Richard Rosenfeld, RPh, MBA
Executive Director of Pharmacy Management
Scripps Health Hospital System
San Diego, CA

Rick Rosenfeld RPh, MBA is the Executive Director of Pharmacy Management for the Scripps Health Hospital System in San Diego, California.  He has responsibility for all system pharmacy services through his position with Cardinal Technology and Services.

Prior to joining the Scripps Health team, Rick served as a consultant at Sharp Healthcare, a five-hospital IDN in San Diego, California, where the IV push method of administration for cephalosporins was implemented.

Rick earned a BS in Pharmacy from Ferris State University and a BA in Chemistry from San Diego State University.  He holds an MBA from California State University, San Marcos.

A Technical Paper From Baxa Corporation:

Clinical and Economical Considerations For IV Push Drug Delivery

An overview of the historical background for IV push and a model for implementation of a successful program.

IV push of cephalosporin antibiotics and other drugs is an alternative method of administration that can be safe, efficacious and cost effective. This paper concentrates on the IV push of cefazolin, since it is a high-use cephalosporin with physical and chemical properties similar to other drugs that can be administered by the IV push method.

Rick Rosenfeld, author, has personally implemented the use of IV push antibiotics within two hospital systems. During the first year that this IV push program was in place, more than 50,000 doses of cefazolin were administered by the IV push method with no occurrences of phlebitis or adverse drug events directly associated withthe change in the administration method of this drug.

A link to a pdf of the technical paper follows below.