PQS Quality Corner Show

PQS Senior Manager of Pharmacy Accounts, Nick Dorich, PharmD talks with Richard Waithe, PharmD about ways pharmacists can effectively use social media to connect within the industry and what work needs to be done for pharmacy communications.

PQS Senior Manager of Pharmacy Accounts, Nick Dorich, PharmD interviews one of the current leaders of APhA-ASP, Juan Rodriguez from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Pharmacy about student pharmacists are making an impact in the pharmacy profession.

PQS Senior Manager of Pharmacy Accounts, Nick Dorich, PharmD interviews Maria Scarlatos, PharmD, CPHQ , about value based program development and innovation in pharmacy careers. 

PQS Senior Manager of Pharmacy Accounts, Nick Dorich, PharmD interviews Alex J. Adams, Administrator, Idaho Division of Financial Management about optimizing the role of the pharmacy technician and increasing their responsibilities on the pharmacy team.

PQS Senior Manager of Pharmacy Accounts, Nick Dorich, PharmD interviews Julie Akers, PharmD, BCACP, Clinical Associate Professor of the Department of Pharmacotherapy at Washington State University College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences about pharmacy provider status and the challenges in expanding the scope of practice.

October is American Pharmacists Month and PQS Senior Manager of Pharmacy Accounts, Nick Dorich, PharmD interviews APhA President Michael D. Hogue about the significance of American Pharmacists Month and the value of today's pharmacist. #APhM2020  Hogue also discusses the importance of pharmacists joining a professional pharmacy organization at a state level and joining the American Pharmacist...

 PQS Senior Manager of Pharmacy Accounts, Nick Dorich, PharmD interviews Pharmacy Quality Alliance (PQA) Vice President, Performance Measurement Lisa Hines, PharmD to find out how PQA develops quality measures. Hines also explains what are quality measures, who they are made for and why they are important. 

PQS Senior Manager of Pharmacy Accounts, Nick Dorich, PharmD catches up with Jasmine Perry, BS, third-year Pharm. D. candidate at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy to talk about internships, student rotations, pharmacy school and working in a pharmacy during a very different looking Fall 2020. Get to know Jasmine Perry on this podcast and check out her YouTube Channel.  

Pharmacy Quality Solutions Director, Pharmacy Relations, Nick Dorich, Pharm D chats with Cora Eilders, Payer Relations Account Manager, about reviewing performance measure results representing over six months of health data, and then driving success for the remainder of the 2020 year.

PQS Senior Manager of Pharmacy Accounts, Nick Dorich, PharmD, talks with Parth Shah, PharmD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Hutchinson Institute for Cancer Outcomes Research, about the COVID-19 Prevention Network. Shah describes his current role and explains how pharmacists have the ability to encourage patients to take part in the COVID-19 prevention network. To volunteer please visit The Coronavirus...

PQS Senior Manager of Pharmacy Accounts, Nick Dorich, PharmD, interviews David P. Zgarrick, PhD, FAPhA, professor in the Department of Pharmacy and Health Systems Sciences in the School of Pharmacy at Northeastern University’s Bouvé College of Health Sciences in Boston, Massachusetts about preparing for immunizations this fall on the PQS Quality Corner Show. This is a continued conversation relate...

PQS Senior Manager of Pharmacy Accounts, Nick Dorich, PharmD, talks with the owner of Love Oak Pharmacy in Eastland, Texas, Benjamin McNabb, PharmD, about methods to tackle the flu and COVID-19 collision occurring in the near future. McNabb highlights the shift of pharmacy practice to a holistic, value based model while also discussing how team work and innovation will positively impact patients d...

PQS Senior Manager of Pharmacy Accounts, Nick Dorich, PharmD, explores building upon the quality improvement framework for pharmacy services with Pharmacy Quality Alliance (PQA) team members, Patrick Campbell, PharmD, PhD, Senior Director of Research and Mel Nelson, PharmD, CPHQ, Director of Research & Operations on the PQS Quality Corner Show.  

