Pharmacy, IT, & Me: Your Informatics Pharmacist Podcast

327. Exploring Drug Information and Clinical Databases feat. Dr. Christine Sommer

Fri, 20 Mar 2026 19:38:18 -0000

327. Exploring Drug Information and Clinical Databases feat. Dr. Christine Sommer

**Intended Audience: Everyone**

Ever wondered how drug interaction alerts end up in your EHR or pharmacy system? In this week’s episode, Dr. Sommer takes us on a deep dive into the world of drug information databases—sharing her journey, the challenges her team tackles, and advice for pharmacists eyeing the informatics space.

A Few Can't-Miss Insights:

Shaping Clinical Data : Dr. Sommer reveals her team’s crucial work maintaining allergy, drug-drug interaction, and pharmacogenomics content at FDB.
Adapting with Technology : Christine reflects on her nearly 30-year career, from the era of mainframes to today’s advanced database systems, highlighting how FDB’s content has grown far beyond classic drug interactions.
Integration Woes & Wins : Learn what it’s like to ensure FDB’s drug knowledge fits seamlessly into diverse EHR and dispensing systems, and why close collaboration with vendors is key to success.
The Real-life Impact : Dr. Sommer shares how FDB data helps clinicians not only avoid harmful interactions but also tailor therapy to the patient level—think pharmacogenomics and personalized medicine!
Career Advice : For anyone interested in pharmacy informatics, Dr. Sommer emphasizes the importance of strong clinical skills, adaptability, multitasking, and a commitment to continual learning, and plus, why staying grounded in hands-on patient care still matters.

And if you’d like to connect with Dr. Christine Sommer or learn more about pharmacy informatics roles at First DataBank, she invites you to reach out on LinkedIn.

Disclaimer: Views expressed are those of the individuals and do not reflect thoughts and opinions of any entity with which speakers have been, is now, or will be affiliated.
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Network with other pharmacists at Pharmacists Connect!
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For more information on pharmacy informatics, check out some of the following useful links:

ASHP's Section of Pharmacy Informatics and Technology: https://www.ashp.org/Pharmacy-Informaticist/Section-of-Pharmacy-Informatics-and-Technology/
HIMSS: https://www.himss.org/resources/pharmacy-informatics-and-its-cross-functional-role-healthcare

Disclaimer: Views expressed are my own and do not reflect thoughts and opinions of any entity with which I have been, am now, or will be affiliated.

326. BPS Announces Pharmacy Informatics as New Specialty Certification

Mon, 08 Dec 2025 20:52:21 -0000

326. BPS Announces Pharmacy Informatics as New Specialty Certification

**Intended Audience: Everyone**

Today's episode is a very short episode to let you know that the BPS has announced Pharmacy Informatics as a new specialty certification. They are calling on volunteers to serve on the council as the next step.

More details here:

https://bpsweb.org/2025/12/08/bps-announces-pharmacy-informatics-as-new-specialty-certification/

325. Driving Innovations in EHRs - Pharmacy Product Management feat. Dr. Andrew McLaughlin

Fri, 24 Oct 2025 21:38:57 -0000

325. Driving Innovations in EHRs - Pharmacy Product Management feat. Dr. Andrew McLaughlin

Intended Audience: Everyone

🎙️ Excited share today's episode featuring Dr. Andrew McLaughlin's journey from student pharmacist to leading product management in healthcare IT. This episode's packed with lessons for anyone navigating the intersection of pharmacy and technology.

Three key takeaways:

Pharmacists are uniquely positioned for health IT roles: Andrew emphasized how pharmacists bridge the gap between clinical care and technology, leveraging their analytical mindset and broad understanding of medication workflows to create patient-centered solutions.
Boots-on-the-ground experience matters: His background as a pharmacy delivery consultant gave him invaluable insights into real-world implementation and optimization, shaping his success in product management.
Impactful innovation requires action: For those looking to transition into health tech, Andrew recommends being proactive—draft business proposals, utilize new AI tools to prototype ideas, and continually seek ways to add value beyond your current role.

Andrew’s story is a reminder that healthcare IT thrives when clinicians bring their practical knowledge to the table and stay relentlessly curious.

If you’re interested in career advice or insights into health tech product management, he’s open to connecting via LinkedIn.

You can reach Andrew on his LinkedIn profile here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-mclaughlin-1312a817/

324. PharmDs in IT - From Pharmacy School to Full Stack Engineer feat. Dr. Khanh Theresa Mai

Thu, 26 Jun 2025 08:05:54 -0000

324. PharmDs in IT - From Pharmacy School to Full Stack Engineer feat. Dr. Khanh Theresa Mai

Originally recorded in 2024

In this fascinating episode, Tony sits down with Dr. Mai, a pharmacist-turned-full-stack software engineer. She shares her unconventional journey from clinical pharmacy to health tech, her candid thoughts on the gaps in pharmacy education, and actionable advice for pharmacists interested in breaking into the technology space.

Key Topics Discussed

Her Career Path: Dr. Mai graduated from pharmacy school and started her career in hospital pharmacy, and transitioned to pharmacy informatics before making a leap into software engineering via a coding boot camp.
The Pharmacy-Tech Gap: Dr. Mai highlights the lack of technology education in most pharmacy curriculums, even as pharmacists regularly interact with advanced tech systems, EMRs, and automation in their daily workflow.
Her Work in Informatics: She recounts her role managing Nebraska’s Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP), integrating it with EMRs, and improving statewide medication data access.
Transition to Software Engineering: After informatics, Dr. Mai pursued a full coding bootcamp, took on her first tech role at a startup, and eventually found her way back to healthcare tech where she could combine her clinical and technical expertise.

Advice for Pharmacists Considering Tech:

The importance of networking and “selling yourself” in tech interviews
Translating clinical experience into technical language on resumes
Keeping running lists of technical projects or ideas from pharmacy work
Tips for tailoring resumes for technical roles and leveraging different formats (CV vs. resume)

PharmDs in IT Project: Dr. Mai gives a sneak peek into her side project—an online platform connecting clinicians with tech roles in healthcare, allowing users to search for jobs by clinical specialty.

Links: https://linktr.ee/pharmdsinit https://www.linkedin.com/in/astropharmacist/ https://pharmdsinit.com You can reach Dr Mai at khanhmai@creighton.edu

323. Navigating Pharmacy IT - Lessons Learned From an Informatics Team Panel Discussion feat. Drs. Aaron Tse, Phuong Wood, and Kevin Tien

Thu, 08 May 2025 20:42:32 -0000

323. Navigating Pharmacy IT - Lessons Learned From an Informatics Team Panel Discussion feat. Drs. Aaron Tse, Phuong Wood, and Kevin Tien

Intended Audience: Everyone

I'm excited to share highlights from an insightful new episode featuring a panel discussion with my colleagues, Drs. Aaron Tse, Phuong Wood, and Kevin Tian. This episode brings you lessons learned from seasoned informatics pharmacists, reflecting on years of experience and the ever-evolving landscape of pharmacy IT.

Key Takeaways & Lessons Learned:

If It Can Break, It Probably Will Kevin underscores the importance of thoughtful proofing of IT systems and workflows. Everything must be robustly validated and meticulously documented because, as he puts it, “users will always find a way around things—whether intentionally or not!” ➡️ Documentation is your safety net for when things go awry or users take unanticipated shortcuts.
The Power of Knowing the Full Process Phuong shares how understanding workflows from start to finish is crucial. Her experience managing medication billing and troubleshooting claim rejections revealed just how important it is to grasp the entire process—not just your silo. ➡️ The more you know about upstream and downstream effects, the better you can problem-solve and support your colleagues.
Don’t Take “No” for an Answer Aaron encourages all informatics professionals not to settle for the first “no”—especially from vendors or even within your own IT teams. Always dig deeper: is it a technical limitation, a resource issue, or simply a lack of knowledge? ➡️ Keep asking—sometimes solutions are possible with a little persistence!
Consistency & Team Cohesion The group discusses the importance of having a unified approach as a team. Even when documentation is lacking, shared values and consistent methods ensure smooth handoffs and reliable support for end users.

A final piece of advice is everyone should always be open to learning, prioritize effectively, and—above all—never forget you’re a pharmacist first. Whether you’re building, troubleshooting, or translating needs between teams, patient care is at the heart of everything you do.

Repost: One Goal, Many Paths - Next Steps After Not Matching Residency

Wed, 19 Mar 2025 23:21:08 -0000

Repost - One Goal, Many Paths - Next Steps After Not Matching Residency

Intended Audience: Residency Applicants

Panel: Beju Shah, David Vu, Brian Fung, Tony Dao

36% of all participants did not match this year for ASHP Match Day: https://natmatch.com/ashprmp/stats/2025applstats-ph1.pdf

Check out Brian's Listing of Phase 2 Residencies via Unscripted Rx: https://www.unscripted-rx.com/phase2

🎙️📢 In today's reposted episode from 2019, join us for a valuable panel discussion where we explore the next steps if you find yourself unmatched for pharmacy residency. Remember, it's essential to know that it's okay—this setback isn't the end of the world. There are numerous paths to reach your goal, and we share our stories of not matching and what we did. 💼💊

Tune in as we delve into insights, alternative routes, and our personal stories navigating not matching. From gaining additional experience to exploring non-traditional opportunities, our discussion aims to empower and reassure those facing this hurdle in their pharmacy career journey. 🌟

Remember, setbacks can often lead to unexpected opportunities and growth. So take heart, stay determined, and know that your dream of a pharmacy career is still within reach, no matter the path you take. 🛤️💡

YourPharmacyStory #PharmacyCareerPath #ResidencyJourney #NextSteps #StayPositive #KeepGoing 🌐👩‍⚕️🚀

**Intended Audience: **

Disclaimer: Views expressed are those of the individuals and do not reflect thoughts and opinions of any entity with which speakers have been, is now, or will be affiliated.
New to LinkedIn and not sure where to start? Download my free ebook, "Professional Networking Unlocked", at https://www.tonydaopharmd.com/ebook
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Network with other pharmacists at Pharmacists Connect!
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For more information on pharmacy informatics, check out some of the following useful links:

ASHP's Section of Pharmacy Informatics and Technology: https://www.ashp.org/Pharmacy-Informaticist/Section-of-Pharmacy-Informatics-and-Technology/
HIMSS: https://www.himss.org/resources/pharmacy-informatics-and-its-cross-functional-role-healthcare

Disclaimer: Views expressed are my own and do not reflect thoughts and opinions of any entity with which I have been, am now, or will be affiliated.

321. Hey Health Tech - Health Tech Roles and Career Transitions feat. Dr. Lauren Curtis

Mon, 30 Dec 2024 23:45:44 -0000

321. Hey Health Tech - Health Tech Roles and Career Transitions feat. Dr. Lauren Curtis

Intended Audience: Those Looking to Transition into Health Tech

Originally recorded at the end of 2023.

In this episode, special guest Dr. Lauren Curtis shares invaluable insights into how pharmacists, and clinicians alike, can transition smoothly into health tech roles. Whether you're a healthcare professional curious about tech or simply passionate about innovative patient care solutions, this episode has something for everyone!

Key Takeaways:

Importance of Transferable Skills: Problem-solving and communication are crucial across various roles, especially in health tech, where clinicians can bridge the gap between technical and healthcare sectors.

Steps to Transition into Health Tech: Research companies that align your goals, update your resume to show how clinical experience benefits tech roles, and network with professionals in the field.

Navigating Company Culture: Understanding the impact of company culture on job roles can guide you in finding the right fit and thriving in new environments, as demonstrated by Dr. Curtis's experiences at Amazon and PillPack.

Check out Dr. Curtis's community at https://heyhealthtech.com for more tips on career transitions into Healthcare Technology roles as a clinician, and connect with Dr. Curtis on LInkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/lauren-curtis/

Disclaimer: Views expressed are those of the individuals and do not reflect thoughts and opinions of any entity with which speakers have been, is now, or will be affiliated.
New to LinkedIn and not sure where to start? Download my free ebook, "Professional Networking Unlocked", at https://www.tonydaopharmd.com/ebook
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Follow Tony's personal Twitter account at @tonydaopharmd

Network with other pharmacists at Pharmacists Connect!
http://pharmacistsconnect.com

For more information on pharmacy informatics, check out some of the following useful links:

ASHP's Section of Pharmacy Informatics and Technology: https://www.ashp.org/Pharmacy-Informaticist/Section-of-Pharmacy-Informatics-and-Technology/
HIMSS: https://www.himss.org/resources/pharmacy-informatics-and-its-cross-functional-role-healthcare

Disclaimer: Views expressed are my own and do not reflect thoughts and opinions of any entity with which I have been, am now, or will be affiliated.

319. Being a Clinical Director in Healthcare Technology feat. Dr. Jennifer Splawski

Thu, 11 Jul 2024 22:56:47 -0000

319. Being a Clinical Director in Healthcare Technology feat. Dr. Jennifer Splawski

Intended Audience: Those interested in Healthcare Technology Vendors

Originally recorded in Summer 2023, we had Dr. Jennifer Splawski join us on the podcast to share insights in the healthcare technology space. We had an insightful conversation about her dynamic career journey from a clinical pharmacist healthcare technology director. On this episode we have a deep dive into her unique perspective on healthcare technology. 🎧

Here are 3 key takeaways from our conversation: ➡️ Leverage Your Network: Building genuine, mutually beneficial relationships can significantly enhance your career growth and open up new opportunities. It’s not just about who you know but also how you contribute to those connections. ➡️ Understand Your Systems: Familiarity with hospital systems and hands-on experience with relevant software can give you a competitive edge when transitioning into an informatics role. Practical experience often translates into practical solutions. ➡️ Embrace Personal Growth: Transitioning roles can be daunting, but stepping into a space that aligns with your passion and skills can lead to tremendous personal and professional growth. Burnout is real, and sometimes a change can reignite your career excitement.

Contact Dr. Splawski at jennifer.splawski@bluesight.com or via LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifersplawski/

Disclaimer: Views expressed are those of the individuals and do not reflect thoughts and opinions of any entity with which speakers have been, is now, or will be affiliated.
New to LinkedIn and not sure where to start? Download my free ebook, "Professional Networking Unlocked", at https://www.tonydaopharmd.com/ebook
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Follow Tony's personal Twitter account at @tonydaopharmd

Network with other pharmacists at Pharmacists Connect!
http://pharmacistsconnect.com

For more information on pharmacy informatics, check out some of the following useful links:

ASHP's Section of Pharmacy Informatics and Technology: https://www.ashp.org/Pharmacy-Informaticist/Section-of-Pharmacy-Informatics-and-Technology/
HIMSS: https://www.himss.org/resources/pharmacy-informatics-and-its-cross-functional-role-healthcare

Disclaimer: Views expressed are my own and do not reflect thoughts and opinions of any entity with which I have been, am now, or will be affiliated.

318. A Non-Traditional Pathway From Pharmacist to Informaticist feat. Dr. Nicole Salata

Fri, 17 May 2024 23:19:37 -0000

318. A Non-Traditional Pathway From Pharmacist to Informaticist feat. Dr. Nicole Salata

Intended Audience: Everyone

(Originally recorded in Summer 2023)

In our latest episode, we were honored to have Dr. Nicole Salata join us for an engaging conversation about her unique journey and insights as a clinical informatics pharmacist. Dr. Salata's experience and expertise shed light on the diverse and dynamic world of pharmacy informatics.

Here are some key highlights from the episode:

Dr. Salata's unconventional path from learning Spanish and practicing as a traditional pharmacist before going into informatics.
The role of diverse experiences and creativity in excelling in the informatics field.
Overcoming the fear of failure and embracing the opportunity for continuous learning and growth in informatics.
The collaborative and supportive atmosphere within the informatics field, where improvement is prioritized over punishment.
The excitement of learning new technical skills and taking on fresh challenges in informatics roles.

This episode offers valuable insights for anyone interested in pharmacy informatics or considering a career change within the industry. Dr. Salata's story serves as an inspiration for finding one's true path and continuously exploring new opportunities.

To reach out to Dr. Salata for further questions, you can visit her LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicolesalata/

Disclaimer: Views expressed are those of the individuals and do not reflect thoughts and opinions of any entity with which speakers have been, is now, or will be affiliated.
New to LinkedIn and not sure where to start? Download my free ebook, "Professional Networking Unlocked", at https://www.tonydaopharmd.com/ebook
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Follow Tony's personal Twitter account at @tonydaopharmd

Network with other pharmacists at Pharmacists Connect!
http://pharmacistsconnect.com

For more information on pharmacy informatics, check out some of the following useful links:

ASHP's Section of Pharmacy Informatics and Technology: https://www.ashp.org/Pharmacy-Informaticist/Section-of-Pharmacy-Informatics-and-Technology/
HIMSS: https://www.himss.org/resources/pharmacy-informatics-and-its-cross-functional-role-healthcare

Disclaimer: Views expressed are my own and do not reflect thoughts and opinions of any entity with which I have been, am now, or will be affiliated.

317. From Consulting and Supply Chain to Pharmacy Informatics feat. Dr. Phuong Wood

Wed, 27 Mar 2024 22:46:46 -0000

317. From Consulting and Supply Chain to Pharmacy Informatics feat. Dr. Phuong Wood

Intended Audience: Those interested in nontraditional pathways

In the today's episode, we sat down with the remarkable Dr. Phuong Wood to delve into her intriguing journey from consulting and supply chain to pharmacy informatics. Dr. Wood, an esteemed informatics pharmacist at Children's Hospital of Orange County, shared invaluable insights into her 20-year career and the pivotal role of technology in optimizing patient care.

Key Takeaways: 1️⃣ Embrace Versatility: Dr. Wood highlights the significance of diversifying your skill set within an organization. Her journey underscores the importance of being open to learning different roles in pharmacy, ultimately becoming an indispensable asset. 2️⃣ Billing and Insurance Literacy: The podcast sheds light on the need for pharmacists to comprehend the complexities of billing and insurances, often overlooked in traditional pharmacy education. Dr. Wood stresses the necessity of understanding these aspects in practice to enhance patient care. 3️⃣ Impact of 340B Program: Gain practical insights into the stringent auditing process and management of National Drug Codes (NDCs) in relation to the 340B program. Learn how cost savings from the program are channeled towards serving low-income patients and navigating the intricacies of Medi-Cal patients' benefits.

Don't miss out on Dr. Wood's wealth of experience and expertise in pharmacy informatics. Engage with the episode, share your thoughts, and discover the pivotal role of technology as a tool to enhance patient care.

You can reach out to Dr. Wood by email at pwood@choc.org

Disclaimer: Views expressed are those of the individuals and do not reflect thoughts and opinions of any entity with which speakers have been, is now, or will be affiliated.
New to LinkedIn and not sure where to start? Download my free ebook, "Professional Networking Unlocked", at https://www.tonydaopharmd.com/ebook
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Network with other pharmacists at Pharmacists Connect!
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For more information on pharmacy informatics, check out some of the following useful links:

ASHP's Section of Pharmacy Informatics and Technology: https://www.ashp.org/Pharmacy-Informaticist/Section-of-Pharmacy-Informatics-and-Technology/
HIMSS: https://www.himss.org/resources/pharmacy-informatics-and-its-cross-functional-role-healthcare

Disclaimer: Views expressed are my own and do not reflect thoughts and opinions of any entity with which I have been, am now, or will be affiliated.

Repost: One Goal, Many Paths - Next Steps After Not Matching Residency

Wed, 13 Mar 2024 19:45:26 -0000

Repost - One Goal, Many Paths - Next Steps After Not Matching Residency

Intended Audience: Residency Applicants

Panel: Beju Shah, David Vu, Brian Fung, Tony Dao

25% of all participants did not match this year for ASHP Match Day

YourPharmacyStory #PharmacyCareerPath #ResidencyJourney #NextSteps #StayPositive #KeepGoing 🌐👩‍⚕️🚀

Disclaimer: Views expressed are those of the individuals and do not reflect thoughts and opinions of any entity with which speakers have been, is now, or will be affiliated.
New to LinkedIn and not sure where to start? Download my free ebook, "Professional Networking Unlocked", at https://www.tonydaopharmd.com/ebook
Follow us on social media!
Twitter: @pharmacyitme
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Website: Pharmacy IT & Me
Email: tony@pharmacyitme.com
Follow Tony's personal Twitter account at @tonydaopharmd

Network with other pharmacists at Pharmacists Connect!
http://pharmacistsconnect.com

For more information on pharmacy informatics, check out some of the following useful links:

ASHP's Section of Pharmacy Informatics and Technology: https://www.ashp.org/Pharmacy-Informaticist/Section-of-Pharmacy-Informatics-and-Technology/
HIMSS: https://www.himss.org/resources/pharmacy-informatics-and-its-cross-functional-role-healthcare

Disclaimer: Views expressed are my own and do not reflect thoughts and opinions of any entity with which I have been, am now, or will be affiliated.

315. Bridging the Gap Pharmacists Transitioning into Health Tech feat Dr. Elizabeth Ojo

Thu, 07 Mar 2024 06:36:13 -0000

315. Bridging the Gap Pharmacists Transitioning into Health Tech feat Dr. Elizabeth Ojo

Intended Audience: Pharmacists interested in transitioning to Health Tech

Originally recorded Summer 2023

🌟 On today's episode, we speak with Dr. Elizabeth Ojo, a pharmacist specializing in pharmacy technology. We delved deep into her journey in pharmacy technology and her passion for improving patient lives. 🎙️

🔍 Key Takeaways:

Diverse Skills Needed in Tech: Dr. Ojo emphasizes the need for various skills beyond coding in the tech industry, such as communication, team building, and corporate skills.
Unique Qualifications Stand Out: In a competitive job market, she instills confidence in her unique qualifications as a pharmacist, emphasizing the value of clinicians entering tech roles.
Opportunities in Health Tech: Dr. Ojo's initiative, Medtotech Pivot, aims to bridge the gap for clinicians looking to transition into health tech roles, presenting a valuable entry funnel for new pharmacists.

You can reach out to Dr. Elizabeth Ojo on her LinkedIn page: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eliojo/

Disclaimer: Views expressed are those of the individuals and do not reflect thoughts and opinions of any entity with which speakers have been, is now, or will be affiliated.
New to LinkedIn and not sure where to start? Download my free ebook, "Professional Networking Unlocked", at https://www.tonydaopharmd.com/ebook
Follow us on social media!
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Website: Pharmacy IT & Me
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Follow Tony's personal Twitter account at @tonydaopharmd

Network with other pharmacists at Pharmacists Connect!
http://pharmacistsconnect.com

For more information on pharmacy informatics, check out some of the following useful links:

ASHP's Section of Pharmacy Informatics and Technology: https://www.ashp.org/Pharmacy-Informaticist/Section-of-Pharmacy-Informatics-and-Technology/
HIMSS: https://www.himss.org/resources/pharmacy-informatics-and-its-cross-functional-role-healthcare

Disclaimer: Views expressed are my own and do not reflect thoughts and opinions of any entity with which I have been, am now, or will be affiliated.

314. Digital Medicine Challenges feat. Dr. Smit Patel

Mon, 18 Dec 2023 08:07:58 -0000

314. Digital Medicine Challenges feat. Dr. Smit Patel

Intended Audience: Everyone

Originally recorded mid 2023

👨‍⚕️📱 Today's episode is an insightful conversation with Dr. Smit Patel, where we delve into the complex realm of Digital Medicine. Dr. Patel shares invaluable insights into the challenges this innovative field encounters, tackling issues ranging from regulatory hurdles to challenges with payors and reimbursement.

The landscape of Digital Medicine is rapidly evolving, promising transformative advancements in healthcare. However, it's not without its hurdles. Join us as we explore the nuances, barriers, and pivotal roadblocks faced by this burgeoning sector. Dr. Patel's expertise sheds light on the regulatory complexities and the intricacies of navigating payment structures in a digital healthcare landscape.

Resources: https://dimesociety.org/ https://dtxalliance.org/ Dr. Smit Patel's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/smitpats/

Disclaimer: Views expressed are those of the individuals and do not reflect thoughts and opinions of any entity with which speakers have been, is now, or will be affiliated.
New to LinkedIn and not sure where to start? Download my free ebook, "Professional Networking Unlocked", at https://www.tonydaopharmd.com/ebook
Follow us on social media!
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Follow Tony's personal Twitter account at @tonydaopharmd

Network with other pharmacists at Pharmacists Connect!
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For more information on pharmacy informatics, check out some of the following useful links:

ASHP's Section of Pharmacy Informatics and Technology: https://www.ashp.org/Pharmacy-Informaticist/Section-of-Pharmacy-Informatics-and-Technology/
HIMSS: https://www.himss.org/resources/pharmacy-informatics-and-its-cross-functional-role-healthcare

Disclaimer: Views expressed are my own and do not reflect thoughts and opinions of any entity with which I have been, am now, or will be affiliated.

313. Becoming a Data Analyst Pharmacist feat. Dr. Stephen To

Tue, 28 Nov 2023 18:23:49 -0000

313. Becoming a Data Analyst Pharmacist feat. Dr. Stephen To

Intended Audience: Everyone

In today's episode, we host the Dr. Stephen To, unveiling the intricate journey that has shaped his young career in the realm of pharmacy informatics. Join us as he delves into the rich tapestry of experiences garnered through his pharmacy residency and the nuanced landscape of pharmacy informatics.

Through this conversation, Dr. To generously shares the nuances of his pharmacy residency, unraveling the challenges and triumphs that fortified his skills. His foray into pharmacy informatics emerges as a pivotal chapter, showcasing the fusion of pharmacy expertise with the dynamic world of data analysis. In his distinct role today as a data analyst pharmacist, Dr. To embodies the synergy between pharmaceutical knowledge and the analytical prowess required in today's evolving healthcare landscape.

Moreover, this episode serves as a guiding light for budding professionals aspiring to tread a similar path. Dr. To's pearls of wisdom and pragmatic advice carve a roadmap for individuals charting their course in pharmacy. His insights encapsulate the essence of resilience, adaptability, and continuous learning—a testament to the multifaceted nature of the pharmacy profession.

You can reach out to Dr. To via LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephen-to-558837a9/

Disclaimer: Views expressed are those of the individuals and do not reflect thoughts and opinions of any entity with which speakers have been, is now, or will be affiliated.
New to LinkedIn and not sure where to start? Download my free ebook, "Professional Networking Unlocked", at https://www.tonydaopharmd.com/ebook
Follow us on social media!
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Follow Tony's personal Twitter account at @tonydaopharmd

Network with other pharmacists at Pharmacists Connect!
http://pharmacistsconnect.com

For more information on pharmacy informatics, check out some of the following useful links:

ASHP's Section of Pharmacy Informatics and Technology: https://www.ashp.org/Pharmacy-Informaticist/Section-of-Pharmacy-Informatics-and-Technology/
HIMSS: https://www.himss.org/resources/pharmacy-informatics-and-its-cross-functional-role-healthcare

Disclaimer: Views expressed are my own and do not reflect thoughts and opinions of any entity with which I have been, am now, or will be affiliated.

312. Setting Up Telehealth for Success feat. Dr. Beju Shah

Wed, 25 Oct 2023 05:11:39 -0000

312. Setting Up Telehealth for Success feat. Dr. Beju Shah

Intended Audience: Everyone

In today's episode, we dive deep into the dynamic world of Telehealth, and we've got a special guest with a wealth of knowledge to share! Dr. Beju Shah, a Telehealth Success Manager, is here to unravel the intriguing journey that led him to this pivotal role and the invaluable insights he's gained along the way.

