In this episode, Jeremy and Jessica speak with Dr. Shane Desselle, RPh, PhD, FAPhA from Touro University California College of Pharmacy and Dr. Kenneth Hohmeier, Pharm.D. from The University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Pharmacy about their ongoing research in pharmacy technician workforce issues. 

As more and more attention is being paid to the work pharmacy technicians do, and the instant change in scope of practice brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic, Drs. Desselle and Hohmeier’s work is particularly apropos.  They discuss their published paper, “Exploring the implementation of a novel optimizing care model in the community pharmacy setting,” for which they were awarded the 2020 Wiederholt Prize by the Journal of the American Pharmacists Association. 

The paper explores the positive impact technician product verification can have on enhancing patient care delivery, as well as successes and concerns with implementing such a model.

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What is the Mission of TruePill? Listen in to this fascinating conversation with Dr. David Berkowitz & TruePill co-founder Sid Viswanathan. 

Much of the tech stack connecting health care providers is antiquated and is in need of modernization. One of the companies helping to evolve the healthcare information highway is Truepill. Truepill got their start as the cloud based pharmacy behind popular consumer brands like Hims/Hers and GoodRx.

Since then, Truepill has expanded into other vertical spaces like telehealth and has created a comprehensive API-connected healthcare infrastructure to meet many of their customer’s needs.  Listen in as Dave speaks to Truepill’s CEO Sid Visawanathan, about how Truepill empowers their partners to deliver world-class patient experiences.

Sid Viswanathan is the Co-Founder and President of Truepill. Alongside Co-Founder Umar Afridi, Sid founded Truepill in 2016 to revolutionize the pharmacy and healthcare industry. The company shipped its first prescription less than five years ago and has since expanded its services to deliver an end-to-end, direct-to-patient experience unlike anything else in the healthcare industry.

In 2010, Sid founded his first company, CardMunch, a business-card scanning app which was acquired by LinkedIn soon after its founding. After its acquisition, Sid joined LinkedIn as Product Manager and saw CardMunch named one of Time Magazine’s Best Apps of 2012. Sid started his career in Johnson & Johnson’s Global Operations Leadership Development program, working in the medical device and pharmaceutical sectors. He graduated from Carnegie Mellon University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering.

Learn more: https://truepill.com/

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What is Patient Engagement? Patients offer different perspectives about the healthcare industry pharmaceutical companies. 

Patient engagement is centered on providers and patients working together to improve health. A patient’s greater engagement in healthcare contributes to improved health outcomes. Patients want to be engaged in their healthcare decision-making process, and those who are engaged as decision-makers in their care tend to be healthier and experience better outcomes.

Rookie Mistakes in Patient Engagement | DarshanTalks

The Pharmacy Phriday Song is dedicated to all of our favorite Providers in healthcare, our Pharmacists.

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Dr. Christina Madison, PharmD welcomes Dr. Ijeoma Ekeocha Founder of Black Women Pharmacists and host of the Podcast at Brown Skin Stories, LLC. 

Ijeoma Ekeocha launched Black Women Pharmacists. and set out to learn from the women who looked like her, had similar experiences that had, and more importantly, had the courage to speak about it. 

It’s been over 10 years since she graduated from Pharmacy school and has a newfound appreciation for Pharmacy. 

If you found this podcast by chance, or at the recommendation of a friend or Pharmacy colleague, please keep sharing.

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Dr. Sherman is an HIV speciality pharmacist who cares for the underserved and LGBTQ community. She feels that public health means providing healthcare for all by providing education and care to all our communities in an equal just manner that results in healthy thriving communities.

Bio: Dr. Sherman is an author, speaker, consultant and advisor and as a pharmacy entrepreneur and innovator, and President of MichRx Pharmacist Consulting Services, Inc., and an internationally recognized HIV Advanced Practice Pharmacist. Michelle has developed a leading edge Medication Therapy Management and Chronic Care management program: Ubuntu Pharmacist Care Program. She is host of The Conscious Pharmacist Podcast, Part of the Pharmacy Podcast Network.

Dr. Sherman is committed to advancing the recognition of pharmacists as key healthcare providers on the patients care team. To achieve this she has a non-profit,The Center For Advanced Pharmacist Care, to further advance Pharmacists as healthcare providers

Caring for the Underserved and Advocating for Health Equity - | The Public Health Pharmacist

David Berkowitz, PharmD interviews the founder of EzriRx, Ezriel Green. Ezriel is a brilliant innovator of the healthcare purchasing sector.  

