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Faculty and Staff

Drug Information Service

401-874-9188
Monday - Friday, 8:30am - 5:00pm EST

Online drug information resources

Drug Information Services is located on the main campus of the University of Rhode Island in Kingston.

Mission

Drug Information Services has a dual mission:

  1. Provide healthcare practitioners with timely, evidence-based drug information to promote the safe, rational use of medications.
  2. Serve as a training site for University of Rhode Island Doctor of Pharmacy students and post-doctoral residents.

Capabilities

Drug Information Services has expertise and is available to assist in a variety of situations such as:

  • Pharmacy and Therapeutic Committee support
  • Medication Use Evaluation development and support
  • Drug therapy guideline development

Drug Information

Accurate & Balanced
Questions from healthcare practitioners will be researched thoroughly by Drug Information Services using the extensive reference collection available at Drug Information Services Library at Fogarty Hall, the University of Rhode Island Library, and the Higher Education Library Information Network (HELIN).

Timely
We understand that all questions are important. We do our best to answer questions in a timely manner. Our priority for questions is based on acuteness of need:

  1. Patient-specific questions,
  2. Questions dealing with general patient care,
  3. Questions that do not directly affect patient care.

Most questions can be answered quickly; however, some questions may require more time to ensure a thorough, complete response.

The Director of the Drug Information Service is Kristina Ward, Pharm.D., Clinical Assistant Professor.

Questions

Drug information questions may include, but are not limited to:

  • Therapeutic use of drugs and therapeutic alternatives
  • Appropriate dosing and admin-istration
  • Toxicity of drugs (i.e., adverse effects)
  • Drug-drug, drug-food inter-actions
  • Dosing adjustments for renal/ hepatic insufficiency
  • Drug use in pregnancy and lactation
  • Pharmacokinetics
  • Drug monitoring for efficacy and toxicity
  • Intravenous compatibility
  • Alternative medications and natural products
  • Foreign drugs

Faculty and Staff

The Director of the Drug Information Service is Kristina Ward, Pharm.D., Clinical Associate Professor.

The service is staffed by Pharm.D. students in their final year during their advanced practice experiential rotations under the direction of Dr. Ward.