Pharmacy Podcast Network

Dr. Jena Quinn, PharmD, is a residency Trained, Board Certified Pediatric Pharmacy Specialist (BCPPS), is an expert pediatric pharmacist. She developed the vision for Perfecting Peds based on her extensive background in medication management of the pediatric population, personal love for children and her desire to optimize more children’s medical profile.  She has 10 years of safe medication management and direct patient care experience in the pharmacy field with a wide-ranging background in developing, enhancing and managing clinical consulting programs.  Dr. Quinn earned both her Doctoral degrees with high honors from the Ernest Mario school of Pharmacy. She is a nationally Board-Certified Pediatric Pharmacist. She is also a mom to three adorable little girls, Hadley, Peyton and Avery.

TransparencyRx is a coalition of PBMs that do NOT align with the evil acronym! Listen in as PUTTcast co-hosts Monique Whitney and Lauren Young are joined by TransparencyRx founder and Managing Director, Joe Shields and APCI General Counsel, Greg Reybold, for an honest discussion on what a transparent pass-through PBM really is (and is not!), and why the coalition fully supports reform legislation - because, no matter what the big traditional PBMs claim to be doing on behalf of their clients, the data always tells a different story. 

How Integrated Care Produces Superior Outcomes: Hepatitis C

Meet PurpleLab! Russell Robbins is the Chief Information Officer and #TogetheRx we're launch a new podcast series! 

PurpleLab is a healthcare analytics company whose data platform, HealthNexus, holds one of the biggest medical and pharmaceutical claims databases in the US. 

It combines data from public and commercial HCPs, together with de-identified SDOH information (Social Determinant of Health) so users can have a complete view of the patient population in the US. 

Weight-loss:

PurpleLab’s dataset from October 2022 - October 2023 shows that 2.8M people had been prescribed and dispensed a semaglutide drug. 

PurpelLab's database shows who really is getting access to the drugs by looking into: 

States with most prescriptions (and zoom in on a Zip-3 level)

Men vs. Women prescription and dispense rates

Socioeconomics data of patients 

Race & Ethnicity

In terms of adolescents, issues regarding lifestyle & dietary choices have not changed much through the years, but the data does show that the underlying treatments available for underage patients have changed (mainly given to the FDA’s approval of Wegovy being used on these patients). 

Although HIPAA doesn’t allow the collection of SDOH factors for underage patients (12-17), PurpleLab’s data shows almost an even split between Medicaid and commercial providers prescribing weight loss drugs. This demystifies the popular idea that these drugs are only accessible to higher-income patients.

Learn more: 

https://purplelab.com/category/solution-sheets/ 

Understanding Your Customers with Pharmacy Owner Darden Heritage

In episode 9 of Framework Focus, host Dr. Mark Fulton engages in a compelling conversation with P3 (5th year) students from the University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy: Kolbe Bien, Michelle Gonsalves, and Braidon Lape. This episode delves into the background of the guests, exploring their motivations for pursuing a career in pharmacy. The discussion covers the evolution of their perspectives on pharmacy throughout their five years of education, the challenges of balancing coursework, experiential learning, and personal life, and their insights into intriguing and challenging aspects of pharmacy practice.

In this episode:

We talk with Dr. Colin Banas, MD., Chief Medical Officer, DrFirst about the latest intelligence report on the state of healthcare. Nest we meet up with Dr. Christopher McCurdy, Ph.D., Professor And The Frank A. Duckworth Eminent Scholar Chair; Associate Dean For Faculty Development; Director Of The UF Translational Drug Development Core.