The EzriRx mission is to revolutionize the process of buying pharmaceuticals.

EzriRx believes the way to drive the pharmaceutical industry forward is by leveraging the latest technology. They work hard to provide innovative tools on our platform so that independent pharmacies have access the best prices on pharmaceuticals.

Founded in 2017, Lakewood-based EzriRx has signed up over 2,500 independent pharmacies nationwide. 

EzriRx has over 15 employees, including developers and designers who work remotely, some as far away as India and Vietnam. And sales are on pace to grow more than 200 percent this year, Green said. Innovation is key.

A New Standard in Healthcare Purchasing - EzriRx | FutureDose.Tech

How the use and training of AI-based medication management will impact hospital pharmacy. IBM® Micromedex® with Watson™ combines evidence-based drug content with advanced AI search capabilities to deliver rapid, reliable answers at the point of care. Improve care experiences and efficiency with insights into drug selection, dosing, toxicology and IV compatibility – accessible from your EHR, computer or mobile device.

Primer, 101 for AI in Pharmacy – terminology, examples in med use process
Augmented intelligence vs. Artificial intelligence, leveraging the strengths of computers and clinicians together to obtain improved outcomes for patients
Why should you know this area? Domain expert and contribute as a translator, clinical voice in the room
Hierarchy of AI from AI to Deep Learning
Critical components of high-fidelity AI – volume of data, algorithms-built w/out confirmational bias, recurring opportunities for evolution, training the models, et.

Can we include a call out to Micromedex with Watson as a specific type of AI/Use Case in everyday clinical practice? 

https://www.ibm.com/products/micromedex-with-watson 

Guests: 

Whitley Yi, PharmD, BCPS, Digital Health, Pharmacy Specialist at Well and Co-Founder of AI Collective
Scott Nelson, PharmD, MS, CPHIMS, FAMIA, Program Director, MS Applied Clinical Informatics (MSACI), Assistant Professor, Biomedical Informatics, Assistant Clinical Director, HealthIT, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Arti Bhavsar, PharmD, Clinical Program Director, IBM Watson Health

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According to the American Association for Cancer Research, 80-90% of the administered dose of the cancer medication 5-fluorouracil of 5FU is degraded by the enzyme dihydropyridine dehydrogenase or DPD for short.

(https://clincancerres.aacrjournals.org/content/5/8/2006). According to the Institute of Safe Medication Practices (www.ismp.org/resources/screening-dihydropyrimidine-dehydrogenase-dpd-deficiency-fluorouracil-patients-why-not) the incidence of DPD deficiency is low like 1-7% of the population but the consequences can be unfortunately fatal for those few. 

Christina Delsoldato, wife and mom of 3 beautiful children has spent most of her life laughing and loving as much as she can. Christina has built a successful professional career in hospitality, customer service and sales. Christina has faced many obstacles and traumatic events during her life. Christina took her mother’s quickly declining health into her own hands. Despite having no clinical and medical background, she spent countless nights reading, learning and researching to find answers.

These efforts and findings are what allowed her beloved mother to come home to spend her last days on earth surrounded with the love and support of her closest family. Since her mother’s diagnosis with Pancreatic Cancer and 5FU toxicity, Christina has become determined to help guide others to self-educate, research and ask questions about potential life-threatening side effects that could indeed be prevented and/or reversed.

Tragically, only three months after her mom passed away, her father died suddenly. Christina is on a mission to empathize and advocate not just for her family, but for anyone in need.

The Patient Advocate for PGx | PGX for Pharmacists

Stigma is often based on myth, superstition, or prejudice against another group. These beliefs, not based on fact or evidence, often lead to a negative impact on mental health – and is especially seen in patients with substance use disorder.

During COVID, the opioid epidemic has continued to rage through America, making it imperative that pharmacists and other health care providers go the extra mile to be conscious of how stigma hinders the treatment of those suffering from substance use disorder.

Guest: Dr. Thomas Franko, associate professor of pharmacy practice at Wilkes University in Wilkes-Barre, PA, and coordinator of the Pain, Palliative Care and Addiction APhA Special Interest Group.

Overcoming Stigma In Substance Use Treatment

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