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Signed, Sealed, Delivered | Un-scripted by Surescripts

If only the prescription workflow were as simple as: Signed, sealed, delivered. But there are many
issues that can arise requiring pharmacist intervention and prescriber approval. With standards
like CancelRx in place, clinicians can help ensure patient safety. This episode of Un-Scripted will
dive into how patients and clinicians alike benefit from the use of electronic standardization
measures that address prescription change management, Sig quality issues, and safe prescription
fulfillment. We’ll hear from Dr. Danny Lee, CMIO, Johns Hopkins Community Physicians, and
Lawrence King, Manager of Clinical Informatics and Patient Safety for Surescripts, who will share
their insights into how adoption of these standards is paving the way for greater interoperability
and patient safety.
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How to Improve the Patient Experience and Why it Matters | NASP

Please visit our website to listen to prior podcast 1, 2 & 3 at https://lnkd.in/gsrjnv9P
The Specialty Pharmacy Healthcare eco-systems is becoming more efficient in the way they intake and treat patients, and patients are becoming more well-informed. Efficient and accurate communication among doctors, nurses, support staff, and patients has never been more important. With streams of information constantly flowing, there are ample opportunities for the chain of communication to break down and become a barrier to care—meaning delays in care for patients, and bottlenecks to clinician productivity. Specialty Pharmacies are more collaborative with their patient-engagement teams capabilities that strengthen this point of care. These healthcare solutions enable team members to drive key decisions with confidence, no matter where they are. With the freedom to focus less on ordering a specialty prescription, tracking down supplies, or logging data, patient care teams can focus more on what matters most: the patients. Therefore, specialty pharmacies differ, not by location, but by services offered and conditions treated. When treating chronic and rare conditions, those differences add up to make a big impact on patient success. The specialty pharmacies are improving drug treatment outcomes and breaking down the barriers that make patient access difficult. Patients facing complex, chronic, rare, or life-threatening conditions rely on the added support and resources a specialty pharmacy provides
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Exploring Multidimensional Health Passions through Entrepreneurship w/Ruby Deubry | Holistic Pharmacy Podcast

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Grow Your Business: Part 1 | Integra X-Files

Susan Rhodus, R.Ph., Senior Vice President of Contracts and Advocacy at GeriMed®, joins us in an educative conversation for the first episode of a two-part series where we explore medical-at-home patient requirements, pharmacy requirements, and the payer model to grow your business.
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Blood Testing Reimagined, a special interview with Babson Diagnostics founder Eric Olson

Eric Olson is the founder of Babson Diagnostics. Babson Diagnostics is a Science-first company named in honor of Art Babson, who revolutionized diagnostic science with a focus on producing accurate, repeatable results. Eric founded the company based on the principle that scientific rigor can never be compromised.
Eric is a 20-year veteran of the diagnostics industry. Prior to incubating Babson Diagnostics at Siemens Healthineers, Eric was Siemens’ VP, Portfolio & Product Management, responsible for its $3 billion global product portfolio of central laboratory technologies. He was also responsible for the company’s web properties and $1 billion in e-commerce operations as the global head of Siemens’ clinical laboratory automation and IT business, which advanced from #2 to #1 in market share during his tenure.
Eric earned his BS in Biology from MIT and his MS in Technology Management from the University of Pennsylvania.
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Building a Productive Team at your Community Pharmacy | Pharmacy Crossroads

Steve Maki RPh at Spruce Mountain Pharmacy Spruce Mountain Pharmacy is located in the beautiful rural country side in the town of, Jay, Maine. Coming in at about 2000 square feet it would appear, to the casual observer to be pretty typical of an independent community pharmacy. But, what owner Steve Maki, PharmD is doing with his team is far from typical. In this episode of PharmacyCrossRoads Maki share his philosophy and some practical ideas on how to turn is staff into a well-oiled healthcare and customer service team. Two years ago, Maki moved his pharmacy into a new, more spacious and more effectively laid out facility and brought in some new technology. Supporting the move and adopting the new technology was a BIG ask for his staff. But by listening, taking advice and delegating tasks things worked out well. As a special bonus Maki has offered up to PharmacyCrossRoads listeners a copy of his 3-page task list. The list shows the key performance indicators (KPI’s) for each of the nine major job categories assigned to team members. While the specific KPI metrics the list includes may not be right for your pharmacy, it is felt that at least seeing how the list is laid out and seeing specific numbers allotted to each task may be helpful. For a free copy of the list email me at: BFKneeland@gmail.com Thank you to Compliant Pharmacy Alliance & RxSafe for supporting this podcast episode and the Pharmacy Podcast Network. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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The Evidence-based Argument for Functional Medicine

