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Episodes
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Wednesday Nov 10, 2021
NCAP Pharmacy JEOPARDY! State Championship | Lets Pharmonize
Wednesday Nov 10, 2021
Wednesday Nov 10, 2021
The final installment of a series of pharmacy JEOPARDY! games, this episode features the terrific students from each of the four North Carolina Pharmacy Schools. We hope you enjoy the fun and interesting questions that explore pharmacy, chemistry, biology and more. Cheer on your champions and we'll see you at the state championship in October!
This is NOT your physician's podcast. Hosts Shane Garrettson and Cal Vandergrift dive into the pharmacy world with fun, interesting, and downright weird topics!
Tune in for NEW episodes, available on Spotify, Apple, Anchor, and more! Check out our Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram pages at Let's Pharmonize to view videos and images relevant to every episode! If you have any questions, comments, or even corrections, e-mail us at pharmonization@gmail.com.
PLEASE READ: Shane, Mickey, Cal and Justin are NOT medical professionals. DO NOT USE the information presented in this podcast to aid in your own personal health or medicinal benefit. This is a light-hearted podcast that should not be taken with the same seriousness as your own personal health.
A special thanks to Kelly Kerr for creating the music used in the intro and outro.
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Wednesday Nov 10, 2021
Show Them the Money | PGX for Pharmacists
Wednesday Nov 10, 2021
Wednesday Nov 10, 2021
Pharmacogenomics Market Access and Reimbursement Series
Episode Description:
Most of us understand that the reimbursement for pharmacogenomics tests has been one barrier amongst many barriers to pharmacogenomics’ wide-scale clinical adoption. Finding myself highly frustrated with the slow clinical uptake by PGx test ordering by healthcare providers back in 2017, I brainstormed about which payers were the most vested in improving patients’ medication outcomes and who would therefore more likely to listen to my pitch about PGX decreasing adverse drug events and increasing therapeutic medication outcomes.
As a consultant to self-insured employers who were seeking to lower their employees’ drug spend, I found a warm and receptive audience for pharmacogenomics. It was through my relationships with self-insured employers that I met today’s guest.
Again, fate intervened, and today’s guest reached out to me via LinkedIn. She had been following my pharmacogenomics posts and liking what she had seen she introduced me to a group of pharmacists in Kentucky who were integrating PGx into their PBM via comprehensive medication management.
Special Guest Jane Cheshire Gilbert, CPA
Jane Cheshire Gilbert, CPA Director of Retiree Health Care for the Teachers’ Retirement System of the State of Kentucky Jane has served TRS retirees since April 2002. She manages two retiree health plans covering 48,000 retirees. She also serves as a leader in the areas of health insurance cost containment, project management, risk management and federal health care solutions.
Gilbert served in management and directorship positions for a Louisville, Kentucky law firm and a cost containment company, The Rawlings Company, from 1989 through 2002. Prior to that, she worked as an accountant for a national CPA firm. Gilbert earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Bellarmine University in Louisville, Kentucky and is a certified public accountant and a certified government benefits administrator. She has served on the board of the State and Local Government Benefits Association and is a member of the Public Sector Healthcare Roundtable.
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Tuesday Nov 09, 2021
Becoming a Pharmacy Badass with Lisa Faast | DiversifyRx
Tuesday Nov 09, 2021
Tuesday Nov 09, 2021
Owning a pharmacy is tougher than ever, and yet there is a ton of opportunity too. To survive and thrive, you must diversify your revenue streams and optimize your entire pharmacy. On Becoming A Pharmacy Podcast, Dr. Lisa Faast will take you through numerous strategies from the 6 Pillars of Pharmacy Profitability to help you create the pharmacy of your dreams.
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Monday Nov 08, 2021
Monday Nov 08, 2021
What does public health mean to you?
Balanced pain policy, safe access to palliative medicines, medico-legal and political barriers to the treatment of pain; using satire and digital film as a tool to raise awareness and bring about positive reforms
Bio:
Stephen Ziegler, Ph.D., J.D., is a political scientist who has focused on pain relief, access to essential medicines, and health policy reform for over two decades as a professor, pain fellow, pain scholar, and as a humorist with a law degree. His personal website can be found at www.painpolitics.com with links to the first season of his podcast. He is also a political satirist who uses digital film, and like Don Quixote, is an idealist who seeks to right wrongs in occasionally silly ways.
Social Media Handles
@painpolitics (Twitter)
https://www.linkedin.com/in/zhealthpolicy/
Websites and Links
Painpolitics.com
Youtube.com/painpolitics
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Saturday Nov 06, 2021
Molecular Pharmacogenomics: An Australian Perspective | PGX for Pharmacists
Saturday Nov 06, 2021
Saturday Nov 06, 2021
Today’s episode is the 3rd episode in my PGx for Pharmacists Podcast series entitled, “The State of the PGx Industry: Pharmacogenomics Science and Research".
I am super honored that, yet another one of my pharmacogenomics science expert colleagues is joining me on the podcast to provide my audience with high quality, evidence-based pharmacogenomics content. Today’s guest just so happens to be joining me from across the world! Like many of my guests, today’s guest started his pharmacist career in what we might define as a traditional pharmacist career path and then he transitioned his career to now create and research pharmacogenomic variant cell lines in the lab. His research will eventually be translated into predictive clinical pharmacogenomics software.
Featured guest:
Zeyad Ibrahim MClinPharm BPS BCOP
AdvPP Consultant Cancer Pharmacist and Pharmacogeneticist
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Friday Nov 05, 2021
PharmD Money Derek Delaney Financial Planner | Pharmacy Podcast Nation
Friday Nov 05, 2021
Friday Nov 05, 2021
Today I am excited to interview Ross Klein, founder, managing member, and chief investment officer of Changebridge Capital, LLC.
In this episode we take a deeper look into a few of the more popular areas of investment management. We touch on the importance of diversification and how we can't rely on the S&P 500 as our only form of diversification. We also discuss the growing popularity of ESG investing and ways investors should be approaching this space. And finally, Ross gives us a few tips on how we can better evaluate active investment managers and not rely so heavily on just past performance data.
You can find more information about Changebridge Capital LLC at:
www.changebridgecapital.com
www.changebridgefunds.com
If you're looking to follow or connect with Ross on social media, you can find him on:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ross-klein-cfa-1645a46/
Twitter: @RKleinCFA
Or contact Ross directly at:
ross@changebridgecapital.com
Enjoy the show!
You can connect with Derek on social media at:
https://twitter.com/derekjdelaney
https://www.linkedin.com/in/derekdelaneypharmdfp/
https://www.facebook.com/PharmD-Financial-Planning-LLC-116600423803050
Or by email at:
derek@pharmfp.com
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Friday Nov 05, 2021
Ja’Miera Stuart | Brighter Horizons
Friday Nov 05, 2021
Friday Nov 05, 2021
Ila M. Saunders, PharmD, BCOP, co-founder and leadership team member of the #PharmGradWishList interviews Ja’Miera Stuart, PharmD, #PGWL sponsee and winner of a large item crowdfunding campaign to support moving and relocation expenses to begin her PGY1 pharmacy residency.
Dr. Stuart has been interested in a career in pharmacy since high school when she began pre-pharmacy coursework. As a graduate of Florida A&M University, Dr. Stuart truly embraced the role of the pharmacist as a healthcare practitioner and ambassador. During her involvement in Student National Pharmaceutical Association, Dr. Stuart rallied and amplified the voices of underrepresented minorities. Now, Dr. Stuart began her career and continued her education as a pharmacy resident at Howard University Hospital, serving a pivotal patient population in the DC metro area.
Dr. Stuart is grateful for the generous outpouring of support from the pharmacy community who have and continue to help her achieve her goals and aspirations. She remains passionate about supporting opportunities, like those she has received, to continue diversifying pharmacy and healthcare.
To support other aspiring pharmacists, like Dr. Stuart, please follow more of her story on her instagram @morph_rx and you can find more information at pharmgradwishlist.org!
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Friday Nov 05, 2021
How To Leverage Section 179 & Save on Taxes | RxSafe
Friday Nov 05, 2021
Friday Nov 05, 2021
The Section 179 tax deduction has helped small businesses offset the cost of capital equipment for years. The dysfunction in Congress has frequently caused the statutory purchase limit to seesaw until just before year-end. But, the good news is the IRS Section 179 purchase price limit of $500,000 was made permanent law in 2016 with the passage of the PATH act.