🚀 Career Odyssey: From Pharmacy to Telehealth 📚 Dr. Beju Shah takes us on an exciting voyage through his career, sharing how his background in pharmacy and technology paved the path to his current role as a Telehealth Success Manager.

🏆 The Five Pillars of Telehealth Success 🧱💡 What are the essential pillars that uphold success in the world of Telehealth? Dr. Beju Shah shares the five key elements that every Telehealth professional should embrace to thrive in the realm of remote care.

🤝 The Pharmacist's Influence💊 Wonder how being a pharmacist can contribute to a fulfilling career in Telehealth? Dr. Beju Shah unravels the unique role that pharmacists can play in this field, emphasizing the crucial impact they can have on patient care.

📢 Advice for Telehealth Enthusiasts 🗣️🌐 If you're looking to make your mark and advocate for Telehealth, Dr. Beju Shah has some priceless advice to share. He'll inspire you to take that first step towards a thriving career in this transformative industry.

📚 Dive Deeper into Telehealth 📲📖 For those hungry for more knowledge about Telehealth, Dr. Beju Shah recommends exploring the book, "Telehealth Success," available soon on Amazon. It's a treasure trove of insights and guidance for anyone seeking to excel in the world of remote care. Find it here: https://www.amazon.com/Telehealth-Success-Thrive-Remote-Care-ebook/dp/B0CFX37ZZG/

Reach out to Dr. Shah via LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/telehealthrx/

Disclaimer: Views expressed are those of the individuals and do not reflect thoughts and opinions of any entity with which speakers have been, is now, or will be affiliated.
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For more information on pharmacy informatics, check out some of the following useful links:

ASHP's Section of Pharmacy Informatics and Technology: https://www.ashp.org/Pharmacy-Informaticist/Section-of-Pharmacy-Informatics-and-Technology/
HIMSS: https://www.himss.org/resources/pharmacy-informatics-and-its-cross-functional-role-healthcare

Disclaimer: Views expressed are my own and do not reflect thoughts and opinions of any entity with which I have been, am now, or will be affiliated.

311. Empowering Pharmacists with Bayesian Dosing Tools feat. Dr. Sharmeen Roy

Wed, 18 Oct 2023 06:28:47 -0000

311. Empowering Pharmacists with Bayesian Dosing Tools feat. Dr. Sharmeen Roy

Intended Audience: Everyone

Note: During the time of this recording, Dr. Roy was the Senior Director for Pharmacy Solutions at DoseMeRx. As of October 2023, Dr. Roy is now Chief Strategy & Science Officer, and DoseMeRx has grown as a company.

In this episode of "Pharmacy, IT, & Me," recorded in March 2023, we sit down with Dr. Sharmeen Roy to delve into her pivotal role at DoseMe Operations. DoseMe is at the forefront of delivering Bayesian software solutions tailored for pharmacists, and Sharmeen sheds light on their innovative approach. We also explore her inspiring career journey, offering insights and inspiration for all those passionate about the intersection of pharmacy and technology. Join us for an enlightening conversation with a true trailblazer in the field!

To reach out to Dr. Roy, you can check out her LinkedIn page: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sharmeenroy/

Learn more about the platform at https://dosemerx.com

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For more information on pharmacy informatics, check out some of the following useful links:

ASHP's Section of Pharmacy Informatics and Technology: https://www.ashp.org/Pharmacy-Informaticist/Section-of-Pharmacy-Informatics-and-Technology/
HIMSS: https://www.himss.org/resources/pharmacy-informatics-and-its-cross-functional-role-healthcare

Disclaimer: Views expressed are my own and do not reflect thoughts and opinions of any entity with which I have been, am now, or will be affiliated.

310. A Pharmacist's Journey into Health Tech Consulting feat. Pamela Mackey

Fri, 13 Oct 2023 01:29:05 -0000

310. A Pharmacist's Journey into Health Tech Consulting feat. Pamela Mackey

Intended Audience: Everyone

In today's episode, we have the distinct pleasure of hosting a thought-provoking interview with Pamela Mackey, a Senior Consultant whose career journey offers a fascinating perspective on the intersection of pharmacy and healthcare technology. With a robust background in pharmacy, Pamela has successfully transitioned into a dynamic role as a senior consultant in the realm of healthcare technology and pharmacy informatics. This conversation delves into her multifaceted career, highlighting her experiences working in various healthcare organizations.

Pamela's insights are a treasure trove for anyone interested in a similar career trajectory. She not only sheds light on her professional journey but also shares her perspective on the skills, knowledge, and qualities essential for success in the role of a senior consultant in healthcare technology.

For those aspiring to make their mark in this rapidly evolving field, this interview is a beacon of guidance. Pamela's wisdom can serve as a compass, helping individuals navigate the ever-expanding landscape of healthcare technology consulting. Moreover, the episode serves as a valuable resource for healthcare enthusiasts, providing a deeper understanding of the ways technology is reshaping the industry and the career opportunities it presents.

If you have any further questions, you can reach out to Pamela on her LinkedIn profile or email via pmackey@hpgresources.com

Disclaimer: Views expressed are those of the individuals and do not reflect thoughts and opinions of any entity with which speakers have been, is now, or will be affiliated.
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For more information on pharmacy informatics, check out some of the following useful links:

ASHP's Section of Pharmacy Informatics and Technology: https://www.ashp.org/Pharmacy-Informaticist/Section-of-Pharmacy-Informatics-and-Technology/
HIMSS: https://www.himss.org/resources/pharmacy-informatics-and-its-cross-functional-role-healthcare

Disclaimer: Views expressed are my own and do not reflect thoughts and opinions of any entity with which I have been, am now, or will be affiliated.

309. Health Tech and Interoperability feat. Dr. Brian Fung

Wed, 23 Aug 2023 22:11:02 -0000

309. Health Tech and Interoperability feat. Dr. Brian Fung

Intended Audience: Everyone

In this episode, we had the privilege of sitting down with Dr. Brian Fung, delving into the fascinating journey of his transition into the realm of healthcare technology. Driven by a profound passion for advancing healthcare interoperability, he shared his invaluable insights on navigating the intricate web of technical intricacies. With his guidance, we embarked on a thought-provoking exploration of the pathways leading to the elusive dream world of seamless healthcare data exchange, highlighting the pivotal role of acquiring and applying technical expertise and pharmacist knowledge in this noble pursuit. Dr. Fung's journey serves as an inspiring testament to the transformative potential of combining healthcare expertise with technological acumen to unlock the future of healthcare interoperability.

Visit Brian Fung's website at https://www.briankfung.com

Disclaimer: Views expressed are those of the individuals and do not reflect thoughts and opinions of any entity with which speakers have been, is now, or will be affiliated.
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Network with other pharmacists at Pharmacists Connect!
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For more information on pharmacy informatics, check out some of the following useful links:

ASHP's Section of Pharmacy Informatics and Technology: https://www.ashp.org/Pharmacy-Informaticist/Section-of-Pharmacy-Informatics-and-Technology/
HIMSS: https://www.himss.org/resources/pharmacy-informatics-and-its-cross-functional-role-healthcare

Disclaimer: Views expressed are my own and do not reflect thoughts and opinions of any entity with which I have been, am now, or will be affiliated.

308. Digitalization of Health and Pharmacy-Focused Digital Health feat. Dr. Timothy Aungst - The Digital Apothecary

Mon, 10 Jul 2023 03:53:52 -0000

308. Digitalization of Health and Pharmacy-Focused Digital Health feat. Dr. Timothy Aungst - The Digital Apothecary

Originally recorded in late 2022.

Intended Audience: Digital Health Enthusiasts

🎙️ Don't miss our latest episode of the Pharmacy, IT, & Me podcast! 🌐

Join us as we sit down with Dr. Timothy Aungst, aka The Digital Apothecary, to explore the fascinating world of digital health and its impact on pharmacy.

Discover what digital health truly means and gain insights into its future direction in healthcare. Dr. Aungst shares his expertise on the digitalization of health and emphasizes the crucial role of pharmacy-focused digital health solutions in driving meaningful conversations and innovations.

Learn how pharmacists can leverage technology to improve patient outcomes and medication management. Uncover the challenges and opportunities associated with implementing digital health solutions in pharmacy practice, and explore the exciting potential of emerging technologies to transform the field. Dr. Aungst shares his thoughts on what pharmacists roles will possibly be like and what challenges we face as digital health becomes the standard of healthcare.

Check out Dr. Aungst on social media:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/timothyaungst/ Personal Website: https://www.thedigitalapothecary.com/

Disclaimer: Views expressed are those of the individuals and do not reflect thoughts and opinions of any entity with which speakers have been, is now, or will be affiliated.
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For more information on pharmacy informatics, check out some of the following useful links:

ASHP's Section of Pharmacy Informatics and Technology: https://www.ashp.org/Pharmacy-Informaticist/Section-of-Pharmacy-Informatics-and-Technology/
HIMSS: https://www.himss.org/resources/pharmacy-informatics-and-its-cross-functional-role-healthcare

Disclaimer: Views expressed are my own and do not reflect thoughts and opinions of any entity with which I have been, am now, or will be affiliated.

306. From Pharmacy to Enterprise Operation Informatics feat. Quyen Ly

Sun, 11 Jun 2023 16:58:25 -0000

306. From Pharmacy to Enterprise Operation Informatics feat. Quyen Ly

Intended Audience: Everyone

Originally recorded in mid 2022.

In this episode of Pharmacy, IT, & Me, pharmacist Quyen Ly returns to share her experiences in navigating the pharmacy landscape during the COVID-19 pandemic and her new role as Global Head of Service, Enterprise Operations Informatics at Philips. Quyen discusses the challenges she faces and offers strategies for finding solutions in her global leadership position.

Quyen highlights the transformative effects of the pandemic on healthcare, and discusses how it affects the way companies run. She shares firsthand insights into the need for innovative solutions to ensure patient safety and deliver quality care. As she delves into her new role at Philips, Quyen provides examples of the challenges she encounters as she manages complex service operations on a global scale. She emphasizes the importance of leveraging informatics and technology to streamline processes and improve patient outcomes.

Don't miss this inspiring episode as Quyen Ly's journey exemplifies the resilience and adaptability of pharmacists in the face of change, offering valuable insights and strategies for success in the evolving healthcare landscape.

To reach out to Quyen, visit her LinkedIn page at https://www.linkedin.com/in/quyen-x-ly/

Disclaimer: Views expressed are those of the individuals and do not reflect thoughts and opinions of any entity with which speakers have been, is now, or will be affiliated.
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For more information on pharmacy informatics, check out some of the following useful links:

ASHP's Section of Pharmacy Informatics and Technology: https://www.ashp.org/Pharmacy-Informaticist/Section-of-Pharmacy-Informatics-and-Technology/
HIMSS: https://www.himss.org/resources/pharmacy-informatics-and-its-cross-functional-role-healthcare

Disclaimer: Views expressed are my own and do not reflect thoughts and opinions of any entity with which I have been, am now, or will be affiliated.

305. Last Week in Health IT for May 29th, 2023

Mon, 29 May 2023 16:26:44 -0000

305. Last Week in Health IT for May 29th, 2023

Intended Audience: Everyone

Welcome to another episode of Last Week in Health IT where we talk about some of the significant Health IT-related news items that occurred in the past week.

Disclaimer: Views expressed are those of the individuals and do not reflect thoughts and opinions of any entity with which speakers have been, is now, or will be affiliated.
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For more information on pharmacy informatics, check out some of the following useful links:

ASHP's Section of Pharmacy Informatics and Technology: https://www.ashp.org/Pharmacy-Informaticist/Section-of-Pharmacy-Informatics-and-Technology/
HIMSS: https://www.himss.org/resources/pharmacy-informatics-and-its-cross-functional-role-healthcare

Disclaimer: Views expressed are my own and do not reflect thoughts and opinions of any entity with which I have been, am now, or will be affiliated.

304. Medical Informatics and Technology Adoption feat. Dr. Matthew Sakumoto

Mon, 17 Apr 2023 10:59:00 -0000

304. Medical Informatics and Technology Adoption feat. Dr. Matthew Sakumoto

Intended Audience: Everyone

On today's episode, we move away from the pharmacy informatics space and delve into medical informatics and technology adoption. Our special guest, Dr. Matthew Sakumoto, is a CMIO and virtual care physician in Northern California, and he shares with us his journey into medical informatics and discusses the issues with technology adoption and some strategies he employs in improving adoption amongst the medical profession.

If you'd like to meet Dr. Sakumoto and other likeminded physician leaders in informatics, there will be two opportunities to do so coming up:

ACP Internal Medicine Society Meeting Friday, April 28th, 2023 Hard Rock Hotel, San Diego 7 PM

AMIA Clinical Informatics Conference Monday, May 22nd, 2023 Matter Health, Chicago, Illinois 6 PM

For more information on the events, reach out to Dr. Sakumoto directly via his LinkedIn or Twitter.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattsakumoto/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/mattsakumoto

Disclaimer: Views expressed are those of the individuals and do not reflect thoughts and opinions of any entity with which speakers have been, is now, or will be affiliated.
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Network with other pharmacists at Pharmacists Connect!
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For more information on pharmacy informatics, check out some of the following useful links:

ASHP's Section of Pharmacy Informatics and Technology: https://www.ashp.org/Pharmacy-Informaticist/Section-of-Pharmacy-Informatics-and-Technology/
HIMSS: https://www.himss.org/resources/pharmacy-informatics-and-its-cross-functional-role-healthcare

Disclaimer: Views expressed are my own and do not reflect thoughts and opinions of any entity with which I have been, am now, or will be affiliated.

Repost: One Goal, Many Paths - Next Steps After Not Matching feat. Drs. Brian Fung, Beju Shah, David Vu, Tony Dao

Thu, 16 Mar 2023 06:10:50 -0000

Repost: One Goal, Many Paths - Next Steps After Not Matching feat. Drs. Brian Fung, Beju Shah, David Vu, Tony Dao

Today’s episode is a REPOST to 2019’s special episode about next steps after not matching. The four of us have had different stories on what we did after not matching and want to let you know that it’s OKAY. There’s still Phase 2, there’s still other pathways to get to where you want to go.

Original Shownotes from 2019: This year, over 4000 thousand applicants matched for a PGY1 or PGY2 pharmacy residency program. These individuals are moving on to an amazing opportunity where they can continue to expand their skillset and evolve their knowledge.

But… over 2000 applicants did NOT get this chance.

If you were one of the individuals who did not match, know that you are NOT alone. Know that it’s OKAY. Know that there are MANY different pathways to achieve your end goal.

On today’s special episode, Dr. Beju Shah, Dr. Brian Fung, Dr. David Vu, and Dr. Tony Dao all share their stories of how they did not match for residency and talk about the next steps they took that eventually navigated them into their DREAM careers.

We encourage anyone who’s listening to share your story and let everyone know that they are NOT alone. Please share your stories on any social media outlet using #OneGoalManyPaths #YourPharmacyStory .

Panel Contact Info: Beju Shah: https://www.linkedin.com/in/medicationsafety/ Brian Fung: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bkfung/ David Vu: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vcudavidvu/ or vud@vcu.edu Tony Dao: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tonydaopharmd/

Additional resources: 2019 residency stats: https://natmatch.com/ashprmp/stats/2019applstats.pdf 2023 residency stats: https://natmatch.com/ashprmp/stats/2023applstats-ph1.pdf

Disclaimer: Views expressed are those of the individuals and do not reflect thoughts and opinions of any entity with which speakers have been, is now, or will be affiliated.
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For more information on pharmacy informatics, check out some of the following useful links:

ASHP's Section of Pharmacy Informatics and Technology: https://www.ashp.org/Pharmacy-Informaticist/Section-of-Pharmacy-Informatics-and-Technology/
HIMSS: https://www.himss.org/resources/pharmacy-informatics-and-its-cross-functional-role-healthcare

Disclaimer: Views expressed are my own and do not reflect thoughts and opinions of any entity with which I have been, am now, or will be affiliated.

303. Last Week in Health IT for March 9th, 2023

Fri, 10 Mar 2023 17:06:38 -0000

303. Last Week in Health IT for March 9th, 2023

**Intended Audience: Everyone **

Check out this week’s episode for the latest healthcare IT news.

Healthcare Workers Thinking About Quitting Often: https://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/healthcare-workers-still-think-about-quitting-often-even-well-staffed-teams

Disclaimer: Views expressed are those of the individuals and do not reflect thoughts and opinions of any entity with which speakers have been, is now, or will be affiliated.
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Network with other pharmacists at Pharmacists Connect!
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For more information on pharmacy informatics, check out some of the following useful links:

ASHP's Section of Pharmacy Informatics and Technology: https://www.ashp.org/Pharmacy-Informaticist/Section-of-Pharmacy-Informatics-and-Technology/
HIMSS: https://www.himss.org/resources/pharmacy-informatics-and-its-cross-functional-role-healthcare

Disclaimer: Views expressed are my own and do not reflect thoughts and opinions of any entity with which I have been, am now, or will be affiliated.

302. CDS and PGY2 Pharmacy Informatics Training feat. Dr. Marc Willner

Tue, 07 Mar 2023 07:58:24 -0000

302. CDS and PGY2 Pharmacy Informatics Training feat. Dr. Marc Willner

Intended Audience: Everyone

Originally recorded in early 2022.

On today's episode, we had the opportunity to speak with lead pharmacy informatics specialist and residency program director, Dr. Marc Willner, on his career journey and what his role is in terms of clinical decision support.

Topics in this episode include:

Dr. Willner's early career path
Vendor-neutral residency training
The importance of clinical knowledge prior to moving into pharmacy informatics
What the CDS informatics team is responsible for, such as pharmacy patient scoring
The feature request process
How COVID-19 affected practice

You can learn more about the Cleveland Clinic Pharmacy Informatics Residency program at https://my.clevelandclinic.org/departments/pharmacy/education/residency-programs

You can also reach out to Dr. WIllner at willnem@ccf.org

Disclaimer: Views expressed are those of the individuals and do not reflect thoughts and opinions of any entity with which speakers have been, is now, or will be affiliated.
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Network with other pharmacists at Pharmacists Connect!
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For more information on pharmacy informatics, check out some of the following useful links:

ASHP's Section of Pharmacy Informatics and Technology: https://www.ashp.org/Pharmacy-Informaticist/Section-of-Pharmacy-Informatics-and-Technology/
HIMSS: https://www.himss.org/resources/pharmacy-informatics-and-its-cross-functional-role-healthcare

Disclaimer: Views expressed are my own and do not reflect thoughts and opinions of any entity with which I have been, am now, or will be affiliated.

301. Being a Pharmacist in Healthcare Technology feat. Dr. Dennison Lim

Fri, 20 Jan 2023 23:47:19 -0000

301. Being a Pharmacist in Healthcare Technology feat. Dr. Dennison Lim

Intended Audience: Everyone

Pharmacists that transition to health tech companies need to consider what they are looking for in the health tech field. On today's episode, Dr. Dennison Lim, a former informatics pharmacist that has moved into the health tech space, shares his journey as a pharmacy resident to informatics pharmacist and subsequently to health tech. At the time of recording, Dr. Lim was at Truepill but has since moved on to another health tech company. Despite that, he's given permission for this episode to be shared to give insight into his journey from pharmacy informatics to health tech.

To reach Dr. LIm, you can visit his LinkedIn page: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dennisonlim/

Disclaimer: Views expressed are those of the individuals and do not reflect thoughts and opinions of any entity with which speakers have been, is now, or will be affiliated.
New to LinkedIn and not sure where to start? Download my free ebook, "Professional Networking Unlocked", at https://www.tonydaopharmd.com/ebook
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Network with other pharmacists at Pharmacists Connect!
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For more information on pharmacy informatics, check out some of the following useful links:

ASHP's Section of Pharmacy Informatics and Technology: https://www.ashp.org/Pharmacy-Informaticist/Section-of-Pharmacy-Informatics-and-Technology/
HIMSS: https://www.himss.org/resources/pharmacy-informatics-and-its-cross-functional-role-healthcare

Disclaimer: Views expressed are my own and do not reflect thoughts and opinions of any entity with which I have been, am now, or will be affiliated.

300. Pharmacy Tools for Investigational Drug Studies feat. Dr. Michael Schlesselman

Wed, 07 Dec 2022 08:52:25 -0000

300. Pharmacy Tools for Investigational Drug Studies feat. Dr. Michael Schlesselman

Intended Audience: Everyone

Originally recorded early 2022

Investigational drug services and studies are a complicated beast. How does pharmacy informatics and technology play a role?

On today's episode, Dr. Michael Schlesselman joins us to discuss how we can leverage technology to help improve the investigational drug study and research world with electronic documentation and tracking. On this episode:

Dr. Schlesselman's journey to where he is today
How Vestigo as an investigational drug software helps with inventory tracking and sponsor audits
The training that one may need to get into the vendor side of pharmacy informatics
Finding the right residency for you

To reach out to Dr. Schlesselman, you can email him at mike@mcreadiegroup.com or visiting his LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-schlesselman-7a65805/

Disclaimer: Views expressed are those of the individuals and do not reflect thoughts and opinions of any entity with which speakers have been, is now, or will be affiliated.
New to LinkedIn and not sure where to start? Download my free ebook, "Professional Networking Unlocked", at https://www.tonydaopharmd.com/ebook
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Network with other pharmacists at Pharmacists Connect!
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For more information on pharmacy informatics, check out some of the following useful links:

ASHP's Section of Pharmacy Informatics and Technology: https://www.ashp.org/Pharmacy-Informaticist/Section-of-Pharmacy-Informatics-and-Technology/
HIMSS: https://www.himss.org/resources/pharmacy-informatics-and-its-cross-functional-role-healthcare

Disclaimer: Views expressed are my own and do not reflect thoughts and opinions of any entity with which I have been, am now, or will be affiliated.

299. Applying Clinical Informatics feat. Dr. Scott Nelson

Mon, 17 Oct 2022 07:42:14 -0000

299. Applying Clinical Informatics feat. Dr. Scott Nelson

Intended Audience: Everyone

Originally recorded January 2022.

On today's episode, our special guest and highly involved informaticist, Dr. Scott Nelson, shares his journey into the pharmacy informatics and clinical informatics field.

In this episode:

His journey towards pharmacy informatics
Getting involved in pharmacy informatics and healthcare informatics via multiple organizations
Expanding beyond pharmacy informatics and look into where pharmacists can make impacts
His role as a faculty member and in research, grants, and value sets
What you can do if you are interested in informatics

You can reach out to Dr. Nelson at scott.nelson.rx@gmail.com or on his LinkedIn page at https://www.linkedin.com/in/scott-nelson-64134098/

Disclaimer: Views expressed are those of the individuals and do not reflect thoughts and opinions of any entity with which speakers have been, is now, or will be affiliated.
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Website: Pharmacy IT & Me
Email: tony@pharmacyitme.com
Follow Tony's personal Twitter account at @tonydaopharmd

Network with other pharmacists at Pharmacists Connect!
http://pharmacistsconnect.com

For more information on pharmacy informatics, check out some of the following useful links:

ASHP's Section of Pharmacy Informatics and Technology: https://www.ashp.org/Pharmacy-Informaticist/Section-of-Pharmacy-Informatics-and-Technology/
HIMSS: https://www.himss.org/resources/pharmacy-informatics-and-its-cross-functional-role-healthcare

Disclaimer: Views expressed are my own and do not reflect thoughts and opinions of any entity with which I have been, am now, or will be affiliated.

298. Senior Clinical Consultant in Health Care Technology feat. Dr. William Starnes

Fri, 09 Sep 2022 16:30:56 -0000

298. Senior Clinical Consultant in Health Care Technology feat. Dr. William Starnes

Intended Audience: Everyone

Experience in pharmacy operations is essential before stepping into a role of clinical consulting in health care technology!

On today's episode originally recorded February 2022, we had the opportunity to speak with our special guest, Dr. William Starnes, on his current role as a Senior Clinical Consultant (Sales) in Healthcare Technology.

On today's episode, Dr. Starnes discusses:

His pharmacy journey
His time in the military
How his operations experience developed
How healthcare technology requires operational knowledge
Advice on getting into clinical consulting and/or healthcare technology

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/williamrx/

To reach Dr. Starnes for any questions, you can reach out to him via email at william.starnes@bd.com

Disclaimer: Views expressed are those of the individuals and do not reflect thoughts and opinions of any entity with which speakers have been, is now, or will be affiliated.
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ASHP's Section of Pharmacy Informatics and Technology: https://www.ashp.org/Pharmacy-Informaticist/Section-of-Pharmacy-Informatics-and-Technology/
HIMSS: https://www.himss.org/resources/pharmacy-informatics-and-its-cross-functional-role-healthcare

Disclaimer: Views expressed are my own and do not reflect thoughts and opinions of any entity with which I have been, am now, or will be affiliated.

297. DocStation, COVID-19, and the EHR for the Pharmacist feat. Dr. Samm Anderegg

Tue, 09 Aug 2022 06:22:49 -0000

297. DocStation, COVID-19, and the EHR for the Pharmacist feat. Dr. Samm Anderegg

Intended Audience: Everyone

Originally recorded on February 22, 2022

On today's episode, we spoke with returning guest, Dr. Samm Anderegg. In this episode, Dr. Anderegg, CEO of DocStation, talks about the expansion of his company and how the COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way they work and what they focus on for the future of the pharmacy profession. He also discusses some of the challenges and issues DocStation was able to identify and overcome in the last few years of its large growth.

Learn more about DocStation at https://docstation.co/

You can reach out to Dr. Anderegg directly on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/sammuelanderegg/

Disclaimer: Views expressed are those of the individuals and do not reflect thoughts and opinions of any entity with which speakers have been, is now, or will be affiliated.
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For more information on pharmacy informatics, check out some of the following useful links:

ASHP's Section of Pharmacy Informatics and Technology: https://www.ashp.org/Pharmacy-Informaticist/Section-of-Pharmacy-Informatics-and-Technology/
HIMSS: https://www.himss.org/resources/pharmacy-informatics-and-its-cross-functional-role-healthcare

Disclaimer: Views expressed are my own and do not reflect thoughts and opinions of any entity with which I have been, am now, or will be affiliated.

296. Feasibility and TELOS Strategy

Sat, 09 Jul 2022 21:57:57 -0000

296. Feasibility and TELOS Strategy

Intended Audience: Newcomers to Pharmacy Informatics

Today's episode we go over a brief overview of the first step of the waterfall model, which is looking into feasibility. One of the ways to approach this is adopting a TELOS strategy:

T - Technological - looking into the technology aspect and seeing if the project's technical requirements are possible

E - Economic - looking into the financial impact of the project and its possible costs on implementation and maintenance

L - Legal - identifying if the project is within or breaks any regulations or legislations

O - Operational - reviewing whether the project will have a major impact on the day-to-day operations

S - Scheduling - analyzing whether the project makes sense from a time perspective; seeing if the project would even be useful by the time it is implemented

For more on TELOS strategies and Feasibility:
https://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/telos.htm
https://business.tutsplus.com/articles/can-we-really-do-it-how-to-conduct-a-telos-feasibility-study--cms-21442
https://www.researchgate.net/figure/TELOS-framework-guide-questions-for-feasibility-research_fig1_307600191

Disclaimer: Views expressed are those of the individuals and do not reflect thoughts and opinions of any entity with which speakers have been, is now, or will be affiliated.
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For more information on pharmacy informatics, check out some of the following useful links:

ASHP's Section of Pharmacy Informatics and Technology: https://www.ashp.org/Pharmacy-Informaticist/Section-of-Pharmacy-Informatics-and-Technology/
HIMSS: https://www.himss.org/resources/pharmacy-informatics-and-its-cross-functional-role-healthcare

Disclaimer: Views expressed are my own and do not reflect thoughts and opinions of any entity with which I have been, am now, or will be affiliated.

