PQS Quality Corner Show

Starlin Haydon-Greatting, MS-MPH, BSPharm, CDM FAPhA, discusses the pharmacist's role in diabetes management with PQS Senior Manager of Pharmacy Accounts, Nick Dorich, PharmD, on the 100th episode of the PQS Quality Corner Show. Haydon-Greatting explains how pharmacists can help patients with diabetes manage their disease state, and she provides recommendations for pharmacists to stay up-to-d...

PQS Senior Manager of Pharmacy Accounts, Nick Dorich, PharmD talks with Bonnie Hui-Callahan, PharmD, CDCES, Founder, The Clinician-Leader , about projecting leadership through influence as a member of the healthcare team.  Hui-Callahan also explains why pharmacists should embrace their leadership potential and make an impact on others.

PQS Senior Manager of Pharmacy Accounts, Nick Dorich, PharmD discusses pharmacist board certification with Brian Lawson, PharmD, Associate Executive Director at BPS - Board of Pharmacy Specialties  on the PQS Quality Corner Show.  Lawson explains what Board Certification means and also talks about new and upcoming specialty areas coming soon.

PQS Senior Manager of Pharmacy Accounts, Nick Dorich, PharmD talks with Hillary Blackburn, PharmD, MBA, about women in pharmacy and healthcare leadership in celebration of Women Pharmacist Day, Oct 12, 2021. Blackburn provides a bit of background on this day of celebration and discusses pioneers who have helped shape the profession. Hillary Blackburn is the Founder & Podcast Host, Talk to Your...

Litjen (L.J) Tan, MS, PhD, Chief Policy and Partnerships Officer at immunize.org (IAC) and Co-Chair, National Adult Immunization Summit and National Influenza Vaccine Summit  joins the PQS Quality Corner Show to talk Flu Season 2021 with PQS Senior Manager of Pharmacy Accounts, Nick Dorich, PharmD. Tan reviews a bit about flu season 2020 and explains how 2021 could be different. He also encourages...

PQS Senior Manager of Pharmacy Accounts, Nick Dorich, PharmD talks with Kate Gainer, PharmD, Iowa Pharmacy Association Executive Vice President  and CEO about pharmacy burnout and pharmacist well-being. This episode coincides with American Pharmacists Month in October and the topic relates to the upcoming World Mental Health Day slated for October 10, 2021. Show Notes: Kate Gainer's Burnout S...

The PQS Quality Corner Show celebrates International Podcast Day on September 30, 2021 with premium bonus content in the form of a mini-episode thank you to you, the listener.  PQS Senior Manager of Pharmacy Accounts, Nick Dorich, PharmD and David Simoneaux, PQS Communications Specialist talks about upcoming episodes, the inclusion of Continuing Education episodes and some podcast stats from 2021....

PQS Senior Manager of Pharmacy Accounts, Nick Dorich, PharmD takes a deeper dive into the topic of deprescribing for geriatric patients with guest G. Blair Sarbacker, PharmD, BCACP, FAPhA, Professor of Pharmacy Practice at the Presbyterian College School of Pharmacy.  Sarbacker explains where to start when creating a deprescribing plan and effective intervention with the patient.

PQS Senior Manager of Pharmacy Accounts, Nick Dorich, PharmD talks with DeLon Canterbury, PharmD, BCGP, African American COVID-19 Task Force (AACT+) and President/CEO of GeriatRx, Inc. about barriers that geriatric care pharmacists face on a daily basis in helping their senior patients and ways to overcome them. Pharmacist’s Letter is offering CE credit for this podcast. Please log into your Pharm...

Sean M. Jeffery, PharmD, BCGP, FASCP, AGSF, Professor of Pharmacy Practice at the University of Connecticut School of Pharmacy joins PQS Senior Manager of Pharmacy Accounts, Nick Dorich, PharmD to discuss coordinating care for older adults. Jeffery also dives into the topic of geropsychiatry and how it is being applied in current patient care practices.  

PQS Senior Manager of Pharmacy Accounts, Nick Dorich, PharmD talks with Donna Bartlett, PharmD, BCGP, RPh, Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice at the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences about healthy aging, geriatric care and the role the pharmacist plays in maximizing patient care. Bartlett covers topics including polypharmacy, medicine reviews, Medicare open enrollment for...

PQS Senior Manager of Pharmacy Accounts, Nick Dorich, PharmD talks to Jeanine P. Abrons, PharmD., MS, FAPhA, Clinical Associate Professor at University of Iowa College of Pharmacy about the role pharmacists can play as it relates to travel medicine and for providing travel-related immunizations. Pharmacist’s Letter is offering CE credit for this podcast. Please log into your Pharmacist’s Letter ac...

