Pharmacy Podcast Network

Stigma in Substance Use Treatment | Locked On Pharmacy

Overcoming Stigma in the Treatment of Substance Abuse Disorder
Stigma is often based on myth, superstition, or prejudice against another group. These beliefs, not based on fact or evidence, often lead to a negative impact on mental health – and is especially seen in patients with substance use disorder.
During COVID, the opioid epidemic has continued to rage through America, making it imperative that pharmacists and other health care providers go the extra mile to be conscious of how stigma hinders the treatment of those suffering from substance abuse disorder.
Guest: Dr. Thomas Franko, associate professor of pharmacy practice at Wilkes University in Wilkes-Barre, PA, and coordinator of the Pain, Palliative Care and Addiction APhA Special Interest Group. 
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Helping Companies Convey Their Values Clearly | DarshanTalks

In this episode of @darshantalks, we discuss Clear Messaging with guest Bob Libbey. Bob Libbey, Corporate Communications Leader and Advisor at AdvisoryCloud (https://www.advisorycloud.com/), discusses how to craft a clear message and all that it entails. Clients should get direct responses to questions they raise. It is essential as a business person to trust your instincts and assess opportunities. This could mean looking at where these choices fit where you're at in your career to switch back to a more positive direction. In terms of functioning in a fast-growing company, professional skills need to be taught long before the employee comes into the workplace.
When issues aren't aligning, it is usually time to look at the next opportunity. His role helps companies define what their values are. This can involve internet content and consultations on planning strategies. People need to use the right words to communicate. There is the initial consideration of a generation gap present, but the terms used are generally universal. When it comes to how to use buzzwords, the level of language should be kept simple. Shorter construction of sentences enables the audience to grasp the message better. This is also a nod to Millenials and Gen-Z because people consume so much news every second that they don't have time to go through each one thoroughly. On average, a corporate employee may get 120 emails a day. There is a continued rise in activity across all social networking platforms.
Companies can include great engaging headlines to promote their brand with great art, so it catches the viewer's eyes, and people stop scrolling through their feed to read their message. They must work towards delivering great leads that draw people in but should not solely focus on promotion. He has taught writing in several outlets: at the graduate level, in-house consultation and conferences, and people always ask how long the story should be.
It is fine if the story stretches to 1,200 words, but the words should carry the story and not the other way around. Writers and editors have to be informative but not loose with the words on the content side. It is vital to observe what drives content, like art, headlines or the audience itself. He elaborates on SEO optimisation when starting to create a profile piece. His approach is usually to find the story behind the apparent story and get to the roots, but different professionals have varying opinions.
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Digital Health & the Pharmacist | A Special Discussion with Dr. Nick Van Terheyden, the Incrementalist

Dr. Nick Van Terheyden is no ordinary medical Doctor, bringing not just deep clinical experience and understanding of healthcare systems from around the world and a broad range of business and technology insights from a diverse career with some of the most prestigious hospitals, consulting firms, and technology companies. Dr. Nick has successfully identified, designed, built and launched products in the complex world of healthcare. He has a strong track record of leadership and team building with diverse groups and stakeholders, building market share and successfully implementing technology in the health care industry.   Dr. Nick brings his extensive experience in strategy and innovation to his clients offering them a fast track to success by avoiding the pitfalls hidden in the complexity of the healthcare system.
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Pharmacy Practice is CHANGING | Join the Pharmapreneur Academy 2022

About Dr. Blair Thielemier, PharmD:
Blair Green Thielemier, PharmD is an independent consultant pharmacist living in Arkansas with her husband and daughter. Blair is preparing the next virtual pharmacy conference, the Elevate Pharmacy Virtual Summit. She is also the founder of Pharmapreneur Academy, an online e-Course and Community where she guides pharmacist-entrepreneurs through the process and barriers of building a pharmacy consulting business. She is the author of How to Build a Pharmacy Consulting Business, a contributing author for Pharmacy Times and guest host on the Pharmacy Podcast Network. More information about Dr. Thielemier can be found on her website.
https://www.btpharmacyconsulting.com/
Pharmapreneur Academy
https://pharmapreneuracademy.com/pharma-academy/
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The Joy of Precepting | Locked On Pharmacy

