As COVID-19 vaccines become available to the general population, retail pharmacies will play a pivotal role in vaccine administration. Learn how Harps Food Stores is implementing key strategies and following best practice recommendations to prepare for increased workload and required safety precautions.

Guests

- Duane Jones, BS Pharm, Clinical Program Director and Pharmacy District Manager, Harps Food Stores, Inc.

- Mike Cantrell, RPh, Esq., Sr. Director Regional Operations, EnlivenHealth™

Hosted by Ken Perez, Vice President of Healthcare Policy, Omnicell

Learn how a tragic medication error helped to inspire the formation of THRIV—a safety coalition comprised of healthcare providers, consumers and technology developers. THRIV seeks to protect patients from being harmed, and to protect caregivers from unwittingly doing harm—harm which too often stems from mistakes made when IVs are manually prepared.

Host: Ken Perez, Vice President, Healthcare Policy, Omnicell

Guests: - Mark Neuenschwander, Founding Director, THRIV

- Derek Gillespie, BPharm, MBA, Pharmacy Operations

Manager, Renown Regional Medical Center

This episode discusses the Autonomous Pharmacy and what it means for the future of medication management every day. The healthcare industry is facing new challenges while trying to deliver quality patient care. The stress of managing more complex systems in the face of higher expectations continues to grow. A recent study from the National Academy of Medicine reports that up to 54 percent of clinicians are reporting some level of burnout. And that study was conducted before the coronavirus pandemic.

Host: Ken Perez, Vice President, Healthcare Policy, Omnicell

Guests:

Jennifer Tryon, PharmD, MS, FASHP, Associate Vice President and Chief Pharmacy Officer, Wake Forest Baptist Health

James Stevenson, PharmD, FASHP, FFIP, Vice President, Medication Systems Strategy, Omnicell