership