The expanding market for long-acting, injectable bupivacaine gives clinicians multiple, additional anesthetic options. Dr. Kerry Schwarz and Dr. John Schoen both Senior Clinical Managers in the Vizient Center for Pharmacy Practice Excellence, join Gretchen Brummel to discuss a recent Vizient Expert Panel on the topic.

Guest speakers:

Dr. John Schoen, PharmD, BCPS

Moderator:

Show Notes:

[00:50 - 01:40] Kerry’s background

[01:40 - 05:26] What's happening in the long-acting bupivacaine market

[05:27 - 07:00] Why Vizient wants to look at this

[07:01 - 11:36] Details on the expert panel process

[11:37 - 13:07] What evidence Vizient reviews

[13:08 - 14:21] Questions John reviewed in the comparative effectiveness assessment

[14:22 - 16:25] What Kerry assesses in the expert opinion section

[16:26 - 17:08] How these findings can be put into practice

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Long-acting bupivacaine products: full report (member link)

Long-acting bupivacaine products: panel summary (member link)

Expert panels (member link)

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Managing pharmaceutical spend is a high priority of every health system pharmacy. The road to success is smoother when traveled with trusted partners. Wendy Talley, director of pharmacy and Dr. Ashley Wilson, pharmacy manager from St. Tammany Health System, as well as Dr. Tony Huke, pharmacy executive director and advisory solutions at the Vizient Center for Pharmacy Practice Excellence discuss their collaboration with host Gretchen Brummel.

Guest speakers:

Ashley Wilson, PharmD, MHA

Tony Huke, PharmD, BCPS

Moderator:

Show Notes:

[00:58 - 01:55] Wendy, Ashley and Tony’s and backgrounds

[01:56 - 02:58] Challenges and successes at St. Tammany around pharmaceutical spend

[02:59 - 04:21] How Tony added to their efforts

[04:22 - 06:00] Opportunities Tony saw and his approach to providing support

[06:01 - 08:16] Some of the wins that came out of this collaboration

[08:17 - 09:42] What do you want frontline pharmacists to know about when consultants are engaged with an organization

[09:43 - 11:30] Barriers or challenges with this project

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Vizient Pharmacy Vision Awards celebrate the values and achievement of our pharmacy members. The winner of the Excellence in Clinical Practice Award implements novel strategies to improve patient outcomes and reduce the cost of medication utilization.  Dr. Eric Teye Matey, Clinical Pharmacogenomics Pharmacist and Residency Program Director of the PGY-2 Pharmacogenomics program from Mayo Clinic Rochester discusses the forward thinking of the pharmacogenomics program at Mayo with host Gretchen Brummel.

Guest speakers:

Moderator:

Show Notes:

[00:51 - 04:54] Eric’s role at Mayo and background and integral pharmacogenomics team members

[04:55 - 06:16] Origins of the pharmacogenomics program at Mayo

[06:17 - 07:33] How the program has expanded

[07:34 - 08:35] Accomplishments of the program

[08:36 - 10:08] What frontline pharmacy staff should know about applied pharmacogenomics

[10:09 - 11:08] Future plans for the program

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ASHP statement

CPIC

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Vizient Pharmacy Vision Awards celebrate the values and achievement of our pharmacy members. Dr. Travis Dick, director of clinical pharmacy practice, research and education and Dave Webster, director of acute care operations, both at the University of Rochester Medical Center discuss URMC’s award winning transformational practice programs with host Gretchen Brummel.

Guest speakers:

Dr. David Webster, BPharm, RPh, MSBA

Moderator:MBA

Show Notes:

[01:00 - 01:46] Travis and David’s roles at URMC

[01:47 - 02:58] Integral Team Members to URMC’s Success

[02:59 - 05:32] Supply Chain Success and Recent Wins for the Team

[05:33 - 08:08] Advice for Others Looking to Duplicate URMC’s Success

[08:09 - 09:13] How URMC is Leveraging Technology

[09:14 - 11:11] How is URMC Approaching their Practice Model

[11:12 - 12:01] How Staff Received this Process and Recruiting Impact

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Vizient Pharmacy Vision Awards celebrate the values and achievement of our pharmacy members. Dr. Katie Korte, Senior Director and Dr. Steven Lucio, Senior Principal, both at Vizient, discuss importance and the ease of applying for the third year of the Pharmacy Vison Awards with host Gretchen Brummel.

Guest speakers:

Dr. Steven Lucio, PharmD, BCPS

Moderator:

Show Notes:

[00:44 - 01:14] Katie’s background

[01:15 - 02:08] What are the Pharmacy Vision Awards (PVA)

[02:09 - 04:06] Surviving and Thriving in Clinical Practice

[04:07 - 07:37] Specific Categories within PVA

[07:38 - 08:19] Who can apply for PVA

[08:20 - 09:06] When are submissions accepted

[09:07 - 09:34] Winners announcements

[09:35 - 11:13] Considering Applying

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Vizient Pharmacy Vision Awards

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About the program

2022 award winners

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The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted almost every sector imaginable in health care, especially pharmacy practice. Dr. Julie Cunningham, Associate Chief Pharmacy Officer of clinical practice at Mayo Clinic Midwest region, and Dr. Dmitry Walker, Assistant Director, Pharmacy Oncology in Investigational Drug Services at West Virginia University Medicine discuss stopping and starting pharmacy services due to COVID with Gretchen Brummel.

