Pharmacy, IT, & Me: Your Informatics Pharmacist Podcast

74. How to Win Reports and Influence Programmers: Strategies on Report Requests Intended Audience: People who requests reports Today's episode talks about how to request for reports from your informatics or business intelligence teams in a manner that is both efficient and effective. Follow us on social media! Twitter: @pharmacyitme Instagram: @pharmacyinformatics Website: Pharmacy IT & Me...

73. Last Week in Health IT for June 14th, 2019 Intended Audience: Everyone Welcome to another episode of Last Week in Health IT where we talk about some of the significant Health IT-related news items that occurred in the past week. Follow us on social media! Twitter: @pharmacyitme Instagram: @pharmacyinformatics Website: Pharmacy IT & Me Email: tony@pharmacyitme.com Follow Tony's personal...

One Goal, Many Paths: Next Steps After Not Matching feat. Drs. Beju Shah, Brian Fung, David Vu, and Tony Dao Intended Audience: Pharmacy Students and anyone who did not match for residency This year, over 4000 applicants matched for a PGY1 or PGY2 pharmacy residency program. These individuals are moving on to an amazing opportunity where they can continue to expand their skillset and evolve their...

71. 123s with ADCs, Part 2 Intended Audience: Newcomers to Pharmacy Informatics Today, we continue our discussion about automated dispensing cabinets by talking about some medication safety considerations and what an informatics or information systems pharmacist's role is in management of ADC systems. Follow us on social media! Twitter: @pharmacyitme Instagram: @pharmacyinformatics Website: Pharma...

70.Last Week in Health IT for June 7th, 2019 Intended Audience: Everyone Welcome to another episode of Last Week in Health IT where we talk about some of the significant Health IT-related news items that occurred in the past week. Follow us on social media! Twitter: @pharmacyitme Instagram: @pharmacyinformatics Website: Pharmacy IT & Me Email: tony@pharmacyitme.com Follow Tony's personal T...

69. Pharmacy Technician to Pharmacy IT feat. Walter Hopgood Intended Audience: Everyone On today's episode, we actually get to speak with a former pharmacy technician and now senior pharmacy IT consultant, Walter Hopgood, on what his role is in the pharmacy IT and informatics world! Check the episode out for a different perspective! To contact Walter, visit his LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com...

68. 123s with ADCs: Part 1 Intended Audience: Newcomers to Pharmacy Informatics Today we give a brief introduction to what automated dispensing cabinets are. The episode focuses on discussing what these technologies are, how they are used, where they are used, how they compare to cart fills, and what benefits one can experience by using ADCs. Follow us on social media! Twitter: @pharmacyitme Insta...

67. Last Week in Health IT for May 31st, 2019 Intended Audience: Everyone Welcome to another episode of Last Week in Health IT where we talk about some of the significant Health IT-related news items that occurred in the past week. Follow us on social media! Twitter: @pharmacyitme Instagram: @pharmacyinformatics Website: Pharmacy IT & Me Email: tony@pharmacyitme.com Follow Tony's personal...

66. My Diabetes Home and Data Science feat. Dr. Dalton Fabian Intended Audience: Everyone On today's episode, we get to speak with Dr. Dalton Fabian on his unique pharmacist role at My Diabetes Home, and he expands on his passion for data science and its impacts on pharmacy and healthcare delivery. Additional links: Pharmacist Slack: https://pharmacistsconnect.com Datacamp: https://www.datacamp.co...

65. School Again? Why I'm Getting a PMC HI Intended Audience: Those interested in furthering their education Today's episode, I talk about why I decided to pursue a Post-Master's Certificate in Healthcare Informatics and what some of the benefits are. The purpose of this episode is to provide you an example of my thought processes in deciding to go this route so that you may apply some of the pers...

64. Comcast Health IT... wait, what? Intended Audience: Everyone This week, instead of going over last week's news in healthcare IT, we're focusing just on one article. Today's topic is going to be about the reportedly new foray into healthcare IT by Comcast. To read the original CNBC article regarding Comcast's new health tool, visit https://www.cnbc.com/2019/05/21/comcast-working-on-home-health-...

63. Master's Program in Health Care Informatics feat. Dr. Kendall Cortelyou-Ward, PhD Intended Audience: Everyone On today's episode, we speak with the Program Director from UCF's Master's Degree in Health Care Informatics, Dr. Kendall Cortelyou-Ward, PhD. She discusses the importance of healthcare informatics and the benefits of what this degree program can add to a pharmacist's career. To find o...