Dr. Amy Baxter, MD participated in a research paper to determine whether initiating saline nasal irrigation after COVID-19 diagnosis reduces hospitalization and death in high-risk outpatients compared with observational controls, and if irrigating agent composition impacts severity.
Rapid initiation of nasal saline irrigation to reduce severity in high-risk COVID+ outpatients
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/01455613221123737 
Amy Baxter, M.D., Founder & CEO of PainCare Labs. Dr. Baxter first tells us about her career as a pediatric emergency medicine physician conducting pain care research and how that lead her to becoming a medical device inventor and entrepreneur. Dr. Baxter describes how she developed the prototype for Buzzy, a device that uses cooling and mechanical stimulation to numb needle pain in children with needle phobia. Dr. Baxter describes how PainCare Labs evolved to develop VibraCool, a pain care device that uses mechanical stimulation for musculoskeletal pain and post-operative pain after orthopaedic procedures.
Needle fear - https://paincarelabs.com/pages/needle-phobia/
https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0065/1526/1524/t/15/assets/What_Works_For_Pain_Print_copy.pdf?v=37442972675278972481657131162
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PGx Experts in a Multidisciplinary Precision Medicine Team | PGX For Pharmacists

Dr. Lucas Berenbrok is a pharmacist educator and researcher at the University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He co-led the implementation of outpatient pharmacogenomic services at University of Pittsburg Medical Center. This unique service, called Primary Care Precision Medicine, provides pharmacogenetic and genetic testing to patients in local and surrounding areas. With his colleagues at the University of Pittsburgh, Berenbrok co-created Test2LearnTM, a pharmacogenomics certificate program for pharmacists. Dr. Neda Leonard, CEO of Rx Gene IQ and she is a Dual Board-Certified Pharmacist in Pharmacotherapy and Geriatrics. She has experience in various setting such as Program for All-inclusive Care for Elderly (PACE) where she uses her expertise in medication management and PGx. She is a seasoned speaker locally and nationally on various subject matters such as pharmacogenomics and polypharmacy. She has published in Drug Metabolism Reviews and was featured in THE CONSULTANT PHARMCIST Journal. Currently she partners with a group of Geriatricians/Internal Medicine physicians using a collaborative practice agreement for patients living independently, in assisted living facilities or in skilled nursing facilities. She has many tools in her toolbox to use such as pharmacogenomics, deprescribing, geriatric medication optimization, Part D Comprehensive Medication Management (CMR) and Targeted Medication Review (TMR),and working with various private insurances such as United Healthcare and Optum. A Multidisciplinary Precision Medicine Service in Primary Care www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8786423/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Disclaimer: These are my personal views and opinions, and I am not speaking on behalf of Castle Biosciences, Inc.

Gender Affirmed: Addressing Stigma | Transforming a Nation

The second in a series exploring medication access for members of the gender-diverse community and how pharmacists can better reach this population; in this episode we spoke with Adriana Adams and Corey Higgins of Triad Health project, a sexual health and justice organization based in Greensboro North Carolina. We discuss stigma surrounding PrEP and PEP therapy, as well as gender-affirming therapy, and how healthcare providers like pharmacists can bridge the gap and address stigma in their practice. Narrated by Courtney Woo, final year pharmacy student of Loma Linda University and chair of the Practice with Pride Committee of Pharmacy Legislative Week.
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The NCPA 2022 Annual Tradeshow Summary Episode 2 | Pharmacy Podcast Nation

The Pharmacy Podcast Network was a press & media partner for the NCPA 2022 Annual Tradeshow & convention October 1st through 4th. Listen to the interviews with leaders in community pharmacy. 
Guests:
Jay Williams
Scott Brunner
Paige Clark
Gabe Trahan
Doug Hoey RPh
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The NCPA 2022 Annual Tradeshow Summary Episode 1 | Pharmacy Podcast Nation

The Pharmacy Podcast Network was a press & media partner for the NCPA 2022 Annual Tradeshow & convention October 1st through 4th. Listen to the interviews with leaders in community pharmacy. 
Guests:
Joseph Delaney
Matt Gilbert
Jessica Toth
Jim McDonald
Heather Martin
Dr. Alex Latala
Van Coble
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Polypharmacy and PGx Guided Therapy in PTSD | PGx For Pharmacists