In 2017 the deduction limit for Section 179 increased to $1 million for 2018 and beyond. The limit on equipment purchases increased to $2.5 million.
Furthermore, the bonus depreciation is: 100%
After calculating your potential Section 179 savings below, call us today at (877) 978-2364 or fill out the form to the right. We’d love to learn more about your pharmacy and let you know the many ways the RapidPakRx can increase your profitability.
Special Guests:
Pharmacy Owner: Aimee Stuermer PharmD
Pharmacy CPA & Accounting Expert: Scotty Sykes w/ Sykes & Company
Pharmacist Financial Planner: Derek Delaney w/ PharmD Financial Planning
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Thursday Nov 04, 2021
Pharmacogenomics: A Primer for Clinicians | PGX for Pharmacists
Thursday Nov 04, 2021
Thursday Nov 04, 2021
Dr. Samit Shah serves as the Dean of the Regis University School of Pharmacy. Dr. Shah also served as the Assistant Dean and Department Chair of Biopharmaceutical Sciences at KGI SPHS. Dr. Shah earned a BS in pharmacy from North Gujarat University, a PhD in pharmaceutical sciences from the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC), and an MBA from South University. He received post-doctoral training at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Dr. Lam received her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Southern California (USC). She completed a two-year fellowship at USC School of Pharmacy in HIV pharmacotherapy and translational research. She is credentialed by the American Academy of HIV Medicine. She is currently an Associate Professor at Chapman University School of Pharmacy.
Dr. Lam currently practices in a multidisciplinary medical team treating general medicine, HIV and HIV/HCV coinfected patients with the AltaMed Medical Group in Santa Ana. Dr. Lam has also authored several book chapters and journal articles on these topics.
Together with Dr. Mary Gutierrez they have written the book called Pharmacogenomics: A primer for clinicians. Now available on Amazon.
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Wednesday Nov 03, 2021
Helping Patients with Medicare Open Enrollment | RMS CLIMB
Wednesday Nov 03, 2021
Wednesday Nov 03, 2021
Every Year, Medicare Open Enrollment runs from October 15th to December 7th. This month on the CLIMB podcast, we explore opportunities for pharmacies to improve customer-centricity by assisting patients with their program selections. Brad Jones hosts this panel with guests Chris Cornelison (Pharmacist and Founder SolutionsRx), Janae Jumper who runs the Open Enrollment Program at Western Drug and Katelyn Ylitalo, a Pharmacist at White’s Pharmacy.
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Tuesday Nov 02, 2021
Tuesday Nov 02, 2021
In this month’s episode, we welcome pharmacist, Dr. Nicole Pezzino, who has a myriad of experience with DSMES from student and resident to a nationwide coach. Dr. Pezzino received her PharmD degree from the University of Pittsburgh and continued her training as a community pharmacy resident at UNC. She is now an associate professor, the Director of Community Outreach and Innovation, and the PGY1 community pharmacy residency director at Wilkes University.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicole-pezzino-pharmd/
Dr. Pezzino shares personal stories of the impact a pharmacist can make on building relationships with patients in order to individualize their diabetes care. A recent article published in March 2020 found that pharmacy students who taught DSMES classes had a significant improvement in their clinical knowledge and confidence. Dr. Pezzino has seen similar results in her own practice with the pharmacy students on APPE rotations she integrates into DSMES.
