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Delivering short doses of insight for hospitals’ frontline pharmacy professionals, Vizient pharmacy leader Gretchen Brummel brings together experts to verify best practices for navigating today’s pharmacy practice challenges and accelerating career growth. It’s a prescription for success, delivered by the Vizient Center for Pharmacy Practice Excellence.
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Tuesday Jun 06, 2023
Tuesday Jun 06, 2023
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. Kerry Schwarz, PharmD, MPHSenior Clinical Manager Vizient Center for Pharmacy Practice Excellence
Dr. John Schoen, PharmD, BCPSSenior Clinical Manager Vizient Center for Pharmacy Practice Excellence
Moderator:Gretchen Brummel, PharmD, BCPSPharmacy Executive DirectorVizient Center for Pharmacy Practice Excellence
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
Links | Resources:
Long-acting bupivacaine products: full report (member link)
Long-acting bupivacaine products: panel summary (member link)
Expert panels (member link)
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Tuesday May 23, 2023
Tuesday May 23, 2023
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:Wendy Talley, RPhDirector of Pharmacy St. Tammany Health System
Ashley Wilson, PharmD, MHAPharmacy ManagerSt. Tammany Health System
Tony Huke, PharmD, BCPSPharmacy Executive Director and Advisory SolutionsVizient Center for Pharmacy Practice Excellence
Moderator:Gretchen Brummel, PharmD, BCPSPharmacy Executive DirectorVizient Center for Pharmacy Practice Excellence
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 Consulting
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Tuesday May 09, 2023
Tuesday May 09, 2023
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:Eric Teye Matey, PharmD, RPh, MBAClinical Pharmacogenomics Pharmacist and Residency Program Director of the PGY-2 Pharmacogenomics program Mayo Clinic Rochester
Moderator:Gretchen Brummel, PharmD, BCPSPharmacy Executive DirectorVizient Center for Pharmacy Practice Excellence
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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Tuesday Apr 25, 2023
Tuesday Apr 25, 2023
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. Travis Dick, PharmD, MBADirector of clinical pharmacy practice, research and education University of Rochester Medical Center
Dr. David Webster, BPharm, RPh, MSBADirector of acute care operations University of Rochester Medical Center
Moderator:MBAGretchen Brummel, PharmD, BCPSPharmacy Executive DirectorVizient Center for Pharmacy Practice Excellence
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
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Tuesday Apr 18, 2023
Tuesday Apr 18, 2023
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. Katie Korte, PharmD, MHA, BCPS, BCCCPSenior Director Vizient
Dr. Steven Lucio, PharmD, BCPSSenior PrincipalVizient
Moderator:Gretchen Brummel, PharmD, BCPSPharmacy Executive DirectorVizient Center for Pharmacy Practice Excellence
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
Overview document
About the program
2022 award winners
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Tuesday Apr 11, 2023
Tuesday Apr 11, 2023
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:Julie Cunningham, PharmD, R.PhAssociate Chief Pharmacy Officer of clinical practice Mayo Clinic Midwest Region
Dmitry Walker, PharmD, MSAssistant Director, Pharmacy Oncology in Investigational Drug Services West Virginia University
Moderator:Gretchen Brummel, PharmD, BCPSPharmacy Executive DirectorVizient Center for Pharmacy Practice Excellence
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
Links | Resources:
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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Tuesday Mar 28, 2023
Tuesday Mar 28, 2023
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:Steven Lucio, PharmD, BCPSSenior Principal, Pharmacy SolutionsVizient Center for Pharmacy Practice Excellence
Guests:Gretchen Brummel, PharmD, BCPSPharmacy Executive DirectorVizient Center for Pharmacy Practice Excellence
Kyle Hoelting, PharmD, BCPSSenior Manager for Drug InformationVizient Center for Pharmacy Practice Excellence
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
Links | Resources:
The one thing you need to know about drug shortage stewardship: Click here
BCG White Paper: Click here
Gretchen Brummel’s email: gretchen.brummel@vizientinc.com
Kyle Hoelting’s email: kyle.hoelting@vizientinc.com
Steven Lucio’s email: steven.lucio@vizientinc.com
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Tuesday Mar 14, 2023
Tuesday Mar 14, 2023
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:Laura Bray, BSBA, MBAChief Change MakerAngels for Change
Moderator:Gretchen Brummel, PharmD, BCPSPharmacy Executive DirectorVizient Center for Pharmacy Practice Excellence
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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Tuesday Feb 28, 2023
Tuesday Feb 28, 2023
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
Links | Resources:
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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Tuesday Feb 21, 2023
Tuesday Feb 21, 2023
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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