Dr. Larry Shapiro is a clinical psychologist that started back in 1990 but quote on quote retired to become a financial advisor. He was having a discussion with his brother one day, who was a career officer in the Army, returning from Afghanistan. That make Dr. Shapiro to re-think about his contributions to his community, so he got his license back, trained in military trauma, and started again as a psychologist in 2014. He started at St. Louis Behavioral Medicine Institute specializing in treatment of OCD, panic disorder, social anxiety disorder, simple phobias, depression, and combat trauma. Last year he attended the annual Boston Trauma Conference and heard for the first time about the use of psychedelic medicines for treatment of trauma. So after a 150 hour certification program at Integrative Psychiatry Institute he became certified in psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy which now is part of his current practice. Just this year in January he went into private practice so he can focus more on psychedelics. He is also an adjunct instructor in the department of psychiatry at Washington University in St. Louis and a clinical consultant for psilocybin research at Healthy Minds Lab at Washington University.
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) which is one of the most common psychiatric disorders which affects about 8 million adults at some point in their lifetime in the United States. But it is not clear as to why only some people who experience a traumatic event develop PTSD. Some people say it’s a social construct but in the largest and most diverse genetic study of PTSD to date, scientists from University of California San Diego School of Medicine and more than 130 additional institutions participating in the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium found that PTSD has a strong genetic component similar to other psychiatric disorders. Genetics seem to accounts for between 5 and 20 percent of the variability in PTSD risk following a traumatic event.
Resources: https://health.ucsd.edu/news/releases/Pages/2019-10-08-study-reveals-ptsd-has-strong-genetic-component.aspx
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Pharmacist to Infectious Disease Physician with Dr. Brandon J. Smith | The Physician Pharmacist Podcast

In Episode 6 of The Physician Pharmacist Podcast, we talk with Dr. Brandon J. Smith, who is a newly appointed Infectious Disease Attending Physician. I had the amazing opportunity to hear about Dr. Smith's personal journey into medicine all while receiving fellowship training during the COVID-19 Pandemic!
Topics covered; applying to medical school as a pharmacy applicant, considerations for pharmacy residencies, life as a medical resident, life as an infectious disease fellow, and living the life as an attending in the era of COVID-19.
Links:
1. NIH COVID-19 Treatment Guidelines: https://www.covid19treatmentguidelines.nih.gov/therapies/
2. The Physician Pharmacist: www.PhysicianPharmacist.com
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PAINWeek 2022 Conference Summary | Pain Pod

Vegas Baby!!!
The vibe at PAINWeek 2022 was electric! Electricity flowing through the Cosmo Hotel and Casino on Las Vegas Boulevard (“the strip”), similar to what’s generated by the Colorado River, Lake Meade, and a miles and miles of electrical wires! Pain Guy was the beat on the street” strolling through the PAINWeek presentations, exhibit hall, and Cosmo hallways chatting it up with fellow faculty, exhibitors, and attendees alike! Dr. A.J. Gupta (an attendee), Barby Ingle (author, speaker, and overall dynamic iPain exhibitor and attendee), Nicole Hemmenway (CEO of our U.S. Pain Foundation), and Richard Tuorto (Pain Medicine News) join us for energized conversations revolving around what their organizations do for healthcare professionals and patients in pain, pain management in general, and of course, their experiences at PAINWeek 2022. Checkout this mobile mic episode of the Pain Pod as we team up with the folks of PAINWeek to give you, Pain Pod Nation, the audio vibe of the electricity of being there in person.
Come one, come all, to the Pain Pod (and PAINWeek 2023)!!!
Episode References
• PAINWeek: https://www.painweek.org/
• iPain (International Pain Foundation): https://internationalpain.org/
• Barby Ingle: https://barbyingle.com/
• US Pain Foundation: https://uspainfoundation.org/about-us/our-team/
• Pain Medicine News: https://www.painmedicinenews.com/
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How will the Inflation Reduction Act Impact PBM Reform? | PBM Reform Podcast

Today we are hoping to make sense of the Inflation Reduction Act which is designed to protect Medicare recipients from catastrophic drug costs by phasing in a cap for out-of-pocket costs and establishing a$35 cap for a month's supply of insulin. And, as an historic win, Medicare will be able to negotiate prices for high-cost drugs for the first time ever.
Guests: 
Mark Blum 
Mark is the Executive Director of America's Agenda, an organization he’s led since its founding in 2005. America's Agenda is a national healthcare alliance that brings together labor unions, businesses, healthcare providers, and policymakers who share a common commitment to smart policy and effective action to advance our mission of affordable, high-quality, readily accessible healthcare for every American. Mark currently serves on the State Health Benefits Value and is a former member of the Quality Task Force in New Jersey and previously worked as an economics professor as well as national director of organizing for the American Association of University Professors. He completed his graduate studies at the London School of Economics.
 
