NEWPORT — The pharmacy professionals at North Country Hospital were recently presented with the Comprehensive Pharmacy Services (CPS) 2017 Best Practices Award as well as being named 2017 Site of the Year Award for the East Region.
Comprehensive Pharmacy Services is a national independent pharmacy service provider for 700+ client facilities across the United States.
The Best Practices Award was awarded to the team at North Country Hospital for achieving an above 95% compliance score on the CPS Annual Audit, an intense and thorough review of key pharmacy performance indicators with particular emphasis on regulatory, financial and operational matters, as well as areas such as customer service, quality assurance and performance improvement.
“The pharmacy team consistently and diligently works to improve many areas of our pharmacy operations and clinical services over the year,” said Michael Omar, R.PH., Pharmacy Director at North Country Hospital. “I am very proud and extremely grateful for such a dedicated group that consistently strive for perfection.”
