Psychiatric Pharmacists: CCBHC's

Dr. Heather Rozea Cooper is an essential member of the FACT/ACT team at The Harris Center for Mental Health & IDD (“The Harris Center”). As the initial Board-Certified Psychiatric Pharmacist (BCPP) hired there, she was a trailblazer for establishing relationships with physicians to create and gain approval for collaborative drug therapy management (CDTM) with prescriptive authority protocol in this setting. Her work functioning under CDTM with prescriptive authority has allowed for expansion from one CDTM protocol with two physicians to five CDTM protocols with approximately 30 physicians and the hiring of two additional BCPPs.

“Dr. Cooper has been consulted for her expertise on 123 ACT/FACT patients. These patients are frequently on multiple high-risk medications, many require more than one antipsychotic, as well as patients taking or started on clozapine. Many patients have complex comorbid states further complicating appropriate psychiatric care. Dr. Cooper also provides detailed medication histories on every patient at SE ACT/FACT. This is critical to appropriate prescribing of medications and fosters appropriate therapeutic deprescribing. Dr. Cooper is a critical team member, and her services increase the safety and effectiveness of our treatments and decreases risks for patients and prescribers alike.”

- Mark Williamson, MD, Medical Director of ACT/FACT team, SE clinic, The Harris Center for Mental Health and IDD

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