https://www.ajpe.org/content/84/3/7621.full
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Monday Nov 01, 2021
New Roles in Patient Centricity | DarshanTalks
Monday Nov 01, 2021
Monday Nov 01, 2021
In this episode of the DarshanTalks podcast, we discuss with the guest John Lewis about New Roles in Patient Centricity, patient recruitment, and the host Darshan Kulkarni Pharm.D, MS, Esq. holding an interesting conversation that revolves around patient centricity. John Lewis an Executive Director of Heart Valve Voice US - patient advocacy, nonprofit organization, provides patients with a united voice to improve health for people living with heart valve disease by advocating for early detection, meaningful support, and timely access to appropriate treatment for all people affected by heart valve disease. The conversation began with the effects of the corona pandemic as supposed to the years 2020 and 2021. No one anticipated the 2020 march lockdown, everyone had some plans for the year and now the ending of 2021 it hasn't been a great year too as discussed by the host and guest in the podcast. The expert said that the company was able to plan in the pandemic period, many non-profit organizations required funding and that was lacking due to pandemic also the patient advocacy aspect was discussed wherein patients were informed and all the issues that were pending were taken up by the company to ensure patient centricity. He conveyed the takeaways in the pandemic and one of them was research advocacy that involves patient preference study and evolving new opportunities or directly involved recruiting patients for clinical trials. He explained in detail and drove a comparison between the practicality of what is happening in patient advocacy and whats researchers' line of thought. The concept of patient-focused device or medical development wherein one is taking patient thoughts, wishes, and considerations into the design of the clinical trials and outcomes of the clinical trials whilst there exist patient-reported outcomes which means that it can occur during the clinical process or clinical care that may not be considered or quantified in the initial stage. Further, there are patient preferences which is an emerging area. Many pertinent questions were asked regarding patient selection, and the company's overall heart valve outlook towards the patients that were answered by the expert.
Connect with John Lewis:
On LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnlewisdc/
Twitter: @jlewisdc
Email: john@heartvalvevoice-us.org
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Friday Oct 29, 2021
Why Pizza Is NOT Working | Dr. Bled Tanoe, PharmD
Friday Oct 29, 2021
Friday Oct 29, 2021
#PizzaIsNotWorking campaign calls for greater support for overworked pharmacists, referenced from Becker's Health:
Oklahoma City pharmacist Bled Tanoe, PharmD, recently started the #PizzaIsNotWorking social media campaign to draw awareness to the reality that free pizza and other ad-hoc rewards are not a viable solution to the burnout sweeping the pharmacy industry.
Dr. Tanoe share with us that she and other pharmacists desperately need pharmacies' parent companies to make major changes to the way they support pharmacists and pharmacy technicians.
"One of their biggest fears is I am going to make a mistake and it is going to cost someone's life. Someone is going to make a mistake and it will cost someone's life or their family's life," she said.
Pharmacists who have joined the movement say that the added responsibilities that came with the pandemic, such as administering COVID-19 vaccines and tests, have exacerbated the problem. Many pharmacists have shared stories of quitting their jobs or wanting to enter early retirement as a result of the stress.
"There are people who have been in the profession for 20-40 years who love being pharmacists who say, 'I can't do this anymore.' And when people who have been in the industry that long say that they can't do it anymore you know it is very severe," Dr. Tanoe said.
The "Pharmacy Staff for COVID-19 Support" Facebook group Dr. Tanoe started as part of the campaign has about 44,600 members.
Introduction audio from KOCO New Channel ABC Affiliate, reporter, Abigail Ogle:
https://www.koco.com/article/oklahoma-pharmacist-creates-unique-hashtag/37876775
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Thursday Oct 28, 2021
The Impact of Universal Hepatitis B Vaccinations | Conscious Pharmacist Podcast
Thursday Oct 28, 2021
Thursday Oct 28, 2021
The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommends vaccination of adults at risk for HBV infection, including universal vaccination of adults in settings in which a high proportion have risk factors for HBV infection and vaccination of adults requesting protection from HBV without acknowledgment of a specific risk factor. Michelle Sherman, RPh., is a pharmacist expert in HIV & HEP-C treatment protocols & is the host of the Conscious Pharmacist Podcast. Michelle is the special co-host of today's discussion on the proposed impact of universal Hepatitis B Vaccinations.
About our guest: Catherine Stevenson is Director of Corporate Strategy at Dynavax Technologies, a California-based biotechnology company which has developed and commercialized a 2-dose Hepatitis-B vaccine. With a Masters in Health and Science Policy, her background spans over 10 years of working in biotechnology, non-profits, and scientific research.
Referenced Journal Articles:
Stevenson C, Youn JH, Hayney MS, David C. Preventing hepatitis B virus infection among healthcare professionals: potential impact of a 2-dose versus 3-dose vaccine. Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2021
Stevenson C, de la Rosa G, Anderson CS, Murphy PS, Capece T, Kim M, Elliott MR. Essential role of Elmo1 in Dock2-dependent lymphocyte migration. J Immunol. 2014 Jun 15;192(12):6062-70.