62. Meds are from eMARs: An Introduction to eMARs Intended Audience: Newcomers to Pharmacy Informatics On today's episode, we talk about the electronic medication administration record, or eMAR for short. eMARs are prevalent in many health systems today that use EMRs, but why do people use them? We talk about some of the benefits and how pharmacy informatics plays a role. Follow us on social media...

61. Last Week in Health IT for May 17th, 2019 Intended Audience: Everyone Welcome to another episode of Last Week in Health IT where we talk about some of the significant Health IT-related news items that occurred in the past week. On today's episode, we talk about AI, population health analytics, Joint Commission's new real-time platform, and more. Population Health Analytics at Banner Health art...

60. Pharmacy Informatics Residency & Education feat. Dr. Denis Kitayama Intended Audience: Everyone On today's episode, we get to interview Dr. Denis Kitayama of Kaiser Permanente on his role as a pharmacy project manager and residency program coordinator for the PGY2 pharmacy informatics program at Kaiser Downey. He also discusses his experience in the past with startups and consulting. If yo...

59. With Great Power - Antimicrobial Surveillance Applications Intended Audience: Newcomers to Pharmacy Informatics Today we briefly go over the tools out there used to predict antimicrobial trends and outbreaks as well as improve clinical workflows, outcomes, and patient care. These antimicrobial surveillance applications draw from many data sources in order to provide the clinician an optimized...

58. Last Week in Health IT for May 10th, 2019 Intended Audience: Everyone Not many news items this week, but much talk about AI-powered healthcare IT tools and network infrastructure changes! Follow us on social media! Twitter: @pharmacyitme Instagram: @pharmacyinformatics Website: Pharmacy IT & Me Email: tony@pharmacyitme.com Follow Tony's personal Twitter account at @tonydaopharmd Networ...

57. Pharmacy Informatics in Long Term Care feat. Becky Agar of Hogan Pharmacy Partners Intended Audience: Everyone On this episode, we get to speak with Becky Agar, Vice President of Hogan Pharmacy Partners, on her pathway from community pharmacist to long term care pharmacy informatics. She discusses interesting topics of bringing inpatient technologies into the long term care setting and provide...

56. Last Week in Health IT for May 6th, 2019 Intended Audience: Everyone On today's short episode, we go over some of the news topics from last week in healthcare IT. Additional Resources: To find out more about the BlueCross BlueSheild Healthbox Data Innovation Challenge, visit http://databox.healthbox.com/applicant/login Follow us on social media! Twitter: @pharmacyitme Instagram: @pharmacyinfor...

55. Why Did The IV Cross The EHR? Because It's A 2-Way Street! Smart Pump 2-Way Interoperability Intended Audience: Newcomers to Pharmacy Informatics On today's episode, we continue the discussion of smart pumps by introducing the concept of 2-way interoperability with the EHR. Discussion includes the workflow of a 2-way system, what the benefits are, and what a role of a pharmacist is in the enti...

54. Directing Informatics Projects feat. Dr. Marie-Elsie Ade Intended Audience: Everyone On today's episode, we interview Dr. Marie-Elsie Ade on her experience in teaching, being a pharmacy informaticist, directing pharmacy projects, and being a director of pharmacy! She also provides advice on different avenues for pharmacists to take in navigating towards pharmacy informatics. You can reach Dr....

53. Are You Smarter than an IV Pump? - Intro to Smart Pumps Intended Audience: Everyone Time to talk about smart pumps! We go over some brief basics on this episode of what a smart pump is, how it contributes to safety, and what a pharmacist's role is in smart pump medication libraries. Follow us on social media! Twitter: @pharmacyitme Instagram: @pharmacyinformatics Website: Pharmacy IT &...

52. Last Week in Health IT for April 26th, 2019 Intended Audience: Everyone Come check out today's Last Week in Health IT episode where we discuss several news items from this past week! We talk about some news on AI, cybersecurity, ransomware, information sharing, and more! Follow us on social media! Twitter: @pharmacyitme Instagram: @pharmacyinformatics Website: Pharmacy IT & Me Email: t...

51. Informatics in Pharmacogenetics feat. Pharmacist Andrea Paterson Intended Audience: Everyone Pharmacy, IT, & Me goes international! We interview special guest, Canadian Pharmacist Andrea Paterson, on her role in the pharmacogenetics world and how informatics and technology play into algorithm development for precision prescribing. She provides great insight into what it means to be a pharm...

50. Hey Data, Are We Related? Relational Databases Part 2 Intended Audience: Newcomers to Pharmacy Informatics On today's episode, we go over more detail on relational databases, particularly on how data is stored and what type of data is out there and how it's expressed in relational databases. Some terms we go over are characters, strings, primary keys, alternate keys, foreign keys, one-to-one,...