Guest speakers:

Dmitry Walker, PharmD, MS

Moderator:

Show Notes:

[01:26-03:51] Background of Julie and Dmitry

[03:52-04:47] Understanding impacts of COVID-19 on pharmacy practice

[04:48-09:20] Focus of the Survey

[09:21-16:05] How practices have been impacted from the beginning

[16:06 -18:01] Other shifts in staffing or hiring

[18:02-19:35] Challenges of pediatric RSV and influenza surge

[19:36-22:49] Learning from where we've been through this process

[22:50-25:48] Future predictions

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Infographics

Vizient Pharmacy Network Tech Recruitment/Retention Pulse Survey Click here  (member link)

Pharmacy technicians: the engine of health-system pharmacy Click here (member link)

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For decades, an ultimate solution to drug shortages has eluded healthcare professionals. A new concept that holds promise to get us closer to ending this pervasive problem is drug shortage stewardship (DSS), and on this episode, Steven Lucio takes the host role, with Gretchen Brummel and Kyle Hoelting as the guest experts, to discuss this new and exciting approach.

Moderator:

Guests:

Kyle Hoelting, PharmD, BCPS

Show Notes:

[02:36] Defining drug shortage stewardship (DSS)

[03:33] Flattening the curve

[03:53] The story behind drug shortage stewardship

[05:18] A deeper view into the demand side and a more holistic approach

[06:04] Example of how shortages happen

[07:29] A preferable alternative

[09:59] Stewardship of all drugs

[10:35] DSS in the future

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The one thing you need to know about drug shortage stewardship: Click here

BCG White Paper: Click here

Gretchen Brummel’s email: [email protected]

Kyle Hoelting’s email: [email protected]

Steven Lucio’s email: [email protected]

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Drug shortages continue to plague patient care and cause significant disruption at all points of the medication use process. Laura Bray, Chief Change Maker at Angels for Change, joins host Gretchen Brummel to address how positive change can be made with drug shortages.

Guest speakers:

Moderator:

Show Notes:

[00:38-04:53] Laura’s story

[04:54-07:55] End Drug Shortages Alliance

[07:56-12:39] BCG white paper

[12:40-13:54] What factors supported the quick process turnaround for the BCG paper

[13:55  -19:17] What frontline pharmacy staff should know about Angels for Change and the End Drug Shortages Alliance

[19:18-21:59] Future plans for EDSA and Angels for Change

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Angels for Change

End Drug Shortages Alliance

BCG White Paper

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Dr. Shannon Smallwood, senior pharmacy executive, and Dr. Steven Lucio, senior principal in the Center for Pharmacy Practice Excellence join host Gretchen Brummel to discuss dynamism in the biosimilar market and how pharmacists are compensating by evolving their interactions in a market where third-party payers seem to hold all the cards to provide the best options for patients.

Guest speakers:

Shannon Smallwood, PharmD, BCPS

Senior Pharmacy Executive

Vizient

Steven Lucio, PharmD, BCPS

Senior Principal, Pharmacy Solutions

Vizient

Moderator:

Gretchen Brummel, PharmD, BCPS

Pharmacy Executive Director

Vizient Center for Pharmacy Practice Excellence

Show Notes:

[01:26-02:51] Approaching launch of Adalimumab biosimilars

[02:52-06:27] Conversations hospitals need to be having to prepare

[06:28-011:31] What the voice of the payer saying

[011:32-14:55] Priority list for providers

[14:56-15:43] How Vizient can help

[15:43-20:15] What the future holds

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Supply resiliency during unprecedented times

Expedited drug reviews in the time of COVID-19 (Part 1)

Expedited drug reviews in the time of COVID-19 (Part 2)

The Drug Supply Chain Security Act: The road to patient safety

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Biosimilars have been around in the U.S. since Zarxio was approved by the FDA in 2015, and the vernacular can get confusing. Dr. Shannon Smallwood, Senior Pharmacy Executive and host Gretchen Brummel address the basics of biosimilars for the masses.

Guest speaker:

Shannon Smallwood, PharmD, BCPS

Senior Pharmacy Executive

Vizient

Moderator:

Gretchen Brummel, PharmD, BCPS

Pharmacy Executive Director

Vizient Center for Pharmacy Practice Excellence

Show Notes:

[00:40-01:25] Biosimilar definition

[01:26-01:52] Comparisons to generic medications

[01:53-02:42] Difference in biobetters and biologics

[02:43-05:18] History of biosimilars

[05:19 -07:05] Payer responsive model

[07:06-08:16] What frontline staff should know about biosimilars

[08:17-09:18] What Shannon is watching for next year

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NCCN Pharmacy Directors Forum Click here

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