EP 27: The Joy of Precepting
Precepting is an integral component of pharmacy education, and many pharmacists do it. While it may seem intimidating, preceptors say it is one of the rewarding parts of their professional life. In this edition of Locked on Pharmacy, two pharmacy educators talk about the joys of precepting. 
Guests:
Dr. Lisa Hong is an associate professor at Loma Linda University School of Pharmacy in Loma Linda, CA. She practices on an adult inpatient medicine service at Loma Linda University Medical Center where she precepts up to 11 APPE students, 6 IPPE students, and 7 PGY1 residents per year and was recently honored with the 2021 Preceptor of the Year award.
Dr. McKenzie Grinalds is an assistant professor at Cedarville University in Ohio and a clinical pharmacist of neurology at a local hospital where she serves as an IPPE and APPE preceptor. She was part of the second graduating class at Cedarville University School of Pharmacy and completed a PGY1 and PGY2 (in internal medicine) at Eskenazi Health in Indianapolis.
https://soundcloud.com/lockedonpharmacy/joy-of-precepting-podcast?si=e0da59e88f0a4c9292807b729a886ed4&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing 
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Proactive Management of Adverse Effects Associated With Waldenström Macroglobulinemia | PTCE Pharmacy Connect

Educational Objective
Identify best practices for managing toxicities associated with therapies for the treatment of Waldenström macroglobulinemia
 
Faculty: Victoria Nachar, PharmD, BCOP
Clinical Pharmacist Specialist, Ambulatory Hematology Oncology
University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center
Clinical Assistant Professor
University of Michigan College of Pharmacy
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Faculty has no financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.
Pharmacy Times Continuing Education™ is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. This activity is approved for 0.5 contact hour (0.05 CEU) under the ACPE universal activity number 0290-0000-21-457-H01-P. The activity is available for CE credit through June 20, 2022.
This activity is supported by educational grants from Pharmacyclics LLC., an AbbVie Company and Janssen Biotech, Inc; and BeiGene, Ltd.
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Health Benefits Innovation: Delivering Better Patient Care includes Preemptive Strategies

About ALVA-10
For far too long there has been a gap between payers and diagnostic companies where diagnostic technology has been characterized as “expensive and unnecessary”, because it has been poorly understood, undervalued and underutilized. Alva10 was established in response to this divide. With years of experience in pharmaceutical and diagnostic companies, Founders Hannah Mamuszka and Lena Chaihorsky built a team and company dedicated to narrowing that knowledge gap. Armed with and driven by knowledge, curiosity and a passion to innovate the industry, Alva10 set out to redesign the healthcare system while restructuring current spiraling healthcare spend. Read more about how Alva10 was founded here.
Alva10 reduces ineffective therapeutic spend through customized solutions that provide advanced knowledge of patients’ ability to respond to costly therapies before they are given. Through our proprietary model M.A.T.E. we restructure the relationship between health insurance payers and Precision Medicine diagnostic companies. The result of this new way of doing business is a broad range of completely novel healthcare tools that directly solve the large clinical and economic challenges for payers and providers. 
Lena Chaihorsky | Co-Founder ALVA-10
Lena is the co-founder and Vice President of Payer Innovation at Alva10. With a background in biology and mathematics from Tufts, she is a skilled healthcare executive with a proven track record of developing and executing value based reimbursement strategies for diagnostics companies. Lena has extensive leadership experience in sales, national contracting, and all aspects of reimbursement within start-up and global companies, most recently AmniSure and QIAGEN. Lena also contributes to Alva10’s public speaking and writing efforts, leveraging her unique perspective on payer business and innovation models and their intersections with the diagnostics industry. Her work on commercial approaches to health economics data analysis led to her appointment as co-chair of the World Economic Forum’s workgroup dedicated to the economics of rare disease data federations in 2019. She is active within the Tufts Alumni Career Networking Community, and both a mentor and mentee within the HLTH Foundation’s CSweetener , a 501(c) 3 charity working toward healthcare equality, diversity and access by empowering women to seek and obtain mentorship from industry leaders.
About PBGH - Pittsburgh Business Group on Health
Since the 1980s, the Pittsburgh Business Group on Health has been driving change in healthcare – giving a voice to employers in their efforts to contain rising costs for care and prescription drugs that are suppressing the ability of their employees to receive the care they need when they need at a price they can afford.
More than 100 leading employers from across southwestern Pennsylvania enjoy the benefits of and solutions provided by PBGH – one of the nation’s leading non-profit organizations dedicated to helping companies protect and promote their ability to provide high-quality, equitable and affordable healthcare for their employees.
From award-winning prescription drug containment initiatives to nationally renowned educational programs for human resources, benefits managers and C-suite officers, PBGH delivers the comprehensive cost-savings and health and wellness solutions companies need today to drive and implement change in healthcare.
PBGH’s targeted voice advocates for employers at the highest local, state and federal levels – lobbying and pursuing real transformation in the way healthcare is delivered and paid for so companies and organizations have the power to be competitive and succeed so our region thrives.
Jessica Brooks | President & CEO PBGH
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The Vision for the Role of the Pharmacist in 2022 with Dr. Thomas Franko, PharmD

In this episode, Dr. Thomas Franko, PharmD, president of the Pennsylvania Pharmacist's Association talks with Todd Eury, CEO & Founder of the Pharmacy Podcast Network about his 'Vision for the Role of the Pharmacist in 2022'.
Most people see pharmacists behind the counter dispensing pills and occasionally giving advice on prescription and over the counter (OTC) medications; they may sometimes remind customers of preventive screenings or flu shots. But pharmacists are capable of much more. As part of their professional degree, they receive extensive training on medication management to optimize treatment options, manage medication side effects, interactions and duplications, interpret lab results, perform physical exams, and administer vaccines. --from Deloitte Insights
The pandemic increased opportunities for pharmacists to deliver hands-on care. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) gave pharmacists the authority to order and administer COVID-19 tests, childhood vaccines (3–18 years of age), and COVID-19 vaccines.4 Subsequently, pharmacists, interns, and pharmacy technicians were on the front lines, testing for COVID-19, giving shots, and educating the public, all the while keeping their doors open throughout the pandemic. These efforts elevated the public's perception of pharmacists and offset the burden on other parts of the health care system, providing an opportunity for the profession to redefine its role and value.
About Dr. Thomas Franko, PharmD
Dr. Franko is the PPA's on-coming President for 2022. After service as a clinical pharmacist in outpatient chronic pain management, Dr. Franko joined Wilkes University in 2013. He maintains an ambulatory care practice site with the Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education in Kingston, PA. He is involved with medication therapy management for several chronic diseases, especially pain management, at the Wright Center. Along with pharmacy students, Dr. Franko trains pharmacy and medical residents from Moses Taylor Hospital and The Wright Center. He is an active member of the American Pharmacists Association, American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy and the Pennsylvania Pharmacists Association. His interests are in pain management, substance use disorder and harm reduction strategies.
Education and Training
Doctor of Pharmacy, Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, Philadelphia, PA
Pharmacy Practice Residency, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Wilkes-Barre, PA
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Empowering People to Live Healthier Lives, a special podcast with Dr. Richard Ashworth | The Public Health Pharmacist