A major focus for Mark in recent years has been the Pharmacy Benefit Manager issues facing our country. Mark is a founding member of the PBM Accountability Project. He works tirelessly to educate the public and advance solutions to help redirect prescription drug savings from very high PBM profits back to patients, employee health plans, and taxpayers.
Antonio Ciaccia
Antonio Ciaccia (cha-cha) is the President of 3 Axis Advisors, a firm that among many things studies drug pricing. He was recently featured on NBC’s Today Show talking about the lengths PBMs force independent pharmacies to go to find savings for their patients. He’s also spoken publicly about PBMs in the context of the Inflation Reduction Act. Antonio has been in and around pharmacies his entire life. A graduate from The Ohio State University in 2007 with dual degrees in communications and political science. For six years he headed up government affairs for the Ohio Pharmacists Association. After years of studying the pharmacy marketplace, Antonio became increasingly perplexed and concerned as he saw drug costs spiking while payouts to pharmacies were declining. Knowing something was being lost somewhere in the middle of an ever-growing transaction, Antonio has spent years working to crack the drug pricing code and pull the rug out from what he believes is one of the most dysfunctional marketplaces in the world.
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From ACPHS to University of Waterloo School of Pharmacy | Occupation Station

Dr. Nardine Nakhla's career has had one common denominator since her graduation in 2007 from Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences — striving to help as many people as possible. That desire is seen in her work with students, as a faculty member at the University of Waterloo's School of Pharmacy. Dr. Nakhla’s patient-centered approach also comes through in her research, which has focused on issues like smoking cessation and high-risk, non-prescription drug interactions in older people. Her professional writing also reflects her desire to help patients. Dr. Nakhla has authored four chapters for the Canadian Minor Ailments reference, one chapter for the American Handbook of Nonprescription Drugs, and one chapter for the Encyclopedia of Pharmacy Practice and Clinical Pharmacy.  
 
In this episode of Occupation Station, Dr. Nakhla talks about how her career path evolved. She entered ACPHS thinking that she would devote herself to community practice. While she and her husband do own a community pharmacy, she has achieved so much more than she initially envisioned. Hear why she calls her time at ACPHS “magical” and how the school has led to lifelong friendships and meaningful connections with professors.
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Would You Like Shots With That? | The #PizzaIsNotWorking Podcast

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Community Pharmacy Preparation for Legislator Engagement & Meeting | NCPA

Founded in 1898, the National Community Pharmacists Association is the voice for the community pharmacist, representing nearly 19,400 pharmacies that employ 215,000 individuals nationwide. Community pharmacies are rooted in the communities where they are located and are among America’s most accessible health care providers. To learn more, visit www.ncpa.org.
Join us while we talk about how independent pharmacies are hosting members of Congress in their pharmacies. Support the NCPA by joining today. 
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Legislative & Regulatory Updates RBC 2022 | Cardinal Health™ Counter Talk™ Podcast

Join NCPA’s Doug Hoey and Ronna Hauser and Cardinal Health’s Jerrica Mathis, Scott Streater and Rebecca McGrath for an update on provider status, DIR fees and learn what NCPA and Cardinal Health are doing to encourage positive legislative changes for independent pharmacy. You can listen to this episode on cardinalhealth.com, Spotify, Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts.
Sources: 
•    11:40 - https://www.pharmacist.com/APhA-Press-Releases/majority-of-pharmacists-prepared-to-administer-covid-19-vaccine-to-children-under-5-apha-survey-finds#:~:text=CDC%20recently%20reported%20that%2070,5%20to%2011%20years%20old.
•    12:30 - https://www.cdc.gov/flu/fluvaxview/dashboard/vaccination-administered.html
•    20:15 - https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/pharmacy/top-15-specialty-pharmacies-by-revenue-2.html
•    24:30 – Number compiled from Stateside – Cardinal Health’s internal bill tracking system
•    27:30 - https://www.businessgrouphealth.org/en/resources/2021-plan-design-survey-employer-perspectives-on-the-health-care-landscape#b-employers-guide-with-view-all
•    37:40 - https://ballotpedia.org/State_legislative_elections,_2022 
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Improving Patient Conversations About Sexual and Gender Health | Sex PharmD

Dr. Kyle Wilby is an associate professor at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia and Dr. Kevin Astle is an assistant professor at the University of South Florida in Tampa, FL. Drs. Wilby and Astle are founding members of RxSHARE, a global collective of pharmacists for sexual and gender health advocacy, reform, and equity. They both have extensive teaching and research in the area of sexual and gender health.
For more information on RxSHARE, please reach out to us on Twitter or via e-mail (rxshare1@gmail.com)! For more information on research or potential collaborations, please don’t hesitate to contact either Kevin or Kyle!
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