Talk to Your Pharmacist

In this episode with healthcare attorney expert, Todd Nova, you’ll hear about many pharmacy hot topics including 340B, healthcare reform, the opioid epidemic, and the DSCSA. Learn the big takeaways from these topics and how it impacts the pharmacy field. Todd also explains an attorney’s role in advising health systems, particularly with new service lines.

In this episode, Alex Barker with the HappyPharmD talks about the importance of having a coach. At the HappyPharmD, he focuses on helping pharmacists find inspiring work. Alex talks through how coaching helps others follow their heart and not their head. Coaching can help people to overcome their fears to do some uncomfortable things. This is a great show for students, and others, to realize that it’s a good idea to treat everyone as if you will work for them one day. Also, you'll learn some great tips from Alex like how important it is to ask yourself tough questions and to find ways that make you stand out.

In this episode, you’ll hear about the role of a medication safety officer. Pharmacists can play an important role as medication safety experts, particularly in regards to policy development and creating informatic related tools. Rosemary Duncan is a Medication Safety Officer at Johns Hopkins. She shares how her career took some unexpected turns, but she took opportunities as they came to get to where she is today.

In this episode, you’ll hear about the emerging field of medical cannabis from pharmacist, Joseph Friedman with PDI Medical in Illinois. Joe walks us through some of the basics of medical cannabis and explains the pharmacists’ role in this industry. He also shares some resources to check out if you want to learn more about the medical cannabis industry.

In this episode, you’ll hear about the importance of identifying your strengths and pursuing your passion. Ashlee Klevens Hayes utilizes her experience as a hospital operations pharmacist to help in her consulting role for venture capital groups. She uses her natural networking and connecting skills to help coach pharmacists into inspiring work at The Happy PharmD. Check out the show notes here: www.pharmacyadvisory.com

In this episode, you’ll hear from Tim Ulbrich who is helping to improve pharmacists’ financial literacy. Tim is a pharmacist passionate about identifying career paths that fit students’ goals and interests so they can have fulfilling careers and lives. He is an expert in developing sustainable, innovative patient care models. Tim is also the creator of the pharmacy podcast, Your Financial Pharmacist, and author of the book, Seven Figure Pharmacist. Check out the show notes here: www.pharmacyadvisory.com

In this episode, you’ll hear from Sandra Leal who serves as the COO at SinfoniaRx, a leading provider of MTM services. Sandra shares about her passion for solving problems such as access and other health systems issues. She has worked collaboratively to bring clinicians into the technology development process. Sandra share tips that have helped lead to her successful career including saying “yes” to opportunities.

In this episode, you’ll hear more about blockchain from healthcare entrepreneur and CEO of Hashed Health. Hashed Health has really been a leader defining blockchain innovation in healthcare. You’ll hear about some use cases for blockchain in the pharmacy industry and some tips on how to learn about this emerging technology. Our guest John Bass has been a successful healthcare executive for over 20 years and has already led two startups through successful exits. He has been a featured speaker at numerous conferences across the country to talk about blockchain.

In this episode, Jillian Foster shares about her role as system pharmacy leader with Baptist Memorial Health Care as she is helping to bring different service lines together to standardize as a system. Pharmacy is becoming less about what happens within the four walls of the hospital to include more ambulatory services such as infusion centers and specialty pharmacy. She shares advice that hard work and doing a good job does get noticed.

In this episode, you’ll hear about how prescription drug costs work for Americans with Medicare and Medicaid and a bit about how someone might seek information about different health plans. We also discuss some about the current drug pricing complexities and hope to offer some solutions for consumers to be savvy. Guest, Ryan McCostlin, is a member of the Bernard Health team that specializes in helping individuals and employers find affordable insurance solutions.

In this episode, you’ll hear from Rick Sain who helped lead an independent pharmacy in Murfreesboro, TN to successful expansions in long term care, compounding, medical equipment and most significantly specialty pharmacy which is why Fred’s purchased this business in 2015. He explains the benefits of having a coach or consultant and the importance of reading to develop leadership skills. Rick will share his experience growing a business and tips for looking ahead to the next big thing to take care of patients and get paid for those services. Rick Sain is the former SVP of Retail Pharmacy Business Development of Fred’s. He is most well known for his role serving as the Co-Owner of Reeves Sain Drug Store for over 25 years. He received his pharmacy degree from the University of Tennessee and has been president of the Tennessee Pharmacist Association along with being the recipient of many leadership awards.

In this episode, you’ll hear about the vision and strategies used for successfully leading a school of pharmacy. Through careful planning, Dean David Allen has taken on numerous key initiatives to advance the University of Mississippi’s School of Pharmacy since assuming the position in 2012. You’ll learn the importance of finding mentors and developing goals.

In this episode, you’ll hear from a pharmapreneur who will share his rubric for deciding whether to pursue a new business idea or not. Todd Barrett has been involved in many areas of pharmacy including long term care and specialty. Currently, he is leading a telehealth company that brings a prescriber into pharmacies to conveniently meet the needs of patients in a one stop medical visit.

In this episode, you’ll hear about how pharmacists can play a role in developing policy on Capitol Hill. Special guest, Constance Payne, shares her experience representing pharmacy on key legislation such as the Drug Safety and Supply Chain Act. She is currently running a program for the state of Tennessee in her role as Health Policy Associate at the Tennessee Division of Health Care Finance and Administration.

In this episode, you’ll hear about the importance of developing your leadership style and how to stay up-to-date on topics important to the hospital C-suite. Special guest, Phil Ayers, is a nationally recognized nutrition support pharmacist. He leads the clinical services at Mississippi Baptist Health Systems.

In this episode, you’ll hear about the up and coming area of health economics and outcomes research (HECOR) in the pharmaceutical industry. Anne DePriest shares about her role as Principal Liaison at Janssen Pharmaceuticals and some skills that might benefit pharmacists in one of these HECOR positions.

In this episode, you'll learn about quality integrated networks and how a quality consulting company provides services to many different healthcare groups. Amanda Ryan, Clinical Pharmacy Specialist at Qsource , shares the initiatives and metrics that she's focused on as a pharmacist to help impact quality within healthcare settings.

In this episode, you'll learn about the use of blockchain in healthcare and hear about a unique partnership between a start up company, Hashed Health, and Lipscomb University College of Pharmacy. Our guest, Beth Breeden, has been a pioneer in the pharmacy informatics space, successfully securing the first partnership among schools of pharmacy across the country to work with IBM Watson. Beth shares her experience as an Associate Professor at Lipscomb College of Pharmacy and tips for staying current in the pharmacy field.

In this episode, you'll hear how pharmacists are being utilized to evaluate medication use within the clinic setting. Angela Dyer, the Director of Pharmacy Procurement & Utilization at HCA, shares about her role evaluating medication use, purchasing, and waste. She draws from her experiences as a former hospital pharmacy director and ambulatory care pharmacist to help her succeed in this role.

In this episode, you'll learn about the importance of building relationships with other pharmacists and the benefits of being a member and engaged in pharmacy associations. Our guest, Micah Cost, is the Executive Director of the Tennessee Pharmacist Association. Micah shares about his journey and tips for other pharmacists to grow professionally.