Empowering People to Live Healthier Lives, a special podcast with Dr. Richard Ashworth
Pharmacists, Physcians, and people commited to better health for our nation are working closer than ever before. Dr. Richard Ashworth believes we can do more. Interesting insights on how the healthy aging sector will evolve post-pandemic – including concerns on reported increased levels of stress in seniors and the need to more actively address social determinants of health. Dr. Ashworth and Dr. Madison also talk about navigating the shift to virtual engagement and the opportunities and challenges healthcare organizations will face once the nation fully reopens from COVID-19. 
Our guest:
Dr. Richard Ashworth, PharmD joined Tivity Health as President and CEO, and as a member of the Board of Directors, in June 2020. Previously, Ashworth facilitated the growth of Walgreens for nearly 30 years, transforming the company into a global leader in pharmacy and health and wellness. He started at Walgreens as a store clerk in 1992, and most recently led as President, responsible for developing the strategies and plans for all Walgreens operations including leadership, development and management of the business.
Ashworth has spent his career focused on improving the health and well-being of others, with a passion for making a difference in the lives of customers and members. His experience includes navigating a rapidly changing healthcare landscape while serving a portfolio of large customers and individual consumers in the intensely competitive retail realm. Ashworth is an influential voice in public health policy and the future of healthcare and has shared his views at the White House and on Capitol Hill. He also served on the NACDS board for the last four years, formerly as Chairman.
Ashworth earned a Doctor of Pharmacy degree (PharmD) and a master's degree in business administration.
Our host:
Dr. Christina Madison, PharmD is the Founder and CEO of The Public Health Pharmacist™, PLLC a public health consulting firm. She is a clinical pharmacist specializing in public health with a focus on infectious communicable diseases. As a past President of the Nevada Public Health Association, she has been asked to share her clinical public health and infectious disease expertise with Local, State, and International Media outlets and NGO’s.
Dr. Madison has been featured in over 200+ on-air TV appearances since January 2020 related to the pandemic and public health. She has an intimate knowledge of the impact public health messaging, policy, and legislation can have on communities.
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Enhance Care Decision Making with Evidence & AI | Pharmacy Talk with IBM Watson Heatlh

Special guests:
Alan Ehrlich, Executive Editor at DynaMed and an Associate Professor in Family Medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester
Bio: Alan Ehrlich, MD, FAAFP is the Executive Editor at DynaMed and an Associate Professor in Family Medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester. He is board certified from the American Board of Family Medicine and a Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians. Alan graduated from Rutgers New Jersey Medical School in 1984 and completed his residency at the University of
Massachusetts Medical Center in 1987. He is involved in the teaching of Evidence-Based Medicine to third year medical students and writes the Evidence-Based Medicine column for Clinical Advisor magazine.
 Eileen Yoshida, Deputy Editor of Medication and Clinical Informatics, EBSCO Health
Bio: Eileen Yoshida is the Deputy Editor of Medication and Clinical Informatics at EBSCO Health. In this role, she leads the medication and clinical informatics strategies for the organization. Eileen brings over 25 years of experience in the healthcare industry, most recently leading the Clinical Knowledge Management and Decision Support team at Partners HealthCare. Previously, she served with Capgemini as an EHR implementation strategist and with the University of Chicago Hospitals in a special project’s role. Eileen has extensive experience in clinical informatics, EHR implementation, healthcare          consulting and clinical pharmacy and is a published author and speaker on clinical decision support. She holds a degree in Pharmacy from the University of Toronto and a master’s in business administration from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.
 Research:
Report from HIMSS19: Novel Techniques to Combat the Opioid Misuse Epidemic
Courtney Holmes, RN, Executive Clinical Consultant, IBM Watson Health
Bio: Courtney Holmes is a Clinical Program Director supporting IBM’s Micromedex solution suite, as well as an Executive Clinical Consultant with Watson Health. Courtney focuses on providing clinical leadership in the sales and development of cognitive solutions and engagement with key stakeholders to support meaningful use of Watson Health solutions. She provides subject matter expertise for the Healthcare. Provider Segment. This includes providing strategic and clinical expertise to ensure high value development/improvements and intuitive, seamless clinical workflow design. Courtney collaborates among global product offerings teams to ensure clinically relevant approaches to client engagements, and leads Watson Health solution sales activities through client briefings, demonstration of solutions, workshops and other formats as needed. 
Ms. Holmes joined IBM in 2018 and brings 17 years of extensive oncology nursing experience to the team. Her experience ranges from direct clinical care at some of the top hospitals in the country, to developing the nurse educator program for a large pharmaceutical company and leading a team of nurses in her region. Courtney spent time building strong customer relationships with key nursing organizations, targeted accounts, and other identified key customers. She also focused on providing clinical expertise and support to sales to optimize overall customer experience, as well as helping facilities achieve better patient outcomes by improving overall quality of care and providing insight on best practices.
Blog post: https://www.ibm.com/blogs/watson-health/how-ai-infused-clinical-decision-support-may-change-medicine/
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Risk-based Care Can Drive Better Patient Adherence

