PQS Quality Corner Show

In our final episode wrapping up our April discussion on Opioid Use Disorder,  PQS Senior Manager of Pharmacy Accounts, Nick Dorich, PharmD talks to Daniel Ventricelli, PharmD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Clinical Pharmacy at the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, University of the Sciences and Casey Walker, PharmD, RPh, PGY-1 Behavioral Health Pharmacy Resident at the University of the Sciences ab...

PQS Senior Manager of Pharmacy Accounts, Nick Dorich, PharmD asks Adam Bernstein, PharmD, BCPS Manager, Performance Measurement at Pharmacy Quality Solutions to explain the "Why?" of Opioid Use Quality Measures on this episode of the Quality Corner Show.  Bernstein also talks about how Opioid-related measures are different from adherence measures due to the intent and the way they are ca...

PQS Senior Manager of Pharmacy Accounts, Nick Dorich, PharmD talks with Heather Ferguson, PharmD, MS, BCPS, Drug Diversion Prevention Specialist, Clinical Risk Management at UW Medicine about drug diversion and how a pharmacy utilizes a diversion prevention program.

PQS Senior Manager of Pharmacy Accounts, Nick Dorich, PharmD speaks with Dan Arendt, Pharm. D., BCPS, Assistant Professor, Pain Stewardship at The James L. Winkle  College of Pharmacy at the University of Cincinnati and Marisa Brizzi, PharmD, BCPS, AAHIVP, Pain Stewardship Clinical Pharmacist at UC Health about harm reduction and naloxone access in opioid management. 

PQS Senior Manager of Pharmacy Accounts, Nick Dorich, PharmD interviews Alison R. Knutson, PharmD, Medication Therapy Management at Park Nicollet Creekside Clinic about opioid management screenings and best screening practices in patients needing pain management on the Quality Corner Show.  Knutson discusses how the comfortability of prescribing  opioids has changed in the past 30 years and what t...

PQS Senior Manager of Pharmacy Accounts, Nick Dorich, PharmD interviews GenXys Chief Scientific Officer Martin Dawes MB.BS MD FRCGP about Pharmacogenomic testing on the Quality Corner Show.  Dawes discusses how primary care physicians, other prescribers and pharmacists can implement pharmacogenetic testing into their workflow. 

PQS Senior Manager of Pharmacy Accounts, Nick Dorich, PharmD interviews Nancy Chung, PQS Chief Operating Officer about her new role with the company, what's coming down the pipeline and what excites her about pharmacy. 

The Quality Corner Show celebrates Canada Pharmacy Appreciation Month #PAM2021 by interviewing Neighbourhood Pharmacy Association in Canada CEO Sandra Hanna. Hanna discusses the enhanced roles that pharmacists have played in the past year and will play with COVID-19 vaccinations starting in March 2021.

Pharmacy Quality Solutions Director, Pharmacy Relations, Nick Dorich, Pharm D chats with Cora Eilders, Senior Manager, Payer Relations at PQS about EQuIPP® Performance Improvement Strategies for 2021 such as reviewing full year 2020 data in the EQuIPP® platform . Cora also explains the value of the "analyze performance" button and the Quality Improvement Programs table.

PQS Senior Manager of Pharmacy Accounts, Nick Dorich, PharmD chats with Alice Dillard, Pharmacist, Manager and Co-owner of Triangle Pharmacy, in Durham, NC, about managing Covid-19 services. Triangle pharmacy has currently been providing Covid testing, but now is preparing for Covid vaccine administration. Dillard explains the preparation steps involved in offering this service as well as the impo...

Senior Director, Quality Measurement at the National Quality Forum (NQF), Samuel Stolpe guests on the PQS Quality Corner Show to talk quality measures with host PQS Senior Manager of Pharmacy Accounts, Nick Dorich, PharmD. Stolpe talks about measurement opportunities for pharmacists and cardiovascular measures related to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Shared Savings Program.

PQS Senior Manager of Pharmacy Accounts, Nick Dorich, PharmD talks with Prashanth Iyer, PharmD, BCPS, General Cardiology Clinical Specialist at UNC Medical Center about understanding clinical guidelines and primary literature for cardiovascular disease patients. Iyer elaborates why the patients' understanding of the importance of medications ultimately affects long term goals for patients and...

