The Journal of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy recently published an editorial in 2023 asking the question, "Is the “clinical pharmacist” designation still relevant?"
Podcast Host Nick Dorich, PharmD, PQS Associate Director of Pharmacy Accounts,  interviews the author of this article, Dave L. Dixon PharmD, FCCP, Professor & Chair, Dept. of Pharmacotherapy & Outcomes Science (DPOS) at VCU on this episode of the Quality Corner Show.

The origins of "Clinical Pharmacist" are discussed, as well as what it actually means to pharmacists and the general public. The merits of the title are also weighed and the requirements of clinical pharmacists are reviewed.

To read the article visit the JACCP
Is the “clinical pharmacist” designation still relevant?

The Quality Corner Show welcomes back the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB) to talk about what is next for pharmacy technicians. This time Host Nick Dorich, PharmD, PQS Associate Director of Pharmacy Accounts sits down with William Schimmel, Executive Director & CEO at PTCB.
Schimmel talks about how the role of pharmacy technicians has evolved pre-pandemic to post-pandemic, and what lies ahead in the form of new opportunities.

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Olunife Akinmolayan, PharmD, aka "O",  APhA Executive Resident, Practice & Government Affairs, American Pharmacists Association, praises his experience at the PQA 2023 Annual Meeting and provides his takeaways from the event on the Quality Corner Show.
Podcast Host Nick Dorich, PharmD, PQS Associate Director of Pharmacy Accounts, asks "O" about highlights from the event, and "O" details sessions pertaining to collaborative practice agreements and the medication use quality workshop.

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Olunife Akinmolayan, PharmD
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Podcast Host Nick Dorich, PharmD, PQS Associate Director of Pharmacy Accounts, moderates a discussion and review of the health equity highlights from the PQA Annual Meeting 2023 in Nashville, TN. The guests for this episode include Christie Teigland​, VP, Research Science and Advanced Analytics at Inovalon, and Lisa Hines, PharmD, CPHQ, Chief Quality and Innovation Officer at the Pharmacy Quality Alliance.
Teigland speaks about the coming health equity index and Hines' talks about the PQA risk adjustment model.

PQA Annual Meeting Exploring Solutions to Improve Equity in Medication Use Quality Slides

Podcast Host Nick Dorich, PharmD, PQS Associate Director of Pharmacy Accounts, talks about pharmacist intervention to close statin gaps with Jennifer L. Bacci, PharmD, MPH, BCACP, Endowed Associate Professor in Innovative Pharmacy Practice at University of Washington School of Pharmacy. She's one of the co-authors of the JAMA article
Community Pharmacist Intervention to Optimize Statin Adherence in Diabetes Care.

In this episode Bacci explains why statin initiation is an important clinical gap for patients with diabetes and how pharmacist involvement can improve patient outcomes.

The PQS Quality Corner Show welcomes Thomas Franko, PharmD, Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice at Wilkes University on the podcast to talk about the upcoming release of OTC Naloxone and what that means for pharmacists in improving community access. 

Podcast Host Nick Dorich, PharmD, PQS Associate Director of Pharmacy Accounts also asks Franko about where Naloxone will fit in the pharmacy setting and how pharmacists can tackle education on this medicine. 

How can pharmacists utilize year-to-date data in EQUIPP for continuous quality improvement? 
The PQS Quality Corner Show Host Nick Dorich, PharmD, PQS Associate Director of Pharmacy Accounts asks Crosby Tindal, PharmD, BCPS, Pharmacy Quality Manager, Operations Specialist at Cub Pharmacies about pharmacy team adherence-focused goals using year-to-date and end of year data. 
Tindal offers some strategy on using EQUIPP data throughout the year and what improving patient outcomes means for his team.

PQS Associate Director of Pharmacy Accounts, Nick Dorich, PharmD,  wraps up APhA 2023 with a set of interviews with Sidrah Alam, PharmD, MS PGx, Jessica K. Marx, PharmD, BCPS, and Sandra Rosa, B.S., R.PH.  
The group speaks about the importance of professional involvement at APhA, connecting with friends and pharmily, and the mental rejuvenation after attending the conference. 

The Quality Corner Show welcomes back DeLon Canterbury, PharmD, BCGP, Deprescribing Implementation Strategist and President/CEO of GeriatRx, Inc. , to talk about deprescribing antipsychotic medications in geriatric populations and why the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is cracking down on nursing homes that overprescribe antipsychotic drugs.
Host Nick Dorich, PharmD, PQS Associate Director of Pharmacy Accounts, asks Canterbury how to safely deprescribe antipsychotic medications and how providers, patients, and caregivers define improving patient outcomes as it relates to these medications.

website:
Geriatrx.org

Salam Kabbani, PharmD, Infectious Diseases Pharmacist Specialist and author of COVID Long-Hauler: My Life Since COVID joins the Quality Corner Show to talk about the patient experience and what pharmacists need to understand about Long COVID. 
Host Nick Dorich, PharmD, PQS Associate Director of Pharmacy Accounts, asks Kabbani to define Long COVID and explain how healthcare providers are learning and adapting to working with Long COVID patients.
 
Visit Salam Kabbani's website
Book: COVID Long-Hauler: My Life Since COVID