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Smarter Rounding, Faster Interventions: A Pharmacist’s Efficiency Playbook

See how one pharmacist cut paperwork, gained timely insights, and made faster interventions with more time for patient care.

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As a clinical pharmacist who started her career in Oncology at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Martha Tran understands the daily grind. Before her pharmacy team adopted near real-time clinical surveillance, every day felt like catch-up. Reports were delayed and interventions happened late – if they happened at all. She shares that she spent more time shuffling paper than helping patients. Now, things are different. Here’s what changed.

From Manual Workarounds to Meaningful Impact

Before Surveillance
Manual prep for rounds
Print reports, dig through the EHRs, and compare spreadsheets
Late reports, missed interventions
Insights always lag behind need
Siloed documentation
Details lost between paper and digital systems
Standard rounding
Treat all patients reviewed equally, regardless of risk
Slow reporting
Days to prep for MUEs and P&T
Too much admin, not enough time for care
After Surveillance
Smarter starts to the day
See key patient data, alerts, and priorities all in one view
Near real-time awareness
Instant alerts lead to faster, more effective responses
Connected updates
One place for all interventions and follow‑ups
Targeted rounding
Focus on what matters most and prioritize high-risk patients with near real-time data
On-demand reports
Track trends, prove impact, and prep for committees in minutes
More time for care, and less time chasing paperwork
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Time saved per day:

About 45 minutes per day1

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Intervention response time:

Immediate

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Reports:

Always current and available on demand

What Pharmacists Are Saying:

With Inovalon’s VigiLanz Pharmacy Surveillance™, my pharmacists are no longer stuck chasing data, they are acting on it. It’s empowering to have a solution that gives pharmacy teams the near real-time insights they need to catch risks sooner, prevent harm, and focus on what truly matters most: caring for patients.”

– Martha Tran, Pharm.D.,
Director, Application Support,
Inovalon

This approach has made a significant impact on patient care, pharmacy workflows, and costs. Because of the improved capabilities within the Inovalon rules engine, we’ve been able to identify more opportunities for intervention more quickly than before.”

– Adrienne Carey, Pharm.D.,
BCPS, Clinical Pharmacist and
Data Mining Program Manager,
Freeman Health System

Ready to Move Beyond EHR Limitations?

With VigiLanz Pharmacy Surveillance, you can intervene sooner, reduce harm, and improve care with near real-time insights that drive action.

See For Yourself
  1. “How Regional One Health Identifies High-Risk Patients Sooner”, Inovalon, June 2025, https://www.inovalon.com/resource/how-regional-one-health-transformed-anticoagulationsafety/

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