| Goal/Objective The Omnicell Fellowship in Automation Research and Biomedical Informatics is a one-year fellowship program based in Nashville, TN and housed within the Vanderbilt University Adult Hospital. The fellowship is a collaboration between Vanderbilt University Medical Center Pharmacy and Omnicell. This fellowship is intended to provide experience for a Doctor of Pharmacy through apprenticeships in multifunctional, agile teams on real AI, automation and analytics transformation projects. The fellowship is a deliberate learning journey that combines structured technical lessons with “hands-on” biomedical research work as well as informatics activities. This wide breadth of experiences will provide the fellow the skillset necessary to be a leader in advancing both the Autonomous Pharmacy vision and pharmacy education. Essential Functions: The fellow will spend most of his/her time contributing to projects aimed at: - Improving patient and business outcomes for Omnicell One customers
- Furthering the Autonomous Pharmacy vision
- Advancing pharmacy education
- Researching machine learning and/or other quantitative methods
Program Details: Applicant requirements: - Must have graduated from an ACPE-accredited school of pharmacy and be eligible for licensure in Tennessee.
- PGY1 residency preferred, but not required.
- Strong interest in pharmacy operations, pharmacy informatics, project planning, data analytics, medication safety, and customer service.
- Maintain up-to-date knowledge of laws, regulations and policies as they relate to pharmacy practice and customer/patient confidentiality.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Able to communicate complex and conceptual ideas to a range of audiences.
- Evidence of the ability to collaborate actively to advance thinking and complete research projects.
- Able to balance the pressures of research, administrative demands, and competing deadlines.
- Able to travel and undertake duties at different healthcare organizations as required.
- Expected to work outside of normal office hours as needed.
- An entrepreneurial spirit.
- Program to be housed within VUAH Department of Pharmaceutical Services.
- Pharmacist informaticists from VUMC HealthIT will provide strong partnership for rotations and mentorship.
Fellowship activities: - Trainee will participate in rotations and projects focused on enhancing efficiency within pharmacy operations, enhancing nursing workflow, reducing drug diversion and discrepancies, capturing and presenting data from automated systems, optimizing automated dispensing cabinets and carousels to reduce medication waste, and medication safety.
- Engaging in projects aimed at transforming pharmacy care delivery through the implementation of intelligent and automated infrastructure enhancements.
- Completing a biomedical research project in conjunction with the Vanderbilt University Medical Center Department of Bioinformatics.
- Advance the Autonomous Pharmacy vision by supporting the Autonomous Pharmacy Advisory Board.
- Identify gaps in the medication-use process and work with stakeholders to research ways to fill those gaps.
- Contribute to innovation regarding new products/solutions and proofs of concept.
- Teaching and participation in activities designed to advance pharmacy education.
| Sample Activities | | Pharmacy Informatics | Machine Learning | Cloud Computing | Agile | | Pharmacy Operations and Purchasing Automation | Data Extraction | Spark | Scrum Team Participation | | XT Cabinets/AWS Cabinets/Smart Pumps/ Carousels/CPM/Packagers | Descriptive Analysis | Chatbots | Retro/Hardening/Grooming/Stories | | EHR Integration | Model Training | Lambda Functions | Subject-Matter Expertise | | Diversion Prevention | Model Evaluation | APIs | Standups | Fellowship Faculty: Omnicell | James Stevenson, PharmD, FASHP, VP Medication Systems Strategy Ken Perez, MBA, VP Healthcare Policy and Governmental Affairs Terry Albarano, Director, Autonomous Pharmacy Advisory Board and Thought Leadership Benjamin Cassidy, PharmD PC, Customer Success Analytics | David Berkowitz, PharmD, Field Consultant Brad Vescio, PC, Sr Manager Customer Success Analytics Winston Eng, MS, Data Scientist Priyan Ladd, PharmD, Customer Success Analytics | Vanderbilt University Medical Center | Allison McCoy, PhD Scott Nelson, PharmD, MS David Trinh, PharmD, MHCI | Henry Lim, PharmD MBA Jon G. Jackson, PharmD TBD Vanderbilt Informatics Team | Timeline - Block 1 (July 1 to August 28) – Pharmacy Informatics – Preceptor - VUMC TBD Placeholder
- Pharmacy Operations and Automation
- Carousel/CP/Packagers
- Central Fill Automation
- Smart Pumps
- XT/AWS cabinet
- Diversion prevention and controlled substance discrepancies
- EHR Integration
- Purchasing Automation
- Single Point
- Closed Loop
- Block 2 (August 31 to October 2) – Biomedical Research – Preceptor Scott Nelson
- Longitudinal Research project
- Machine Learning
- Block 3 (October 5 to December 15) – Pharmacy Informatics Standards – Preceptor David Berkowitz/TBD Placeholder
- SQL
- RxNorm/FDB/SNOMED-CT/LOINC
- Block 4 (January 4 to March 12) Cloud Computing and Scrum – Preceptor David Berkowitz/TBD Placeholder
- Block 5 (March 15 to April 30) Placeholder TBD
- Block 6 (May 3 to June 30) Placeholder TBD
Sample Content | SQL R for data science Variables, Control Structures (if/else) Libraries Data Wrangling Benchmarking & Metrics Project Management Inventory Optimization Diversion Detection | Data Visualization Dashboards Missing, Duplicate Values Joining/Concatenating Transformations First Data Bank/RxNorm Medication Inventory Management Healthcare Design 340B Compliance | Algorithm development Regression - Outcomes, Models Classification K-Nearest Neighbor Clustering Naive Bayes Model performance - Confusion Matrix, ROC curves Descriptive Statistics Medication Shortage Management | Resources - Data Science: (R/SQL)
- Applied Resources:
- Informatics Fundamentals
- Design Thinking and Innovation
- Computer Science
- Healthcare Finance
- Project Management
- Medication Safety
- Teaching, Education, Dissemination of Knowledge and Evaluation of Learning Activities (TBD-Placeholder)
- Regulatory Affairs (TBD – Placeholder)
Recommended Reading: - The Price We Pay
- Thinking Fast and Slow
- Nudge
- Predictably Irrational
- Sapiens
- Blackswan
- The Power of Habit
- Principles
- Inspired: How to Create Tech Products Customers Love
- Deep Medicine
- Weapons of Math Destruction
- The Startup Book Club
- R For Data Science
Outcomes: - Data Scientist
- Pharmacy Consultant
- Field Strategist
- Pharmacy Informaticist
- Pharmacy Technologist
- Pharmacy Educator
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