Bradel-Tretheway BG, Mattiacio JL, Krasnoselsky A, Stevenson C, Purdy D, Dewhurst S, Katze MG. Comprehensive proteomic analysis of influenza virus polymerase complex reveals a novel association with mitochondrial proteins and RNA polymerase accessory factors. J Virol. 2011 Sep;85(17):8569-81.
Zhou T, Zheng A, Baxa U, Chuang GY, Georgiev IS, Kong R, O'Dell S, Shahzad-Ul-Hussan S, Shen CH, Tsybovsky Y, Bailer RT, Gift SK, Louder MK, McKee K, Rawi R, Stevenson CH, Stewart-Jones GBE, Taft JD, Waltari E, Yang Y, Zhang B, Shivatare SS, Shivatare VS, Lee CD, Wu CY; NISC Comparative Sequencing Program, Mullikin JC, Bewley CA, Burton DR, Polonis VR, Shapiro L, Wong CH, Mascola JR, Kwong PD, Wu X. A Neutralizing Antibody Recognizing Primarily N-Linked Glycan Targets the Silent Face of the HIV Envelope. Immunity. 2018 Mar 20;48(3):500-513.e6.
Contributing Posts:
Stevenson, C, P Peeples. “Real-world evidence and value-based contracting – swipe left or swipe right?” https://www.healtheconomics.com/blog/2019/02/real-world-evidence-and-value-based-contracting-swipe-left-or-swipe-right/.
Stevenson, C, P Peeples. “Pharmacy Benefit Managers: A Mechanism for Containing Costs or a Contributor to Rising Drug Prices?” L https://www.healtheconomics.com/industry-news/pharmacy-benefit-managers-a-mechanism-for-containing-costs-or-a-contributor-to-rising-drug-prices.
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Tuesday Oct 26, 2021
Pharmacy JEOPARDY! With Campbell University School of Pharmacy | Lets Pharmonize
Tuesday Oct 26, 2021
Tuesday Oct 26, 2021
The second installment of a series of pharmacy JEOPARDY! games, this episode features the amazing students of Campbell University School of Pharmacy in North Carolina. We hope you enjoy the fun and interesting questions that explore pharmacy, chemistry, biology and more. Cheer on your champions and we'll see you at the state championship in October!
This is NOT your physician's podcast. Hosts Shane Garrettson and Cal Vandergrift dive into the pharmacy world with fun, interesting, and downright weird topics!
Tune in for NEW episodes, available on Spotify, Apple, Anchor, and more! Check out our Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram pages at Let's Pharmonize to view videos and images relevant to every episode! If you have any questions, comments, or even corrections, e-mail us at pharmonization@gmail.com.
PLEASE READ: Shane, Mickey, Cal and Justin are NOT medical professionals. DO NOT USE the information presented in this podcast to aid in your own personal health or medicinal benefit. This is a light-hearted podcast that should not be taken with the same seriousness as your own personal health.
A special thanks to Kelly Kerr for creating the music used in the intro and outro.
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Tuesday Oct 26, 2021
Tuesday Oct 26, 2021
What does public health mean to you?
Focusing on the most vulnerable patient populations and resource-limited care settings at most risk for multi-drug resistant pathogens to improve clinical outcomes, antimicrobial stewardship programs, and infection prevention and control practices.
Bio
Dr. Amy Hanson received her Doctorate of Pharmacy from Drake University (Des Moines, IA). She completed a PGY1 at Mercy Hospital (Chicago, IL), a PGY2 Infectious Disease Residency at Rush University Medical Center (RUMC) in Chicago, IL, and stayed on as the Infectious Disease Pharmacist at RUMC for 6 years. Amy transitioned to work as a Project Administrator in Antimicrobial Stewardship at the Chicago Department of Pubic Health in 2018, developing several antimicrobial stewardship educational campaigns and collaboratives for outpatient and long-term care healthcare settings. Currently, since July 2021, Amy is a Medical Science Liaison at IDbyDNA, a precision metagenomics diagnostic company.
