The objectives of Clinical Pharmacology Unit are to guarantee rational and safe drug therapy for patients at the Rambam Health Care Campus, based on the principles of evidence-based medicine, individualized patient care, and balanced prescribing. Our unit provides consulting services regarding questions about drug therapy, including adverse drug effects, drug-drug and drug-disease interactions (e.g., patients with renal or hepatic diseases), therapeutic drug monitoring, polypharmacy, and individualization of drug therapy according to genetic information (pharmacogenetics). In collaboration with Rambam's Pharmacy Services, our goal is to personalize medicine by planning an individualized medication regimen, taking all these variables into account. The consultations serve both hospitalized and ambulatory patients (at our out-patient clinic). Moreover, within the framework of Rambam’s Drug Committee and Drug Safety Committee, the Unit provides the hospital administration with professional advice regarding drug approvals, the hospital drug formulary, and all questions relating to medication safety within Rambam.