295. Last Week in Health IT for Friday, July 1st, 2022

Fri, 01 Jul 2022 17:24:32 -0000

295. Last Week in Health IT for Friday, July 1st, 2022

Intended Audience: Everyone

Welcome to another episode of Last Week in Health IT where we talk about some of the significant Health IT-related news items that occurred in the past week.

Disclaimer: Views expressed are those of the individuals and do not reflect thoughts and opinions of any entity with which speakers have been, is now, or will be affiliated.
New to LinkedIn and not sure where to start? Download my free ebook, "Professional Networking Unlocked", at https://www.tonydaopharmd.com/ebook
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Network with other pharmacists at Pharmacists Connect!
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For more information on pharmacy informatics, check out some of the following useful links:

ASHP's Section of Pharmacy Informatics and Technology: https://www.ashp.org/Pharmacy-Informaticist/Section-of-Pharmacy-Informatics-and-Technology/
HIMSS: https://www.himss.org/resources/pharmacy-informatics-and-its-cross-functional-role-healthcare

Disclaimer: Views expressed are my own and do not reflect thoughts and opinions of any entity with which I have been, am now, or will be affiliated.

294. The Pharmacy HIT Collaborative and Healthcare's Digital Transformation feat. Executive Director Shelly Spiro

Wed, 22 Jun 2022 16:08:40 -0000

294. The Pharmacy HIT Collaborative and Healthcare's Digital Transformation feat. Executive Director Shelly Spiro

Intended Audience: Everyone

The future of healthcare IT relies on the development of standards today!🏥💻

On today's episode, we speak with Executive Director of the Pharmacy HIT Collaborative, Pharmacist Shelly Spiro, on what the group is doing and the importance of HIT for the future of patient care and healthcare. On today's episode:

What is the Pharmacy HIT Collaborative
What are the challenges in healthcare IT
How to get involved with the Pharmacy HIT Collaborative
How Shelly Spiro's experiences in informatics and administrative roles allowed her to start healthcare IT consulting
The importance of standards and export/imports of healthcare data
Resources to learn more

To learn more about the Pharmacy HIT Collaborative, visit https://pharmacyhit.org/

Learn more: https://www.hl7.org/ https://www.ncpdp.org/ https://www.ashp.org/pharmacy-practice/resource-centers/informatics https://www.healthit.gov/topic/standards-technology/health-it-standards

Disclaimer: Views expressed are those of the individuals and do not reflect thoughts and opinions of any entity with which speakers have been, is now, or will be affiliated.
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Network with other pharmacists at Pharmacists Connect!
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For more information on pharmacy informatics, check out some of the following useful links:

ASHP's Section of Pharmacy Informatics and Technology: https://www.ashp.org/Pharmacy-Informaticist/Section-of-Pharmacy-Informatics-and-Technology/
HIMSS: https://www.himss.org/resources/pharmacy-informatics-and-its-cross-functional-role-healthcare

Disclaimer: Views expressed are my own and do not reflect thoughts and opinions of any entity with which I have been, am now, or will be affiliated.

293. Last Week in Health IT for June 13th, 2022

Tue, 14 Jun 2022 00:55:07 -0000

293. Last Week in Health IT for June 13th, 2022

Intended Audience: Everyone

Welcome to another episode of Last Week in Health IT where we talk about some of the significant Health IT-related news items that occurred in the past week.

Disclaimer: Views expressed are those of the individuals and do not reflect thoughts and opinions of any entity with which speakers have been, is now, or will be affiliated.
New to LinkedIn and not sure where to start? Download my free ebook, "Professional Networking Unlocked", at https://www.tonydaopharmd.com/ebook
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Network with other pharmacists at Pharmacists Connect!
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For more information on pharmacy informatics, check out some of the following useful links:

ASHP's Section of Pharmacy Informatics and Technology: https://www.ashp.org/Pharmacy-Informaticist/Section-of-Pharmacy-Informatics-and-Technology/
HIMSS: https://www.himss.org/resources/pharmacy-informatics-and-its-cross-functional-role-healthcare

Disclaimer: Views expressed are my own and do not reflect thoughts and opinions of any entity with which I have been, am now, or will be affiliated.

292. Managing Medication Technology feat. Dr. Matthew Farley

Mon, 16 May 2022 07:34:55 -0000

292. Managing Medication Technology feat. Dr. Matthew Farley

Intended Audience: Everyone

On today's episode, we had the opportunity to interview Dr. Matthew Farley, Senior Manager in Medication Technology at Fresenius Kabi USA. Prior to his role at Fresenius Kabi USA, he gathered many different experiences and skills in his roles as informatics pharmacist, pharmacy operations, product strategy, and more.

On today's episode, Dr. Farley discusses:

His varied experiences that resulted in him getting into his role today in medication technology
Finding where you can provide your value
The importance of understanding workflows, no matter what field of informatics or technology you're in
Opportunities for engagement in the pharmacy technology space

To reach Dr. Farley, you can find him on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/mfarley4/

Disclaimer: Views expressed are those of the individuals and do not reflect thoughts and opinions of any entity with which speakers have been, is now, or will be affiliated.
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Network with other pharmacists at Pharmacists Connect!
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For more information on pharmacy informatics, check out some of the following useful links:

ASHP's Section of Pharmacy Informatics and Technology: https://www.ashp.org/Pharmacy-Informaticist/Section-of-Pharmacy-Informatics-and-Technology/
HIMSS: https://www.himss.org/resources/pharmacy-informatics-and-its-cross-functional-role-healthcare

Disclaimer: Views expressed are my own and do not reflect thoughts and opinions of any entity with which I have been, am now, or will be affiliated.

Throwback - A Pharmacist, a Technologist, and a Lawyer feat. Dr. Robert Stein

Sat, 14 May 2022 17:57:17 -0000

Throwback - A Pharmacist, a Technologist, and a Lawyer feat. Dr. Robert Stein

Intended Audience: Everyone

On today’s throwback episode originally published in February 2020, we had the pleasure of speaking with one of the pharmacists that was there at the beginning of pharmacy computer systems! Dr. Robert Stein, PharmD, JD started his career as a pharmacist and went into pharmacy technology for a number of years before getting into law and academia. To contact Dr. Stein for further questions, you can reach him at Robert_Stein@kgi.edu

Disclaimer: Views expressed are those of the individuals and do not reflect thoughts and opinions of any entity with which speakers have been, is now, or will be affiliated.
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For more information on pharmacy informatics, check out some of the following useful links:

ASHP's Section of Pharmacy Informatics and Technology: https://www.ashp.org/Pharmacy-Informaticist/Section-of-Pharmacy-Informatics-and-Technology/
HIMSS: https://www.himss.org/resources/pharmacy-informatics-and-its-cross-functional-role-healthcare

Disclaimer: Views expressed are my own and do not reflect thoughts and opinions of any entity with which I have been, am now, or will be affiliated.

291. A Journey from Technology to Pharmacy and Informatics feat. Pharmacist Anna Dreger

Wed, 27 Apr 2022 18:46:58 -0000

291. A Journey from Technology to Pharmacy and Informatics feat. Pharmacist Anna Dreger

Intended Audience: Everyone

On today's episode, we had the opportunity to speak with Anna Dreger, an informatics pharmacist with a very unique pathway to get into what she's doing today. Recently recognized with a Distinguished Service Award from ASHP SOPIT, she's been a key part in expanding the domain of knowledge in the informatics space.

On this episode, she discusses:

Her journey from technology to pharmacy informatics
Skills that transfer over from being a software tester to a pharmacy manager
The importance of pharmacy operations knowledge in pharmacy informatics
Tips on how to get into pharmacy informatics

You can reach out to Anna Dreger via LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anna-dreger-2439021a/

You can also find her on ASHP Connect.

Disclaimer: Views expressed are those of the individuals and do not reflect thoughts and opinions of any entity with which speakers have been, is now, or will be affiliated.
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For more information on pharmacy informatics, check out some of the following useful links:

ASHP's Section of Pharmacy Informatics and Technology: https://www.ashp.org/Pharmacy-Informaticist/Section-of-Pharmacy-Informatics-and-Technology/
HIMSS: https://www.himss.org/resources/pharmacy-informatics-and-its-cross-functional-role-healthcare

Disclaimer: Views expressed are my own and do not reflect thoughts and opinions of any entity with which I have been, am now, or will be affiliated.

290. Last Week in Health IT for April 9th, 2022

Sat, 09 Apr 2022 16:25:09 -0000

Intended Audience: Everyone

Welcome to another episode of Last Week in Health IT where we talk about some of the significant Health IT-related news items that occurred in the past week.

Disclaimer: Views expressed are those of the individuals and do not reflect thoughts and opinions of any entity with which speakers have been, is now, or will be affiliated.
New to LinkedIn and not sure where to start? Download my free ebook, "Professional Networking Unlocked", at https://www.tonydaopharmd.com/ebook
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Network with other pharmacists at Pharmacists Connect!
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For more information on pharmacy informatics, check out some of the following useful links:

ASHP's Section of Pharmacy Informatics and Technology: https://www.ashp.org/Pharmacy-Informaticist/Section-of-Pharmacy-Informatics-and-Technology/
HIMSS: https://www.himss.org/resources/pharmacy-informatics-and-its-cross-functional-role-healthcare

Disclaimer: Views expressed are my own and do not reflect thoughts and opinions of any entity with which I have been, am now, or will be affiliated.

289. Public Health Informatics at the CDC feat. Dr. Kevin Lan

Fri, 01 Apr 2022 06:21:16 -0000

289. Public Health Informatics at the CDC feat. Dr. Kevin Lan

Intended Audience: Everyone

On today's episode, Dr. Kevin Lan, Public Health Informatics Fellow at the CDC, is our special guest and shares the missions and goals of the CDC as well as talks about his journey to get to where he is today.

Included on today's topics:

Dr. Lan's early career and interests
Finding a nontraditional path
Being a Public Health Informatics Fellow
The day to day operations
How informatics plays a role in the mission of the CDC

To learn more about the CDC's program, visit: https://www.cdc.gov/phifp/index.html

To reach out to Dr. Lan, visit his LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevinlanalytics/

Disclaimer: Views expressed are those of the individuals and do not reflect thoughts and opinions of any entity with which speakers have been, is now, or will be affiliated.
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For more information on pharmacy informatics, check out some of the following useful links:

ASHP's Section of Pharmacy Informatics and Technology: https://www.ashp.org/Pharmacy-Informaticist/Section-of-Pharmacy-Informatics-and-Technology/
HIMSS: https://www.himss.org/resources/pharmacy-informatics-and-its-cross-functional-role-healthcare

Disclaimer: Views expressed are my own and do not reflect thoughts and opinions of any entity with which I have been, am now, or will be affiliated.

288. What is Blockchain?

Fri, 18 Mar 2022 06:19:20 -0000

288. What is Blockchain?

Intended Audience: Newcomers to Pharmacy Informatics and Blockchain

Today's episode is not purely about healthcare, but going over just what is blockchain? It's a technology that's been talked about a lot, but do most people understand what it is?

Tony attempts to explain this in an introductory manner, and then mentions some brief applications of blockchain in healthcare.

Additional resources:

Application of Blockchain Technology in Healthcare: A Comprehensive Study (nih.gov)

Hunt Institute for Engineering & Humanity (smu.edu)

Implementation Considerations for Blockchain in Healthcare Institutions | Blockchain in Healthcare Today (blockchainhealthcaretoday.com)

DMMS: A Decentralized Blockchain Ledger for the Management of Medication Histories | Blockchain in Healthcare Today (blockchainhealthcaretoday.com)

Five Blockchain Consensus Mechanisms, and How They Work (bitrates.com)

Incentives and Proof of Work | E-learning Spot

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For more information on pharmacy informatics, check out some of the following useful links:

ASHP's Section of Pharmacy Informatics and Technology: https://www.ashp.org/Pharmacy-Informaticist/Section-of-Pharmacy-Informatics-and-Technology/
HIMSS: https://www.himss.org/resources/pharmacy-informatics-and-its-cross-functional-role-healthcare

Disclaimer: Views expressed are my own and do not reflect thoughts and opinions of any entity with which I have been, am now, or will be affiliated.

Throwback - One Goal, Many Paths: Next Steps After Not Matching feat. Drs. David Vu, Brian Fung, Beju Shah, Tony Dao

Thu, 17 Mar 2022 01:09:12 -0000

Throwback - One Goal, Many Paths: Next Steps After Not Matching feat. Drs. David Vu, Brian Fung, Beju Shah, Tony Dao

Intended Audience: Everyone

Today’s episode is a THROWBACK to 2019’s special episode about next steps after not matching. The four of us have had different stories on what we did after not matching and want to let you know that it’s OKAY. There’s still Phase 2, there’s still other pathways to get to where you want to go.

But… over 2000 applicants did NOT get this chance.

If you were one of the individuals who did not match, know that you are NOT alone. Know that it’s OKAY. Know that there are MANY different pathways to achieve your end goal.

Panel Contact Info:
Beju Shah: https://www.linkedin.com/in/medicationsafety/
Brian Fung: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bkfung/
David Vu: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vcudavidvu/ or vud@vcu.edu
Tony Dao: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tonydaopharmd/

Additional resources: 2019 residency stats: https://natmatch.com/ashprmp/stats/2019applstats.pdf

Disclaimer: Views expressed are those of the individuals and do not reflect thoughts and opinions of any entity with which speakers have been, is now, or will be affiliated.
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For more information on pharmacy informatics, check out some of the following useful links:

ASHP's Section of Pharmacy Informatics and Technology: https://www.ashp.org/Pharmacy-Informaticist/Section-of-Pharmacy-Informatics-and-Technology/
HIMSS: https://www.himss.org/resources/pharmacy-informatics-and-its-cross-functional-role-healthcare

Disclaimer: Views expressed are my own and do not reflect thoughts and opinions of any entity with which I have been, am now, or will be affiliated.

287. The Role of Informatics Pharmacists in Innovation and Voice Technology feat. Dr. Ghalib Abbasi

Wed, 16 Mar 2022 06:47:09 -0000

287. The Role of Informatics Pharmacists in Innovation and Voice Technology feat. Dr. Ghalib Abbasi

Intended Audience: Everyone

Innovation in pharmacy informatics comes in many forms.

On today's episode, we had the chance to interview Dr. Ghalib Abbasi, Systems Director of Pharmacy Informatics. In his career path, he's gone through many facets of innovation and healthcare technology.

Topics include:

Dr. Abbasi's career journey
Using voice technology in the informatics space
Seeking end user input for development of tools
The innovation process
Holding patents for pharmacy technology tools
Pharmacy informatics PGY1/2 residency program

To reach Dr. Abbasi for further questions, you can find him on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/ghalib-abbasi-pharmd-ms-mba-254b1543/ or by email at gaabbasi@houstonmethodist.org

Disclaimer: Views expressed are those of the individuals and do not reflect thoughts and opinions of any entity with which speakers have been, is now, or will be affiliated.
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For more information on pharmacy informatics, check out some of the following useful links:

ASHP's Section of Pharmacy Informatics and Technology: https://www.ashp.org/Pharmacy-Informaticist/Section-of-Pharmacy-Informatics-and-Technology/
HIMSS: https://www.himss.org/resources/pharmacy-informatics-and-its-cross-functional-role-healthcare

Disclaimer: Views expressed are my own and do not reflect thoughts and opinions of any entity with which I have been, am now, or will be affiliated.

286. Last Week in Health IT for March 7th, 2022

Tue, 08 Mar 2022 06:27:37 -0000

286. Last Week in Health IT for March 7th, 2022

Intended Audience: Everyone

Welcome to another episode of Last Week in Health IT where we talk about some of the significant Health IT-related news items that occurred in the past week.

Using AI and people power to combat sepsis: https://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/using-ai-and-people-power-combat-sepsis

Disclaimer: Views expressed are those of the individuals and do not reflect thoughts and opinions of any entity with which speakers have been, is now, or will be affiliated.
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For more information on pharmacy informatics, check out some of the following useful links:

ASHP's Section of Pharmacy Informatics and Technology: https://www.ashp.org/Pharmacy-Informaticist/Section-of-Pharmacy-Informatics-and-Technology/

Disclaimer: Views expressed are my own and do not reflect thoughts and opinions of any entity with which I have been, am now, or will be affiliated.

285. A Pathway to Pharmacy Informatics in Canada feat. Dr. Daniel Chan

Fri, 25 Feb 2022 09:47:35 -0000

285. A Pathway to Pharmacy Informatics in Canada feat. Dr. Daniel Chan

Intended Audience: Everyone

On today's episode, Dr. Daniel Chan discusses his journey into pharmacy informatics and its practice in Canada. Dr. Chan went into the pharmacy informatics space in a nontraditional way, so he shares his journey and advice on what he's been able to do to get there.

In addition, topics of today's episode include:

Pharmacy practice in Canada
The importance of having clinical practice background
Operational mindsets in informatics
Key qualities in getting into informatics

To contact Dr. Chan, you can email him at daniel.chan@nygh.on.ca

Disclaimer: Views expressed are those of the individuals and do not reflect thoughts and opinions of any entity with which speakers have been, is now, or will be affiliated.
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Network with other pharmacists at Pharmacists Connect!
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For more information on pharmacy informatics, check out some of the following useful links:

ASHP's Section of Pharmacy Informatics and Technology: https://www.ashp.org/Pharmacy-Informaticist/Section-of-Pharmacy-Informatics-and-Technology/
HIMSS Pharmacy Informatics Community: https://www.himss.org/library/pharmacy-informatics

Disclaimer: Views expressed are my own and do not reflect thoughts and opinions of any entity with which I have been, am now, or will be affiliated.

Rebroadcast: ZotRx - Pharmacy Informatics and Technology with Dr. Tony Dao

Mon, 14 Feb 2022 07:57:38 -0000

Rebroadcast: ZotRx - Pharmacy Informatics and Technology with Dr. Tony Dao

Several months ago, Pharmacy, IT, & Me host Tony Dao was interviewed by Ryan Kwok on the UCI Pre-Pharm Society ZotRx podcast. Today's episode is a rebroadcast of that episode. Host Tony Dao went to undergraduate at UC Irvine, Class of 2008.

Disclaimer: Views expressed are those of the individuals and do not reflect thoughts and opinions of any entity with which speakers have been, is now, or will be affiliated.
New to LinkedIn and not sure where to start? Download my free ebook, "Professional Networking Unlocked", at https://www.tonydaopharmd.com/ebook
Follow us on social media!
Twitter: @pharmacyitme
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Website: Pharmacy IT & Me
Email: tony@pharmacyitme.com
Follow Tony's personal Twitter account at @tonydaopharmd

Network with other pharmacists at Pharmacists Connect!
http://pharmacistsconnect.com

For more information on pharmacy informatics, check out some of the following useful links:

ASHP's Section of Pharmacy Informatics and Technology: https://www.ashp.org/Pharmacy-Informaticist/Section-of-Pharmacy-Informatics-and-Technology/
HIMSS Pharmacy Informatics Community: https://www.himss.org/library/pharmacy-informatics

Disclaimer: Views expressed are my own and do not reflect thoughts and opinions of any entity with which I have been, am now, or will be affiliated.

283. Data Science and Some Applications During the COVID-19 Pandemic feat. Dr. Dalton Fabian

Thu, 27 Jan 2022 09:38:17 -0000

283. Data Science and Some Applications During the COVID-19 Pandemic feat. Dr. Dalton Fabian

Intended Audience: Everyone

Data science can be applied to clinical decision support, but how has data science been used during the COVID-19 pandemic?

On this episode, returning guest and now data scientist Dr. Dalton Fabian talks about the use cases of data science during the pandemic.

Topics include:

Dr. Fabian's journey to becoming a data scientist
How data science has been used during COVID-19
Data analytics vs. machine learning
How to know when to use machine learning and when to use data analytics

If you are an ASHP member and are looking to learn more, Dr. Fabian will be presenting "Data Science in Healthcare" on February 8th, 2022. In his session, he will talk about:

Data ecosystem terminologies
Data science use cases in healthcare
Steps in the data science life cycle
The data science skills path

To register for the event, visit: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/6656139250076846093

You can reach out to Dr. Fabian for additional questions at https://www.linkedin.com/in/daltonfabian/

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Follow Tony's personal Twitter account at @tonydaopharmd

Network with other pharmacists at Pharmacists Connect!
http://pharmacistsconnect.com

For more information on pharmacy informatics, check out some of the following useful links:

ASHP's Section of Pharmacy Informatics and Technology: https://www.ashp.org/Pharmacy-Informaticist/Section-of-Pharmacy-Informatics-and-Technology/
HIMSS Pharmacy Informatics Community: https://www.himss.org/library/pharmacy-informatics

Disclaimer: Views expressed are my own and do not reflect thoughts and opinions of any entity with which I have been, am now, or will be affiliated.

282. Barcoding Effect on Medication Safety - Journal Club

Tue, 25 Jan 2022 08:31:45 -0000

282. Barcoding Effect on Medication Safety - Journal Club

On today's episode, we're looking at a review article that was published in 2021.

LInk: https://journals.lww.com/journalpatientsafety/Fulltext/2021/04000/The_Effects_of_Bar_coding_Technology_on_Medication.25.aspx?casa_token=DCLS3LqzUHQAAAAA:o9Ww_JC8ETJ6QtLnUo4I0llDnn8YG9yyW-WjEBF3Ns5MwwL6m_-I4t2DUZJTJa5EyGzAg9dIDYb8uMs9oH3T9spmKJFd

The Effects of Bar-coding Technology on Medication Errors: A Systematic Literature Review Authors: Hutton, Kevin PharmD; Ding, Qian PhD; Wellman, Gregory PhD Journal of Patient Safety: April 2021 - Volume 17 - Issue 3 - p e192-e206

Check out the link above for the full article.

279. Cosmas Health, Pyrls, and Pharmacists in Software Development feat. Dr. Derek Borkowski

Thu, 20 Jan 2022 07:30:48 -0000

279. Cosmas Health, Pyrls, and Pharmacists in Software Development feat. Dr. Derek Borkowski

Intended Audience: Everyone

What can a pharmacist do in software development?

On today's episode, we speak with Pyrls creator and Cosmas Health founder Dr. Derek Borkowski. Dr. Borkowski is a pharmacist by training but was able to take his interest in coding to the next level and use it on multiple different projects, resulting in Cosmas Health, Pyrls, Pharmacist.dev, and more.

On this episode. Dr. Borkowski talks about:

His pathway through school and early career
Tools he used to learn coding
How his passion for programming allowed him to have a unique perspective
What he's done with Cosmas Health, Pyrls, Pharmacist.dev, and more

To contact Dr. Derek Borkowski: https://www.linkedin.com/in/derek-borkowski/

To learn more about Pyrls, visit their Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pyrls.app/

278. Last Week in Health IT for January 17th, 2022

Mon, 17 Jan 2022 07:32:01 -0000

278. Last Week in Health IT for January 17th, 2022

Intended Audience: Everyone

Welcome to another episode of Last Week in Health IT where we talk about some of the significant Health IT-related news items that occurred in the past week.

277. Kitcheck Bluesight Insights and Data Integration feat. Dr. AJ Rivosecchi

Tue, 11 Jan 2022 06:43:48 -0000

277. Kitcheck Bluesight Insights and Data Integration feat. Dr. AJ Rivosecchi

Intended Audience: Everyone

How does the future of data integration look like for the pharmacy profession?

On today's episode, originally recorded in early 2021, we had the opportunity to speak with Dr. AJ Rivosecchi, Product Manager and Director of Clinical Solutions at Kitcheck. Dr. Rivosecchi shares his expertise discussion the vision of Kitcheck's medication future and the importance of data being accessible and actionable for operational practices.

On today's episode:

Dr. Rivosecchi shares his journey from pharmacist to product manager
He shares the vision and goals that Kitcheck is striving towards
He discusses the Kitcheck Bluesight Insights product and its purpose and benefits
He provides advice on those looking to position themselves into healthcare technology

To learn more about Kitcheck, visit https://www.kitcheck.com

To contact Dr. Rivosecchi, you can reach him at https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-rivosecchi-15581914a/

Opinions in the podcast represent that of the individual and not the employer.

========== Interested in learning more about pharmacy informatics? Check out the FREE Introduction to Pharmacy Informatics course at www.pharmacyinformaticsacademy.com !
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Follow Tony's personal Twitter account at @tonydaopharmd

Network with other pharmacists at Pharmacists Connect!
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For more information on pharmacy informatics, check out some of the following useful links:

ASHP's Section of Pharmacy Informatics and Technology: https://www.ashp.org/Pharmacy-Informaticist/Section-of-Pharmacy-Informatics-and-Technology/
HIMSS Pharmacy Informatics Community: https://www.himss.org/library/pharmacy-informatics

Disclaimer: Views expressed are my own and do not reflect thoughts and opinions of any entity with which I have been, am now, or will be affiliated.

276. Top 10 Most Listened To Episodes of 2021

Mon, 03 Jan 2022 04:55:51 -0000

276. Top 10 Most Listened To Episodes of 2021

Intended Audience: Everyone

Welcome to 2022 and Happy New Year!

On today's episode, we look at a recap of the most listened to episodes of 2021 on the Pharmacy, IT, & Me Podcast.

Pharmacy Informatics in Australia feat Daniel Trajkov
From Retail Pharmacy to Informatics Trainer feat. Dr. Austin Motteler
Oncology Pharmacy Informatics feat. Dr. Nicholas Bacon
Data, Data, Data! feat. Digital Pharmacist Dr. Ben Moore
Importance of Technology and Data in Managed Care feat. Dr. Justin Bioc
Pharmacy Informatics Education in Canada feat. Professor Marie Rocchi
Pharmacy Informatics and Clinical Content feat. Dr. Hannah Nguyen
HIMSS 21 Highlights
Components of an Implementation Plan
Synthetic Health Data and CodeRx feat. Dr. Joey LeGrand

275. PGY2 Informatics and Applications in Transitions of Care feat. Dr. Raymond Chan

Thu, 23 Dec 2021 20:55:39 -0000

275. PGY2 Informatics and Applications in Transitions of Care feat. Dr. Raymond Chan

Intended Audience: Everyone

On today's episode, we spoke with Dr. Raymond Chan on his career path and thoughts on informatics applications in healthcare. He shares his story of how he got to where he is today, as well as some memorable moments in his career. Topics include:

Pharmacy residency training in pharmacy informatics
Transitioning himself into a residency coordinator role
Pharmacy informatics projects and applications in transitions of care
The importance of mentorship when delving into pharmacy informatics

To reach out to Dr. Chan, you can email him at rcchan@sentara.com and learn more about Sentara Healthcare's pharmacy informatics program at https://www.sentara.com/aboutus/careers/pharmacy/pgy2/pharmacy-informatics.aspx

274. The Importance of Data Integration for Clinical Practice feat. RxRevu Founder Carm Huntress

Tue, 07 Dec 2021 00:48:44 -0000

274. The Importance of Data Integration for Clinical Practice feat. RxRevu Founder Carm Huntress

Intended Audience: Everyone

Data is becoming increasingly important in every day life, but how exactly does it impact clinicians in healthcare?