Social Media
LinkedIn and Twitter (@AmyHansonPharmD)
linkedin.com/in/amy-hanson-pharmd-bcps-aq-id-11ab58168
Web Links
https://idbydna.com/
https://www.chicagohan.org/antimicrobial-stewardship-programhttps://www.chicagohan.org/outpatient-toolkithttps://www.chicagohan.org/dental-toolkit
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Monday Oct 25, 2021
Pharmacy JEOPARDY! With UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy | Lets Pharmonize
Monday Oct 25, 2021
Monday Oct 25, 2021
The first of a series of pharmacy JEOPARDY! games, this episode features the amazing students of UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy in North Carolina. We hope you enjoy the fun and interesting questions that explore pharmacy, chemistry, biology and more. Cheer on your champions and we'll see you at the state championship in October!This is NOT your physician's podcast. Hosts Shane Garrettson and Cal Vandergrift dive into the pharmacy world with fun, interesting, and downright weird topics!
Tune in for NEW episodes, available on Spotify, Apple, Anchor, and more! Check out our Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram pages at Let's Pharmonize to view videos and images relevant to every episode! If you have any questions, comments, or even corrections, e-mail us at pharmonization@gmail.com.
PLEASE READ: Shane, Mickey, Cal and Justin are NOT medical professionals. DO NOT USE the information presented in this podcast to aid in your own personal health or medicinal benefit. This is a light-hearted podcast that should not be taken with the same seriousness as your own personal health.
A special thanks to Kelly Kerr for creating the music used in the intro and outro.
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Friday Oct 22, 2021
Friday Oct 22, 2021
Hosts:
Monique Whitney
Scott Newman
Panelists: Danny Martinez, CPhA
Deb Billingsley,
OPhA Randal Johnson, LIPA
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Friday Oct 22, 2021
A Matter of Medication Distribution Models | The Future of Pharmacy Podcast
Friday Oct 22, 2021
Friday Oct 22, 2021
Introduction
Central pharmacy is the hub of care that patients and providers depend on. Which is why pharmacy leaders follow a deliberative, collaborative approach when choosing a medication distribution model. Hear how two pharmacy leaders approached the matter of distribution models and arrived at very different conclusions.
Participants
Host:
Ken Perez, Vice President, Healthcare Policy and Government Affairs, Omnicell
Guests:
Richard J. Artymowicz, PharmD, MBA, FCCP, BCPS, Director of Pharmacy Services, Administrative Director of Sleep and Wound Services, Cape Regional Medical Center
Donna Yeaw, RPh, Director of Pharmacy, St. Luke’s University Hospital
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Wednesday Oct 20, 2021
Pharmacists Providing Patients with Trusted Care During the Pandemic & Beyond
Wednesday Oct 20, 2021
Wednesday Oct 20, 2021
In the fight against COVID-19, frontline health workers have been vital to keeping the pandemic at bay, but recognition of individual professions’ efforts have been inconsistent at all levels. Pharmacists around the world have continued to provide direct patient care and perform frontline duties for their communities during this pandemic, but are often relegated to the background and overlooked when frontline workers are heralded. Community pharmacists are the most accessible healthcare practitioners, which is further proven during the pandemic as they continued to provide direct patient care despite restrictions imposed by the government due to the pandemic. Due to the inaccessibility of other healthcare practitioners during this time, community pharmacists have reduced the burden on the healthcare system by diverting the influx of patients away from hospitals through triaging and screening patients.
Community pharmacists have played various roles in supporting the healthcare system during COVID-19: delivering medications to patients, educating patients on telehealth services, assessing patients for renewal of chronic medications, performing consultations on minor ailments, clarifying misconceptions about COVID-19 treatments, and contributing to COVID-19 screening. Alongside ICU nurses, physicians, and respiratory therapists, hospital pharmacists have been part of the COVID-19 efforts and their roles include management of drug shortages, development of treatment protocols, participation of patient rounds, interpretation of lab results for COVID-19, participant recruitment for clinical trials, exploration of new drugs, medication management advice, and antimicrobial stewardship. Further support from pharmacists will be needed once a vaccine is launched in order to reach population-wide coverage. Amid COVID-19, pharmacists have not stopped working as frontline workers and they should be recognized as such.
Special Guests:
Tara Pfund, PharmD – Product Manager – AssureCare
Paige Clark, RPh – VP Of Pharmacy Program and Policy – Prescryptive
Kevin Russell, RPH, MBA, BCACP – Director of Pharmacy: Clinical Operations – Prescryptive
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