Pharmacy Podcast Network

Pharmacy Immunizations – It’s Far More than Flu Shots Jeff Hedges, co-host of the Pharmacy Compliance Guide brings us new insights into the Business of Pharmacy & keeping your Community Pharmacy Compliant. This week we focus on Pharmacy Immunizations.  Can every pharmacists give immunizations? Absolutely, flu is the most recognized but most states will permit pharmacist to provide most immunizations to patients Are there any restrictions? Yes, each state sets its own requirements for what a pharmacist can administer For example: there are age limits for certain vaccine some vaccine are prohibited by pharmacists to dispense Location of vaccines to be administer Is there any license requirements? Yes, each states sets its requirements Most states re

#PharmacyFutureLeaders How to be a Professional Sales Person in the Pharmacy Space Guest: Kelly Roach CEO of Kelly Roach International   Kelly, I listen to your podcast weekly and your consistency is tremendous, you’re clearly a leader in the podcast space, but for those that don’t know you, tell us a little about Unstoppable Success Radio and why you started the podcast.   Many pharmacists want to be entrepreneurs. Like you did before you left the corporate world, they do well financially, but like you, Kelly, they want to have financial abundance and autonomy and unlimited growth you talk about in your audiobook. How did you manage the transition from full time employee to full time entrepreneur?   In that podcast #164, the science of

Even though it has been misinterpreted and refuted, I do like President Kennedy's speech ironically here in my hometown (Indianapolis) back in the 1950s, where he shared a definition of the word "Crisis" = Danger + Opportunity, in Chinese. And even though the translation is incorrect, I still would like to think that anytime there is a crisis, there is an element of danger and opportunity within it. Danger and opportunity can lead to amazing things! This is also true of one's career. There's been talk of mergers, layoffs, and restructuring abound in my world of pharmacy and pharmaceuticals, and I don't foresee that tumult ending anytime soon. I still get panicky emails from friends of friends each and every day who lost their jobs, and beg for answers to: "What should I do about this?" When radical change is happening around us at lightening speeds, the best one can do is prepare for the crisis when it comes along.

Live at the HIMSS 2017 Conference in Orlando FL, an interesting interview with Ken Perez, Vice President of Healthcare Policy at Omnicell, Inc.  Industry experts are predicting that a slow repeal of the ACA will have very little, if any, negative impact on healthcare technology. Healthcare technology grew at an unprecedented pace under the ACA, in part because the ACA contains provisions which provide healthcare technology with incentives to develop and implement new systems aimed at increasing efficiency. Despite the significant amount of uncertainty with a slow repeal of the ACA for many players in the healthcare industry, healthcare technology appears to be poised for continued growth through value-based care, telemedicine, and the increased need for interoperability.  About Ken Perez: Ken Perez, in this hybrid role combining

Marketing Your MTM & Clinical Services Dr. Blair Thielemier and Nicolle McClure discuss why it’s important to execute clinical and MTMs services in your independent pharmacy. We will discuss challenges of getting started and how to overcome them, give several marketing ideas, and review how offering these types of services can also be a new patient generator. For those owners that are struggling performing these types of services, we will address the benefits of hiring an independent pharmacy consultant. At the end, we will touch on Blair’s Evaluate Pharmacy Virtual Summit event in April.     Nicolle McClure President - GRX Marketing  2929 Westown Pkwy., Suite 100, West Des Moines, IA 50266 515.440.1270 main |515.280.2913 dir 

Honored to have the opportunity to interview Kristy Sobel, host of the Patient's Podcast, part of the Pharmacy Podcast Network.  The Patient's Podcast - is where the Voice of the Patient is the most important Voice in Healthcare. We talk with Kristy today about her own experiences suffering with excruciating chronic pain and how she copes and moves forward every day. Meeting your patient's "where they are" is about empathy. Being sincere and taking pause in your busy day is tremendously important to your patient's care. Every individual has their own story and their own feelings. Every patient is different and dealing with their health in a specific way. The care you provide must include your sincerity and understanding.  Kristy Sobel has been a trail blazer as an entrepreneur for 20 + years. She found herself in need for something that did not exist. Kristy created multifunctional and fashionable purses designed for those with back and neck problems. She branch

