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Dr. Carina Dolan, Editor in Chief of Vizient’s Pharmacy Market Outlook and Senior Director of Clinical Oncology and Pharmaceutical Outcomes at Vizient, shares insights on the Summer 2022 Vizient Pharmacy Market Outlook with host Gretchen Brummel. Dr. Dolan discusses the outlook’s projection, impact of inflation, and ways that frontline staff can use the report.   Guest speakers: Carina Dolan, Phar...

Dr. James Braun, Neurosciences Pharmacy Clinical Specialist at SSM Health St. Louis, and Dr. Kyle Hoelting, Senior Manager of Drug Information at Vizient, share their insights on the use of tenecteplase vs alteplase for treating acute ischemic stroke. They also discuss the nuances of this therapeutic area and share recent work from an expert panel led by Vizient.   Guest speakers: James Braun, Pha...

Dr. David Aguero, Director, Medication Systems and Informatics, and Dr. Ben Moore, Pharmaceutical Data Analytics Coordinator at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital winners of the Vizient Pharmacy Vision Award for excellence in pharmacy analytics, discuss their program that used analytics to design a program that positioned pharmacy as an internal service line with defined business goals with hos...

Dr. Shirley Wong, Clinical Program Pharmacist, and Dr. Stephanie Hsia, Assistant Professor of Clinical Pharmacy at UCSF, winners of the Vizient Pharmacy Vision Award for Excellence in clinical practice, discuss their program helped UCSF to reach a system wide goal of 73% blood pressure control in our African American population and close the disparity in hypertension control with host Gretchen Bru...

In the third and final part of this series on cyber preparedness, Michael Ostrander, AVP of Data Governance, and Randy Gerwitz, Senior Consulting Director in Pharmacy Solutions, both at Vizient, talk about data governance and insuring appropriate access to information and how data mismanagement compromises system security.   Guest speakers: Michael Ostrander AVP of Data Governance  Vizient   Randy...

In part two of this three-part series on cyber preparedness, Peter Giordano, Vice President of Security and Compliance, and Randy Gerwitz, Senior Consulting Director in Pharmacy Solutions, both at Vizient, share their thoughts on the challenges that face organizations during a prolonged event, including providing pharmacy services and managing patient care during that downtime.   Guest speakers: P...

In this first part of a three-part series on cyber preparedness, Dr. Colleen Malashock, Clinical Pharmacy Manager at Nebraska Medicine, and Randy Gerwitz, Senior Consulting Director in Pharmacy Solutions at Vizient, share their firsthand insights on the impact of cyberattacks to health care facilities and the preparations necessary to providing pharmacy services and managing patient care during th...

John Schoen, Senior Clinical Manager of Drug Information, at Vizient, shares his insights on the history and current state of pneumococcal vaccines within the practitioner community. He also discusses the complexity of ACIP recommendations after the recent addition of two newer vaccines, PCV 20 and PCV 15, and what the future holds for the vaccines.   Guest speaker: John Schoen, PharmD, BCPS Senio...

Stacy Lauderdale, Senior Director of Drug Information, and Kyle Hoelting, Senior Manager of Drug Information at Vizient, share their insights on the history and current state of evidence-based medicine within the practitioner community. They also discuss how to reverse the trend of using anecdotal experience and swing the pendulum back to increased reliance on evidenced based medicine.   Guest spe...

Paul Szumita, Clinical Pharmacy Director at Brigham and Women's Hospital, shares how to participate in publishing research by working to fill gaps in the literature. Paul discusses with host Gretchen Brummel different types of publications that pharmacists get involved, some past projects of his own, training you need to publish, and how to get started in publishing work.   Guest speaker: Paul Szu...

Carina Dolan, Editor in Chief of Vizient’s Pharmacy Market Outlook and Senior Director of Clinical Oncology and Pharmaceutical Outcomes at Vizient, shares insights on January’s Vizient Pharmacy Market Outlook with host Gretchen Brummel. Carina discusses the outlook’s accuracy, ways that frontline staff can use the report, and the values members can get out of the results.   Guest speakers: Carina...

Sara J. Hyland, Clinical Pharmacist at OhioHealth Grant Medical Center, returns in Part 2 to share tools, expertise and strategies on how to stay ahead of the overwhelming volume of contributions to in this information age. Sara discusses with host Gretchen Brummel how to develop a multi-pronged system for limiting the workload of keeping up, skimming and drilling strategies and maintaining your s...

Erin Fox, Senior Pharmacy Director at the University of Utah Hospitals and Clinics and winner of the Vizient Pharmacy Vision Award for Excellence in Public Policy, discusses her advocacy with host Gretchen Brummel.   Guest speakers: Erin Fox, PharmD, BCPS, FASHP Senior Pharmacy Director University of Utah Hospitals and Clinics   Moderator: Gretchen Brummel, PharmD, BCPS Pharmacy Executive Director...

