Education

PharmD, University of the Pacific
MBA, University of San Francisco
PhD, Department of Health Services, University of Washington

Research Interests

Evaluating the impact of electronic health records and computerized provider order entry on:

Drug-induced coagulopathy

Courses Taught

Experience

Dr. Devine’s work is supported by a Mentored Clinical Scientist Training Grant (K-08) from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Prior to joining the faculty at UW she completed a post-doctoral fellowship in pharmacoeconomics and outcomes research with the UW Pharmaceutical Outcomes Research & Policy Program and Roche Pharma Business, Health Economics and Strategic Pricing Group, in Palo Alto, CA. Before that, she was an Associate Clinical Professor, School of Pharmacy, University of California San Francisco, where she was responsible for medication safety and quality, formulary management and clinical pharmacy practice protocols. She has experience as an advanced practice pharmacist with prescriptive authority in the academic, community hospital and ambulatory clinic settings where she practiced on neurosurgical, internal medicine, critical care, and pediatrics services. She is a board-certified pharmacotherapist specialist and a fellow of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists. Dr. Devine began her career by completing a clinical pharmacy residency at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Palo Alto, CA.

Activities

Dr. Devine is a past member of the student editorial advisory board of the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association; and a past member of the editorial board of the American Journal of Health System Pharmacy. She holds membership in Academy Health, American Medical Informatics Association, American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, American College of Clinical Pharmacy, American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP), and the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research. She is a past president, chair of the board, and board member of the California Society of Health-System Pharmacists, where she led an initiative to advance prescribing authority for California pharmacists. At ASHP, she has served on the Council on Educational Affairs, in the House of Delegates, and as board member and chair of the Section of Clinical Specialists and Scientists.

Selected Publications

1. Devine EB, Hoang S, Wilson-Norton JL, Lawless NM, Fisk AW. Strategies to Optimize Medication Use in the Physician Group Practice: The Role of the Clinical Pharmacist. J Amer Pharm Assoc 2009;49(2):181-91

2. Devine EB. The art of obtaining grants. Am J Health-Syst Pharm 2009;66:580-7

3. Devine EB, Wilson-Norton JL, Lawless NM, Hollingworth W, Hansen RN, Fisk AW, Sullivan SD. Implementing an Ambulatory e-Prescribing System: Strategies Employed and Lessons Learned to Minimize Unintended Consequences. In: Henriksen K, Battles JB, Keyes MA, Grady ML, editors. Advances in patient safety: New directions and alternative approaches. Vol. 4. Technology and Medication Safety. AHRQ Publication No. 08-0034-4. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; August 2008

4. Devine EB, Hopefl A, Wittkowsky AK. Adherence to guidelines for the management of excessive warfarin anticoagulation. J Thromb Thrombolysis 2008; May 9 Epub ahead of print:DOI 10.1007/s11239-008-0232-z

5. Wittkowsky AK, Nutescu E, Devine EB. Update on the use of compression stockings to prevent venous thromboembolism in hospitalized patients. J Thrombosis and Thrombolysis 2008 26(3):248-50. Epub 2007 Nov 30

6. Hollingworth W, Devine EB, Hansen RN, Lawless NM, Comstock B, Wilson-Norton JL, Tharpe KL, Sullivan SD. The impact of e-prescribing on prescriber and staff time in ambulatory care clinics: A time-motion study. J Am Med Inform Assoc 2007;14:722-30

7. Devine EB, Cross JT, Kowdley KK, Sullivan SD. The cost of treating ribavirin-induced anemia in hepatitis C: The impact of using recombinant human erythropoietin. Curr Med Res Opin 2007;23:1463-72

8. Devine EB, Wilson-Norton JL, Lawless NM, Hansen R, Hazlet TK, Kelly K, Hollingworth W, Blough DK, Fisk AW, Sullivan SD. Characterization of prescribing errors in an internal medicine clinic. Am J Health-Syst Pharm 2007;64:1062-70

9. Erickson TN, Devine EB, O’Young T, Hanson L, French B, Brennan C. The impact of switching medically vulnerable patients with uncontrolled diabetes from NPH to glargine insulin. Am J Health-Syst Pharm 2006;63:1862-71

10. Devine EB, Wilson-Norton JL, Lawless NM, Hazlet TK, Hansen R, Kelly K, Te S, Wong C. Preparing for computerized prescriber order entry by evaluating preimplementation medication errors. In: Henriksen K, Battles JB, Mark ES, Lewin DI, eds. Advances in patient safety: from research to implementation. Vol. 2, Concepts and methodology. AHRQ Publication No. 05-0021-2. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; Feb. 2005

Research Associate Professor
(206) 221-5760
bdevine@u.washington.edu