PQS Senior Manager of Pharmacy Accounts, Nick Dorich, PharmD interviews Lucianne (Lucy) West, PharmD, BCCP, Heart Failure and Heart Transplant Clinical Pharmacist at Cleveland Clinic, about working with patients that have had a major cardiovascular events such as heart failure or a heart transplant. Lucy talks about medicine regimens for these patients and the importance of pharmacist intervention...

PQS Senior Manager of Pharmacy Accounts, Nick Dorich, PharmD interviews Laura Cranston, CEO Emeritus, Pharmacy Quality Alliance  (PQA) about her 15 years of service with the organization and the importance of medication quality use. Cranston also talks about social determinants of health, the importance of pharmacists being involved with measure evaluation and for shifting from fee for service to...

PQS Senior Manager of Pharmacy Accounts, Nick Dorich, PharmD reviews the Payer Challenges and Opportunities Section III of the 2020 PQS Trend Report in Pharmacy Quality  with PQS Vice President of Client Services Emily Endres.

PQS Senior Manager of Pharmacy Accounts, Nick Dorich, PharmD interviews Anne L. Burns, RPh, Vice President, Professional Affairs at the American Pharmacists Association (APhA) about the pharmacy readiness survey and the results published in Section II of the 2020 PQS Trend Report in Pharmacy Quality .

PQS Senior Manager of Pharmacy Accounts, Nick Dorich, PharmD talks with Terri Warholak, PhD, RPh, CPHQ, FAPhA, Assistant Dean, Academic Affairs and Assessment  for the College of Pharmacy at THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA and Todd Sega, SVP, Development & Strategy at Pharmacy Quality Solutions about their work on the consumer perceptions survey and the results published in Section I of the 2020 PQS...

PQS Senior Manager of Pharmacy Accounts, Nick Dorich, PharmD talks with Todd Sega, SVP, Development & Strategy at Pharmacy Quality Solutions about changes to the Medicare 2021  Star Ratings, major takeaways related to medication-use quality measures, and what that may mean for health plans and pharmacies.

In a special end of year podcast, PQS Senior Manager of Pharmacy Accounts, Nick Dorich, PharmD talks with Betsy Elswick, PharmD, Clinical Associate Professor at West Virginia University School of Pharmacy about Covid-19 vaccine administration and long-term care patients. This episode was recorded on 12.22.2020.

PQS Senior Manager of Pharmacy Accounts, Nick Dorich, PharmD reviews with PQS Client Services Senior Specialist Amanda Malooley some of the biggest EQuIPP® questions that users had in 2020. These questions were the most frequent or impactful questions from pharmacies using the EQuIPP® platform.

PQS Senior Manager of Pharmacy Accounts, Nick Dorich, PharmD  interviews Beth Arnold, Professional Services Project Manager at Costco Wholesale Pharmacy about mental health or behavioral health quality measures in pharmacy use. 

PQS Senior Manager of Pharmacy Accounts, Nick Dorich, PharmD  interviews Katie Dollar, Pharm. D., Clinical Pharmacist at Balls Food Stores on the topic of Mental Health First Aid and its use in pharmacy.

PQS Senior Manager of Pharmacy Accounts, Nick Dorich, PharmD  interviews Cortney M. Mospan, PharmD, BCACP, BCGP, CPP, Associate Professor of Pharmacy at Wingate University School of Pharmacy about mental health screening in pharmacy. 

PQS Senior Manager of Pharmacy Accounts, Nick Dorich, PharmD  interviews Tawny L. Smith, PharmD, BCPP, Associate Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences a the Dell Medical School, The University of Texas at Austin about mental healthcare.  Dorich and Smith talk about how pharmacists can utilize medication knowledge to impact patient's mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

During season one of the Quality Corner Show, PQS Senior Manager of Pharmacy Accounts, Nick Dorich, PharmD interviewed many leaders and innovators in pharmacy. To wrap the season, PQS Senior Manager of Pharmacy Accounts, Nick Dorich, PharmD chats with PQS team members Brittany Boyd, MHA, CPhT and Jasmine Perry, PharmD Candidate about the past year. Boyd and Perry discuss their favorite episodes of...