Temple University Health System includes a primary teaching-tertiary care facility, and one community-based hospital. In addition to adult acute and ambulatory care services, pharmacists participate in teaching (both didactic and experiential), emergency care and clinical policy development. The pharmacy department provides progressive, automated and clinically-orientated pharmacy services. Investigational drug services are offered at TUH- Main Campus and Fox Chase Cancer Center and well as remote coordination of studies at TUH-Episcopal Campus, and TUH Lung Center. There are currently participation from Cardiology, Endocrinology, Emergency Department, Anesthesia, GI/Hepatology, Nephrology, Neurology/Neurosurgery, Infectious Disease, Sports Medicine/Orthopedics, OBGYN/Reproductive Services, Psychiatry & Substance Abuse, Rheumatology, and Pulmonology in investigational drug studies. The IDS clinical pharmacy specialist is a member of the Temple University IRB. We currently have approximately 70 open trials and over 100 in progress of opening.
