Rural pharmacy practitioners are unique, and practicing in this setting takes a broad and deep understanding of pharmacy opportunities and challenges. Dr. Kyle Johnicker and Dr. Samreena Rasheed, both pharmacy clinical coordinators at Northwestern Medicine overseeing small and rural hospitals join host Gretchen Brummel, Pharmacy Executive Director with the Vizient Center for Pharmacy Practice Excellence at ASHP Midyear in Anaheim to discuss their unique opportunity and challenges.

Guest speakers: Kyle Johnicker, PharmD Pharmacy Clinical Coordinator Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital

Samreena Rasheed, PharmD, BCPS Regional Pharmacy Clinical Coordinator Northwestern Medicine Huntley, McHenry, and Woodstock Hospitals

Host: Gretchen Brummel, PharmD, BCPS Pharmacy Executive Director Vizient Center for Pharmacy Practice Excellence

Show Notes:

[00:47-02:28] Dr. Johnicker and Dr. Rasheed background information

[02:29-04:10] What attracted them to rural pharmacy

[04:11-05:32] Skill set necessary for rural pharmacy

[05:33-07:46] Recent pharmacy successes at their organization

[07:47-09:29] Where they would like to see rural pharmacy grow in the future

[09:30-10:48] Advice for students or residents thinking about a career in rural pharmacy

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Antimicrobial and Diagnostic Stewardship Program: Northwestern Medicine

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The incredible staying power of drug shortages kicks the door open for full-time pharmacy roles designed to combat this issue. Dr. Austin Pytlowany, clinical pharmacist specialist in drug shortage management at Michigan Medicine and Vizient's Kyle Hoelting, senior clinical manager of drug shortages and drug information join host Gretchen Brummel, Pharmacy Executive Director with the Vizient Center for Pharmacy Practice Excellence to discuss drug shortages and drug information and share their perspectives.

Guest speakers: Austin Pytlowany, PharmD Pharmacy Manager – Inventory and Drug Shortage Management Michigan Medicine

Kyle Hoelting, PharmD, BCPS Sr. Clinical Manager of Drug Information and Shortages Vizient Center for Pharmacy Practice Excellence

Host: Gretchen Brummel, PharmD, BCPS Pharmacy Executive Director Vizient Center for Pharmacy Practice Excellence

Show Notes:

[00:48-01:53] Dr. Pytlowany background information

[01:54-02:52] Why Michigan Medicine created his position

[02:53-05:52] The overall impact of drug shortages right now

[05:53-07:12] National impact of drug shortages

[07:13-10:41] Austin’s position helping improving patient care at Michigan Medicine

[10:42-12:25] Organizational benefits of individuals or a teams dedicated to drug shortages

[12:26-16:41] Other kinds of positions out there

[16:42-20:40] Concepts and solutions coming out of this or to market

[20:41-22:11] Future for these types of roles in drug shortages

[22:12-25:38] Advice for people who want to get into this specialty

Links | Resources:

The One Thing You Need to Know about Drug Shortage Stewardship

Drug Shortage Stewardship: Calls to Action for the Interconnected Supply Chain

ASHP Current Drug Shortages

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Health system pharmacies are turning to outpatient infusion services to improve financial performance as margins shrink. Dr. Zinkeng Asonganyi, Director of Ambulatory Pharmacy and Infusion Services at University of Texas Medical Branch or UTMB Health discusses the program and it’s implications with host Gretchen Brummel, Pharmacy Executive Director with the Vizient Center for Pharmacy Practice Excellence.

Guest speaker: Zinkeng Asonganyi, PharmD Director of Ambulatory Pharmacy Operations UTMB

Host: Gretchen Brummel, PharmD, BCPS Pharmacy Executive Director Vizient Center for Pharmacy Practice Excellence

Show Notes:

[00:52-01:38] Dr. Asonganyi background information

[01:39-06:44] What’s happening in infusion at UTMB

[06:45-12:15] Complexities and logistics of the program

[12:16-15:13] Maintaining and growing reimbursement in this time of challenges

[15:14-18:33] Biggest opportunities for enhancement or growth

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A big part of total national drug spend is the continuing growth of the specialty drug market. Health systems depend on specialty pharmacy to make up margin losses from other areas. Dr. Vinay Eapen, Senior Manager of Specialty Pharmacy at University of Texas Medical Branch, joins Gretchen Brummel, Pharmacy Executive Director in the Vizient Center for Pharmacy Practice Excellence and your program to share a bold approach to starting specialty pharmacy services at an academic medical center.

Guest speakers:

Vinay Eapen, PharmD

UTMB Senior Specialty Pharmacy Manager

Lean Adjunct Faculty

UTMB Department of Pharmacy

Host:

Gretchen Brummel, PharmD, BCPS

Pharmacy Executive Director

Vizient Center for Pharmacy Practice Excellence

Show Notes:

[00:46-01:09] Dr. Eapen background information

[01:10-01:52] History of the specialty drug market

[01:53-02:43] Categorizing specialty drugs

[02:44-03:26] When UTMB decided to start a specialty program

[03:27-04:18] Building the program

[04:19-05:25] Benefits of the program

[05:26-06:11] Unexpected issues

[06:12-06:54] Where specialty pharmacy is going

[06:55-07:37] Advice for other starting specialty pharmacy programs

[07:38-08:21] Reasons to start a specialty pharmacy

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Health system margins are shrinking making pharmacy spend a growing opportunity target. MultiCare Health System departs from historical methods with an exciting, multifaceted approach to the issue. Dr. Tyson Frodin, Assistant Vice President Pharmacy Supply Chain, Rev Cycle, Technology MultiCare Health System-Pharmacy Services, joins Gretchen Brummel, Pharmacy Executive Director in the Vizient Center for Pharmacy Practice Excellence and your program host to give his thoughts on this issue.