Participants and Roles:         Sheila Arquette, President & CEO, NASP, Host/Interviewer                           
Purpose: Discuss how implementing risk-based care benefits patients and can improve their adherence rates
Ashleigh Burdette, MSN, RN, is the Sr. Director of Clinical Innovation with Biologics by McKesson. Ashleigh has been a Registered Nurse for nearly 15 years and holds a Master of Science in Nursing with a specialization in leadership and administration. She began her nursing career as an oncology nurse working in both bone marrow transplant and an outpatient clinic. In 2015, she joined Optum/United Health Group to focus on oncology patient support, utilization review, and clinical case management. In 2017, she joined Cardinal Health’s hub business and had the opportunity to lead both clinical operations and account management. Ashleigh joined Biologics by McKesson in 2020 to lead cross-functional collaboration to create customized patient management solutions that support the holistic needs of patients.
·            What is risked-based care, and how does it differ from “standardized care”?
·            What’s the methodology behind risked-based care?
·            Is the nurse-patient connection important? Why or why not?
·            What are some outcomes you’ve seen with this type of personalized level of care and support?
·            If someone wanted to implement this type of tailored support in their care setting, what are some of the essential components to keep in mind?
Contact the NASP: https://naspnet.org/about
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phactMI: Where Pharmacists Go for Medical Information

Where Pharmacists Go for Medical Information
Due to the advancement of technology, healthcare professionals have access to a wealth of medical information in just a few strokes of their keyboard. Thinking of the quantity of resources available brings up the question, what sources of information are actually being used to inform treatment decisions?
Join us in this episode where Patrick Reilly, PA, CEO phactMI and guest speakers John Jones, MBA, Director of Technology phactMI and Evelyn Hermes-DeSantis, PharmD, BCPS, Director, Research and Publications, phactMI/ Professor Emerita, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey discuss the most common sources of medical information and the role of manufacturers in providing scientifically accurate information.
This is the second episode in a series of three podcasts. If you have not listened to our first episode, check it out with the link below:
●           phactMI: Collaborate, Elevate, Enhance Patient Care: https://pharmacypodcast.com/2021/12/11/phactmi-podcast-series/
 
Learn more about phactMI at www.phactMI.org/about/
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Strategies for Pharmacist Involvement in Adverse Effect Management | PTCE Pharmacy Connect

Educational Objectives
·            Recognize best practices for managing adverse effects associated with immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI)-targeted therapy combinations
 
Faculty:
Jacob K. Kettle, PharmD, BCOP
Pharmacy Manager
Ellis Fischel Cancer Center
Department of Pharmacy
University of Missouri Health Care
Columbia, Missouri
 
Faculty, has the following financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose:
Jacob Kettle, PharmD, BCOP, has the following relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose:
Speakers Bureau: Genentech, Merck, Amgen, Lilly, DSI
Consultant: Pfizer, Lilly
Pharmacy Times Continuing Education™ is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. This activity is approved for 0.75 contact hours (0.075 CEU) under the ACPE universal activity number 0290-0000-21-438-H01-P. The activity is available for CE credit through December 17, 2022.
This activity is supported by educational grants from Eisai Inc and Exelixis, Inc.
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Establishing the Role of Targeted Therapies in Cancer Care | PTCE Pharmacy Connect

Educational Objectives
·             Describe the role of immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI)-targeted therapy combinations across malignancies
·             Recall knowledge of ICI-targeted therapy combinations to treatment selection in patients with cancer
 
