William Simpson has over 30 years of experience as a pharmacist and director of pharmacy at Clarion Hospital in Clarion, PA. He has implemented several pharmacy automation and safety systems, guided multiple capital campaigns, and served on numerous hospital committees. Simpson also has experience as an Army pharmacy technician and currently volunteers on the Clarion Forest VNA Hospice committee.

1. 14743 Route 208, Marble PA
16334
Phone: 814-782-3939 Cell: 814-
221-7746
E-Mail: willmar1@atlanticbb.net
William R. Simpson
Experience May 1995-Present Clarion Hospital, One Hospital Drive, Clarion,
PA 16214, Phone: 814-226-3295, wsimpson@clarionhospital.org
Director of Pharmacy
 Staffing duties as required.
 Established hospital anitibiogram in 1997.
 Build and maintain pharmacy information system 1994-2008 (HBOC
Star Pharmacy).
 Maintain standards of accreditation for the HFAP, CMS and the
Department of Health of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
 Installed Pyxis dispensing stations in three departments (1999).
 Guided build, implementation and installation of McKesson AcuDose Rx
cabinet dispensing system (April 2005). Whole house profile dispensing.
 Member of selection, build and implementation team for McKesson
AdminRx bedside bar-code medication safety system (2005).
 Preceptor for the University of Pittsburgh, Duquesne University, and
LECOM Schools of Pharmacy IPPE and APPE rotations.
 Member of Clarion Hospital Infection Control, QA/PI Committee, Patient
Safety, Medication Safety Task Force, Infection Control, Dialysis,
Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee, Hazardous Waste Committee
and the Clarion Hospital Foundation Committee.
 Volunteer on the Clarion Forest VNA Hospice Interdisciplinary
Committee.
 Chairman Clarion Hospital Capital Campaign 2002-Employee Division
 Member of Clarion Hospital Capital Campaign Steering Committee
2012-13.
 Chairman Clarion Hospital Capital Campaign 2013-Employee Division
 Guided build, implementation and maintenance of CPOE
(HMS/MedHost) for Meaningful Use Phase I, II, and III
 Member PSHP (Pennsylvania Society of Health-system Pharmacists)
Membership Committee (2005).
 Speaker for various community programs.
 Build and implementation HMS (MedHost) Pharmacy system (2008)
 Beta site coordinator for McKesson AcuDose Rx cabinets (high capacity
detecting pockets, biometric identification, anesthesia carts).
 Pennsylvania Mountains Healthcare Alliance Pharmacy Committee
Chairman 2010-2012

2.  Speaker ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting 2006 and 2010 (Program
Chair)
 Member ASHP, Section of Inpatient Care Practitioners, Section Advisory
Group for Small and Rural Hospitals, 2009-2012, 2014
1989-1995 Clarion Hospital Clarion, PA
Staff Pharmacist
 Fill prescriptions and dispense medications
 IV admixture and chemotherapy
 Inventory management
1987-1989 Clarion Hospital Clarion, PA
Pharmacy Intern
 Assist Pharmacist fill and dispense medication
 Pharmacy technician Duties
 Prepare IV Admixtures
 Prepare Chemotherapy
1980–1984 U.S. Army Letterman Army Medical Center
Pharmacy Technician
 Prepare IV admixtures
 Enter orders into computer system.
 Assist pharmacist
Education 1986-1989 Duquesne University Pittsburgh, PA
 B.S., Pharmacy.
 Graduated Magna Cum Laude.
1984-1986 Clarion University Clarion, PA
• Pre Pharmacy
Interests Gardening, reading, racquetball, hiking, and fishing.
Reference: On request