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Karen Kaye, Executive Manager, Quality Use of Medicines Programs Karen Kaye, Executive Manager, Quality Use of Medicines Programs
Karen Kaye, Deputy CEO and Executive Manager, Programs and Services
Karen joined NPS in March 2008 as executive manager, QUM programs and deputy CEO. Prior to this appointment she was executive officer for the NSW Therapeutic Advisory Group for almost 10 years and worked with clinical experts and government agencies to inform policy development for QUM in hospitals and the wider community.
Karen holds a Bachelor of Pharmacy from University of Sydney and has completed post-graduate studies in hospital pharmacy and pharmacoeconomics. She has practised in community, hospital, industry and academic settings and in the professional organisations of pharmacy. For nine years she was Director of Pharmacy at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney and maintains a strong interest in hospital pharmacy practice through her role as a Federal Councillor for the Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia.
Karen has a particular interest in promoting system changes to improve safe and effective medicines use across the continuum of care and ensuring a cost-effectiveness approach to evaluation of health technologies.
Date published: 2011-01-01 00:00:00
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