Faculty:
Jacob K. Kettle, PharmD, BCOP
Pharmacy Manager
Ellis Fischel Cancer Center
Department of Pharmacy
University of Missouri Health Care
Columbia, Missouri
Faculty, has the following financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose:
Jacob Kettle, PharmD, BCOP, has the following relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose:
Speakers Bureau: Genentech, Merck, Amgen, Lilly, DSI
Consultant: Pfizer, Lilly
Pharmacy Times Continuing Education™ is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. This activity is approved for 0.5 contact hours (0.05 CEU) under the ACPE universal activity number 0290-0000-21-437-H01-P. The activity is available for CE credit through December 17, 2022.
This activity is supported by educational grants from Eisai Inc and Exelixis, Inc.
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First Steps to Compounding Technology | The Future of Pharmacy

Introduction
As the safety of compounding practices comes under renewed scrutiny from authoritative bodies, more attention is being paid to assistive and robotic technologies. Learn how a stepped approach to adopting compounding technology can lead to safer, more efficient, and cost effective compounding operations.
Participants
Host:
Ken Perez, Vice President, Healthcare Policy and Government Affairs, Omnicell, Inc.
Guest Expert:
Kevin N. Hansen, PharmD, MS, BCPS, BCSCP, Assistant Director of Pharmacy, Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital
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Red Flags in the Pharmacy Law Jungle | PAIN POD

On this episode of the PAIN POD, Mark Pain Guy Garofoli will chat with Dr. David Brushwood, a world-renowned pharmacy law expert, about all things pain management, controlled substances, drug diversion, and pharmacy law. You may be sitting down listening, but it turns out you’ll only be using the edge of the seat! Corresponding legal responsibility, check. Professional conversations between prescribers and dispensers alike, check. DEA Red Flags, check. An attempted prescription from a zoo, check, wait, what? Yes, check. You name it, if it’s pharmacy law and pain management related, it’s discussed, right here, right now, on the Pain Pod. Come one, come all, to the Pain Pod!!!
DEA Red Flags Info
Prescribers
Cash only patients and/or no acceptance of worker’s compensation or insurance
Prescribing of the same combination of highly-abused medications
Prescribing the same (high) quantities of pain drugs to most/every patient
High number of prescriptions issued per day
Geographically out-of-area patient population
Dispensers
High percentage controlled to non-controlled medications
High volumes of controlled substances generally
Same Medication(s)/Quantities prescribed by the same prescriber for many patients
Large geographical distances between pharmacy, prescriber(s), and patient
Multiple patients with the same last name or address
Sequential prescription #s for highly diverted drugs from the same prescriber
Patients receiving controlled substances from multiple prescribers
Patients seeking early prescription refills paying out-of-pocket
NABP ”Red Flags” Video
https://nabp.pharmacy/initiatives/awarxe/pharmacist-resources/
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Pharmacy Insiders with Bob Graul

Bob Graul is a consultant providing Business Development Services for First Financial Bank’s Professional Services Division and has Graul Consulting – Small Business Consulting. Mr. Graul hosts Pharmacy Insiders on the Pharmacy Podcast Network.
Mr. Graul was Managing Director for the Professional Services Division of First Financial Bank which closed $50M in SBA loans annually. As National Vice President – RxOwnership for McKesson Corp from 2010 to 2015 Mr. Graul developed and launched RxOwnership and built it into a $1 billion program. Mr. Graul was President and CEO of Rancho Santa Fe Health Mart Pharmacy from 1985 to 2008 guiding it from $700K to $6M annually.
He also served as CFO for OBJ, Inc. Graul was a consultant for retail pharmacies and McKesson Corp with responsibility for the RxOwnership program from 2008 to 2010. Additionally, he has served on several Boards and held voluntary consulting positions within the pharmaceutical industry. He has broad experience in the banking, retail drug, ownership transfer and managed care industries. Graul received the Outstanding Alumni Award from National University in 1997. He was named Pharmacist of the Year in 2005 by the San Diego County Pharmacist Association.
Graul was awarded the Innovative Pharmacist of the year in February 2007 by the California Pharmacists Association. He was appointed to the California State Board of Pharmacy by Governor Schwarzenegger in February of 2007 and served for one term on the Board.
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Waldenström Macroglobulinemia and Treatment Advancements with the Use of BTK Inhibitors | PTCE Pharmacy Connect

