Dr. Charles Daniels: Clinical Pharmacy, Safe Medication Use Systems, Pharmacy Technology

Research Summary

Dr. Daniels’ research focus has been in pharmacoeconomics, safe medication systems, medication use quality, and quality pharmacy patient care. Recent work has evaluated the role of technologies in medication error reduction and patient-pharmacist interaction. His group is also examining use of multihospital data in the drug costs and improved outcomes. Dr. Daniels is a founding member of the Steering Committee for the Pharmacoeconomics Forum at UC San Diego.

Academic Achievements

Education: B.S. in Pharmacy, 1975 Univ. of Arizona; M.S. 1978 Univ. of Minnesota; Ph.D. in Social and Administrative Pharmacy 1981 Univ. of Minnesota; Pharmacy Resident 1976 NIH Clinical Center.

Awards and Honors: NIH Clinical Center Director’s Award 1999 & 2003; Recognition as one of the 50 Most Influential Pharmacists (1999); Best-Practices in Health-System Pharmacy Management Award for Chemotherapy Errors Prevention Task Force 2000; AFPE Fellow 1980; ASHP Fellow 1993; NIH grant and contract reviews.

Leadership Experience: Associate Dean of Clinical Affairs and Pharmacist-In-Chief at the Skaggs School of Pharmacy, UC San Diego since 2004 Chief of Pharmacy Dept. NIH Clinical Center 1995-2004; Director of Graduate Studies in Hospital Pharmacy, Univ. of Minnesota.

Teaching

• Management rotations for pharmacy residents and students (SPPS 427MC)
• Lectures on Medication use quality for NIH Principles of Clinical Pharmacology course and Health Systems course for pharmacy students (SPPS 207)

Key Contributions to Pharmaceutical Science

• National leader in post-Pharm.D. residency training.
• Chair of the pharmacy residency accreditation body Commission on Credentialing).
• Leadership role in creation of the current PGY1 and PGY2 national residency standards.
• Currently participating in discussions to accredit international residencies.
• Spearheaded the development of advanced (PGY2) specialized residency training in several areas at UCSD, most recently with new programs in oncology pharmacy and transplant pharmacy.
• Expanded first year training program through development of accredited tracks in ambulatory pharmacy care for first year (PGY1) residents.
• Application of pharmacoeconomics including benchmarking with comparable organizations looking for opportunities to improve quality and reduce costs.

Clinical Pharmacy Services

Pharmacist-In-Chief of the pharmacy services at the UC San Diego Health System, including inpatient, clinic, and home IV services. Recent initiatives include faculty clinical pharmacist services in new ambulatory care areas including palliative care, organ transplant, and kidney disease.

Selected Recent Publications

Daniels et al. (2006) Quality Assessment of Drug Therapy. Principles of Clinical Pharmacology,
Atkinson, Daniels, et al Editors. San Diego, CA.
Academic Press, Second edition.

Atayee et al. (2008). Development of an Ambulatory Palliative Care Pharmacy Practice. Journal of Palliative Care Medicine. 11:1077-1082.

Helmons et al. (2009). Effect of bar-code-assisted med administration on med administration errors and accuracy in multiple patient care areas. Am J Health- Syst Pharm. 66:1202-10.

Hirsch et al. (2009). Patient request for pharmacist counseling and satisfaction: Automated Prescription Delivery System vs. Regular Pick-Up Counter.
Journal of the American Pharmacists Association.
49:73-77.

Potential Collaboration Programs with Pharmaceutical Industry

• Applied pharmacoeconomics, formulary management Medication use quality and safety, safe medication practice, technology assessment.