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Rethinking Compounding Operations: How Central Fill is Transforming Health-System Pharmacy Performance

  • Online
  • Cost: No
  • Thursday, May 14, 2026 : 1:00 PM CDT | 1 hour
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Join Wolters Kluwer at 1:00 PM CDT on May 14, 2026, for a live discussion on the evolution and benefits of central fill compounding with a panel of industry experts.

As hospitals, health systems, and IDNs expand central fill models that include compounding, operational resiliency has become essential to sustaining quality, compliance, and scale—while still meeting financial and throughput expectations. Resilient operations depend not just on technology, but on standardized workflows, strong quality control processes, disciplined governance, and sound economic decision making that can withstand regulatory change, staffing variability, and growing demand.

In this panel-style webinar, leaders from hospital- and health system-based central fill operations share real-world lessons learned from building and sustaining consolidated service centers. The discussion will focus on the current state of central fill, including how organizations balance operational risk, quality requirements, and financial drivers when determining what to compound centrally, and how process standardization, quality oversight, and enabling technologies support reliable performance at scale.

Attendees will gain:

  • Practical insight into operational and financial trade offs that shape central fill compounding decisions
  • A clearer understanding of how quality systems and technology support standardization at scale
  • Real world viewpoints from compounding leaders operating in today’s regulatory environment

This webinar highlights how pharmacy, operations, and compliance leaders across hospitals, health systems, and IDNs can centralize services and standardize processes to enhance patient safety and operational efficiency. Register today to secure your spot!

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Allison Young, PharmD, MS, BCSCP
Director of Pharmacy, Centralized Compounding, Integrated Service Center Pharmacy, Indiana University Health

Allison L. Young, PharmD, MS, BCSCP, is a Director of Pharmacy at Indiana University Health, where she led the development of a centralized compounding facility. She holds an MS from Colorado State University and a PharmD from the University of Georgia, completed a clinical trial management fellowship at Eli Lilly, and has held leadership roles across IU Health. She is board certified in Sterile Compounding and focused on advancing compounding quality industry‑wide.

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George Smith, PharmD, BCPS, BCSCP
System Sterile Compounding Services Specialist, Prisma Health

George R. Smith, Pharm.D., BCPS, BCSCP, is System Sterile Compounding Services Specialist at Prisma Health, overseeing 25 compounding areas. With 20+ years in home infusion, sterile compounding automation, and health-system pharmacy, he is board certified and a former director and consultant in robotic compounding. He serves on the USP Compounding Expert Committee (2025–2030), is a clinical instructor at the University of South Carolina, and an AJHP peer reviewer and ASHP field‑tester.

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Tom Karakosta, PharmD
Vice President, Compounding Management Systems, ConsortiEX

Tom Karakosta is VP of Strategic Marketing & Compounding at ConsortiEX and has more than 12 years of experience in pharmacy and healthcare technology. He specializes in developing and commercializing innovative solutions that enhance medication safety, data analytics, and operational efficiency for pharmacies and health systems.

Annie Lambert
Clinical Program Manager for Compliance Solutions
Compliance Solution Clinical Program Manager Annie Lambert, PharmD, BCSCP is committed to providing up-to-date USP content and expert compliance guidance, and to work with you to optimize the use of our Simplifi+ pharmacy compliance solutions.
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