On today's episode, we speak with RxRevu Founder and Chief Innovation Officer Carm Huntress about his company's innovations in the healthcare field. Topics of this episode include using APIs to integrate data, the importance of a pharmacist in RxRevu's strategy, the innovations that paved the way for the company's exponential growth, and Carm's personal experience in being involved with the ONC and FHIR standards.

You can reach out to Carm on Twitter at @CarmHuntress or via LinkedIn. You can learn more about RxRevu at https://www.rxrevu.com

273. Pharmacy Informatics Residency, MHCI, and Finding Your Path feat. Dr. Stacey Lynn English

Wed, 01 Dec 2021 21:30:53 -0000

273. Pharmacy Informatics Residency, MHCI, and Finding Your Path feat. Dr. Stacey Lynn English

Intended Audience: Everyone

What kind of routes are there to get into pharmacy informatics?

On today's episode originally recorded in Fall 2020, we spoke with Dr. Stacey Lynn English about her role in pharmacy informatics. She's had a career path that included a PGY1 residency followed by a PGY2 program at Lipscomb University focused on pharmacy informatics, and currently works in a role of a pharmacy informatics specialist. In addition, she attained a Master of Science in Health Care Informatics at Lipscomb University, sharing some of her eye-opening experiences in that program on today's episode.

You can reach out to Dr. Stacey Lynn English via LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/senglishpharmd/

272. Things to Ask Third-Party Vendors

Tue, 23 Nov 2021 05:20:59 -0000

272. Things to Ask Third-Party Vendors

Intended Audience: Pharmacy Informaticists

What do you do when you're starting to implement a third party solution to your EHR? 🤔

On today's episode, I'll be talking about some of the strategies and questions that I use when evaluating a new project. Having gone through multiple different projects with different expectations, I have had to learn on the job that there are things you just absolutely need to clarify and confirm before moving forward. Hopefully what I've learned is helpful for you.

Throwback - Biomedical Informatics, Pharmacogenomics, & Academia feat. Dr. Moom Roosan

Fri, 19 Nov 2021 06:55:17 -0000

Throwback - Biomedical Informatics, Pharmacogenomics, & Academia feat. Dr. Moom Roosan

Intended Audience: Everyone

On today’s throwback episode, we had the pleasure of interviewing Dr. Moom Roosan regarding her role in pharmacy informatics. Dr. Roosan has a unique background of attaining a PhD in Biomedical Informatics in addition to her pharmacy degree. She expands on her passion of teaching and on how we can use technology and apply it to pharmacogenomics in a meaningful way. To reach Dr. Roosan for further questions, you can email her at roosan@chapman.edu

271. Last Week in Health IT for October 25th, 2021

Tue, 26 Oct 2021 01:08:22 -0000

271. Last Week in Health IT for October 25th, 2021

Intended Audience: Everyone

Welcome to another episode of Last Week in Health IT where we talk about some of the significant Health IT-related news items that occurred in the past week.

Throwback - Becoming a Director of Pharmacy Support Services feat. Dr. Neil Ratcliff

Mon, 11 Oct 2021 06:41:31 -0000

Throwback - Becoming a Director of Pharmacy Support Services feat. Dr. Neil Ratcliff

Intended Audience: Everyone

On today’s throwback episode, we had the pleasure of speaking with Dr. Neil Ratcliff and his role at PipelineRx as the Director of Pharmacy Support Services at the time of recording. He discusses how his clinical background and certificate programs helped position himself to be successful. You can reach out to Dr. Ratcliff on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/neil-ratcliff-pharmd-cphims-57451247/

270. Synthetic Health Data and CodeRx feat. Dr. Joey LeGrand

Fri, 24 Sep 2021 19:58:50 -0000

270. Synthetic Health Data and CodeRx feat. Dr. Joey LeGrand

Intended Audience: Everyone

On today's episode originally recorded in April 2021, we had the opportunity to speak with Dr. Joey LeGrand about synthetic health data and the CodeRx community.

CodeRx is the recent winner of the ONC Synthetic Health Data Challenge! CodeRx's project focused on creation of a medication diversification tool as it pertains to health care data and medication-focused synthetic data.

To learn more about Team CodeRx's entry, visit https://www.challenge.gov/assets/netlify-uploads/coderx_synthetic-data-solution.pdf

In addition to talking about the Synthetic Health Challenge that CodeRx participated in, Dr. LeGrand also discusses the history of how CodeRx was formed and what other interesting projects the community is working on.

To find out more about CodeRx, visit https://coderx.io/

To reach Dr. LeGrand, visit https://legrand.io/

269. Pharmacy Informatics and Clinical Content feat. Dr. Hannah Nguyen

Fri, 17 Sep 2021 07:06:04 -0000

269. Pharmacy Informatics and Clinical Content feat. Dr. Hannah Nguyen

Intended Audience: Everyone

On today's episode originally recorded in Fall 2020, Dr. Hannah Nguyen is interviewed about her career path and what her role is at Kaiser Permanente as an informatics pharmacist focused on clinical content. Dr. Nguyen completed a PGY1 acute care residency in San Diego followed by a PGY2 pharmacy informatics residency at Kaiser Permanente.

On this episode, Dr. Nguyen discusses:

Her path from pharmacy student to pharmacy residency and current practice
How her residency program's program and structure prepared her for her role
What her current role is, focusing on clinical content
Tips on what folks can do to learn more about pharmacy informatics

Dr. Nguyen can be reached on her LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/hannahknguyen/

268. Pharmacy Informatics Education in Canada feat. Professor Marie Rocchi

Tue, 07 Sep 2021 19:53:24 -0000

268. Pharmacy Informatics Education in Canada feat. Professor Marie Rocchi

Intended Audience: Everyone

Education in pharmacy informatics continues to be a difficult endeavor. On today's episode, we speak with Professor Marie Rocchi about how pharmacy informatics education was attempted to be standardized in Canada. On today's episode, Professor Rocchi talks about:

Her career history in pharmacy and pharmacy informatics
The differences of pharmacy education/credentials in Canada versus the United States
Being in pharmacy academia
Embarking on a standardized pharmacy informatics education program

To reach out to Professor Rocchi, you can email her at marie.rocchi@utoronto.ca . To learn more about the e-Learning modules, visit https://elearnhcp.ca/

Throwback - Patient-Centric Health and Technology feat. Dr. Whitley Yi

Mon, 30 Aug 2021 19:47:21 -0000

Throwback - Patient-Centric Health and Technology feat. Dr. Whitley Yi

Intended Audience: Everyone

Digital Health and consumer-focused healthcare technology is one of the ever-changing and ever-evolving landscapes where pharmacists can make a difference.

On today's throwback episode, we had the pleasure of speaking with Dr. Whitley Yi, a residency-trained ambulatory care pharmacist with a strong passion for data analytics, user-generated data, and the patient experience. To reach out to Whitley for further questions, you can find her at https://www.linkedin.com/in/whitley-yi/

267. HIMSS21 Highlights

Sat, 14 Aug 2021 04:57:12 -0000

267. HIMSS21 Highlights

Intended Audience: Everyone

On today's episode, we cover some highlights from the HIMSS21 conference this year. Keynotes aside, there were a lot of things to talk about. I'll admit, I was not able to get through everything at HIMSS this year because there was just so many great talks. This episode is NOT inclusive of everything that was presented, but hopefully this snapshot of some highlights are useful for you.

HealthcareITNews.com did an extensive coverage of HIMSS21 so if you'd like to read more about what happened, check out their website's HIMSS coverage at: https://www.healthcareitnews.com/himss-coverage

If you want to learn more about HIMSS, check out https://www.himss.org

HIMSS21 Digital is able to be accessed up to 45 days post-event for on-demand sessions.

Throwback - A Journey to Director of Clinical Informatics feat. Dr. John Poikonen

Mon, 09 Aug 2021 22:10:48 -0000

Throwback - A Journey to Director of Clinical Informatics feat. Dr. John Poikonen

Intended Audience: Everyone

On today's throwback episode, we spoke with Dr. John Poikonen on his varied history and experience in the pharmacy IT and informatics space. At the time of recording, he worked as the Director of Clinical Informatics at Avhana Health and still actively teaches pharmacy informatics in various courses at MCPHS. He talks about his passion of informatics and what inspired him to move into the space.

To reach out to John, you can find him at: https://twitter.com/gigapharmd/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/poikonen/ jp@rxdoc.me

Some additional reading and information that John discussed in the podcast episode: 1995 Articles that started it all for me | Evernote links System Analysis of Adverse Drug Events JAMA 1995;274:35-43 https://www.evernote.com/l/AAJRcIgob4tB9Kppq-CcYnoTqN4v0X1S_WQ

Incidence of Adverse Drug Evens and Potential Adverse Drug Events Implications for Prevention JAMA 1995;274:29-34 https://www.evernote.com/l/AAKmXXQlITNAp6CoOXN8TuVC0ll8jXf1JU8

Informatics Class Notes https://www.evernote.com/pub/poikonen/informatics

Some Historical Blog posts: https://rxinformatics.wordpress.com/ Musing on NUPOR - Near Universal Pharmacist Order Review https://rxinformatics.wordpress.com/?s=nupor

266. Importance of Technology and Data in Managed Care feat. Dr. Justin Bioc

Fri, 30 Jul 2021 19:46:05 -0000

266. Importance of Technology and Data in Managed Care feat. Dr. Justin Bioc

Intended Audience: Everyone

Technology and data continues to be importance in all aspects of healthcare, including the managed care space.

On today's episode, we spoke with managed care pharmacist Dr. Justin Bioc about his journey to his current role and how he has seen technology and data play a role in managed care pharmacy. On the podcast, he speaks on:

technology use in pharmacy and inventory systems
his project management journey
why it's important to have a pharmacist in a data analytics role
tips on pursuing non-traditional roles

You can reach out to Justin by email at rph.jbioc@gmail.com or through LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/jbioc/

Throwback - Consulting Services from a Community and Pharmacy IT Background feat. Dr. Terri Wang

Fri, 23 Jul 2021 20:16:58 -0000

Throwback - Consulting Services from a Community and Pharmacy IT Background feat. Dr. Terri Wang

Intended Audience: Everyone

All of our experiences help us to get to where we are today!

On today's throwback episode originally released on January 22nd, 2020, Dr. Terri Wang discusses her experiences in both the community pharmacy side and the inpatient pharmacy IT space and how they all contributed to her successes in healthcare consulting services today.

Dr. Wang has since moved on from her consulting role, but she experience continues to inform newcomers to the field today. You can find her on LinkedIn if you'd like to connect with her.

265. Last Week in Health IT for July 16th, 2021

Fri, 16 Jul 2021 22:46:42 -0000

265. Last Week in Health IT for July 16th, 2021

Intended Audience: Everyone

Welcome to another episode of Last Week in Health IT where we talk about some of the significant Health IT-related news items that occurred in the past week.

264. Components of an Implementation Plan

Thu, 24 Jun 2021 22:19:04 -0000

264. Components of an Implementation Plan

Intended Audience: Everyone

What's in an implementation plan? Quite a lot. Check out today's episode where we talk about some of the common components of an implementation plan:

Workflow analysis
System configurations/installations
Training
Conversion/data analysis
Communication
Go-live preparation
Downtime considerations

263. Last Week in Health IT for June 18th, 2021

Fri, 18 Jun 2021 23:02:52 -0000

263. Last Week in Health IT for June 18th, 2021

Intended Audience: Everyone

Welcome to another episode of Last Week in Health IT where we talk about some of the significant Health IT-related news items that occurred in the past week.

Throwback - A Journey of IT to Pharmacy to Clinical Informatics feat. Dr. Sabrina Bernhart

Mon, 14 Jun 2021 12:27:48 -0000

Throwback - A Journey of IT to Pharmacy to Clinical Informatics feat. Dr. Sabrina Bernhart

Intended Audience: Everyone

On today’s throwback episode, we had the pleasure of interviewing Dr. Sabrina Bernhart on her unique journey being in the information technology field before pursuing pharmacy school and eventually migrating into the role of a clinical informatics pharmacist. Through her various experiences, she’s been able to leverage her skills for expanded applications of technology in the pharmacy space.

To contact Dr. Bernhart, she can be reached via LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/sabrinapharmd/

262. Oncology Pharmacy Informatics feat. Dr. Nicholas Bacon

Thu, 03 Jun 2021 20:41:49 -0000

262. Oncology Pharmacy Informatics feat. Dr. Nicholas Bacon

Intended Audience: Everyone

On today's episode, we delve into the niche world of oncology pharmacy informatics.

Dr. Nicholas Bacon shares his experience in how he got into the oncology space and subsequently into the oncology informatics space with his skillset. He discusses what is needed to find your niche and also briefly talks about how it's so necessary to have a pharmacist in the oncology informatics space to serve as a liaison between the clinical and technical sides.

You can reach out to Dr. Bacon at https://www.linkedin.com/in/nrbaconpharmd/

261. Last Week in Health IT for May 27th, 2021

Thu, 27 May 2021 20:00:28 -0000

261. Last Week in Health IT for May 27th, 2021

Intended Audience: Everyone

Welcome to another episode of Last Week in Health IT where we talk about some of the significant Health IT-related news items that occurred in the past week.

Throwback - Going Beyond Inpatient: Outpatient Informatics feat. Dr. AJ Teare

Thu, 20 May 2021 18:17:33 -0000

Throwback - Going Beyond Inpatient: Outpatient Informatics feat. Dr. AJ Teare

Intended Audience: Everyone

On today’s throwback episode, we speak with Dr. AJ Teare on his role and journey into the pharmacy informatics world. Dr. Teare started off showing his passion on his APPE project before moving on to a residency route. Today, he has had experiences in outpatient, specialty, and community pharmacy informatics.

You can reach out to Dr. Teare for more questions at andrew.j.teare@vanderbilt.edu

260. Algorithmic Matching in Client Registries

Tue, 11 May 2021 18:02:05 -0000

260. Algorithmic Matching in Client Registries

Intended Audience: Newcomers to Healthcare IT

On today's episode, we continue the discussion on client registries. How to client registries actually do the match of patient records? Algorithmic matching becomes essential in how we determine the matches.

Some of the algorithms used discussed today are:

Deterministic
Fuzzy
Probabilistic

To learn more about client registries, you can check out the Health Information Exchange textbook by Brian E. Dixon: https://www.amazon.com/Health-Information-Exchange-Navigating-Managing/dp/0128031352

Throwback - Clinical to Admin to Technology and Innovation feat. Dr. David Berkowitz

Mon, 03 May 2021 11:21:51 -0000

Throwback - Clinical to Admin to Technology and Innovation feat. Dr. David Berkowitz

Intended Audience: Everyone

On today’s throwback episode, we speak with current Omnicell Performance Center Field Consultant, Dr. David Berkowitz, on his incredible journey going from clinical pharmacy to pharmacy administration and eventually to his roles recently in technology and innovation. In addition, he shares an amazing endeavor he’s spearheading at Omnicell, which is a fellowship in medication management where the fellow will be trained in healthcare technologies, database, and more.

If you’d like to contact Dr. Berkowitz, find him on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-berkowitz-1162156/ and Twitter at https://twitter.com/dberkpharmd.

259. About ASHP's Upcoming Informatics Webinars

Sun, 25 Apr 2021 16:31:14 -0000

259. About ASHP's Upcoming Informatics Webinars

Intended Audience: Everyone

On today's episode, Dr. Suzie Chen joins us to announce ASHP's upcoming webinars that are going to be presented by Dr. Scott Nelson. The webinars are as follows:

Medication Data Standards and Operational Applications
Interoperability: Fundamentals, Standards, and Terminologies
Data in Action! Practical Analytics Strategies

These CE programs are targeted for pharmacists and pharmacy technicians that are involved in technology in the medication use process, but they are also great for students looking to learn more about technology in healthcare.

To register for the webinar, visit https://www.ashp.org/Professional-Development/Webinars/Free-Live-Webinars

258. Last Week in Health IT for April 22nd, 2021

Fri, 23 Apr 2021 00:03:07 -0000

258. Last Week in Health IT for April 22nd, 2021

Intended Audience: Everyone

Welcome to another episode of Last Week in Health IT where we talk about some of the significant Health IT-related news items that occurred in the past week.

Check out this article on "How do providers strike the right balance between in-person care and telehealth?" where Sean Cavanaugh talks about where we move forward with telehealth from here. https://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/how-do-providers-strike-right-balance-between-person-care-and-telehealth

257. Pharmacy Informatics in Australia feat. Daniel Trajkov

Thu, 15 Apr 2021 16:31:10 -0000

257. Pharmacy Informatics in Australia feat. Daniel Trajkov

Intended Audience: Everyone

We're going international again with another special guest all the way from Australia to talk about how pharmacy informatics practice is in their area! Daniel's varied role in health technology has included being a senior analyst, application manager, clinical lead, pharmacy consultant, and other roles.

Topics today include:

Pharmacy informatics practice in Australia
Current state of EHRs in Australia
Opt-out PHR
Interoperability challenges

To connect with Daniel, visit his LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-trajkov-866aa294/

256. Data Quality, Metadata, and Standards in Client Registries

Wed, 14 Apr 2021 17:30:49 -0000

256. Data Quality, Metadata, and Standards in Client Registries

Intended Audience: Newcomers to Pharmacy Informatics

Last time we talked about what Client Registries are and how they can be used as a method on how to streamline patient record matching. Today, we go into a little more detail about some of the other attributes and potential issues.

Data Quality
Metadata
Standards

Check out more information about Client Registries in the Health Information Exchange by Brian E. Dixon: Health Information Exchange: Navigating and Managing a Network of Health Information Systems, Dixon, Brian, eBook - Amazon.com

255. Last Week in Health IT for April 7th, 2021

Wed, 07 Apr 2021 18:00:28 -0000

255. Last Week in Health IT for April 7th, 2021

Intended Audience: Everyone

Welcome to another episode of Last Week in Health IT where we talk about some of the significant Health IT-related news items that occurred in the past week.

Check out more healthcare IT news at www.healthcareitnews.com

Throwback - Smart Pumps, Education, and Informatics feat. Dr. Julie Pawola

Sat, 03 Apr 2021 12:19:04 -0000

Throwback - Smart Pumps, Education, and Informatics feat. Dr. Julie Pawola

Intended Audience: Everyone

On today's throwback episode, we spoke with special guest, Dr. Julie Pawola, on her role in pharmacy informatics and technology. She shares some of her daily job duties as well as her upcoming smart pump bolus project. In addition, she discusses her involvement in pharmacy and informatics education.

To reach out to Dr. Pawola, you can email her at JPawola@uwhealth.org or on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/julie-pawola-8107246a/

254. The Client Registry

Tue, 30 Mar 2021 22:29:14 -0000

254. The Client Registry

Intended Audience: Newcomers to Pharmacy Informatics

Last time we talked about unique patient identifiers and today we talk about client registries. How do we get to the perfect identifier? It may not even be possible, which is where client registries come into play.

To learn more about client registries, check out the really great textbook called Health Information Exchange by Brian E. Dixon. You can find the book at Health Information Exchange: Navigating and Managing a Network of Health Information Systems, Dixon, Brian, eBook - Amazon.com

Do you have a topic you'd like to hear about? Reach out and let us know!

Throwback - Next Steps After Not Matching; One Goal, Many Paths

Fri, 19 Mar 2021 22:12:30 -0000

Throwback - Next Steps After Not Matching; One Goal, Many Paths

Intended Audience: Everyone

Today's episode is a THROWBACK to 2019's special episode about next steps after not matching. The four of us have had different stories on what we did after not matching and want to let you know that it's OKAY. There's still Phase 2, there's still other pathways to get to where you want to go.

But… over 2000 applicants did NOT get this chance.

If you were one of the individuals who did not match, know that you are NOT alone. Know that it’s OKAY. Know that there are MANY different pathways to achieve your end goal.

Additional resources: 2019 residency stats: https://natmatch.com/ashprmp/stats/2019applstats.pdf

Throwback - From Pharmacy Admin to CEO of DocStation feat. Dr. Samm Anderegg

Fri, 19 Mar 2021 12:36:12 -0000

Throwback - From Pharmacy Admin to CEO of DocStation feat. Dr. Samm Anderegg

Intended Audience: Everyone

On today’s throwback episode, we interview Dr. Samm Anderegg about his unique journey to where he is today. Dr. Anderegg started off with doing a residency in pharmacy administration before working in a pharmacy administration role. He also participated in the Pharmacy HIT collaborative before embarking on his journey towards starting DocStation, a pharmacist-focused EHR. He shares his story and provides some advice on how others can move towards a similar path as his.

To reach Dr. Anderegg, you can email him at samm@docstation.co. His LinkedIn is at https://www.linkedin.com/in/sammuelanderegg/

253. Data, Data, Data! feat. Digital Pharmacist Dr. Ben Moore

Mon, 15 Mar 2021 12:42:09 -0000

Data, Data, Data! feat. Digital Pharmacist Dr. Ben Moore

Intended Audience: Everyone

Let's talk about data, data, data!

On today's episode, we speak with Digital Pharmacist Dr. Ben Moore on the importance of data and just how fun and useful it can be to learn how to handle large data sets. Dr. Ben Moore is a self-proclaimed Data Nerd Pharmacist who's day-job is a Pharmaceutical Data Analyst Coordinator.

Topics that Dr. Moore talks about on the episode:

his training in a PGY-1/PGY-2 combined informatics program
why data is important for pharmacy processes
the day-to-day of being a data analyst coordinator, with discussions on data requests and warehousing
where to learn more about data

Check out Dr. Ben Moore's website, https://www.digitalpharmacist.org , for blog posts on data as it pertains to healthcare. To reach out to Dr. Moore, visit his LinkedIn page at https://www.linkedin.com/in/thedigitalpharmacist/

252. Types of Unique Patient Identifiers

Sun, 14 Mar 2021 12:45:04 -0000

Types of Unique Patient Identifiers

Intended Audience: Newcomers to Pharmacy Informatics

Last time we talked about the perfect/ideal unique patient identifier. Today, we go over some of the examples of the identifiers that are currently in use:

Social Security Number
Biometric Identifiers
Voluntary Universal Healthcare Identifier

Since these still have problems that are discussed in this episode, how do we mitigate the problems when we can't get a perfect identifier? The answer would be in next week's episode of Pharmacy, IT, & Me.

Interested in learning more about pharmacy informatics? Check out the FREE Introduction to Pharmacy Informatics course at www.pharmacyinformaticsacademy.com !
New to LinkedIn and not sure where to start? Download my free ebook, "Professional Networking Unlocked", at https://www.tonydaopharmd.com/ebook
Follow us on social media!
Twitter: @pharmacyitme
Instagram: @pharmacyinformatics
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/pharmacyitme/
Website: Pharmacy IT & Me
Email: tony@pharmacyitme.com
Follow Tony's personal Twitter account at @tonydaopharmd

Network with other pharmacists at Pharmacists Connect!
http://pharmacistsconnect.com

For more information on pharmacy informatics, check out some of the following useful links:

ASHP's Section of Pharmacy Informatics and Technology: https://www.ashp.org/Pharmacy-Informaticist/Section-of-Pharmacy-Informatics-and-Technology/
HIMSS Pharmacy Informatics Community: https://www.himss.org/library/pharmacy-informatics

Disclaimer: Views expressed are my own and do not reflect thoughts and opinions of any entity with which I have been, am now, or will be affiliated.

251. Who Are You? Let's Talk Patient Identifiers

Thu, 11 Mar 2021 01:55:36 -0000

Who Are You? Let's Talk Patient Identifiers

Intended Audience: Newcomers to Pharmacy Informatics

What makes a patient identifier good? That's what we're talking about today. Our discussion is about the 6 traits that make the ideal patient identifier:

Unchanging
Uncontroversial
Unique
Ubiquitous
Uncomplicated
Inexpensive

If you'd like to learn more, I recommend checking out "Health information exchange : navigating and managing a network of health information systems" by Brian Dixon.

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Throwback - Epic Pharmacy and Oncology Consulting feat. Dr. William Burger

Fri, 05 Mar 2021 22:56:22 -0000

Throwback - Epic Pharmacy and Oncology Consulting feat. Dr. William Burger

Intended Audience: Everyone

On today's throwback episode, Dr. William Burger introduces us to the world of Epic consulting through Willow and Beacon. He talks about his pathway to getting into pharmacy consulting as well as providing some advice on how it works and what pharmacists or students can do to get more informatics experience. He also shares the new perspectives he gained from attaining an MBA and how that shaped his pharmacy consultant role for the better.

You can reach Dr. Burger on his LinkedIn page at https://www.linkedin.com/in/william-burger-pharmd-mba-1131083b/ or by visiting Abido Network at https://www.abidonetwork.com/.

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250. Last Week in Health IT for March 2nd, 2021

Wed, 03 Mar 2021 01:03:23 -0000

Last Week in Health IT for March 2nd, 2021

Intended Audience: Everyone

Welcome to another episode of Last Week in Health IT where we talk about some of the significant Health IT-related news items that occurred in the past week.

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249. From EHR-Certified Student to PGY1-2 Informatics Resident

Thu, 25 Feb 2021 17:06:31 -0000

249. From EHR-Certified Student to PGY1-2 Informatics Resident

Intended Audience: Everyone

Being open to opportunity will take you places!

On today's episode, we speak with Dr. Alex Novgorodov who's had a very unique experience in pharmacy informatics. He's been EHR-certified as a student and been exposed to a lot of pharmacy informatics projects prior to applying to residency. Since then, he's been in the LifePoint Health PGY-1/PGY-2 combined residency program focusing on pharmacy informatics and ready to continue with his professional journey into the field.

Today's episode topics:

Finding opportunity as a student
The experience of being certified in an EHR as a student
What a pharmacist does in informatics projects
How a PGY-1/PGY-2 program is structured

To contact Dr. Novgorodov, reach out to him on his LinkedIn page: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexander-novgorodov-pharmd-227a51132/

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248. Are You Ready for This? Organizational Readiness

Wed, 24 Feb 2021 18:56:51 -0000

Are You Ready for This? Organizational Readiness

Intended Audience: Newcomers to Pharmacy Informatics

How do you know if you are ready for change?

On today's episode, we discuss some of the factors that tie into why people are resistant to change and what studies have found in terms of getting an organizational to be ready.

Article discussed in the episode: Clinicians' perceptions of organizational readiness for change in the context of clinical information system projects: insights from two cross-sectional surveys Authors: Guy Paré, 1 Claude Sicotte,2 Placide Poba-Nzaou,1 and George Balouzakis3 Article Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3056827/

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Throwback - BPharm to PharmD to Critical Care to Medication Management Informaticist feat. Dr. Hesham Mourad

Fri, 19 Feb 2021 23:36:00 -0000

Throwback - BPharm to PharmD to Critical Care to Medication Management Informaticist feat. Dr. Hesham Mourad

Intended Audience: Everyone

On today's throwback episode. Dr. Hesham Mourad tells us his story of being a pharmacist in Syria and moving to the U.S. to pursue clinical pharmacy, and how that further led him to his current role as a medication management informaticist with a focus on oncology.

To connect with Dr. Mourad, visit his LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hesham-mourad-pharmd-bcps-bcccp-aa310655/

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247. Last Week in Health IT for February 16th, 2021

Tue, 16 Feb 2021 20:32:20 -0000

Last Week in Health IT for February 16th, 2021

Intended Audience: Everyone

Welcome to another episode of Last Week in Health IT where we talk about some of the significant Health IT-related news items that occurred in the past week.

