PQS Chief Operating Officer Nancy Chung joins the Quality Corner Show to talk about the launch of the new EQUIPP® interface with Podcast Host Nick Dorich, PharmD, PQS Associate Director of Pharmacy Accounts.

Chung talks about what users can expect with the changes to EQUIPP®, including how it looks, how navigation works, new functionality, and other features.

More details are available here:
https://www.pharmacyquality.com/equippevolution/

The PQS Quality Corner Show hosts a roundtable discussion addressing healthcare for the LGBTQIA community featuring Veronica Vernon, PharmD, BCPS, BCACP, NCMP, Assistant Professor, Butler University; Alex R. Mills, PharmD, BCACP, AAHIVP (He/Him/His), Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice (HIV, LGBTQ+ Health), University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy - Jackson Campus; and Kevin Astle, PharmD, BCPS, BCACP, AAHIVP, CDCES Assistant Professor , University of South Florida.

PQS Associate Director of Pharmacy Accounts, Nick Dorich, PharmD, leads the discussion and starts by asking about barriers the LGBTQIA community faces regarding healthcare. 

PQS Associate Director of Pharmacy Accounts, Nick Dorich, PharmD,  chats with Joseph A. Nardolillo, PharmD, BCACP, (he/him/his) Assistant Professor (Clinical) Department of Pharmacy Practice at the Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Wayne State University about how pharmacists can provide inclusive care for the LGBTQ+ community.

The Quality Corner Show takes a look back at the Pharmacy Quality Alliance (PQA) 2022 Annual Meeting with interviews featuring: 

• Pharmacy Quality Alliance CEO Micah Cost, PharmD, MS
• Kristi Mitchell, MPH, CEO and Founder Health Equity Outcomes
• Brett Kay, Director, Healthcare Quality Strategic Customer Group, Johnson & Johnson Health Care Systems
• Tripp Logan, PharmD, Community Pharmacist at SEMO Rx Pharmacies & Services www.semorx.com and Consultant at ESPhA www.espha.net

Pharmacy Quality Alliance Chief Engagement Officer Richard Schmitz joins the Quality Corner Show to talk about how pharmacists can get the most out of PQA's Social Determinants of Health Resource Guide.

Schmitz explains that the guide focuses on seven key barriers that patients face and that pharmacists can work with their patients to address these barriers by providing Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) services detailed within the guide.

More info available at the Pharmacy Quality Alliance website 

PQS Associate Director of Pharmacy Accounts, Nick Dorich, PharmD,  chats with Hanna Friedrich, PharmD, PGY1 Community Pharmacy Resident at CUB Pharmacy, about how pharmacists communicate to patients with asthma on this episode of the podcast.

Friedrich reviews the asthma disease state and goes over key counseling points with the patient concerning inhaler use. She also touches upon a recent research project focused on pharmacist-led patient education for asthma management. 

The Quality Corner Show welcomes Zachary Oquendo, P4 Pharmacy Student at the University of a Rhode Island College of Pharmacy (URI) and Amanda Rocha, URI PharmD Candidate 2022 to discuss the public health role for pharmacists with Host Nick Dorich, PharmD, PQS Senior Manager of Pharmacy Accounts. 

In this episode, Oquendo and Rocha explain how every pharmacist is a public health provider, and they provide examples related to immunizations, opioid and substance use, and test & treat programs.

Jeffrey Bratberg, PharmD, FAPhA, Clinical Professor at the University of Rhode Island College of Pharmacy talks about increasing quality outcomes through patient-first communication on the Quality Corner Show with Host Nick Dorich, PharmD, PQS Senior Manager of Pharmacy Accounts. 

In this episode, Bratberg explains the value of adopting patient or people-first language in patient counseling and harm reduction communications. He also provides some examples where using updated language and terminology by the pharmacist or practitioner might encourage positive interactions. 

PQS Senior Manager of Data Analytics Andrew Thorne, PharmD, MS, joins the PQS Quality Corner Show to chat about the opioid measure "Concurrent Use of Opioids and Benzodiazepines" with Host Nick Dorich, PharmD, PQS Senior Manager of Pharmacy Accounts.

Thorne digs into the specifics of the Concurrent Use of Opioids and BZDs measure and how patients qualify for this measure. He also  provides a patient scenario that may help pharmacists better understand patient considerations.

The Quality Corner Show welcomes Elizabeth Salisbury, PharmD, PGY-1 Community-based Pharmacy Resident  at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, to talk about opioid use disorder with Host Nick Dorich, PharmD, PQS Senior Manager of Pharmacy Accounts. 

In this episode, Salisbury details what medications that pharmacists should be familiar with and how this applies with community pharmacy practice today.