Pharmacy and Therapeutics

P&T

pharmacy

Updated 5/15/2026

Definition

A committee of physicians and pharmacists responsible for developing and maintaining a health system or health plan formulary and drug use policies. P&T committees evaluate drug safety, efficacy, and cost to make formulary coverage decisions. Findings are documented in formulary management data systems.

Standard Abbreviation

P&T

Database Usage

-- Example column naming
CREATE TABLE claims (
  clm_id VARCHAR(50),
  p&t VARCHAR(100),  -- Pharmacy and Therapeutics (max 100 chars)
  ...
);

-- Example in SELECT
SELECT
  clm_id,
  p&t as pharmacy_and_therapeutics
FROM claims;

Common uses in healthcare data

PBM claims adjudication and drug utilization review
Controlled substance monitoring and DEA compliance
Pharmacy data warehouse and ETL pipeline design
Prior authorization and step therapy workflows
Medicare Part D reporting and CMS submissions

Example database column name

ISO-11179 snake_case standard

-- Recommended column name
p_t

-- Example DDL
CREATE TABLE healthcare_data (
  record_id   VARCHAR(50)   NOT NULL,
  p_t          VARCHAR(100),  -- Pharmacy and Therapeutics (max 100 chars)
  created_dt  TIMESTAMP     NOT NULL DEFAULT NOW()
);

Column names follow the ISO-11179 naming convention: lowercase, underscore-separated, using the standard abbreviation as a prefix where applicable.

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