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246. From Retail Pharmacy to Informatics Trainer feat. Dr. Austin Motteler

Fri, 12 Feb 2021 13:10:31 -0000

246. From Retail Pharmacy to Informatics Trainer feat. Dr. Austin Motteler

Intended Audience: Everyone

How would you move from a retail pharmacy setting into an informatics role?

On today's episode, we speak with Dr. Austin Motteler who had a unique experience moving from the retail pharmacy side towards informatics.

Topics today include:

Retail pharmacy experience
Gaining additional training
The ASHP Pharmacy Informatics Certificate
What an informatics trainer does

To reach out to Dr. Motteler, you can connect with him at his LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/austin-motteler-pharmd-40a155151/

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245. What to Think About When Choosing Clinical Content Solutions

Tue, 09 Feb 2021 17:39:48 -0000

245. What to Think About When Choosing Clinical Content Solutions

Intended Audience: New to Pharmacy Informatics

What do you need to think about when deciding which clinical content solution providers to go with?

Does the clinical content match your patient population?
Is it cost-effective to purchase the content versus having your organization's team manually updating content themselves?
Is it compatible with your EHR? How much is the work effort to modify the content to fit with your EHR?

Today's episode will be a discussion on these different considerations when deciding on whether you should purchase clinical content for your organization or not.

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Throwback - A Canadian Informatics Pharmacist Perspective feat. Gunther Ha

Fri, 05 Feb 2021 23:58:50 -0000

Throwback - A Canadian Informatics Pharmacist Perspective feat. Gunther Ha

Intended Audience: Everyone

Today's throwback episode was when we spoke with Gunther Ha, a Canadian informatics pharmacist.

No matter which country you are from, healthcare IT is something that continues to be an important part of our lives. Canada is no different, and today’s episode we have special guest Canadian pharmacist Gunther Ha share what he is responsible for in the pharmacy informatics space. His insightful discussion includes what pharmacy practice is like in Canada and how pharmacy technologies are leveraged to improve and optimize that practice. He also talks about some unique challenges that Canadian health systems face when using a U.S.-based EHR system.

To contact Gunther Ha, please visit his LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/gunther-ha/

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244. Local or Cloud: Which EHR is Better?

Tue, 02 Feb 2021 09:10:06 -0000

244. Local or Cloud: Which EHR is Better?

Intended Audience: Current Practitioners

In considering a locally supported EHR versus a remote-hosted cloud EHR, there are several factors to consider:

Reliability
Privacy
Support
Organization size
Pricing

Today's episode, we discuss a little more about these factors, and I provide an example of my own experience in the past where I was part of an organization that started off with a locally hosted EHR and switched to remote-hosting.

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243. Varied Experiences Leading to Pharmacy Informatics feat. Dr. Kwasi Agyeman

Thu, 28 Jan 2021 10:11:35 -0000

243. Varied Experiences Leading to Pharmacy Informatics feat. Dr. Kwasi Agyeman

Intended Audience: Everyone

Being mindful of the message your sending is key in getting to where you want to be!

Today's episode, originally recorded on September 14th, 2020, welcomes guest Dr. Kwasi Agyeman as he discusses his own career and how he landed into his pharmacy informatics position. He's gone through a vast amount of different types of roles to gain the experience needed to do his recent job the best way that he could.

On today's episode, he discusses:

Masters program in pharmacy informatics
How hospital and retail experiences helped him prepare for informatics
Providing value is a key trait
Being well-rounded can be a big benefit

If you'd like to contact Dr. Agyeman for any questions, visit his LinkedIn page at https://www.linkedin.com/in/kwasi-agyeman-73844932/

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242. Last Week in Health IT for January 25th, 2021

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 04:47:59 -0000

242. Last Week in Health IT for January 25th, 2021

Intended Audience: Everyone

Welcome to another episode of Last Week in Health IT where we talk about some of the significant Health IT-related news items that occurred in the past week.

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Throwback - Residency Trained IS Clinical Application Specialist feat. Dr. Christopher Lin

Wed, 20 Jan 2021 09:41:51 -0000

Throwback - Residency Trained IS Clinical Application Specialist feat. Dr. Christopher Lin

Intended Audience: Everyone

On today's throwback episode, we spoke with Dr. Christopher Lin who talked about his journey going through residency and getting trained to become a clinical application specialist. He discusses his journey through pharmacy school, PGY1, and PGY2 before getting into his role today, and he also shares what his day-to-day role includes, which can range from break/fixes and service requests to managing long-term projects.

You can contact Dr. Lin by email at chclin@llu.edu or on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopher-lin-a1366780/

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241. The Pharmacy Informatics Professor 2020 YouTube Series feat. Dr. Armen Simonian

Wed, 13 Jan 2021 09:57:49 -0000

241. The Pharmacy Informatics Professor 2020 YouTube Series featuring Dr. Armen Simonian

Intended Audience: Everyone

On today's episode, we have special returning guest Dr. Armen Simonian! He shares with us what he's been working on since the last time he was on, and discusses the goals that he has with his new YouTube series.

On this episode:

Dr. Simonian talks about his motivations in starting the YouTube series
He discusses the target audience and what to expect from his episodes
He gives a brief preview on one of his journal club episodes
How pharmacy informatics is important for any new pharmacy graduate

YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnNitcN8Ll_rCE6wIfhIYyg Contact: piprofessor20@gmail.com

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240. Top 10 Most Popular Episodes of 2020 of the Pharmacy, IT, & Me Podcast

Tue, 05 Jan 2021 09:18:18 -0000

240. Top 10 Most Popular Episodes of 2020 of the Pharmacy, IT, & Me Podcast

Intended Audience: Everyone

On today's first episode of 2021, we recap the top 10 most popular episodes of our podcast from 2020.

List:
Biomedical Informatics, Pharmacogenomics, & Academia
Becoming a Director of Pharmacy Support Services
From Medication Systems and Operations to Pharmacy Informatics Manager
What are Core Informatics Competencies
Why Master's in Healthcare Informatics?
The Difficult Reality of Pharmacy Informatics
A Journey of IT to Pharmacy to Clinical Informatics
Automation in Operational Safety and Efficiency: An Executive's Perspective
Data Analytics in Highlighting Pharmacist Value and Patient Care
Consulting Services from a Community and Pharmacy IT Background

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Throwback - Technology and Medication Safety feat. Dr. Sean O'Neill

Thu, 31 Dec 2020 19:32:00 -0000

Throwback - Technology and Medication Safety feat. Dr. Sean O'Neill

Intended Audience: Everyone

On today's throwback episode, we had the opportunity to speak with the co-founder and Chief Clinical Officer of Bainbridge Health, Dr. Sean O'Neill. Dr. O'Neill shares his journey through the residency and clinical route to get to where he is today, and he also shares what Bainbridge is doing to bridge the gap between medication safety and technology applications. Dr. O'Neill also provides some advice to those who are interested in making a leap to form their own company.

Bainbridge Health: https://bainbridgehealth.com/ Dr. Sean O'Neill: seanoneill@bainbridgehealth.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sean-o-neill-5ba39936/

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Throwback - Clinical Content for Consumer-Focused Technologies feat. Dr. Richard Waithe

Thu, 24 Dec 2020 23:12:52 -0000

Throwback - Clinical Content for Consumer-Focused Technologies feat. Dr. Richard Waithe

Intended Audience: Everyone

On today's throwback episode, we spoke with Dr. Richard Waithe on clinical content and consumer-focused technologies in the outpatient setting. Dr. Waithe is the president of VUCA Health and also the host of the RxRadio podcast.

To find out more about VUCA Health, visit http://www.vucahealth.com/ To check out RxRadio, visit https://www.rxradio.fm

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239. The AI Collective feat. Drs. Christy Cheung and Whitley Yi

Wed, 16 Dec 2020 09:54:15 -0000

239. The AI Collective feat. Drs. Christy Cheung and Whitley Yi

Intended Audience: Everyone

The AI Collective has launched! This new platform has been created by Drs. Christy Cheung and Whitley Yi to provide a roadmap on learning AI in healthcare. On today's episode, they both discuss about how they first met and found that there's a need for this as well as share their thoughts on the importance of pharmacists being at the table to decide how AI tools are going to be used.

To find out more about the AI Collective, visit http://www.aicollective.co

You can reach out to Dr. Whitley Yi at https://www.linkedin.com/in/whitley-yi/

You can reach out to Dr. Christy Cheung at https://www.linkedin.com/in/christyolcheung/

Dr. Cheung also has a blog for Digital Health that you can follow at http://thinkdh.co for the initial Roadmap to Learning AI that both Dr. Cheung and Dr. Yi worked on together.

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Throwback - Kit Check and Pharmacy Innovation feat. CEO Kevin MacDonald

Wed, 09 Dec 2020 08:43:51 -0000

Throwback - Kit Check and Pharmacy Innovation feat. CEO Kevin MacDonald

Intended Audience: Everyone

On today’s throwback episode, we were joined by very special guest, Co-Founder and CEO of Kit Check, Kevin MacDonald. He talks about what had inspired him to start Kit Check and what role Kit Check plays in medication intelligence. In addition, he shared some exciting projects in Bluesight analytics for drug diversion, a Sandoz RFID partnership, and a collaboration with the FDA to tackle the DSCSA.

Find out more about Kit Check and its products at http://www.kitcheck.com

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238. Research, Medication Safety, and Training the Next Generation feat. Dr. Kevin Fuji

Thu, 03 Dec 2020 10:06:37 -0000

Research, Medication Safety, and Training the Next Generation feat. Dr. Kevin Fuji

Intended Audience: Everyone

On today's episode of Pharmacy, IT, & Me, we speak with Dr. Kevin Fuji about his career in healthcare technology and informatics research as well as his academia role and ASHP role as Chair of Professional Development in the Section of Pharmacy Informatics and Technology.

Today's topics include: ✅ Personal Health Records, Patient Portals ✅ Key takeaways in training pharmacy students ✅ Medication safety and technology ✅ Dr. Fuji's role as ASHP SOPIT Chair of Professional Development

Thank you to Dr. Fuji for being on the podcast. It was really great hear from his unique perspective in research and academia on pharmacy and healthcare informatics!

To contact Dr. Fuji, you can email him at kfuji@creighton.edu

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237. A Reminder about Indexes in Databases

Wed, 02 Dec 2020 02:54:43 -0000

237. A Reminder about Indexes in Databases

Intended Audience: Newcomers to Pharmacy Informatics

Sometimes, even someone who's been working in the field for a while needs a reminder! Today, we talk about how indexes are important in efficient and fast queries in relational database models.

More info about database indexes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Database_index

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Throwback - Innovating Healthcare feat. Smit Patel

Thu, 26 Nov 2020 18:08:51 -0000

Throwback - Innovating Healthcare with Smit Patel

Intended Audience: Everyone

On today's throwback episode, we talk to pharmacy student Smit Patel in regards to what he's doing as a student with strong passion in innovative health technologies. He also discusses some really great strategies to position yourself in a way that will afford you new opportunities.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/smitpats/

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236. Last Week in Health IT for November 24th, 2020

Tue, 24 Nov 2020 21:13:27 -0000

Last Week in Health IT for November 24th, 2020

Intended Audience: Everyone

Welcome to another episode of Last Week in Health IT where we talk about some of the significant Health IT-related news items that occurred in the past week.

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235. Hospitals, Health Systems, & Vendors: The Many Roles of Informatics Pharmacists feat. Quyen Ly

Thu, 19 Nov 2020 09:54:01 -0000

Hospitals, Health Systems, & Vendors: The Many Roles of Informatics Pharmacists feat. Quyen Ly

Intended Audience: Everyone

The informatics pharmacist skillset is not just limited to the hospital setting!

On today's episode, we get to speak with very experienced pharmacist Quyen Ly on her career in the many facets of healthcare informatics. She discusses some of her lessons learned and how it is important to keep on being curious. Today's topics include:

How curiosity breeds larger roles
Her experience as an integration architect
The importance of project, portfolio, and code management
How an organization roadmap is important
What the vendor's side of pharmacy and healthcare informatics looks like

To reach out to Quyen for any further questions, you can visit her LinkedIn page: https://www.linkedin.com/in/quyen-x-ly/

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234. Last Week in Health IT for November 17th, 2020

Tue, 17 Nov 2020 19:57:14 -0000

Last Week in Health IT for November 17th, 2020

Intended Audience: Everyone

Welcome to another episode of Last Week in Health IT where we talk about some of the significant Health IT-related news items that occurred in the past week.

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Throwback - Pharmacy Informatics & Advanced Analytics feat. Dr. Vivek Trivedi

Thu, 12 Nov 2020 12:32:01 -0000

Throwback - Pharmacy Informatics & Advanced Analytics feat. Dr. Vivek Trivedi

Intended Audience: Everyone

On today's throwback episode, we speak with Dr. Vivek Trivedi regarding his role in the pharmacy informatics space and how he got into the role. His vast experience prepared him to be successful in the role and he shares some of his data-driven projects that extensively uses data analytics.

More about Dr. Trivedi:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vstrivedi/
Email: vtrivedi@ecommunity.com

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233. Last Week in Health IT for November 10th, 2020

Tue, 10 Nov 2020 23:48:14 -0000

233. Last Week in Health IT for November 10th, 2020

Intended Audience: Everyone

Welcome to another episode of Last Week in Health IT where we talk about some of the significant Health IT-related news items that occurred in the past week.

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232. What is DoseID? Featuring Kit Check CEO Kevin MacDonald

Wed, 04 Nov 2020 09:27:45 -0000

232. What is DoseID? Featuring Kit Check CEO Kevin MacDonald

Intended Audience: Currently Practicing Informatics Pharmacists

DoseID is a recently announced consortium made up of industry leaders and hospital systems with the goal of interoperability and tracking in the pharmacy supply chain world. Today, we had an opportunity to speak once again with Kit Check CEO Kevin MacDonald, as he shares the role that Kit Check plays in DoseID and the purpose and goals of the consortium.

Topics include:

Benefits of DoseID for hospitals, industry leaders, and more
The standardization process of RFID tags
The importance of interoperability
How to join DoseID and find more information

To find out more about DoseID, visit the website at www.doseid.com

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231. More Introductory Pharmacy Informatics Resources

Tue, 03 Nov 2020 19:56:23 -0000

231. More Introductory Pharmacy Informatics Resources

Intended Audience: Newcomers to Pharmacy Informatics

Today, we talk about some pharmacy informatics resources for newcomers to pharmacy informatics.

ASHP Pharmacy Informatics Certificate: http://elearning.ashp.org/products/7193/pharmacy-informatics-certificate-program
Pharmacy Informatics Academy Intro Course: https://pharmacyinformaticsacademy.com/courses/introductorycourse/
Partners in E: https://www.himss.org/partners-e
The Pharmacy Informatics Professor 2020 YouTube Page: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnNitcN8Ll_rCE6wIfhIYyg/featured

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Throwback - From Resident to Pharmacy Informaticist feat. Dr. Michelle Park

Thu, 29 Oct 2020 11:28:00 -0000

Throwback - From Resident to Pharmacy Informaticist feat. Dr. Michelle Park

Intended Audience: Everyone

On today's throwback episode, we get to speak with special guest Dr. Michelle Park, a currently practicing pharmacy applications analyst for one of the largest healthcare networks in the nation. She was the first pharmacy informatics PGY2 resident at Kaiser Downey in their program. Today's discussion includes her discussing her journey into the field and advice on how others can go either the residency route or the non-residency route towards pharmacy informatics.

If you have any other questions, you can email Dr. Park at michelle.anna.park@kp.org.

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230. The GUIDES Checklist

Wed, 28 Oct 2020 08:19:12 -0000

230. The GUIDES Checklist

Intended Audience: Newcomers to Pharmacy Informatics and Currently Practicing Pharmacy Informaticists

Today, we briefly go over the GUIDES Checklist, a CDC recommended resource on how to successfully implement clinical decision support (CDS) systems in healthcare.

For more detailed info on the GUIDES checklist, visit https://www.guidesproject.org/

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229. The Journey from Student to Resident to Informatics Pharmacist feat. Youtuber Dr. Brian Fung

Wed, 21 Oct 2020 07:58:08 -0000

229. The Journey from Student to Resident to Informatics Pharmacist feat. Youtuber Dr. Brian Fung

Intended Audience: Everyone

"A Journey of a Thousand Miles Begins with a Single Step." - Lao Tzu

On today's episode, I finally get to speak with my colleague and friend, Dr. Brian Fung, on his vast journey through pharmacy and into his current role as a medication management informaticist. Some of the topics of this episode include:

Early personal discovery of pharmacy informatics
Getting structured training through residency
Becoming a specialist in infectious disease informatics
The soft skills for success
The purpose of the ImproRx YouTube Channel

YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/brianfungrx
Reach out to Brian: https://forms.gle/GqkPLgHR1yLXMBU57
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bkfung/

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228. Pharmacy Week - 5 Things You Didn't Know Pharmacists Invented

Mon, 19 Oct 2020 05:06:28 -0000

228. Pharmacy Week - 5 Things You Didn't Know Pharmacists Invented

Intended Audience: Everyone

On today's episode, we kick of Pharmacy Week with five things you didn't know that pharmacists or people who have gone through pharmacy apprenticeships had a hand in:

Mascara
Coca Cola
Lightbulb
Margarine
Baby Formula

Happy Pharmacy Week and American Pharmacists Month!

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Network with other pharmacists at Pharmacists Connect!
http://pharmacistsconnect.com

For more information on pharmacy informatics, check out some of the following useful links:

ASHP's Section of Pharmacy Informatics and Technology: https://www.ashp.org/Pharmacy-Informaticist/Section-of-Pharmacy-Informatics-and-Technology/
HIMSS Pharmacy Informatics Community: https://www.himss.org/library/pharmacy-informatics

Disclaimer: Views expressed are my own and do not reflect thoughts and opinions of any entity with which I have been, am now, or will be affiliated.

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Throwback - Lean Six Sigma and Pharmacy Informatics feat. Dr. Jason Lam

Wed, 14 Oct 2020 12:39:42 -0000

Throwback - Lean Six Sigma and Pharmacy Informatics feat. Dr. Jason Lam

Intended Audience: Everyone

On today's throwback episode, we have the opportunity to interview Dr. Jason Lam, CSSBB, PharmD, FCPhA, FCSHP, on how he got into the field of pharmacy informatics. In addition, he discusses how Lean Six Sigma relates to pharmacy informatics and process improvement. Dr. Lam provides sound advice on how to position yourself to be successful in the pharmacy informatics space.

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Website: Pharmacy IT & Me
Email: tony@pharmacyitme.com
Follow Tony's personal Twitter account at @tonydaopharmd

Network with other pharmacists at Pharmacists Connect!
http://pharmacistsconnect.com

For more information on pharmacy informatics, check out some of the following useful links:

ASHP's Section of Pharmacy Informatics and Technology: https://www.ashp.org/Pharmacy-Informaticist/Section-of-Pharmacy-Informatics-and-Technology/
HIMSS Pharmacy Informatics Community: https://www.himss.org/library/pharmacy-informatics

Disclaimer: Views expressed are my own and do not reflect thoughts and opinions of any entity with which I have been, am now, or will be affiliated.

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227. Last Week in Health IT for October 12th, 2020

Mon, 12 Oct 2020 23:22:46 -0000

227. Last Week in Health IT for October 12th, 2020

Intended Audience: Everyone

Welcome to another episode of Last Week in Health IT where we talk about some of the significant Health IT-related news items that occurred in the past week.

Article about Epic and COVID-19: https://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/judy-faulkner-talks-lessons-learned-epics-covid-19-response

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226. Going International with Healthcare Informatics Consulting feat. Dr. Allie D. Woods

Thu, 08 Oct 2020 09:12:57 -0000

226. Going International with Healthcare Informatics Consulting feat. Dr. Allie D. Woods

Intended Audience: Everyone

Is pharmacy informatics different in Europe? Check out today's episode to find out! ✈️

Today, we speak with Dr. Allie D. Woods, a pharmacist currently practicing as a senior healthcare IT consultant in Europe. Dr. Woods received her training in the United States and was heavily involved in advancing the profession here before she made a life decision to move to Europe for her current roles.

Today, she speaks about: ✅Her previous training in the U.S. ✅The differences in pharmacy practice in European countries ✅How she leveraged her skillset to succeed outside of the U.S.

You can reach out to Dr. Woods via her LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/allie-d-woods-3b0b4462/

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225. Announcement: Pharmacy Informatics Academy FREE Course

Mon, 05 Oct 2020 07:50:36 -0000

225. Announcement: Pharmacy Informatics Academy FREE Course

Today marks the launch of the Pharmacy Informatics Academy's FREE introduction to pharmacy informatics course.

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Throwback - Oncology Research Pharmacy feat. Dr. David Chu

Wed, 30 Sep 2020 12:36:32 -0000

Throwback - Oncology Research Pharmacy feat. Dr. David Chu

Intended Audience: Everyone

Today's throwback episode is actually a rebroadcast of the Orange County Pharmacists Association podcast where Dr. David Chu was interviewed about his role as a clinical research pharmacist. Dr. Chu also had informatics rotations during his residency.

In addition to his journey to become a clinical research pharmacist, he discusses how he learned that pharmacy informatics impacts his practice. Though not an informatics pharmacist, the concepts of data analytics and order set builds continue to be part of his role in clinical research.

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224. Why Use 340B Splitter Software?

Tue, 29 Sep 2020 19:49:04 -0000

224. Why Use 340B Splitter Software?

Intended Audience: Newcomers to Pharmacy Informatics

The 340B Drug Discount Program is a complicated program that's been around since the early 90's. With all the requirements and regulations, it becomes necessary to find ways to track the medications in order to meet regulations. 340B splitter software helps organizations with this challenge. Today, we talk about why we should use it, some of the challenges of using them, and what to look for when choosing a vendor.

More info about 340B Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/340B_Drug_Pricing_Program HRSA: https://www.hrsa.gov/opa/index.html

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223. Last Week in Healthcare IT for September 26th, 2020

Sat, 26 Sep 2020 09:04:42 -0000

223. Last Week in Healthcare IT for September 26th, 2020

Intended Audience: Everyone

Welcome to another episode of Last Week in Health IT where we talk about some of the significant Health IT-related news items that occurred in the past week.

Article on Social Informatics: https://academic.oup.com/jamia/advance-article/doi/10.1093/jamia/ocaa175/5907049

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222. CPhA's Digital Health Conference (DHX Virtual 2020) feat. Dr. Risa Vatanka

Wed, 23 Sep 2020 07:54:12 -0000

222. CPhA's Digital Health Conference (DHX Virtual 2020) feat. Dr. Risa Vatanka

Intended Audience: Everyone

The technology is available, so let's use it to design pharmacy's future together!

On today's episode, we speak with DHX Virtual Chair, Dr. Risa Vatanka, about how digital health and technologies have been exponentially catalyzed during the pandemic. In addition, much more of this discussion will be continued during the upcoming DHX Virtual conference where over 45 speakers will be present.

The DHX Virtual 2020 conference will be held on October 2-4, 2020. You'll have the opportunity to:

Network and Discover
Learn and Engage
Tour the Digital Health Virtual Exhibits

The conference will be using the Hopin platform that will promote a networking-focused experience that promotes collaboration and discussion.

Tony Dao, host of the Pharmacy, IT, & Me podcast and co-founder of Pharmacy Informatics Academy will also be participating with the "Pharmacists Paving New Paths" section of the conference.

To find out more about DHX Virtual 2020, visit https://digitalhealthcpha.com/dhx-virtual/

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221. Why Do I Need to Track Project Time?

Tue, 22 Sep 2020 07:49:53 -0000

221. Why Do I Need to Track Project Time?

Intended Audience: Everyone

When working in pharmacy informatics, you may be asked to work on multiple projects. Sometimes, that comes with logging your specific time spent on those projects. This feels like double documenting, but why is this important? Today, we discuss this a little bit more.

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220. From Administration to Director of Pharmacy Information Systems feat. Dr. Barry McClain

Thu, 17 Sep 2020 09:12:07 -0000

220. From Administration to Director of Pharmacy Information Systems feat. Dr. Barry McClain

Intended Audience: Everyone

You never know what can spark your inspiration for the next step in your career. 💡

On today's episode, I was honored to have special guest Dr. Barry McClain share his story on how he got into his role as the Director of Pharmacy Information Systems at Advocate Aurora. I enjoyed hearing his story of his early days and how his administrative residency eventually sparked his interest to pursue pharmacy informatics as a career path. He also shares some stories about his most memorable moments in his career thus far.

Thank you so much Dr. McClain for being on the podcast!

You can reach out to Dr. McClain at his LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/barry-mcclain-a2081825/

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219. Who's Arden? Arden Syntax in Medical Logic Modules

Tue, 15 Sep 2020 17:47:25 -0000

219. Who's Arden? Arden Syntax in Medical Logic Modules

Intended Audience: Newcomers to Pharmacy Informatics

Have you heard of Arden? Today's episode we talk about the Arden Syntax standard and how it's used in Medical Logic Modules, or MLMs. Arden Syntax is used in a number of EHRs today, but it's not used in all of them. For some EHRs, the Arden Syntax structure is embraced because of how organized it is, but the actual syntax is not followed.

For more information about Arden Syntax, check out the following links: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/325997146_Achieving_Interoperability_Between_Arden-Syntax-Based_Clinical_Decision_Support_and_openEHR-Based_Data_Systems https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4419950/ https://www.hl7.org/implement/standards/product_brief.cfm?product_id=2

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218. Last Week in Health IT for September 11th, 2020

Fri, 11 Sep 2020 12:13:22 -0000

218. Last Week in Health IT for September 11th, 2020

Intended Audience: Everyone

Welcome to another episode of Last Week in Health IT where we talk about some of the significant Health IT-related news items that occurred in the past week.

New to LinkedIn and don't know where to start? Download Tony's FREE LinkedIn eBook at www.tonydaopharmd.com/#ebook
Follow us on social media!
Twitter: @pharmacyitme
Instagram: @pharmacyinformatics
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/pharmacyitme/
Website: Pharmacy IT & Me
Email: tony@pharmacyitme.com
Follow Tony's personal Twitter account at @tonydaopharmd

Network with other pharmacists at Pharmacists Connect!
http://pharmacistsconnect.com

For more information on pharmacy informatics, check out some of the following useful links:

ASHP's Section of Pharmacy Informatics and Technology: https://www.ashp.org/Pharmacy-Informaticist/Section-of-Pharmacy-Informatics-and-Technology/
HIMSS Pharmacy Informatics Community: https://www.himss.org/library/pharmacy-informatics

Disclaimer: Views expressed are my own and do not reflect thoughts and opinions of any entity with which I have been, am now, or will be affiliated.

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Throwback - Longitudinal PGY2 Pharmacy Residency feat. Dr. Anthony Vo

Wed, 09 Sep 2020 12:29:35 -0000

Throwback - Longitudinal PGY2 Pharmacy Residency feat. Dr. Anthony Vo

Intended Audience: Everyone

On today's throwback episode, we speak with Dr. Anthony Vo, who at the time of recording was completing his residency in pharmacy informatics. He goes over different topics regarding the residency program's longitudinal nature and skills he picked up to be successful.

