Louis D. Barone, B.S., Pharm. D., R.Ph. Vice Chair of Pharmacy Practice for Experiential Programs Adjunct Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice Department of Pharmacy Practice Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Pharmacy 4209 St. Rt. 44, P.O. Box 95 Rootstown, Ohio 44272-0095 Phone: (330) 325-6450 Fax: (330) 325-5938 Email: lbarone@neoucom.edu

Louis Barone is the Vice Chair of Pharmacy Practice for Experiential Programs and Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice at the Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Pharmacy. His responsibilities are to identify and monitor practice sites for shared faculty in the department, and work with the Coordinator of Pharmacy Experiential Education to identify clinical clerkship rotation sites for pharmacy students and address concerns related to patient care, practice management and clerkship rotations. The Vice Chair of Experiential Programs is the front line resource for Department of Pharmacy Practice faculty in all aspects of experiential education, practice management, and patient care. Dr. Barone's expertise is in pharmacy practice management, medication safety and application of informatics and automation in medication use systems. He is active in local, state and national pharmacy organizations.

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Pharmacy Informatics and Automation; Electronic Health Records; Medication Safety; Practice Management.

Selected Presentations/Publications/Recognition:

Barone, L.D., Atkins P.M. Book Chapter: Case Study on Measuring and Improving the Medication Use System. In “Medication Use: A Systems Approach to Reducing Errors.” Cousins D.D., ed. 1998:117-130.

Barone, L.D., & Szekely, B.C. Case Study: Implementing Point-of-Use Automation, Platform presentation at the 1996 ASHP Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA.

Barone, L.D., Pharmacy Services: A New Model of Care, Synergism Vol 4: No.2: 17-18 Fall 1996

Barone, L.D., & Szekely, B.C. Impact of Point-of-Use Automation on Pharmacists and Technicians, Platform presentation at the 1996 OSHP Annual Meeting, Toledo, OH.

Barone, L.D., Issues in Pharmacy Practice: Charging Patients for Clinical Pharmacy Services, Florida Society of Hospital Pharmacists Digest Vol 2: No.2, Fall 1989

Nesbit, T.W., Shermock, K.M., Barone, L.D., et.al. Implementation and Pharmacoeconomic Analysis of a Clinical Staff Pharmacist Practice Model, Am J Health-Syst Pharm. 2001; 58:784-90.

Award by the ASHP Research and Education Foundation for Achievement in the Professional Practice of Pharmacy in Health Systems 2002, “Implementation and Pharmacoeconomic Analysis of a Clinical Staff Pharmacist Practice Model,” Am J Health-Syst Pharm.