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Established ASPs have highlighted interdisciplinary collaboration between physicians, nurses, and pharmacists and demonstrated financial benefits and positive patient care outcomes. While pharmacy technicians are key members of the pharmacy profession, they are rarely utilized to expand clinical programs. The aim of this report is to describe the impact of adding a pharmacy technician to an ASP at an academic medical center.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Summary<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>The departments of pharmacy and quality at West Virginia University Hospitals (WVUH) developed a business plan and financially justified an ASP. The ASP was implemented in January 2022 and consisted of 2 full-time clinical pharmacist specialists, 1 full-time clinical pharmacy technician, 2 full-time clinical nurse specialists, and 1 part-time physician medical director. The clinical pharmacy technician\u2019s primary role was to review patients\u2019 sequential compression device (SCD) compliance and newly started oral anticoagulants prior to discharge. The clinical nurse specialists educated patients newly started on oral anticoagulants within 24 hours of discharge and triaged any postdischarge medication access issues. The medical director provided high-level program oversight and acted as a clinical consultant on complex patient cases. In the first 6 months after the program\u2019s implementation, the clinical pharmacy technician made 174 recommendations to the clinical pharmacist specialists regarding discharge transitions of care and assessed SCD compliance in 246 patients. Of the 246 patients assessed, 217 patients (88%) were deemed to be noncompliant.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>The pharmacy department at WVUH successfully justified and implemented an interprofessional ASP at an academic medical center, which is the first ASP to date to incorporate a clinical pharmacy technician.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1093\/ajhp\/zxae042","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,2,19]],"date-time":"2024-02-19T17:41:46Z","timestamp":1708364506000},"page":"615-621","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["Impact of a pharmacy technician on an interprofessional antithrombotic stewardship program at an academic medical center"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"81","author":[{"given":"William M","family":"Hammonds","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pharmacy, West Virginia 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