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217. Pharmacists are Integral Players in Consumer-Focused Digital Health

Mon, 07 Sep 2020 20:48:57 -0000

217. Pharmacists are Integral Players in Consumer-Focused Digital Health

Intended Audience: Newcomers to Pharmacy Informatics and Digital Health

Today's episode is an audio reading of an article Tony wrote for CPhA's Digital Health Corner for August 2020.

To read the article, visit https://digitalhealthcpha.com/2020/08/pharmacists-are-integral-players-in-consumer-focused-digital-health/

New to LinkedIn and don't know where to start? Download Tony's FREE, no-strings-attached eBook, "Professional Networking Unlocked", at https://tonydaopharmd.com/#ebook
Follow us on social media!
Twitter: @pharmacyitme
Instagram: @pharmacyinformatics
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/pharmacyitme/
Website: Pharmacy IT & Me
Email: tony@pharmacyitme.com
Follow Tony's personal Twitter account at @tonydaopharmd

Network with other pharmacists at Pharmacists Connect!
http://pharmacistsconnect.com

For more information on pharmacy informatics, check out some of the following useful links:

ASHP's Section of Pharmacy Informatics and Technology: https://www.ashp.org/Pharmacy-Informaticist/Section-of-Pharmacy-Informatics-and-Technology/
HIMSS Pharmacy Informatics Community: https://www.himss.org/library/pharmacy-informatics

Disclaimer: Views expressed are my own and do not reflect thoughts and opinions of any entity with which I have been, am now, or will be affiliated.

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216. A Chief Pharmacy Officer's Perspective & The Autonomous Pharmacy Framework feat. Dr. Christopher Fortier

Thu, 03 Sep 2020 04:28:02 -0000

216. A Chief Pharmacy Officer's Perspective & The Autonomous Pharmacy Framework feat. Dr. Christopher Fortier

Intended Audience: Everyone

How can we use technology to innovate pharmacy practice and push the profession forward?

That is the primary question we answer in today's episode with special guest Dr. Christopher Fortier. Dr. Fortier is a Chief Pharmacy Officer and also involved with The Autonomous Pharmacy Framework. Today's episode contains discussions about pushing our profession forward with technology, how relationships are important in professional development, and how mentorship is key to success.

For more information on the Autonomous Pharmacy Framework, visit http://www.autonomouspharmacy.com/
If you have any questions for Dr. Fortier, you can reach him at CFORTIER@partners.org

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215. AI-Assisted EHR Documentation an Human Oversight

Tue, 01 Sep 2020 09:07:12 -0000

215. AI-Assisted EHR Documentation an Human Oversight

Intended Audience: Newcomers to Informatics

Recently, JAMIA published an article that discusses how AI can be used in documentation assistants to improve provider efficiency/workflows. Today's episode briefly goes over the article and we talk a little but about how human oversight is still needed until AI tools provide a confident level of reliability.

Journal article: https://academic.oup.com/jamia/advance-article/doi/10.1093/jamia/ocaa131/5897463?

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Throwback - Project Managing, Business, & Informatics feat. Pharmacist Alicia Williams

Fri, 28 Aug 2020 07:32:46 -0000

Throwback - Project Managing, Business, & Informatics feat. Pharmacist Alicia Williams

Intended Audience: Everyone

On today's throwback episode we speak with Alicia Williams, a pharmacist who's made her career unique with her experiences in IT, informatics, business, inpatient, consulting, and more! She shares her story and also provides some great advice on what others can do to get into the pharmacy informatics space. You can reach out to her at awilliams@fullsighthealth.com for any additional questions.

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214. What Did I Do In My Early Career in Informatics?

Wed, 26 Aug 2020 17:28:18 -0000

214. What Did I Do In My Early Career in Informatics?

Intended Audience: Newcomers to Pharmacy Informatics

A question that I get a lot of is what did I do in my early career in pharmacy informatics. Though I can't tell you the surefire steps to a successful informatics career, I can share you what my early steps are when I started. In this episode, I talk about:

Volunteering for projects
Learning the medication use process
Connecting and maintaining relationships
Joining groups that promote networking
Be open to opportunities
Keeping your CV updated
Continually learn
Continually expand your network

Again, these are my steps and they may work with some more than others. I hope this helps.

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213. Evolving from Pharmacy Technician to Implementation Consultant feat. Amanda McDowell

Thu, 20 Aug 2020 07:03:09 -0000

213. Evolving from Pharmacy Technician to Implementation Consultant feat. Amanda McDowell

Intended Audience: Everyone

If you have the drive, you can accomplish great things!

On today's episode, we speak with pharmacy implementation consultant Amanda McDowell on what her role is in the pharmacy technology space. Amanda has been trained as a pharmacy technician and has been able to pave a road towards her role today as an implementation consultant.

Topics on today's episode:
Being a retail pharmacy technician
The role of an automation pharmacy technician
Moving from pharmacy technician to pharmacy informatics specialist
Transferable skills

To reach out to Amanda, check out her LinkedIn profile at https://www.linkedin.com/in/amanda-mcdowell-6862b179/

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212. Last Week in Health IT for August 18th, 2020

Tue, 18 Aug 2020 11:14:58 -0000

212. Last Week in Health IT for August 18th, 2020

Intended Audience: Everyone

Welcome to another episode of Last Week in Health IT where we talk about some of the significant Health IT-related news items that occurred in the past week.

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Throwback - Academia, Residency, Master's Program, and Blockchain feat. Dr. Beth Breeden

Thu, 13 Aug 2020 20:35:20 -0000

Throwback - Academia, Residency, Master's Program, and Blockchain feat. Dr. Beth Breeden

Intended Audience: Everyone

On today's throwback episode, we spoke with Dr. Elizabeth Breeden on many facets of pharmacy informatics. Dr. Breeden is faculty at Lipscomb University and involved in the PGY2 pharmacy informatics residency program and the Master’s program in Health Care Informatics. She also discusses blockchain and its implications in pharmacy informatics in the coming years.

More info: Email: healthcareinformatics@lipscomb.edu Lipscomb University: https://www.lipscomb.edu/academics/programs/health-care-informatics Publications by Dr. Breeden: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Breeden%20EA%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=true&cauthoruid=27121611 Publications by Dr. Kevin Clauson: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Clauson%20KA%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=true&cauthoruid=27121611 IBM Blockchain: https://www.ibm.com/blockchain Hashed Health: https://hashedhealth.com/ Synaptic Health Alliance: https://www.synaptichealthalliance.com/

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211. Why Don't We All Use These Technology Tools?

Tue, 11 Aug 2020 05:17:54 -0000

211. Why Don't We All Use These Technology Tools?

Intended Audience: Everyone

We have all these technology and informatics tools that can improve patient care and reduce medication errors... so why don't we use them? Today's episode we will go over a few reasons why not everyone is adopting all these tools right now.

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210. A Journey from Residency to Director of Medication Systems and Informatics feat. Dr. David Aguero

Thu, 06 Aug 2020 05:52:16 -0000

210. A Journey from Residency to Director of Medication Systems and Informatics feat. Dr. David Aguero

Intended Audience: Everyone

"I never lose. I either win or learn." - Nelson Mandela

On today's episode, we had the opportunity to speak with special guest Dr. David Aguero about his journey into informatics. He successfully completed a pharmacy residency program focused on medication use systems before embarking on an operational role, then eventually landing him in his role today as Director of Medication Systems and Informatics. On this episode, he discusses:

His unique residency experiences Applying what he learned to his current role The importance of mentorship Networking and the grit to keep on trying

If you'd like to reach out to Dr. Aguero, you can contact him at his LinkedIn page: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidaguero/

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209. Interactive Gaming and Health Technology

Tue, 04 Aug 2020 20:59:42 -0000

209. Interactive Gaming and Health Technology

Intended Audience: Everyone

Video games have come a long way, and what used to be something with a reputation of making people unhealthy is now being used to catalyze people into engaging in their own health. Today's episode, we talk about an example of where we can be in the future, integrating video games with BAN technologies and dietary analysis.

Check out this article that talks about how video games can have a role in improving health outcomes: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3391574/

Another great piece of journalism on how video games have changed over time and move towards health outcomes: https://medcitynews.com/2019/05/from-joke-hour-to-digital-therapeutics-an-evolution-of-gaming-in-healthcare/

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Throwback - Digital Health and Pharmacogenetics Perspectives feat. Dr. Christy Cheung

Fri, 31 Jul 2020 22:06:51 -0000

Throwback - Digital Health and Pharmacogenetics Perspectives feat. Dr. Christy Cheung

Intended Audience: Everyone

On today's throwback episode, we speak with Dr. Christy Cheung on today’s episode about her perspectives on digital health, pharmacogenetics, the use of technology in healthcare, and much more! In addition, Christy also shares her digital health blog called Think Digital Health. To reach her blog, visit http://www.thinkdh.co. You can also reach Christy on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/christyolcheung/

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208. Pharmacy IT Tools and Specialty Pharmacy

Tue, 28 Jul 2020 08:13:52 -0000

208. Pharmacy IT Tools and Specialty Pharmacy

**Intended Audience: Newcomers to Pharmacy Informatics **

On today's episode, we talk about specialty pharmacy and how complicated it can be with URAC accreditation. Pharmacy IT and informatics software applications can help ease this process by making the information trackable and reportable, as well as integrating patient engagement tools.

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207. The Geospatial Pharmacist and Patient Advocate feat. Dr. Jing Wu

Thu, 23 Jul 2020 09:44:32 -0000

207. The Geospatial Pharmacist and Patient Advocate feat. Dr. Jing Wu

Intended Audience: Everyone

🗺️📍 Environments, zip codes, and locations are DIRECTLY related to health outcomes. 💊🚑

How do we USE this information? 📊

On today’s episode, we had the opportunity to speak with Dr. Jing Wu on her role at Esri as an account executive for GIS and its relation to public health. This is an exciting new and VERY niche field that leverages location information analytics to identify opportunities for improvement in patient care and public health. Not only that, but GIS can also assist in shaping care access strategies to ensure public access to the necessary healthcare services in the various spaces.

In this episode, Dr. Wu discusses:
✅ What is GIS (Geospatial Information Systems)
✅ Use cases of GIS in healthcare (i.e. addressing the opioid epidemic)
✅ How pharmacists are important in analyzing GIS data and finding ways to strategically apply it

In addition, Dr. Jing Wu also shares some of her work in being a passionate patient advocate. Dr. Wu’s personal journey fuels much of her passion in what she does to ensure patients, survivors, and caregivers have access to support, guidance, assistance, and much more through her non-profit work at The MindReset. 🙏

If you have any questions for Dr. Wu regarding GIS, please email her at jwu@esri.com If you have any questions for Dr. Wu regarding patient advocacy, please email her at jing.wu@themindreset.com

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206. Syndromic Surveillance Systems: A Brief Intro

Tue, 21 Jul 2020 20:15:04 -0000

206. Syndromic Surveillance Systems: A Brief Intro

Intended Audience: Everyone

Syndromic surveillance systems are a type of informatics-based tool that is used in public health to assist with outbreak detection and early disease signs. It uses a lot of information aggregated from disparate sources to detect patterns and trends. Today's episode is a brief introduction to the topic, but more information can be found at https://www.cdc.gov/nssp/index.html

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Throwback - Getting Specialized - PGY 2 Residency feat. Dr. Diana Schreier

Thu, 16 Jul 2020 07:37:45 -0000

Throwback - Getting Specialized - PGY 2 Residency feat. Dr. Diana Schreier

Intended Audience: Everyone

On today’s throwback episode, we spoke with Dr. Diana Schreier on her experience with going through a PGY1 program and eventually working her way through completing her PGY2 program in pharmacy informatics. She also discusses how having an MBA was very useful for her pathway, and she provides some important suggestions to those looking to get into informatics.

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Announcement: Pharmacy Informatics Academy Intro Course Coming Soon

Tue, 14 Jul 2020 07:41:45 -0000

Announcement: Pharmacy Informatics Academy Intro Course Coming Soon

Intended Audience: Everyone

I'm excited to announce that my colleagues and I at Pharmacy Informatics Academy have been hard at work at a high-level introductory FREE course on an introduction to pharmacy informatics. We'll let you know when the course is fully available soon! For more information, check out www.pharmacyinformaticsacademy.com

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204. Last Week in Health IT for July 10th, 2020

Fri, 10 Jul 2020 07:58:12 -0000

204. Last Week in Health IT for July 10th, 2020

Intended Audience: Everyone

Welcome to another episode of Last Week in Health IT where we talk about some of the significant Health IT-related news items that occurred in the past week.

CMS Guidance on eCQM for Telehealth: https://ecqi.healthit.gov/sites/default/files/2021-eCQM-Telehealth-Guidance-Document_0.pdf

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203. Being a Team Player is the Key to Success feat. Dr. Matthew Hiott

Wed, 08 Jul 2020 07:58:19 -0000

203. Being a Team Player is the Key to Success feat. Dr. Matthew Hiott

Intended Audience: Everyone

Dr. Matthew Hiott spent his early career in the community and specialty settings before taking a deep dive into the pharmacy informatics field. Still new to the field, Dr. Hiott shares his story on how he got to where he is today and how being someone who's easy to work with has been instrumental in being successful. Kindness goes a long way, and so does hard work and passion.

To reach out to Dr. Hiott, visit his LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-hiott-a7b187133/

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202. Making a Case for CASE Tools

Mon, 06 Jul 2020 17:59:29 -0000

202. Making a Case for CASE Tools

Intended Audience: Newcomers to Pharmacy Informatics

CASE tools, or computer-aided software engineering tools, are useful in keeping SDLC processes consistent and standardized. Today, we briefly go over some of these tools, what they're used for, and their roles in the SDLC process.

More information: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer-aided_software_engineering https://www.w3computing.com/systemsanalysis/using-case-tools/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/computer-science/computer-aided-software-engineering

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Throwback - From Pharmacy Technician to Pharmacy IT feat. Walter Hopgood

Thu, 02 Jul 2020 07:30:14 -0000

Throwback - From Pharmacy Technician to Pharmacy IT feat. Walter Hopgood

Intended Audience: Everyone

On today's throwback episode, we revisit the time we had pharmacy IT consultant Walter Hopgood on the show. He shares his story on how his experience as a pharmacy technician allowed him the opportunity to move towards healthcare IT with a pharmacy focus. Walter specializes in pharmacy solutions and oncology EHR.

You can reach him through his LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/walter-hopgood-236a997/

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Throwback - A Pharmacist & Data Science Analyst feat. Dr. Dalton Fabian

Fri, 26 Jun 2020 20:51:20 -0000

Throwback - A Pharmacist & Data Science Analyst feat. Dr. Dalton Fabian

Intended Audience: Everyone

On today’s throwback episode, we get to speak with Dr. Dalton Fabian on his unique pharmacist role at My Diabetes Home, and he expands on his passion for data science and its impacts on pharmacy and healthcare delivery.

Additional links: Pharmacist Slack: https://pharmacistsconnect.com Datacamp: https://www.datacamp.com Dalton Fabian’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daltonfabian/ Email: dalton.s.fabian@gmail.com

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201. Just a Few Go-Live Strategies

Tue, 23 Jun 2020 19:16:31 -0000

201. Just a Few Go-Live Strategies

Intended Audience: Currently practicing informaticists and newcomers to the field

Go-lives are always challenging and you always come out of it with lessons learned. Today, I share some of my own experiences with what has worked for go-lives I've been part of. Some topics I mention are:

Centralizing education in an easily retrievable location
Creating a clear structure/flow for endusers to call in or log issues
Providing clear expectations on issue resolution
Being transparent and clear on communication
Having internal team huddles on a daily or weekly basis

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200. The Difficult Reality of Pharmacy Informatics

Wed, 17 Jun 2020 07:13:41 -0000

200. The Difficult Reality of Pharmacy Informatics

Intended Audience: Everyone

💻❓Pharmacy Informatics.... are you sure this is the lifestyle you want?❓💻

One of the major misconceptions about pharmacy informatics is that it's an easy field to get into and the job itself is not as stressful as traditional roles in pharmacy. This is not true. The difficult reality is that roles in pharmacy informatics are fewer than traditional roles and there may be more responsibilities that expected.

On today's episode, we talk about how:

💡 Pharmacy informatics is a niche field.
💡 You need the right motivation.
💡 You need to master the art of time management.
💡 You can't just jump into pharmacy informatics without experience.
💡 You need to adapt quickly and often.
💡 If you are truly passionate about pharmacy informatics, you need to HUSTLE

Transcript for this episode can be found as a blog post at the Pharmacy Informatics Academy: https://pharmacyinformaticsacademy.com/2020/06/17/the-difficult-reality-of-pharmacy-informatics/

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199. Dynamic System Development Method

Mon, 15 Jun 2020 08:35:43 -0000

199. Dynamic System Development Method

Intended Audience: Newcomers to Pharmacy Informatics

Another method in the SDLC pool of methodologies is the Dynamic System Development Method. Today, we go into the high-level overview of it as well as the 5 project phases.

More info on DSDM can be found at various places online: https://www.agilebusiness.org/page/whatisdsdm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_systems_development_method https://www.solutionsiq.com/agile-glossary/dynamic-systems-development-method-dsdm

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Throwback - Why Master's in Healthcare Informatics? Feat. Dr. Kendall Cortelyou-Ward

Thu, 11 Jun 2020 05:57:57 -0000

Throwback - Why Master's in Healthcare Informatics? Feat. Dr. Kendall Cortelyou-Ward

Intended Audience: Everyone

Were you curious about a Master's degree in Healthcare Informatics? It's not for everyone, but hopefully today's throwback episode gives you some context to make an informed decision.

On today’s throwback episode, we speak with the Program Director from UCF’s Master’s Degree in Health Care Informatics, Dr. Kendall Cortelyou-Ward, PhD. She discusses the importance of healthcare informatics and the benefits of what this degree program can add to a pharmacist’s career. To find out more about the program, you can contact Dr. Cortelyou-Ward at kendall.c.ward@ucf.edu.

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198. Last Week in Health IT for June 9th, 2020

Tue, 09 Jun 2020 21:59:22 -0000

198. Last Week in Health IT for June 9th, 2020

Intended Audience: Everyone

Welcome to another episode of Last Week in Health IT where we talk about some of the significant Health IT-related news items that occurred in the past week.

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197. Automation in Operational Safety and Efficiency: An Executive's Perspective feat. Dr. Rita Jew

Thu, 04 Jun 2020 11:36:50 -0000

197. Automation in Operational Safety & Efficiency: An Executive's Perspective feat. Dr. Rita Jew

Intended Audience: Everyone

On today's episode, we're very excited to speak with nationally recognized pharmacy executive, Dr. Rita Jew, on her experience and thoughts on operational efficiency and safety with the use of automation and healthcare technology. She's been part of a number of innovative implementations in the hospital systems setting and discusses how important it is to use these technology tools to ultimately improve patient care.

Some of the topics of today's episode include:

Automation and its implications in pharmacy workflows
Lean concepts and its importance for projects
Failure mode & effects analysis (FMEA) and its importance in project reviews
Getting your food in the door with pharmacy informatics and technology

If you have any questions, you can reach out to Dr. Jew at ritajew90@gmail.com

Her LinkedIn is at https://www.linkedin.com/in/rita-jew-aba52612/

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196. Let's Get Object-Oriented

Mon, 01 Jun 2020 11:02:16 -0000

196. Let's Get Object-Oriented

Intended Audience: Those Interested in Project Implementations

We've previously discussed the waterfall model and the rapid prototyping model in the systems development life cycle. Today, we go to the next model on the list, the OOSD which is the object-oriented systems development. We discuss in a high-level overview the definitions of classes, objects, attributes, and interactions as well as go through the basic steps of OOSD:

Investigating how OOSD can address business needs
Determining user requirements
Designing the system
Programming or modifying object modeling
Implementation
Testing
Modifying
Implementation
Regular reviews and modifications

For more information on OOSD, check out the following resources:
https://javajee.com/introduction-to-object-oriented-systems-development
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/07399019008968364?journalCode=uism19
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0065245808605951

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Throwback - Pharmacy Informatics Residency & Education feat. Dr. Denis Kitayama

Tue, 26 May 2020 11:28:54 -0000

Throwback - Pharmacy Informatics Residency & Education feat. Dr. Denis Kitayama

Intended Audience: Everyone

On today’s throwback episode, we get to interview Dr. Denis Kitayama of Kaiser Permanente on his role as a pharmacy project manager and residency program coordinator for the PGY2 pharmacy informatics program at Kaiser Downey. He also discusses his experience in the past with startups and consulting.

If you’d like to contact Dr. Kitayama for further questions about his career or the Kaiser informatics program, you can find him at his LinkedIn page at https://www.linkedin.com/in/denis-kitayama-15406498/

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195. Rapid Prototyping is RAD

Mon, 25 May 2020 21:47:11 -0000

195. Rapid Prototyping is RAD

Intended Audience: Everyone

Rapid prototyping is a method that's used in systems development that falls under a rapid timeline. It is user-focused and heavily relies on prototyping and user feedback. Today's discussion goes over a high-level overview of rapid prototyping.

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194. Journeying into Digital Health, Innovation, & Strategic Advising feat Julie Fishman, RPh, MPA

Thu, 21 May 2020 08:12:00 -0000

194. Journeying into Digital Health, Innovation, & Strategic Advising feat Julie Fishman, RPh, MPA

Intended Audience: Everyone

On today's episode, we get to speak with Julie Fishman, RPh, MPA on her journey into digital health and therapeutics. She discusses her unique journey into the field and useful information for those interested in the field. Listen in on this episode as she discusses:

💻Digital Health 💊 Digital Therapeutics 👩‍⚕️ Patient Journey Framework

To reach out to Julie, visit her LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/julie-fishman-rph-mpa/

More resources on digital health: https://dtxalliance.org/ https://www.dimesociety.org/

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193. Last Week in Health IT for May 18th, 2020

Mon, 18 May 2020 17:51:52 -0000

193. Last Week in Health IT for May 18th, 2020

Intended Audience: Everyone

Welcome to another episode of Last Week in Health IT where we talk about some of the significant Health IT-related news items that occurred in the past week.

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Throwback - Pharmacy Informatics in Long Term Care feat. Becky Agar

Wed, 13 May 2020 07:25:11 -0000

Throwback - Pharmacy Informatics in Long Term Care feat. Becky Agar

Intended Audience: Everyone

On this throwback episode, we get to speak with Becky Agar, Vice President of Hogan Pharmacy Partners, on her pathway from community pharmacist to long term care pharmacy informatics. She discusses interesting topics of bringing inpatient technologies into the long term care setting and provides great advice for students getting into the field.

To find out more about Hogan Pharmacy Partners, visit https://www.hoganpharmacypartners.com/ To reach Becky on LinkedIn, visit https://www.linkedin.com/in/becky-agar-39a4b941/ To reach Becky on Twitter, visit https://twitter.com/bexrx

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192. SDLC and the Waterfall Model

Mon, 11 May 2020 20:24:55 -0000

192. SDLC and the Waterfall Model

Intended Audience: Newcomers to pharmacy informatics

We have previously spoken about the SDLC (Systems Development Life Cycle) and today we'll be speaking about one of the older models used in SDLC called the Waterfall Model. You can find more information on the Waterfall Model at https://www.tutorialspoint.com/sdlc/sdlc_waterfall_model.htm

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Throwback - Directing Informatics Projects feat. Dr. Marie-Elsie Ade

Wed, 06 May 2020 09:32:54 -0000

Throwback - Directing Informatics Projects feat. Dr. Marie-Elsie Ade

Intended Audience: Everyone

On today’s throwback episode, we interview Dr. Marie-Elsie Ade on her experience in teaching, being a pharmacy informaticist, directing pharmacy projects, and being a director of pharmacy! She also provides advice on different avenues for pharmacists to take in navigating towards pharmacy informatics.

You can reach Dr. Ade at her LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marie-elsie-ade-6543064/

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191. What is Cognitive Informatics and Why It's Important in Healthcare

Mon, 04 May 2020 11:10:39 -0000

191. What is Cognitive Informatics and Why It's Important in Healthcare

Intended Audience: Newcomers to Pharmacy Informatics

Cognitive informatics is an important aspect of informatics that focuses on the way people think and how a computer processes information. Part of cognitive informatics is artificial intelligence, which you can find more information at https://pharmacyinformaticsacademy.com/2020/04/30/artificial-intelligence-education-roadmap/

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190. A Storied Career in Innovation & Pharmacy Informatics feat. Dr. Dennis Tribble

Wed, 29 Apr 2020 09:13:04 -0000

190. A Storied Career in Innovation & Pharmacy Informatics feat. Dr. Dennis Tribble

Intended Audience: Everyone

On today's episode, we are so honored to have Dr. Dennis Tribble be on the show to share his vast amounts of experience and his long journey from clinical pharmacy to pharmacy informatics in industry and innovation. Dr. Tribble continues to teach pharmacy informatics to the future of pharmacy informaticists alongside his role as an innovation leader.

If you have any questions or comments, you can reach Dr. Tribble at datdoc@aol.com

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189. Telehealth and Pharmacy Services During COVID-19

Mon, 27 Apr 2020 11:06:24 -0000

189. Telehealth and Pharmacy Services During COVID-19

Intended Audience: Everyone

Today's episode is a narration of the an article that I wrote for CPhA's Digital Health Corner regarding telehealth in the time of COVID-19.

Full article found here: https://cpha.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/DigitalHealth_TelehealthCOVID19.pdf

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Throwback - Informatics in Pharmacogenetics feat. Andrea Paterson

Wed, 22 Apr 2020 11:58:12 -0000

Throwback - Informatics in Pharmacogenetics feat. Andrea Paterson

Intended Audience: Everyone

On today's throwback episode, Pharmacy, IT, & Me goes international! We interview special guest, Canadian Pharmacist Andrea Paterson, on her role in the pharmacogenetics world and how informatics and technology play into algorithm development for precision prescribing. She provides great insight into what it means to be a pharmacist at a software development company and also provides some advice to pharmacy students or pharmacists who would like to pursue a nontraditional route.

If you’d like to contact Andrea, visit her LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrea-paterson-rph/. If you’d like to learn more about GenXys, please visit http://www.genxys.com.

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188. Drug Diversion Monitoring Software: What Are They?

Mon, 20 Apr 2020 11:02:07 -0000

188. Drug Diversion Monitoring Software: What Are They?

Intended Audience: Newcomers to Pharmacy Informatics

Drug diversion is a constant problem in many large organizations. Using electronic drug diversion monitoring software can help with identify potential diversion before they occur.

Check out https://klasresearch.com/compare/drug-diversion-monitoring/365 for a list of some drug diversion monitoring software.

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Throwback - From Experience to Academia feat. Dr. Armen Simonian

Wed, 15 Apr 2020 05:32:34 -0000

Throwback - From Experience to Academia feat. Dr. Armen Simonian

Intended Audience: Everyone

In today's throwback to episode 48, Dr. Armen Simonian of KGI School of Pharmacy and Health Sciences discusses his vast experience in pharmacy informatics and technology systems and how that translates over to what he currently teaches students over at KGI School of Pharmacy and Health Sciences.

To reach Dr. Simonian, you can email him at armen_simonian@kgi.edu

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187. Different Types of Wireless Networks

Mon, 13 Apr 2020 19:49:45 -0000

187. Different Types of Wireless Networks

Intended Audience: Newcomers to Pharmacy Informatics

Today, we go over some of the different types of wireless network technologies that are in use today. Wireless technologies are important in many healthcare technologies, including workflow technologies, telehealth, digital health, and more.