Pharmacy Times Continuing Education™ (PTCE) provides industry-leading pharmacy CE to retail, oncology, managed care, specialty, and health-system pharmacists. They use multiple deliverables in the live, virtual, on-demand, and print formats created by in-house pharmacists to deliver tailored multi-specialty education.
Podcast 1: Waldenström Macroglobulinemia and Treatment Advancements with the Use of BTK Inhibitors
Educational Objectives
·             Outline the pathophysiology of Waldenström macroglobulinemia (WM) and its connection to use of new and emerging drug therapies
·             Review clinical guidelines and treatment selection in patients with WM
Faculty: Victoria Nachar, PharmD, BCOP
Clinical Pharmacist Specialist, Ambulatory Hematology Oncology
University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center
Clinical Assistant Professor
University of Michigan College of Pharmacy
Ann Arbor, Michigan
 
Faculty has no financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.
Pharmacy Times Continuing Education™ is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. This activity is approved for 0.5 contact hour (0.05 CEU) under the ACPE universal activity number 0290-0000-21-441-H01-P. The activity is available for CE credit through June 13, 2022. 
This activity is supported by educational grants from Pharmacyclics LLC., an AbbVie Company and Janssen Biotech, Inc; and BeiGene, Ltd.
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The Antitrust Episode | The PUTTcast

Listen in as host Monique Whitney speaks with special guests Dr. Benjamin Jolley and Deborah Keaveny about the vertical integration of healthcare, how it applies to antitrust, and possible steps state and federal governments can take to begin to combat the issue for pharmacies and their patients.
Host: 
Monique Whitney, PUTT Executive Director
Special Guests: 
Dr. Benjamin Jolley, PharmD
Pharmacist, Pharmacy Consultant, Blogger 
Deborah Keaveny, RPh
Pharmacist, Pharmacy Owner, PUTT Board Member
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The Great Road Trip Recap with Bruce Kneeland

Pharmacy pioneer Bruce Kneeland selects 4 road trip pharmacies
The trip, dubbed “Four Savvy Southern Pharmacies,” will include on-site visits and interviews with the owners of pharmacies in Texas, Arkansas, Tennessee and South Carolina.
Summary written by Sandra Levy
Independent pharmacy veteran Bruce Kneeland is once again hitting the open road on an extensive pharmacy road trip. This year's trip, dubbed “Four Savvy Southern Pharmacies,” will include on-site visits and interviews with the owners of pharmacies in four southern states: Texas, Arkansas, Tennessee and South Carolina. 
Liberty Software, is sponsoring the trip. 
[Read more: Pharmacy pioneer Bruce Kneeland selects 8 road trip pharmacies]
The key takeaway will be the production and distribution of a white paper that Kneeland will produce. The document will outline, in a step-by-step manner, the management tools and marketing techniques the four pharmacies use to successfully implement one or more of the enhanced care services their pharmacies provide.   
Kneeland will look at how these four pharmacies chose a specific enhanced care service to provide and how they got their staff to buy into providing the new service. He also will look for ways the pharmacies use features in their Liberty Software system to support these new services.
One of Liberty’s newest features is an appointment scheduler with features that help them manage their immunization program, interact with state immunization registries, automate billing procedures and auto-populate eCare plans. 
[Read more: CPESN USA taps Bruce Kneeland to support local networks]
The pharmacies Kneeland will visit provide a cross-section of independent pharmacies. One is in a major metropolitan area, another in a suburban location and two are in rural towns. Two are clinically focused and the others have more traditional front-ends. One even has an old fashion soda fountain.   
The four pharmacies to be visited are Flower Mound Pharmacy in Flower Mound, Texas; Caldwell Pharmacy in Wynne, Ark.; Kirby Whitten Pharmacy in Bartlett, Tenn.; and Roche Pharmacy in Whitmire, S.C. 
Kneeland noted that the white paper will be designed to provide pharmacy owners with a road map that will outline specific steps pharmacy owners can take to replicate the success of the four pharmacies he visits on the trip. When completed, the white paper will be made available, free of charge, to any pharmacy owner requesting it from Liberty Software
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