 PQS Senior Manager of Pharmacy Accounts, Nick Dorich, PharmD, talks with the owner of Thrift Clinic Pharmacy in Louisiana, Germaine Robinson, PD, about methods to improve quality metrics in independent pharmacy. Robinson describes how team work, years of experience, and innovation dramatically improved her services offered to patients. 

 PQS Senior Manager of Pharmacy Accounts, Nick Dorich, PharmD interviews PQS Team Member Bill Laukaitis, MS on cybersecurity during COVID-19 on the latest episode of the Quality Corner Show. Laukaitis currently serves as the Manager of Infrastructure and Compliance at PQS. 

PQS Senior Manager of Pharmacy Accounts, Nick Dorich, PharmD, talks new hosted measures in EQuIPP with Zac Renfro, PharmD, Brittany Boyd, MHA, CPhT, and Cora Eilders, MHA, on the PQS Quality Corner Show. The groups specifically reviews PQA measures: Polypharmacy Use of Multiple Anticholinergic Medications in Older Adults, Polypharmacy CNS Active Medications in Older Adults and Use of Opioids at Hi...

PQS Senior Manager of Pharmacy Accounts, Nick Dorich, PharmD, interviews John A. Galdo, Pharm. D., M.B.A., BCPS, BCGP (Jake), Director, Education and Program Development at PQA about their new Medication Use Quality CE program on the PQS Quality Corner Show.

In this episode, Jasmine Perry, BS, a rising third-year PharmD candidate at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy interviews PQS Senior Manager of Pharmacy Accounts, Nick Dorich, PharmD and Brittany Boyd, Pharmacy Account Manager, about personal and pharmacy goals and making adjustments mid-year.

PQS Senior Manager of Pharmacy Accounts, Nick Dorich, PharmD interviews Jasmine Perry, BS, a rising third-year Pharm. D. candidate at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy on how student pharmacists and technicians contribute to the quality improvement process in the pharmacy. She currently serves as the Communications Intern with Pharmacy Quality Solutions, Inc. 

PQS Senior Manager of Pharmacy Accounts, Nick Dorich, PharmD and PQS Payer Relations Account Manager, Cora Eilders, MHA talk with Sarah Dean, PharmD, MPH Clinical Program Lead, Quality Network at Humana about a new joint initiative, the Diabetes Outcomes Based Pay-for-Performance Program. 

PQS Senior Manager of Pharmacy Accounts, Nick Dorich, PharmD, talks with Shannon Staton, Pharm. D., MBA, RPh and Director of Education and Clinical Programs at CORE Higher Education Group about online education and the value of remote learning on the PQS Quality Corner Show.

PQS Senior Manager of Pharmacy Accounts, Nick Dorich, PharmD, discusses drivers of community pharmacy-level performance on adherence measures with Ben Urick, PharmD, PhD and Assistant Professor, Center for Medication Optimization at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy on the PQS Quality Corner Show.

Pharmacy Quality Solutions Director, Pharmacy Relations, Nick Dorich, Pharm D sits down with Cora Eilders, Payer Relations Account Manager, and Emily Endres, VP of Client Services to discuss how year-to-date scores change over time. It is also discussed how the month of May of each year is a great time for pharmacies to start analyzing performance data for the current year. 

Pharmacy Quality Solutions Senior Manager of Pharmacy Accounts, Nick Dorich, PharmD, interviews Todd Sega, Senior Vice President of Development & Strategy at PQS about the upcoming 2020 Trend Report in Pharmacy Quality and reviews some early findings specific to COVID-19. 

Pharmacy Quality Solutions Senior Manager of Pharmacy Accounts, Nick Dorich, PharmD, talks social determinants of health with Vibhuti Arya Amirfar, PharmD, MPH. Dr. Arya is an Associate Clinical Professor at St. John's University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences and serves as Clinical Advisor to the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.