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186. Last Week in Health IT: COVID-19 Edition for April 11th, 2020

Sat, 11 Apr 2020 17:29:42 -0000

186. Last Week in Health IT: COVID-19 Edition for April 11th, 2020

Intended Audience: Everyone

Today's episode of Last Week in Health IT is focused on what everyone's doing in healthcare IT to help fight the COVID-19 pandemic.

For FCC's public release regarding the Telehealth Funding Program: https://www.fcc.gov/covid-19-telehealth-program
For more information about the program: https://www.fcc.gov/covid-19-telehealth-program

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185. From Medication Systems and Operations to Pharmacy Informatics Manager feat. Dr. Ben Iredell

Wed, 08 Apr 2020 11:30:47 -0000

185. From Medication Systems and Operations to Pharmacy Informatics Manager feat. Dr. Ben Iredell

Intended Audience: Everyone

Dr. Ben Iredell shares his story on this episode of how his training in Medication Systems and Operations through a PGY1/PGY2 program at Johns Hopkins prepared him for his role today as a Pharmacy Informatics Manager. He also shares some advice on how students and pharmacists can prepare themselves for a world of pharmacy informatics and technology.

To reach out to Dr. Iredell, you can visit https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-iredell-68a30381/

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184. What are Body Area Networks (BANs)?

Mon, 06 Apr 2020 11:20:49 -0000

184. What are Body Area Networks (BANs)?

Intended Audience: Newcomers to Pharmacy Informatics

Remote patient monitoring is very useful to gather data on a patient without the need of seeing them in person daily. Body Area Network devices are used for this purpose. Today's episode, we go over an introduction of BANs and what they're used for.

For information on BANs: https://www.renesas.com/us/en/about/edge-magazine/solution/08-body-area-networks.html https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/engineering/body-area-network

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183. Getting Virtual APPE Rotations & Check Out Brian Fung's Livestream with Richard Waithe

Fri, 03 Apr 2020 11:31:21 -0000

183. Getting Virtual APPE Rotations & Check Out Brian Fung's Livestream with Richard Waithe

Intended Audience: Everyone

Students everywhere are having problems with completing their APPE hours. We know. Pharmacy Informatics Academy is working on getting a list of preceptors that are willing to precept virtual rotations.

View list here: https://pharmacyinformaticsacademy.com/virtualrotations/

Dr. Brian Fung will be doing a livestream with Dr. Richard Waithe this Saturday, April 4th at 11:00 AM PST/ 1:00 PM EST about tips and advice on Virtual Pharmacy APPEs. Tune in here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TK_a6O8G2aM

For preceptors who are interested in precepting, please fill out the form here. Once completed, the information will be immediately published: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdv18Bej2fZBe1r4tHOsEZCQPxiDbIBx1hiCPOUClanaAkvyA/viewform

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Throwback: Pharmacy Informatics in the Outpatient Setting feat. Dr. Mimi Baker

Wed, 01 Apr 2020 12:02:00 -0000

Throwback: Pharmacy Informatics in the Outpatient Setting feat. Dr. Mimi Baker

Intended Audience: Everyone

Check out today's throwback episode to the time Dr. Mimi Baker was on the show talking about outpatient pharmacy informatics. Original shownotes: On this episode, we get to speak with Dr. Mimi Baker on her career path through residency and eventually landing in clinical software development of a community pharmacy clinical application. She discusses her goals of ushering clinical data into the community setting and talks about how pharmacy students or current pharmacists can get into a pharmacy informatics career path!

Contact Dr. Baker at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mimi-baker-b9798621/

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182. Types of Telemedicine Services

Mon, 30 Mar 2020 11:16:10 -0000

182. Types of Telemedicine Services

Intended Audience: Everyone

Telemedicine is here to stay. It provides safeguards for patients and providers as well as allows effective remote services for rural areas. Today, we talk about some of the different types of telemedicine services.

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181. Data Analytics in Highlighting Pharmacist Value and Patient Care feat. Dr. Kent Bridgeman

Wed, 25 Mar 2020 11:29:53 -0000

181. Data Analytics in Highlighting Pharmacist Value and Patient Care feat. Dr. Kent Bridgeman

Intended Audience: Everyone

On today's episode, we speak with Dr. Kent Bridgeman about his journey in finding how informatics compliments pharmacy and how he gained his experience in informatics and applied it to his PGY1 residency program. He also shares what he currently does with data analytics/informatics and how it can be used to highlight a pharmacist's value to improving patient care. Thank you to Dr. Bridgeman for sharing your story on the show.

If you have any questions, you can reach out to Dr. Bridgeman at Kent.Bridgeman@allina.com or visit his LinkedIn page at https://www.linkedin.com/in/kentvbridgeman/

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180. What is the HIPAA Security Rule?

Mon, 23 Mar 2020 12:02:09 -0000

180. What is the HIPAA Security Rule?

Intended Audience: Everyone

The HIPAA Security Rule is related to the HIPAA Privacy Rule, though HIPAA Security Rule covers the safeguards in relation to ePHI. Today's episode, we quickly go over the requirements in the HIPAA Security Rule.

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179. Health IT Uses During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Fri, 20 Mar 2020 16:53:16 -0000

179. Health IT Uses During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Intended Audience: Everyone

We're in the midst of the SARS-CoV-2 / 2019-nCoV / COVID-19 pandemic. We're on lockdown for the most part. How are we using technology to help with providing patient care? Today we talk about what some companies are doing with telehealth and providing free technology services to streamline and help patients and providers.

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Throwback - New Grads in Health IT feat. Dr. David Vu

Wed, 18 Mar 2020 11:41:48 -0000

Throwback - New Grads in Health IT feat. Dr. David Vu

Intended Audience: Everyone

Since we first recorded this episode, Dr. David Vu and I have had the pleasure of working together with Dr. Brian Fung and Dr. Beju Shah on increasing the awareness of pharmacy informatics. Today's episode is throwback of the first time I interviewed Dr. Vu on my podcast.

Original Shownotes: On this episode, we speak with new grad Dr. David Vu, PharmD, CPHIMS on his role as a quality assurance engineer and ambassador of OpenEMR.

You can reach David at the following: Email: vud@vcu.edu LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vcudavidvu/

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Throwback: Next Steps After Not Matching

Mon, 16 Mar 2020 11:34:31 -0000

Throwback: Next Steps After Not Matching

Intended Audience: Everyone

Today's episode is a THROWBACK to last year's special episode about next steps after not matching. The four of us have had different stories on what we did after not matching and want to let you know that it's OKAY. There's still Phase 2, there's still other pathways to get to where you want to go.

But… over 2000 applicants did NOT get this chance.

If you were one of the individuals who did not match, know that you are NOT alone. Know that it’s OKAY. Know that there are MANY different pathways to achieve your end goal.

Additional resources: 2019 residency stats: https://natmatch.com/ashprmp/stats/2019applstats.pdf

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178. HHS Releases ONC and CMS Final Rules

Fri, 13 Mar 2020 12:19:06 -0000

178. HHS Releases ONC and CMS Final Rules

Intended Audience: Everyone

Today, we'll skip the "Last Week in Health IT" again and just focus on one big news item: HHS releases the ONC and CMS Final Rules. These documents are massive so this episode will be a very quick and succinct summary on what these thousands of pages mean. If you have some time on your hands, you can find the documents at the following:

ONC Final Rule: https://www.healthit.gov/cerus/sites/cerus/files/2020-03/ONC_Cures_Act_Final_Rule_03092020.pdf

CMS Final Rule: https://www.cms.gov/files/document/cms-9115-f.pdf

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Throwback: Carrying the Bag in Health IT feat. Dr. Jason Lebowitz

Wed, 11 Mar 2020 11:36:33 -0000

Throwback: Carrying the Bag in Health IT feat. Dr. Jason Lebowitz

Intended Audience: Everyone

On this throwback episode, we talk to Dr. Jason Lebowitz on his career path through working for large Health IT companies and what his thoughts are in applying clinical pharmacy knowledge in Health IT sales. In addition, he discusses the importance taking opportunities to advance your career and how he decided to pursue a Master's in Health Delivery Science.

To reach Jason, you can visit his LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jrlebowitz/

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177. Ideal Patient Identifiers in Health Information Exchange

Mon, 09 Mar 2020 11:01:09 -0000

177. Ideal Patient Identifiers in Health Information Exchange

Intended Audience: Newcomers to Pharmacy Informatics

Health information exchange relies on being able to exchange patient information in an easy fashion. One of the ways to do this is by having patient identifiers that are defined nationwide. Today's episode talks about some of the ideal attributes of universal patient identifiers.

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176. HIMSS20 Cancelled

Fri, 06 Mar 2020 17:43:39 -0000

176. HIMSS20 Cancelled

Intended Audience: Everyone

HIMSS20 has been cancelled in the interest of public health. HIMSS20 has been going on uninterrupted for 58 years, and this year is the first time it has been cancelled. Today's episode will be reviewing the FAQ that HIMSS released regarding the conference cancellation. You can find the FAQ at https://www.himssconference.org/about/himss20-cancellation-faq

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175. An Important Healthcare Perspective in Health IT Consulting feat. Dr. Joseph Lassiter

Wed, 04 Mar 2020 12:02:13 -0000

175. An Important Healthcare Perspective in Health IT Consulting feat. Dr. Joseph Lassiter

Intended Audience: Everyone

On today's episode of the podcast, we speak with Dr. Joseph Lassiter, president and managing advisor of the Robertson group, a consulting group focused on providing a clinical perspective to healthcare IT consulting. He shares his journey in how he went from managed care to consulting and now to president of the Robertson Group, and he provides some educational nuggets from his experience teaching students regarding the role of an informatics pharmacist.

To reach out to Dr. Lassiter, you can email him at joe@trg.consulting or by visiting his LinkedIn page at https://www.linkedin.com/in/joelassiter/ and Twitter at https://twitter.com/JoeLassiter

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174. What Is Foundational Interoperability?

Mon, 02 Mar 2020 12:32:28 -0000

174. What Is Foundational Interoperability?

Intended Audience: Newcomers to Pharmacy Informatics

Interoperability exists in three forms: foundational, syntactic, and semantic. On today's episode, we go over what foundational interoperability is and review some examples of protocols that allow foundational interoperability to work.

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173. Last Week in Health IT for February 28th, 2020

Fri, 28 Feb 2020 20:00:58 -0000

173. Last Week in Health IT for February 28th, 2020

Intended Audience: Everyone

Welcome to another episode of Last Week in Health IT where we talk about some of the significant Health IT-related news items that occurred in the past week.

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172. A Pharmacist, A Technologist, A Lawyer feat. Dr. Robert Stein

Wed, 26 Feb 2020 12:07:52 -0000

172. A Pharmacist, A Technologist, A Lawyer feat. Dr. Robert Stein

Intended Audience: Everyone

On today's episode, we had the pleasure of speaking with one of the pharmacists that was there at the beginning of pharmacy computer systems! Dr. Robert Stein, PharmD, JD started his career as a pharmacist and went into pharmacy technology for a number of years before getting into law and academia. To contact Dr. Stein for further questions, you can reach him at Robert_Stein@kgi.edu

To see the video that was discussed in the podcast, check out https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vLTNhfHKsS1pUePzyj_pI-j9WIy6D4wr/view?usp=sharing

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171. The Three Types of HIE Models

Mon, 24 Feb 2020 12:04:20 -0000

171. The Three Types of HIE Models

Intended Audience: Newcomers to Pharmacy Informatics

On today's episode, we expand a previous discussion on HIE and we discuss the different types of HIE Models: Centralized HIE Federated HIE Patient-Controlled HIE

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170. Last Week in Health IT for February 21st, 2020

Fri, 21 Feb 2020 16:45:57 -0000

170. Last Week in Health IT for February 21st, 2020

Intended Audience: Everyone

Welcome to another episode of Last Week in Health IT where we talk about some of the significant Health IT-related news items that occurred in the past week.

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169. Biomedical Informatics, Pharmacogenomics, & Academia feat. Dr. Moom Roosan

Wed, 19 Feb 2020 12:04:24 -0000

169. Biomedical Informatics, Pharmacogenomics, & Academia feat. Dr. Moom Roosan

Intended Audience: Everyone

On today's episode, we had the pleasure of interviewing Dr. Moom Roosan regarding her role in pharmacy informatics. Dr. Roosan has a unique background of attaining a PhD in Biomedical Informatics in addition to her pharmacy degree. She expands on her passion of teaching and on how we can use technology and apply it to pharmacogenomics in a meaningful way. To reach Dr. Roosan for further questions, you can email her at roosan@chapman.edu

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168. What is Syntactic Interoperability?

Mon, 17 Feb 2020 12:21:34 -0000

168. What is Syntactic Interoperability?

Intended Audience: Newcomers to Pharmacy Informatics

We've talked about interoperability before, but let's take a deeper dive into it today by discussing what syntactic interoperability is. Hope you enjoy.

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167. Last Week in Health IT for February 14th, 2020

Fri, 14 Feb 2020 21:14:19 -0000

167. Last Week in Health IT for February 14th, 2020

Intended Audience: Everyone

Welcome to another episode of Last Week in Health IT where we talk about some of the significant Health IT-related news items that occurred in the past week.

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166. Becoming a Director of Pharmacy Support Services feat. Dr. Neil Ratcliff

Wed, 12 Feb 2020 12:43:27 -0000

166. Becoming a Director of Pharmacy Support Services feat. Dr. Neil Ratcliff

Intended Audience: Everyone

On today's episode, we had the pleasure of speaking with Dr. Neil Ratcliff and his role at PipelineRx as the Director of Pharmacy Support Services. He discusses how his clinical background and certificate programs helped position himself to be successful today. You can reach out to Dr. Ratcliff on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/neil-ratcliff-pharmd-cphims-57451247/

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165. Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC)

Mon, 10 Feb 2020 12:01:00 -0000

165. Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC)

Intended Audience: Everyone

On today's episode, we tackle the topic of systems development life cycle, something essential to know when working on projects.

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164. Last Week in Health IT for February 7th, 2020

Fri, 07 Feb 2020 17:17:13 -0000

164. Last Week in Health IT for February 7th, 2020

Intended Audience: Everyone

Friend of the show Brian Fung and his colleague Dennison Lim's ASK ME ANYTHING to be LIVE today, Friday, February 7th, 2020 at 8 PM EST at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAUa17lfPew

Welcome to another episode of Last Week in Health IT where we talk about some of the significant Health IT-related news items that occurred in the past week.

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163. Patient-Centric Health and Technology feat. Dr. Whitley Yi

Wed, 05 Feb 2020 12:32:07 -0000

163. Patient-Centric Health and Technology feat. Dr. Whitley Yi

Intended Audience: Everyone

Digital Health and consumer-focused healthcare technology is one of the ever-changing and ever-evolving landscapes where pharmacists can make a difference. On today's episode, we had the pleasure of speaking with Dr. Whitley Yi, a residency-trained ambulatory care pharmacist with a strong passion for data analytics, user-generated data, and the patient experience. To reach out to Whitley for further questions, you can find her at https://www.linkedin.com/in/whitley-yi/

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162. OEMRAM, the Outpatient EMRAM... Part 2

Mon, 03 Feb 2020 12:17:16 -0000

162. OEMRAM, the Outpatient EMRAM... Part 2

Intended Audience: Newcomers

Today, we talk about HIMSS Analytics' model for outpatient adoption of EMRs called the OEMRAM. We talk about the last 4 stages as a continuation of last week's episode. For more info about OEMRAM, check out https://www.himssanalytics.org/oemram

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161. Last Week in Health IT for January 31st, 2020

Fri, 31 Jan 2020 12:46:14 -0000

161. Last Week in Health IT for January 31st, 2020

Intended Audience: Everyone

Welcome to another episode of Last Week in Health IT where we talk about some of the significant Health IT-related news items that occurred in the past week.

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160. A Journey to Director of Clinical Informatics feat. Dr. John Poikonen

Wed, 29 Jan 2020 12:17:36 -0000

160. A Journey to Director of Clinical Informatics feat. Dr. John Poikonen

Intended Audience: Everyone

On today's episode, we speak with Dr. John Poikonen on his varied history and experience in the pharmacy IT and informatics space. He currently works as the Director of Clinical Informatics at Avhana Health and still actively teaches pharmacy informatics in various courses at MCPHS. He talks about his passion of informatics and what inspired him to move into the space.

To reach out to John, you can find him at: https://twitter.com/gigapharmd/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/poikonen/
jp@rxdoc.me

Some additional reading and information that John discussed in the podcast episode:

1995 Articles that started it all for me | Evernote links
System Analysis of Adverse Drug Events
JAMA 1995;274:35-43
https://www.evernote.com/l/AAJRcIgob4tB9Kppq-CcYnoTqN4v0X1S_WQ

Incidence of Adverse Drug Evens and Potential Adverse Drug Events
Implications for Prevention
JAMA 1995;274:29-34
https://www.evernote.com/l/AAKmXXQlITNAp6CoOXN8TuVC0ll8jXf1JU8

Informatics Class Notes
https://www.evernote.com/pub/poikonen/informatics

Some Historical Blog posts:
https://rxinformatics.wordpress.com/
Musing on NUPOR - Near Universal Pharmacist Order Review
https://rxinformatics.wordpress.com/?s=nupor

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159. OEMRAM, the Outpatient EMRAM... Part 1

Mon, 27 Jan 2020 12:50:46 -0000

Disclaimer: Not sure if OEMRAM is pronounced correctly!

159. OEMRAM, the Outpatient EMRAM... Part 1

Intended Audience: Newcomers

Today, we talk about HIMSS Analytics' model for outpatient adoption of EMRs called the OEMRAM. We talk about the first 4 stages and will continue with the next 4 next week. For more info about OEMRAM, check out https://www.himssanalytics.org/oemram

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158. Last Week in Health IT for January 24th, 2020

Sat, 25 Jan 2020 00:55:12 -0000

158. Last Week in Health IT for January 24th, 2020

Intended Audience: Everyone

Welcome to another episode of Last Week in Health IT where we talk about some of the significant Health IT-related news items that occurred in the past week.

More info about the Epic CEO potential lawsuit against HHS: https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/ehrs/epic-ceo-judy-faulkner-asks-hospitals-to-oppose-hhs-interoperability-rule.html

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157. Consulting Services from a Community and Pharmacy I.T. Background feat. Dr. Terri Wang

Wed, 22 Jan 2020 12:07:04 -0000

157. Consulting Services from a Community and Pharmacy I.T. Background feat. Dr. Terri Wang

Intended Audience: Everyone

All of our experiences help us to get to where we are today! On today's episode, Dr. Terri Wang discusses her experiences in both the community pharmacy side and the inpatient pharmacy IT space and how they all contributed to her successes in healthcare consulting services today. If you have further questions, you can reach out to her on LinkedIn by searching for Terri Wang, PharmD.

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156. Who Do You Work For? Departments & Pharmacy Informatics

Mon, 20 Jan 2020 12:08:21 -0000

156. Who Do You Work For? Departments & Pharmacy Informatics

Intended Audience: Newcomers to Pharmacy Informatics

Do I work for an IT department? Do I work for pharmacy? What about informatics? Who do I answer to?

The informatics field is still fairly new compared to many other fields out there. Structuring where the pharmacy informatics role is still not consistent. Today's episode is about 3 of those structures and some of the benefits and drawbacks of each structure.

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155. Last Week in Health IT for January 17th, 2020

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 23:22:00 -0000

155. Last Week in Health IT for January 17th, 2020

Intended Audience: Everyone

Welcome to another episode of Last Week in Health IT where we talk about some of the significant Health IT-related news items that occurred in the past week.

Strategic Plan Link: https://www.healthit.gov/topic/2020-2025-federal-health-it-strategic-plan

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Throwback - Clinical Pharmacist in Health IT feat. Dr. Komal Patel

Wed, 15 Jan 2020 13:01:37 -0000

Throwback - Clinical Pharmacist in Health IT feat. Dr. Komal Patel

Intended Audience: Everyone

Enjoy today's throwback episode of the time when we interviewed Dr. Komal Patel about her role as a clinical pharmacist at a healthcare technology company!

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154. Ownership of the Electronic Health Records

Mon, 13 Jan 2020 12:43:22 -0000

154. Ownership of the Electronic Health Records

Intended Audience: Newcomers to Pharmacy Informatics

In this episode, we talk about the importance of having everyone in the organization have a sense of ownership of the EHR. What does that mean? Tune in to find out!

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153. Last Week in Health IT for January 10th, 2020

Sat, 11 Jan 2020 01:43:38 -0000

153. Last Week in Health IT for January 10th, 2020

Intended Audience: Everyone

Welcome to another episode of Last Week in Health IT where we talk about some of the significant Health IT-related news items that occurred in the past week.

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152. A Journey of IT to Pharmacy to Clinical Informatics feat. Dr. Sabrina Bernhart

Wed, 08 Jan 2020 12:50:38 -0000

152. A Journey of IT to Pharmacy to Clinical Informatics feat. Dr. Sabrina Bernhart

Intended Audience: Everyone

On today's episode, we had the pleasure of interviewing Dr. Sabrina Bernhart on her unique journey being in the information technology field before pursuing pharmacy school and eventually migrating into the role of a clinical informatics pharmacist. Through her various experiences, she's been able to leverage her skills for expanded applications of technology in the pharmacy space.

To contact Dr. Bernhart, she can be reached via LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/sabrinapharmd/

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151. What are Core Informatics Competencies

Mon, 06 Jan 2020 12:50:41 -0000

151. What are Core Informatics Competencies

Intended Audience: Newcomers to Pharmacy Informatics

Competencies are important to know so that we can target our skill development. Today, we go over some competencies and domains defined by AHIMA and AMIA in terms of healthcare informatics.

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150. What's Coming in the 2020 Decade

Fri, 03 Jan 2020 18:41:19 -0000

150. What's Coming in the 2020 Decade

Intended Audience: Everyone

We're entering a new year but also a new decade! Listen in as AI, 5G, and AR are discussed. Tony shares his thoughts on the trending topics outlined by Healthcare IT News. Original article found at https://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/ai-maturation-5g-augmented-reality-point-accelerated-innovation-2020

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Throwback: Clinical Informatics Pharmacist and Applications Analyst feat. Dr. Alex Vu

Thu, 02 Jan 2020 01:45:09 -0000

Throwback: Clinical Informatics Pharmacist and Applications Analyst feat. Dr. Alex Vu

Intended Audience: Everyone

As today is a holiday, there is no new episode but enjoy this throwback episode when Dr. Alex Vu was on the show!

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149. Adoption Model for Analytics Maturity, Part 2

Mon, 30 Dec 2019 12:21:26 -0000

149. Adoption Model for Analytics Maturity, Part 2

**Intended Audience: Newcomers to Pharmacy Informatics **

Data analytics is one of the components that pharmacy informatics crosses over with. Adopting an analytics environment is not easy, and HIMSS Analytics released a model to show how analytics adoption can occur through the Adoption Model for Analytics Maturity. Today, we go over stage 4-7 out of the 8-stage model. More info at https://www.himssanalytics.org/amam

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148. Last Week in Health IT for December 27th, 2019

Fri, 27 Dec 2019 22:05:15 -0000

148. Last Week in Health IT for December 27th, 2019

Intended Audience: Everyone

Welcome to another episode of Last Week in Health IT where we talk about some of the significant Health IT-related news items that occurred in the past week.

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Throwback - Informatics Pharmacist Dr. Emmanuel Akinwole

Wed, 25 Dec 2019 12:52:49 -0000

Throwback - Informatics Pharmacist Dr. Emmanuel Akinwole

Intended Audience: Everyone

Today, we play a throwback episode originally released back in February 2019 where we discuss the role and responsibilities that Dr. Emmanuel Akinwole have as an informatics pharmacist for a major health system.

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147. Adoption Model for Analytics Maturity

Mon, 23 Dec 2019 12:28:49 -0000

147. Adoption Model for Analytics Maturity

Intended Audience: Newcomers to Pharmacy Informatics

Data analytics is one of the components that pharmacy informatics crosses over with. Adopting an analytics environment is not easy, and HIMSS Analytics released a model to show how analytics adoption can occur through the Adoption Model for Analytics Maturity. Today, we go over stage 0-3 out of the 8-stage model. More info at https://www.himssanalytics.org/amam

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146. Last Week in Health IT for December 20th, 2019

Fri, 20 Dec 2019 19:48:56 -0000

146. Last Week in Health IT for December 20th, 2019

Intended Audience: Everyone

Welcome to another episode of Last Week in Health IT where we talk about some of the significant Health IT-related news items that occurred in the past week.

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145. Going Beyond Inpatient: Outpatient Informatics feat. Dr. AJ Teare

Wed, 18 Dec 2019 12:57:09 -0000

145. Going Beyond Inpatient: Outpatient Informatics feat. Dr. AJ Teare

Intended Audience: Everyone

Today's episode, we speak with Dr. AJ Teare on his role and journey into the pharmacy informatics world. Dr. Teare started off showing his passion on his APPE project before moving on to a residency route. Today, he has had experiences in outpatient, specialty, and community pharmacy informatics.

You can reach out to Dr. Teare for more questions at andrew.j.teare@vanderbilt.edu

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144. Where Are The Facts? Steps in Fact-Finding

Mon, 16 Dec 2019 12:29:55 -0000

144. Where Are The Facts? Steps in Fact-Finding

Intended Audience: Everyone

Today's episode goes over the often overlooked step of fact-finding. Fact-finding just means finding facts, and it's important to fact-find operations and workflows before moving forward with implementing a new project or system.

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143. ASHP Recap + Last Week in Health IT

Sat, 14 Dec 2019 01:32:08 -0000

143. ASHP Recap + Last Week in Health IT

On today's episode, I briefly recap my experience at ASHP as well as discuss some select news releases from Health IT companies during the ASHP week. Check out the Autonomous Pharmacy Framework at www.autonomouspharmacy.com

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Throwback: Core Clinical Systems feat. Dr. Maritza Lew

Wed, 11 Dec 2019 16:54:58 -0000

Throwback: Core Clinical Systems feat. Dr. Maritza Lew

Today's episode is a throwback to the time I had the opportunity to interview. Dr. Maritza Lew about her role and journey into pharmacy informatics. I'm currently at ASHP Midyear and wasn't able to edit any of the newer episodes, but I was inspired to release this throwback episode because I reconnected with Dr. Lew at MCM this year.

Connect with Dr. Lew at https://www.linkedin.com/in/maritzalew/

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Announcement: Pharmacy Informatics Academy

Mon, 09 Dec 2019 13:05:46 -0000

Announcement: Pharmacy Informatics Academy

Host Tony Dao, PharmD, CPHIMS is joining forces with Beju Shah, PharmD, MBA of Daily Dispense, David Vu, PharmD, CPHIMS the Full Stack Pharmacist, and Brian K. Fung of the ImproRx YouTube Channel to create the Pharmacy Informatics Academy!

This podcast is only one of many sources of information for pharmacy informatics out there, and the goal with the Pharmacy Informatics Academy is to provide a central information location for anyone who's interested in pharmacy informatics. Sign up to let us know HOW you want us to do that and so that you can get notified when we launch!

www.pharmacyinformaticsacademy.com

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141. Clinical to Admin to Technology and Innovation feat. Dr. David Berkowitz

Fri, 06 Dec 2019 08:03:24 -0000

141. Clinical to Admin to Technology and Innovation feat. Dr. David Berkowitz

Intended Audience: Everyone

On today's episode, we speak with current Omnicell Performance Center Field Consultant, Dr. David Berkowitz, on his incredible journey going from clinical pharmacy to pharmacy administration and eventually to his roles recently in technology and innovation. In addition, he shares an amazing endeavor he's spearheading at Omnicell, which is a fellowship in medication management where the fellow will be trained in healthcare technologies, database, and more.