The Pharmacy Podcast #PharmacyFutureLeaders Managed Care / Health Policy / U of Minnesota     Today we're going to be talking with Ryan Cotten: Ryan Cotten is a 4th year University of Minnesota PharmD student passionate about creating unique solutions by managing limited healthcare resources. Following his P2 year, he interned at ClearScript learning about clinical services and the PBM industry. After his P3 year, he was AMCP chapter president and led his team to the AMCP National P&T Competition. He was the lead author on a health policy research paper "Pricing History Analysis of Orphan Drugs (1983-2015)" which he presented at two national pharmacy conferences. He’s looking to work in a managed care pharmacy residency to further grow as a leader and practitioner. Everyone’s leadership road is different, let’s start with where you are today, and how you got into your current po

The Pharmacy Podcast Network in collaboration with the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists has launched SenioRx Radio. The newest segment of the Pharmacy Podcast Network is designed to Empower pharmacists committed to promoting healthy aging through the appropriate use of medications for our senior populations. The American Society of Consultant Pharmacists (ASCP) is the only international professional society devoted to optimal medication management and improved health outcomes for all older persons. Founded in 1969, ASCP is a non-profit membership organization currently based in Alexandria, VA.   ASCP represents over 9,000 pharmacy professionals, including students, serving the unique medication needs of the senior population. Our members range in the services they provide and serve seniors in a variety of settings. SIGN UP for the 2017 ASCP Forum  http://forum.ascp.com/

Dr. Erin Albert, PharmD, MBA, and Kristin Eilenberg, MBA, join Pharmacy Podcast Network founder Todd S. Eury to discuss the 2017 Annual HIMSS Conference in Orlando Florida. The 2017 HIMSS Annual Conference & Exhibition, February 19–23, 2017 in Orlando, brought together 42,000+ health IT professionals, clinicians, executives and vendors from around the world.  Show notes, blog post from Dr. Erin Albert: Well, I’ve tried to absorb as much knowledge as I can before my head explodes at #HIMSS17 this week. It’s been a BLAST talking to so many rockstars of HIT and healthcare that I’m starstruck! One of the coolest new methods of learning for me at the meeting was actually co-hosting at Intrepid Healthcare’s 

HIPAA Breaches & Desk Audits What is a breach? In simple words, the loss of patient protected health information, either printed or electronic. How common are breaches within pharmacies? There are two types of pharmacies and pharmacy owners, The first are the ones who know they have had a breach The later are the ones who have had a breach and don’t know about it How can I have a breach and not know about it? Simple, has your pharmacy clerk ever given a patient another patient’s medication? That is a breach Can you give me examples of breaches? Pharmacy is robbed and the will call bin is stolen Pharmacy is robbed and the server is stolen Staff pharmacist has a laptop stolen Delivery driver has their vehicle stolen which is full of prescriptions to be delivered

We welcome back David Harlow BS, Pharm. D.Chief Pharmacy Officer of Martin Health System. Dr. Harlow received his B.S. in Pharm in 1992 from the Medical College of Virginia and completed his Doctoral work at the University of Florida. Professionally, Dr. Harlow joined the Martin Health System as the Chief Pharmacy Officer, coming from Carilion Clinic’s ACO as the Regional Director of Pharmacy Operations for Southwestern Virginia. Additionally, Dr. Harlow is the executive officer of PharmaDym, a clinical pharmacy consulting firm. His experience also includes retail pharmacy ownership, home infusion and pharmacy benefit management. The first step towards assigning more responsibility to pharmacists, and thus improving medication adherence, is to identify where your organization may be falling short in terms of adherence. A logical place to start is with chronic patients. This level of patient generally has a complicated medication regimen, which can reduce the cha

#PharmacyFutureLeaders Serving the Underserved Christine Dimaculangan  P4 at Philadelphia College of Pharmacy   Welcome to the Pharmacy Podcast Network, I’m your cohost Tony Guerra for the PharmacyFutureLeaders podcast broadcasting from DMACC’s Ankeny Campus. Connect with me on Twitter at Tony_PharmD or on YouTube at TonyPharmD where you can find over 700 pharmacy videos supporting my audiobook Memorizing Pharmacology and new book How to Pronounce Drug Names, both available on Amazon. Today we're going to be talking with Christine Dimaculangan a P4 at Philadelphia College of Pharmacy who has specific interests in serving the underserved, community pharmacy, and public health. Welcome to the pharmacy podcast. You are in a 0 – 6 program, so you had an early interest in health care,