PQS Senior Manager of Pharmacy Accounts, Nick Dorich, PharmD speaks with two fellow Rhode Island Pharmacists Association members Chris Federico, PharmD, BCACP, CDE, and Matthew Lacroix PharmD, BCPS, MS, about building vaccine confidence in the COVID-19 vaccination for the unsure patient population. Chris Federico is the President of RIPA and Matthew Lacroix is the Immediate Past President of RIPA....

For National Immunization Awareness Month, PQS Senior Manager of Pharmacy Accounts, Nick Dorich, PharmD talks with Allie Jo Shipman, PharmD, MBA, Director, State Policy at the National Alliance of State Pharmacy Associations (NASPA) about immunizations pharmacists are authorized to provide in various states, what has changed, and the impact of COVID. Shipman also explains what next steps pharmacis...

PQS Senior Manager of Pharmacy Accounts, Nick Dorich, PharmD talks with Stacey Emmons, PharmD, Director, Patient Outcomes Performance at Walgreen Co.  about equitable patient access to medications and pharmacist services.  Emmons elaborates on the many ways Walgreens has ensured medication to their patients during the pandemic  on the podcast and how they are helping patients with acute and chroni...

PQS Senior Manager of Pharmacy Accounts, Nick Dorich, PharmD interviews Pamela Piotrowski, RPh, MBA , Product Manager, Pharmacist’s Letter (TRC Healthcare) about clinical services implementation, patient communications, and how pharmacists can improve their skills.

PQS Senior Manager of Pharmacy Accounts, Nick Dorich, PharmD talks with Laurin E. Dixon, PharmD, Director, Medicare Star Ratings at Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield about different outcomes-based measures and what new opportunities might be forthcoming for pharmacists and pharmacies. 

On a special Quality Corner Show episode, PQS Communications Specialist David Simoneaux, who produces the Quality Corner Show, asks PQS Senior Manager, Pharmacy Accounts, Nick Dorich to answer some recent EQuIPP® webinar questions. Topics include PDC numerators, star rating measures, GPI/NDC product lists and more. This episode includes a brief introduction by Nancy Chung, Chief Operating Officer...

PQS Senior Manager of Pharmacy Accounts, Nick Dorich, PharmD talks with Andrea Brookhart, PharmD, BCACP, Director of Clinical Programs at Kroger about participating in the A1C program that emphasizes outcomes-based measures and how pharmacies can make a difference with hemoglobin A1c testing.

Sarah Shetler, PharmD, MPH Clinical Program Lead, Quality Network at Humana returns on the Quality Corner Show to talk about 2020 results of the PQS and Humana A1c program and what's new in 2021.  PQS Senior Manager of Pharmacy Accounts and Quality Corner Show Host, Nick Dorich, PharmD interviews Shetler and PQS VP, Client Services Emily Endres about the partnership, and both elaborate on the...

Pharmacy Quality Solutions Director, Pharmacy Relations, Nick Dorich, Pharm D chats with Brittany Boyd, Senior Manager, Training & Support at PQS about understanding performance data in EQuIPP® and about pay for performance programs.  Brittany talks about how to navigate pay for performance programs in the dashboard and how to be successful with performance programs over the summer months. 

PQS Senior Manager of Pharmacy Accounts, Nick Dorich, PharmD talks with Adrienne Simmons, PharmD, MS, BCPS, AAHIVP, Director of Programs, National Viral Hepatitis Roundtable (a program of HEP ) about social determinants of health with a specific use case on Hepatitis C.  Simmons then mentions other disease states where social determinants of health play a role that pharmacists and health care prov...

Vibhuti Arya, PharmD, MPH, Curating Brave Spaces, Global Lead, Equity Workforce Development, International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP), Professor at St. John's University, returns to the Quality Corner Show to talk more Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) with PQS Senior Manager of Pharmacy Accounts, Nick Dorich, PharmD. In this episode, Arya talks about the importance of improving data...

PQS Senior Manager of Pharmacy Accounts, Nick Dorich, PharmD talks to Jeff Newell about his time as CEO for Pharmacy Quality Solutions and other pharmacy success stories. Newell also talks about professional engagement and networking in the pharmacy profession at state and national levels.

PQS Senior Manager of Pharmacy Accounts, Nick Dorich, PharmD interviews Pharmacy Quality Alliance CEO Micah Cost about the future of medication quality measurement and his vision for PQA going forward. This episode coincides with the 2021 PQA Annual Meeting May 11 – 13, 2021.