Pharmacists Writing the Prescription for COVID-19 Testing

Hyla Fritsch, PharmD, CPh (’06), Executive Director of Clinic Operations and Pharmacy Services for the Health Care District of Palm Beach County played a key role in operationalizing Palm Beach County’s drive-thru testing site at the FITTEAM Ballpark of the Palm Beaches. In addition to that site, she currently leads the efforts at five other test sites throughout the county which offer COVID-19 testing to people of all ages, regardless of if they are symptomatic.  Her ongoing leadership has led to the testing of over 40,000 patients.

Fritsch, a Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award Winner in 2017, was recently featured on the Health Care District of Palm Beach County podcast, “Here for Your Health”.  In her interview, she addresses her role as the lead pharmacist for the Health Care District of Palm Beach County and how she helped write the prescription for a COVID-19 testing operation. She will take you behind the scenes of COVID-19 testing on the Health Care District’s podcast, “Here for Your Health” at www.healthcaredistrictpodcast.org.

As Executive Director of Clinic Operations and Pharmacy Services for the Health Care District of Palm Beach County she oversees operations of the District’s C. L. Brumback Primary Care Clinics, a network of ten Federally Qualified Health Centers that provides medical, dental, behavioral health and pharmacy services for adults and children. She is also a licensed consultant pharmacist.