Gavel & Pestle Podcast host - Darshan Kulkarni talks about the effects of non-compliant pharmacies and pharmacy law.  Due to the meningitis outbreak caused by NECC’s products, FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg, MD, was twice called to testify before Congress. She explained that the FDA is inadequately empowered to regulate these compounding pharmacies. Most recently, Commissioner Hamburg revealed that inspections by the agency have found appalling conditions in other compounding pharmacies. Inspections carried out from February through April have documented rusty tools, bare-handed employees handling drugs, and black particles in “sterile” solutions. According to the commissioner, these unacceptable conditions cause significant risks to public health.   As a result of the meningitis outbreak and subsequent findings, several bills have been proposed in Congress to improve regulation of compounding pharmacy. Some proposals would let the current structure co

Pharmacy Podcast Network Blair Thielemier, PharmD interviews Clay Bullard, President of PGx Medical.  The PGx Medical team works alongside clinicians to help determine the right drug, the right dose, for the right person through their pharmacogenetic program, making it simple for physicians, pharmacists and healthcare professionals to incorporate personalized medicine into their patient care.  This test guides providers in making actionable clinical decisions by optimizing patient medications. PGx Medical believes you will lower healthcare costs, increase clinical efficiencies all while improving patient quality of life. Clay Bullard, President PGx Medical Corporate Office: 3917A E. Memorial Road Edmond, OK 73013 Phone:  405-509-5112 E

  The HIMSS 2017 Preview Show   HIMSS: https://www.himss.org  HIMSS17 Conference: http://www.himssconference.org   Women's Programs at HIMSS: http://www.disruptivewomen.net/navigating-uncertainty-disruptive-women-style/ http://www.himssconference.org/session/most-influential-women-health-it-awards

Healthcare Businesswomen's Association:  http://www.hbanet.org  Linkedin Long Post on these 6 steps: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/5-ways-really-support-women-why-i-didnt-march-erin-l-?trk=mp-reader-card  Who's at the helm of healthcare? A tracker of gender and C-suite healthcare execs: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1f2vLf3GmXn7-oGSlm7OwCOIt1lGMb8OPzbUOD

#PharmacyFutureLeaders Research and National Residency Searches     Today we're going to be talking with Sunish Shah, a Student Pharmacist in his final year at the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia. Sunish currently practices as a pharmacotherapeutics tutor at Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and as a Pharmacy Intern at Mercy Philadelphia Hospital. Sunish is passionate about critical care medicine, infectious disease, mentorship within the profession of pharmacy and clinical research. He has recently been awarded first place for a parenteral nutrition study by the Delaware Valley Society of Health-System Pharmacists. You are in a 0 – 6 program, so you had an early interest in health care, tell me about the influence your family had on your choice of the broader healthcare profession and narrower focus on pharmacy. Specifically, focus on the importance your family put on volunteerism 

Gavel & Pestle Podcast host -Darshan Kulkarni, PharmD, MS, Esq - provides insight on Off-Label indication and illegal promotion of drugs. What you don't know can get you thrown in jail or millions in fines.   Providing Coverage for Off-label Prescriptions While off-label promotion is the purview of the Justice department, certain off-label prescribing is for all intents and purposes sanctioned by behemoth entities such as Medicare, and guided by national compendia. In 1993, a portion of the Omnibus Reconciliation Act legally required Medicare to cover an off-label use of a cancer drug if it is in the drug compendia, or is supported by peer-reviewed articles in certain journals outlined by Medicare. References: BioWorld Perspectives http://www.bioworld.co

#PharmacyFutureLeaders A Pharmacist’s Financial Planner     Usually we talk with innovative new pharmacy practitioners and soon to be pharmacy graduates, but today we’ll talk to with an innovative provider to pharmacists. Tim Baker is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ and owner of Script Financial, a fee-only financial planning firm dedicated to helping pharmacists meet their financial goals.   He is a graduate of the United States Military Academy and after spending some time in the Army and in the private sector working as a logistician, he decided to pivot to the financial services industry because of his desire to work with and help people 1-on-1.  He first worked for a small independent firm before workings specifically with the pharmacy profession.  Tim spends much of his time reading and listening to shows about pharmacy (like the Pharmacy Podcast Show!) to better understand the professi

The Patient's Podcast - Kristy Sobel talks with Dr. Carmen Johanning who's a passionate licensed Chiropractor in Richmond, Virginia. Kristy Sobel has had the pleasure of knowing Kristy for over 20 years. She has seen her journey thru and navigates thru her health challenges and the healthcare system.  Dr. Johanning adds, "As I treat patients who have been thru traditional/allopathic medicine . these are some of the things that I wish patients who deal with chronic health conditions knew."  About Dr. Johanning  Dr. Johanning completed her pre-chiropractic studies at Hamline University in S