Guest speakers:

Tyson Frodin, PharmD, MHA, FACHE

Assistant Vice President

Pharmacy Supply Chain, Rev Cycle, Technology

MultiCare Health System-Pharmacy Services

Host:

Gretchen Brummel, PharmD, BCPS

Pharmacy Executive Director

Vizient Center for Pharmacy Practice Excellence

Show Notes:

[00:46-01:31] Dr. Tyson Frodin background information

[01:32-02:39] What drove the need for MultiCare’s pharmacy spend initiative

[02:40-08:42] Multi-pronged plan for MultiCare’s pharmacy spend initiative

[08:43-10:20] What surprised MultiCare about the process

[10:21-11:25] Outcomes

[11:26-13:11] Advice they have for other pharmacies who may wanna attempt something like this

[13:12-15:06] What’s in the future for MultiCare

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Coming soon – New Pharmacy Portal and Pharmacy Analytics platform

We're excited to announce the launch of our new Pharmacy Portal on March 25th, alongside the rebranding of Vizient Savings Actualyzer – Pharmacy (VSAP) to Pharmacy Analytics.

The Pharmacy Portal is designed to be a comprehensive hub, offering a wide range of pharmacy tools and metrics, all accessible in one convenient location. With the rebranding to Pharmacy Analytics, we're introducing upgraded features and functionalities aimed at optimizing contract management, benchmarking spend, evaluating drug shortages and much more.

Join our webinar on March 27, Navigating Vizient Pharmacy Analytics with PMO projections and data, to learn more about the features and benefits of our new Pharmacy Portal and rebranded Pharmacy Analytics platform.

Plus, we will be hosting deeper dive sessions March 18 through April 5 where you can experience the new tools and ask questions of our pharmacy analytics experts. Learn more and sign up for one or multiple sessions.

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Pneumococcal vaccines have been instrumental in decreasing invasive disease since their introduction in the 1980s. 2021 brought regulatory changes and recent ACIP recommendations were published in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, also known as MMWR. Dr. John Schoen, Senior Clinical Manager of Evidence-Based Medicine and Drug Information shares his insights on these changes with host Gretchen Brummel.

Guest speaker:  John Schoen, PharmD, BCPS Senior Clinical Manager of Evidence-Based Medicine and Drug Information Vizient Center for Pharmacy Practice Excellence  Host:  Gretchen Brummel, PharmD, BCPS  Pharmacy Executive Director  Vizient Center for Pharmacy Practice Excellence 

Show Notes: 

Recorded in the Fall of 2023

[01:00-03:34] What’s new since March 2022 with pneumococcal vaccines

[03:35-06:51] Changes with the adult recommendations

[06:52-13:10] New recommendations from CDC as well as published recommendations for adults

[13:11-19:05] Recommendations for Pneumococcal vaccines in pediatrics

[19:06-21:46] The area of biggest risk moving forward

[21:47-24:07] What we are looking at for the future

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Vizient pneumococcal vaccine side-by-side comparison Click Here

ACIP pneumococcal vaccine recommendations Click Here

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Vizient publishes our Pharmacy Market Outlook twice a year. The outlook features drug price projections and key market insights to help support members' strategic planning. Drs. Jeni Hayes and Amanda Frick, both Senior Clinical Managers for Market Intelligence, join Gretchen Brummel, Pharmacy Executive Director in the Vizient Center for Pharmacy Practice Excellence and your program host to give an early look.

Guest speakers:

Jeni Hayes, PharmD, MSPharm, BCPS

Senior Clinical Manager, Market Intelligence

Vizient

Amanda Frick, PharmD, BCPS

Senior Clinical Manager, Market Intelligence

Vizient

Host:

Gretchen Brummel, PharmD, BCPS

Pharmacy Executive Director

Vizient Center for Pharmacy Practice Excellence

Show Notes:

[00:42-03:08] Areas of focus 2024 highlighted in this Pharmacy Market Outlook

[03:09-05:35] The table of new and noteworthy approvals and some of the approvals that you were most excited to see

[05:36-07:05] Some drugs that you're looking forward to seeing approved in 2024

[07:06-08:25] What are you hearing from our members on their experiences and challenges with cellular and gene therapies?

[08:26-10:57] What else is going on in the specialty space

[10:58-12:14] Specialty pharmacy sustained growth that we've seen for patients in the acute care space

[12:15 -14:39] What's the projection for this edition

[14:40-14:24] Where listeners go if they want more detailed information on the outlook

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Vizient Pharmacy Market Outlook provider link: Click Here

Vizient Pharmacy Market Outlook highlights public version: Click Here

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