Sara J. Hyland, Clinical Pharmacist at OhioHealth Grant Medical Center, shares tools, expertise and strategies on how to stay ahead of the overwhelming volume of contributions to in this information age. Sara discusses with host Gretchen Brummel how to develop a multi-pronged system for identifying relevant literature to your practice, automating, and organizing that literature and balancing readi...

Dr. Jason Goodchild, Vice President of Clinical Affairs at Premier Dental Products Company, and Dr. Mark Donaldson, Associate Principal in Pharmacy Advisory Solutions at Vizient discuss the merits of a recent statement on antibiotic prophylaxis for infective endocarditis with host Gretchen Brummel.   Guest speakers: Jason Goodchild, DMD Vice President of Clinical Affairs Premier Dental Products Co...

Megan LaBreck, Antiarrhythmic Clinic Pharmacist at OhioHealth and winner of the Vizient Pharmacy Vision Award for Excellence in Innovation, discusses her program that transfers the management of nearly 1,400 patients on an antiarrhythmic drug and their monitoring from the exclusive management of a physician to a pharmacist-led service with host Gretchen Brummel.   Guest speakers: Megan LaBreck, Ph...

The pressures and stress of traumatic clinical events affects everyone in the room including pharmacists. Two pharmacists, Jennifer Mando-Vandrick, Clinical Pharmacist in Emergency Medicine at Duke University Hospital and Philippe Mentler, Consulting Director of Pharmacy at Vizient, discuss the emotional impact pharmacist may have when witnessing the distress of others when traumatic events happen...

The debate on whether to use sugammadex or neostigmine has heated up dramatically in recent years. Two industry experts, Eric Johnson, perioperative critical care pharmacist at UK HealthCare, and Stacy Lauderdale, senior director for drug information at Vizient, discuss the many considerations involved in choosing between the two agents.   Guest speakers: Eric Johnson, PharmD, BCCCP Perioperative...

Historically there have been countless paths to recovery following colorectal surgery. However, having a well-rounded, evidence-based enhanced recovery program is critical to patient success. Two Vizient experts, Mark Ninno and Karen Smethers discuss the details and the power of these programs.    Guest speakers: Mark Ninno, PharmD Senior Consulting Solutions Director Vizient   Karen Smethers, Pha...

The ability to chronically anticoagulate a patient has prevented significant morbidity and mortality from thromboembolic events. Over time, our anticoagulation choices for oral use have evolved, but the need for reversal agents still persist. Two Vizient pharmaceutical experts weigh in on the clinical implications and latest standings of reversal agents.    Guest speaker: Stacy Lauderdale, PharmD,...

Vizient publishes the Pharmacy Market Outlook twice a year to project drug prices and key market trends for the next 18-months.  Pharmacists use this information to budget and project their supply needs.  Carina Dolan, Senior Director for Clinical Oncology and Pharmaceutical Outcomes at Vizient shares details revealed in the summer 2021 edition of the Pharmacy Market Outlook.    Guest speaker: Car...

Ischemic stroke is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States, taking the lives of 140,000 people each year.  Historically, the thrombolytic alteplase has been the mainstay of drug therapy, but now the FDA is looking at tenecteplase as a treatment option for ischemic strokes.   Guest speaker: Philippe Mentler, PharmD, BCPS Consulting Director, Pharmacy Vizient   Moderator: G...

The Drug Supply Chain Security Act was enacted in 2013 to protect patients from counterfeit, stolen or contaminated medications. It allows for the detection and removal of these drugs from the marketplace. In this podcast, we explore how frontline pharmacy staff can support compliance.   Guest speaker: Joseph Alessandrini, RPh, FASHP Vice President, Clinical Services Inspira Health Network   Moder...

Summertime means snakebite time, and with it comes the critical decisions pharmacists and clinicians are faced with when choosing antivenins. In this episode, we will look at the differences and similarities between the two latest antivenins for snakebites.   Guest speaker: Philippe Mentler, PharmD, BCPS Consulting Director, Pharmacy Vizient   Moderator: Gretchen Brummel, PharmD, BCPS Pharmacy Exe...

The Coronavirus pandemic has put a spotlight on drug supply and the approval process for new medications. In this episode, we will define the different expedited drug approval processes, and take a closer look at how successful these programs are in identifying drug efficacy.   Guest speaker: Steven Lucio, PharmD, BCPS Senior Principal, Pharmacy Solutions Vizient   Moderator: Gretchen Brummel, Pha...