If you'd like to contact Dr. Berkowitz, find him on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-berkowitz-1162156/ and Twitter at https://twitter.com/dberkpharmd.

For more info about the Omnicell fellowship, visit https://chp.tbe.taleo.net/chp03/ats/careers/v2/viewRequisition?org=OMNICELL&cws=40&rid=11151

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Throwback: Clinical Oncology IT Consulting feat. Dr. Kelley Carlstrom

Wed, 04 Dec 2019 12:00:26 -0000

Throwback: Clinical Oncology IT Consulting feat. Dr. Kelley Carlstrom

Intended Audience: Everyone

Today's episode is a throwback/rebroadcast of Dr. Kelley Carlstrom's interview about clinical oncology information technology consulting. Check out her website at https://www.kelleycpharmd.com/ and sign up for her newsletter for more information on oncology pharmacy consulting and general inspiration advice!

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140. Gnarly, Dude! Virtual Reality in Pharmacy!

Mon, 02 Dec 2019 12:56:15 -0000

140. Gnarly, Dude! Virtual Reality in Pharmacy!

Intended Audience: Newcomers to Pharmacy Informatics

On today's episode, we talk about how virtual reality has advanced in healthcare applications, specifically in how it can be used with pharmacologic treatments!

More info:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6487969/

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Happy Thanksgiving!

Thu, 28 Nov 2019 18:54:00 -0000

Happy Thanksgiving!

Wishing everyone a safe and fun Thanksgiving Holiday with your loved ones!

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139. Smart Pumps, Education, and Informatics feat. Dr. Julie Pawola

Wed, 27 Nov 2019 12:49:05 -0000

139. Smart Pumps, Education, and Informatics feat. Dr. Julie Pawola

Intended Audience: Everyone

On today's episode, we speak with special guest, Dr. Julie Pawola, on her role in pharmacy informatics and technology. She shares some of her daily job duties as well as her upcoming smart pump bolus project. In addition, she discusses her involvement in pharmacy and informatics education. To reach out to Dr. Pawola, you can email her at JPawola@uwhealth.org or on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/julie-pawola-8107246a/

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138. Let's Briefly Go Over MIS and STS Approaches

Mon, 25 Nov 2019 12:26:58 -0000

138. Let's Briefly Go Over MIS and STS Approaches

Intended Audience: Newcomers to Pharmacy Informatics

Today, we briefly compare a Management Information Systems (MIS) approach versus a Sociotechnical Systems (STS) approach.

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137. Last Week in Health IT for November 22nd, 2019

Fri, 22 Nov 2019 18:50:45 -0000

137. Last Week in Health IT for November 22nd, 2019

Intended Audience: Everyone

Welcome to another episode of Last Week in Health IT where we talk about some of the significant Health IT-related news items that occurred in the past week.

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136. From Pharmacy Admin to CEO of DocStation feat. Dr. Samm Anderegg

Wed, 20 Nov 2019 08:18:39 -0000

136. From Pharmacy Admin to CEO of DocStation feat. Dr. Samm Anderegg

Intended Audience: Everyone

On today's episode, we interview Dr. Samm Anderegg about his unique journey to where he is today. Dr. Anderegg started off with doing a residency in pharmacy administration before working in a pharmacy administration role. He also participated in the Pharmacy HIT collaborative before embarking on his journey towards starting DocStation, a pharmacist-focused EHR. He shares his story and provides some advice on how others can move towards a similar path as his.

To reach Dr. Anderegg, you can email him at samm@docstation.co. His LinkedIn is at https://www.linkedin.com/in/sammuelanderegg/

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135. Supply Chain and the HIMSS Analytics CISOM Model

Mon, 18 Nov 2019 12:49:08 -0000

135. Supply Chain and the HIMSS Analytics CISOM Model

Intended Audience: Newcomers to Pharmacy Informatics

Today's episode is all about HIMSS Analytics' new model for clinical supply chain, the CISOM. This model talks about how to clinically integrate supply chain into organizations in an eight stage model.

More info about CISOM found at https://www.himssanalytics.org/clinically-integrated-supply-outcomes-model

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Throwback: Clinical Director and Data Analytics feat. Dr. Luke Slindee

Fri, 15 Nov 2019 12:26:04 -0000

Throwback: Clinical Director and Data Analytics feat. Dr. Luke Slindee

**Intended Audience: Everyone **

In case you missed it, Dr. Luke Slindee was interviewed back in January, 2019 regarding his role as a pharmacist with the title of clinical director and with the responsibilities of massive data analytics for a major pharmacy services and care group. You can reach Dr. Slindee on his LinkedIn page at https://www.linkedin.com/in/luke-slindee-034946160/

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134. Epic Pharmacy and Oncology Consulting feat. Dr. William Burger

Wed, 13 Nov 2019 10:18:59 -0000

134. Epic Pharmacy and Oncology Consulting feat. Dr. William Burger

Intended Audience: Everyone

On today's episode, Dr. William Burger introduces us to the world of Epic consulting through Willow and Beacon. He talks about his pathway to getting into pharmacy consulting as well as providing some advice on how it works and what pharmacists or students can do to get more informatics experience. He also shares the new perspectives he gained from attaining an MBA and how that shaped his pharmacy consultant role for the better.

You can reach Dr. Burger on his LinkedIn page at https://www.linkedin.com/in/will-burger-0693546/ or by visiting Abido Network at https://www.abidonetwork.com/.

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133. EMR Adoption Model, Part 2

Mon, 11 Nov 2019 12:18:02 -0000

133. EMR Adoption Model, Part 2

Intended Audience: Newcomers to Pharmacy Informatics

Today we talk about HIMSS Analytics' EMRAM, aka EMR Adoption Model. This is an 8 stage model that measures the adoption of EMR in a health institution.

Today's episode will review stage 5, 6, and 7.

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Throwback: Clinical Analytics Manager feat. Dr. Corey Edwards

Fri, 08 Nov 2019 12:57:45 -0000

Throwback: Clinical Analytics Manager feat. Dr. Corey Edwards

**Intended Audience: Everyone **

In case you missed it the first time, today is a throwback episode!

Today's throwback episode is from an interview with Dr. Corey Edwards last year in regards to his role as a clinical analytics manager.

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132. BPharm to PharmD to Critical Care to Medication Management Informaticist feat. Dr. Hesham Mourad

Wed, 06 Nov 2019 12:47:01 -0000

132. BPharm to PharmD to Critical Care to Medication Management Informaticist feat. Dr. Hesham Mourad

Intended Audience: Everyone

On today's episode. Dr. Hesham Mourad tells us his story of being a pharmacist in Syria and moving to the U.S. to pursue clinical pharmacy, and how that further led him to his current role as a medication management informaticist with a focus on oncology.

To connect with Dr. Mourad, visit his LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hesham-mourad-pharmd-bcps-bcccp-aa310655/

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131. EMR Adoption Model, Part 1

Mon, 04 Nov 2019 12:16:25 -0000

131. EMR Adoption Model, Part 1

Intended Audience: Newcomers to Pharmacy Informatics

Today we talk about HIMSS Analytics' EMRAM, aka EMR Adoption Model. This is an 8 stage model that measures the adoption of EMR in a health institution.

Today's episode will review stage 0, 1, 2, 3, and 4.

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130. Last Week in Health IT for November 1st, 2019

Fri, 01 Nov 2019 11:14:26 -0000

130. Last Week in Health IT for November 1st, 2019

Intended Audience: Everyone

Welcome to another episode of Last Week in Health IT where we talk about some of the significant Health IT-related news items that occurred in the past week.

Unstructured EHR data more useful for predictive analytics: https://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/unstructured-ehr-data-more-useful-predictive-analytics-study-shows

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129. Residency Trained IS Clinical Application Specialist feat. Dr. Christopher Lin

Wed, 30 Oct 2019 11:35:36 -0000

129. Residency Trained IS Clinical Application Specialist feat. Dr. Christopher Lin

Intended Audience: Everyone

On today's episode, we speak with Dr. Christopher Lin about his journey through pharmacy school, PGY1, and PGY2 before becoming an IS Clinical Application Specialist. He also discusses his day-to-day role in managing break/fixes, service requests, and major projects. He also shares some skills he believes are important for anyone who is interested in the field of pharmacy informatics.

You can contact Dr. Lin by email at chclin@llu.edu or on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopher-lin-a1366780/

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128. How To Introduce Pharmacy Informatics to IPPE Students

Mon, 28 Oct 2019 11:02:05 -0000

128. How To Introduce Pharmacy Informatics to IPPE Students

Intended Audience: Informatics Preceptors

On today's episode, Tony talks about what he does for IPPE students in terms of teaching pharmacy informatics. There are some challenges with the lack of continuity and the fact that IPPE students aren't familiar with health systems yet by the time they come to rotations.

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127. Five Fun Facts You Didn't Know About Pharmacy

Fri, 25 Oct 2019 11:44:29 -0000

127. Five Fun Facts You Didn't Know About Pharmacy

Intended Audience: Everyone

Pharmacy Week is ending! Today's episode is a little break from our typical episodes as we talk about five fun facts related to the history and profession of pharmacy.

Sources
https://www.digitalpharmacist.com/blog/five-pharmacy-fun-facts/
https://www.pharmacytimes.com/contributor/beth-lofgren-pharmd-bcps/2015/12/8-interesting-pharmacy-facts

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126. Technology and Medication Safety feat. Dr. Sean O'Neill

Wed, 23 Oct 2019 11:37:00 -0000

126. Technology and Medication Safety feat. Dr. Sean O'Neill

Intended Audience: Everyone

On today's episode, we had the opportunity to speak with the co-founder and Chief Clinical Officer of Bainbridge Health, Dr. Sean O'Neill. Dr. O'Neill shares his journey through the residency and clinical route to get to where he is today, and he also shares what Bainbridge is doing to bridge the gap between medication safety and technology applications. Dr. O'Neill also provides some advice to those who are interested in making a leap to form their own company.

Bainbridge Health: https://bainbridgehealth.com/
Dr. Sean O'Neill: seanoneill@bainbridgehealth.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sean-o-neill-5ba39936/

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125. CSHP Seminar 2019 Pharmacy Informatics Recap

Mon, 21 Oct 2019 11:09:57 -0000

125. CSHP Seminar 2019 Pharmacy Informatics Recap

Intended Audience: Everyone

On today's episode, we talk about some of the informatics-specific things that occurred during the CSHP Seminar 2019 held in Anaheim, California at the Disneyland Hotel.

Dr. Armen Simonian's previous episode: https://www.pharmacyitme.com/2019/04/17/48-from-experience-to-academia-feat-dr-armen-simonian/
Dr. Jason Lam's previous episode: https://www.pharmacyitme.com/2019/07/31/93-lean-six-sigma-and-pharmacy-informatics-feat-dr-jason-lam/
Dr. Denis Kitayama's previous episode: https://www.pharmacyitme.com/2019/05/15/60-pharmacy-informatics-residency-education-feat-dr-denis-kitayama/

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124. Last Week in Health IT for October 18th, 2019

Fri, 18 Oct 2019 11:49:08 -0000

124. Last Week in Health IT for October 18th, 2019

Intended Audience: Everyone

Welcome to another episode of Last Week in Health IT where we talk about some of the significant Health IT-related news items that occurred in the past week.

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123. Evolved to a Data Scientist feat. Dr. Dalton Fabian

Wed, 16 Oct 2019 11:38:12 -0000

123. Evolved to a Data Scientist feat. Dr. Dalton Fabian

Intended Audience: Everyone

On today’s episode, Dr. Dalton Fabian returns to the Pharmacy, IT, & Me podcast! Since the last time he was on, he was offered a position as a data science and has spent the last four months on interesting projects that include data science concepts like data modeling, neural networks, and data structuring. Join us today to hear about Dr. Fabian’s experiences as well as new advice he has for those interested in the data science route.

Dalton's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daltonfabian/
Dalton's email: Dalton.s.fabian@gmail.com

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122. What is Pharmacy Informatics... Revisited

Mon, 14 Oct 2019 11:45:59 -0000

122. What is Pharmacy Informatics... Revisited

Intended Audience: Newcomers to Pharmacy Informatics

On today's episode, we revisit just what exactly does it mean to work in pharmacy informatics. The term is quite confusing since there's many different definitions, but today's distinction will be regarding pharmacy informatics versus pharmacy technology.

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121. Last Week in Health IT for October 11th, 2019

Fri, 11 Oct 2019 11:14:31 -0000

121. Last Week in Health IT for October 11th, 2019

Intended Audience: Everyone

Welcome to another episode of Last Week in Health IT where we talk about some of the significant Health IT-related news items that occurred in the past week. This week we focus on Cerner Health Conference aka CHC.

Follow us on social media!
Twitter: @pharmacyitme
Instagram: @pharmacyinformatics
Website: Pharmacy IT & Me
Email: tony@pharmacyitme.com
Follow Tony's personal Twitter account at @tonydaopharmd

Network with other pharmacists at Pharmacists Connect!
http://pharmacistsconnect.com

For more information on pharmacy informatics, check out some of the following useful links:

ASHP's Section of Pharmacy Informatics and Technology: https://www.ashp.org/Pharmacy-Informaticist/Section-of-Pharmacy-Informatics-and-Technology/
HIMSS Pharmacy Informatics Community: https://www.himss.org/library/pharmacy-informatics

Disclaimer: Views expressed are my own and do not reflect thoughts and opinions of any entity with which I have been, am now, or will be affiliated.

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120. A Canadian Informatics Pharmacist Perspective feat. Gunther Ha

Wed, 09 Oct 2019 11:30:13 -0000

120. A Canadian Informatics Pharmacist Perspective feat. Gunther Ha

Intended Audience: Everyone

No matter which country you are from, healthcare IT is something that continues to be an important part of our lives. Canada is no different, and today's episode we have special guest Canadian pharmacist Gunther Ha share what he is responsible for in the pharmacy informatics space. His insightful discussion includes what pharmacy practice is like in Canada and how pharmacy technologies are leveraged to improve and optimize that practice. He also talks about some unique challenges that Canadian health systems face when using a U.S.-based EHR system.

To contact Gunther Ha, please visit his LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/gunther-ha/

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119. I'll Continue to Monitor

Mon, 07 Oct 2019 11:49:05 -0000

119. I'll Continue to Monitor

Intended Audience: Newcomers to Pharmacy Informatics

On today's episode, we go over the last section of change management and discuss how continuous monitoring is essential in ensuring success. Goal setting and goal assessment become especially important to define what we're monitoring. If there are no expectations defined, then we won't know whether we have met them.

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118. Last Week in Health IT for October 4th, 2019

Fri, 04 Oct 2019 11:51:38 -0000

118. Last Week in Health IT for October 4th, 2019

Intended Audience: Everyone

Welcome to another episode of Last Week in Health IT where we talk about some of the significant Health IT-related news items that occurred in the past week.

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117. Clinical Content Creation for Consumer-Focused Technologies feat. Dr. Richard Waithe

Wed, 02 Oct 2019 11:57:00 -0000

117. Clinical Content Creation for Consumer-Focused Technologies feat. Dr. Richard Waithe

Intended Audience: Everyone

Pharmacy technologies aren't just for the inpatient setting! Dr. Richard Waithe shares some thoughts on leveraging technology to effectively deliver clinical content efficiently and concisely to community patients. In addition, he discusses how having a community pharmacy background has developed his skill set to be able to work at a consumer health-focused company today.

VUCAHealth: www.vucahealth.com
RxRadio: www.rxradio.fm
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richardwaithe
Email: richard@vucahealth.com

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116. Unfreeze, Change, Refreeze: Strategies in Change Management

Mon, 30 Sep 2019 11:53:12 -0000

116. Unfreeze, Change, Refreeze: Strategies in Change Management

Intended Audience: Newcomers to Pharmacy Informatics

On today's episode, we continue our discussion from 2 weeks ago in which we discuss another strategy in change management. Today, we go over the steps of unfreezing behaviors, handling the change, and refreezing new behaviors. We review the Kubler-Moss model of the stages of grief and how it can apply to the unfreezing step of change management.

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115. Content Creators in Healthcare IT & Nontraditional Pharmacy

Fri, 27 Sep 2019 11:08:22 -0000

115. Content Creators in Healthcare IT & Nontraditional Pharmacy

Intended Audience: Everyone

Rounding out the end of #NHITWeek, we talk about the different content creators that we follow in healthcare IT and nontraditional pharmacy.

Daily Dispense: https://www.linkedin.com/company/dailydispense/
Beju Shah: https://www.linkedin.com/in/medicationsafety/
Digital Apothecary: https://www.thedigitalapothecary.com/
Full Stack Pharmacist Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fullstackpharmacist/
Full Stack Pharmacist LinkedIn - David Vu: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vcudavidvu/
Think Digital Health Blog: https://thinkdh.co
Nontraditional Pharmacist: https://www.thenontraditionalpharmacist.com/
RxRadio: https://rxradio.fm/
RxRadio Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rxradio.fm/
ImproRx by Brian Fung YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvniQtnTLVv2nJQZHC7Sh6A

Beju's recent video on "What does Healthcare IT mean to you?": https://www.linkedin.com/posts/medicationsafety_ihearthit-healthcareit-himss-activity-6583119291837665280-BfEq

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114. Kit Check & Pharmacy Innovations feat. CEO Kevin MacDonald

Wed, 25 Sep 2019 11:17:14 -0000

114. Kit Check & Pharmacy Innovations feat. CEO Kevin MacDonald

Intended Audience: Everyone

On today's episode, we are joined by very special guest, Co-Founder and CEO of Kit Check, Kevin MacDonald. He talks about what had inspired him to start Kit Check and what role Kit Check plays in medication intelligence. In addition, he shares some exciting future projects in Bluesight analytics for drug diversion, a Sandoz RFID partnership, and a collaboration with the FDA to tackle the DSCSA.

Find out more about Kit Check and its products at www.kitcheck.com

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113. Dr. Tony Dao's Interview on RxRadio Hosted by Dr. Richard Waithe

Mon, 23 Sep 2019 11:33:24 -0000

113. Dr. Tony Dao's Interview on RxRadio Hosted by Dr. Richard Waithe

Intended Audience: Everyone

Today's episode is a rebroadcast of the RxRadio podcast originally aired April 7th, 2019. It's #NHITWeek, and part of this week is to share our stories of HIT. On Dr. Richard Waithe's RxRadio podcast, Dr. Tony Dao discusses what his day-to-day role is as a pharmacy IS/informatics specialist and how he ended up in the role when he found out he could combine his passion in IT with his clinical pharmacy training.

To hear more great interviews with different pharmacy professionals, check out RxRadio at www.rxradio.fm.

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112. Last Week in Health IT for September 20th, 2019

Fri, 20 Sep 2019 20:19:56 -0000

112. Last Week in Health IT for September 20th, 2019

Intended Audience: Everyone

Welcome to another episode of Last Week in Health IT where we talk about some of the significant Health IT-related news items that occurred in the past week.

Dr. Jessica Louie's Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-burnout-doctor-podcast/id1470133258

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111. Rebroadcast - CPhA's Digital Health Conference feat. Dr. Parisa Vatanka

Wed, 18 Sep 2019 07:56:21 -0000

111. Rebroadcast - CPhA's Digital Health Conference feat. Dr. Parisa Vatanka

Intended Audience: Everyone

Today's episode is a rebroadcast of an episode from the OCPhA podcast where Dr. Parisa Vatanka shares her journey and discusses the upcoming CPhA Digital Health Conference. To find out more about the conference, visit https://cpha.com/event/digital-health-conference/

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110. Be Prepared: Responding to Reactions to Change

Mon, 16 Sep 2019 11:53:58 -0000

110. Be Prepared - Responding to Reactions to Change

Intended Audience: Newcomers to Pharmacy Informatics

On today's episode, we talk about the different types of people you'll encounter when implementing a change. These individuals are going to be responding to change in different ways, so we also talk a little about how to respond to different reactions to change.

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109. Last Week in Health IT for September 13th, 2019

Fri, 13 Sep 2019 19:44:45 -0000

109. Last Week in Health IT for September 13th, 2019

Intended Audience: Everyone

Welcome to another episode of Last Week in Health IT where we talk about some of the significant Health IT-related news items that occurred in the past week.

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108. Innovating Healthcare feat. Pharmacy Student Smit Patel

Wed, 11 Sep 2019 11:17:53 -0000

108. Innovating Healthcare feat. Pharmacy Student Smit Patel

Intended Audience: Everyone

On today's episode, we talk to pharmacy student Smit Patel in regards to what he's doing as a student with strong passion in innovative health technologies. He also discusses some really great strategies to position yourself in a way that will afford you new opportunities.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/patelsmit/

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107. Change is Good: Change Management Intro

Mon, 09 Sep 2019 11:25:12 -0000

107. Change is Good: Change Management Intro

Intended Audience: Newcomers to Pharmacy Informatics

What is change management? It's how you manage change! That's today's episode as we talk about unfreezing and refreezing beliefs, change management tools, understanding company culture, and change strategies.

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106. Last Week in Health IT for September 6th, 2019

Fri, 06 Sep 2019 21:15:26 -0000

106. Last Week in Health IT for September 6th, 2019

Intended Audience: Everyone

Welcome to another episode of Last Week in Health IT where we talk about some of the significant Health IT-related news items that occurred in the past week.

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105. Clinical Oncology Consultant and IT Liaison feat. Dr. Kelley Carlstrom

Wed, 04 Sep 2019 11:11:55 -0000

105. Clinical Oncology Consultant and IT Liaison feat. Dr. Kelley Carlstrom

Intended Audience: Everyone

On today's episode, we get to interview the talented and enthusiastic oncology pharmacy IT consultant, Dr. Kelley Carlstrom! She goes over her unique path into her current role and what her typical duties are as not only an oncology consultant but also as a clinical liaison between pharmacy and IT.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kelleydcarlstrom/
Email: Kelley@KelleyCPharmD.com
Newsletter: http://eepurl.com/gvBYff

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104. Migration Paths, Extended

Mon, 02 Sep 2019 11:10:20 -0000

104. Migration Paths, Extended

Intended Audience: Newcomers to Pharmacy Informatics

On today's episode, we continue our discussion about migration paths by looking into some migration path models and how data turns to information and creates knowledge.

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103. Last Week in Health IT for August 30th, 2019

Fri, 30 Aug 2019 11:31:48 -0000

103. Last Week in Health IT for August 30th, 2019

Intended Audience: Everyone

Welcome to another episode of Last Week in Health IT where we talk about some of the significant Health IT-related news items that occurred in the past week.

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102. Pharmacy Informatics & Advanced Analytics feat. Dr. Vivek Trivedi

Wed, 28 Aug 2019 11:58:37 -0000

102. Pharmacy Informatics & Advanced Analytics feat. Dr. Vivek Trivedi

Intended Audience: Everyone

On today's episode, we speak with Dr. Vivek Trivedi regarding his role in the pharmacy informatics space and how he got into the role. His vast experience prepared him to be successful in the role and he shares some of his data-driven projects that extensively uses data analytics.

More about Dr. Trivedi:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vstrivedi/
Email: vtrivedi@ecommunity.com

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101. Migrating to Migration Paths

Mon, 26 Aug 2019 16:30:01 -0000

101. Migrating to Migration Paths

Intended Audience: Newcomers to Pharmacy Informatics

On today's episode, we continue the episode run about implementing new systems. After having talked about visioning exercises and readiness assessments, today we introduce the idea of a migration path.

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100. Pharmacy Informatics Advice, and THANK YOU!

Fri, 16 Aug 2019 11:22:51 -0000

100. Pharmacy Informatics Advice, and THANK YOU!

Intended Audience: Everyone

On today's episode, it's time to celebrate a whopping 100 episodes of the Pharmacy, IT, & Me Podcast! Thank you so much to each and every one of you who have listened, liked, reviewed, subscribed, and shared with your friends, it really means a lot. The podcast would never have reached this level of success without your help and I'm looking forward to another 100 episodes in the future!

Today's episode is a recap of all the pharmacy informatics advice that the special guests of the podcast have given in the past 100 episodes. Thank you to everyone who has taken the time to be part of the podcast!

Kevin Tien
Corey Edwards
Luke Slindee
Alex Vu
Emmanuel Akinwole
Maritza Lew
Chuck Hennes
Hunter Whitworth
Komal Patel
David Vu
Aaron Smith
Jason Lebowitz
Mimi Baker
Armen Simonian
Andrea Paterson
Marie-Elsie Ade
Becky Agar
Denis Kitayama
Kendall Cortelyou-Ward
Dalton Fabian
Walter Hopgood
Beju Shah
Brian Fung
Diana Schreier
Christy Cheung
Elizabeth Breeden
Alicia Williams
Anthony Vo
Jason Lam
Michelle Park

I'll be taking a break from the podcast for a few weeks while going on my honeymoon, but when we come back, we'll continue with the informatics news, topic discussions, and interviews. See you in a few weeks!

Tony

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99. Special Episode: One Goal, Many Paths - Essential Q&A by a Pharmacist to Four Informatics Professionals

Wed, 14 Aug 2019 11:24:15 -0000

99. Special Episode: One Goal, Many Paths - Essential Q&A by a Pharmacist to Four Informatics Professionals

Intended Audience: Everyone

On today’s very special episode of Pharmacy, IT, & Me, essential questions are asked from our special guest host to our group of informatics pharmacists in terms of personal journeys and career advice.

Guest Host: Dr. Thuan Vu
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thuan-vu-9b088935/

Dr. Vu is a PharmD graduate of the University of New England. He has many experiences in traditional community settings in addition to delving into delving into clinical specialty pharmacy settings. As a pharmacist in a more traditional setting with strong skills in communication and speaking, Dr. Vu serves as our special guest host on this episode to lead the discussion on how the group panel got into their roles today and what kind of advice they would give.

Group Panel Member: Dr. Beju Shah
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/medicationsafety/

Dr. Shah received both his PharmD and MBA, and he is currently practicing as a clinical informatics pharmacist at a major university health system. He manages clinical decision support tools, multiple pharmacy projects, and also precepts students interested in being innovators of the field and advancing their healthcare technology knowledge. He is also the founder of Daily Dispense (https://dailydispense.com/), a company focused on sharing knowledge and expertise to healthcare students and professionals through engaging storytelling.

Group Panel Member: Dr. Brian Fung
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bkfung/

Dr. Fung received his PharmD from the University of Florida and is currently in an MPH program to continue to expand his knowledge and experience. He is a residency-trained informatics pharmacist, currently working at a major health system in the United States. He is also the founder of ImproRX, a YouTube channel dedicated to sharing information to pharmacy students and pharmacists, and he is also the founder of the Ramblings, Rantings, and Ritings Podcast. More information about Dr. Fung’s activities can be found at www.briankfung.com

Group Panel Member: Dr. David Vu
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vcudavidvu/

Dr. Vu is a proud 2018 graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University’s PharmD program and certified in Healthcare Information and Management Systems. He also co-founded AnyWear VR, a company focused on using virtual reality technology in creative healthcare settings. He is also involved with OpenEMR and is currently working at a major healthcare IT company on analytics software integration. He is also known as the Full Stack Pharmacist and shares informational social media posts for the pharmacy profession (https://www.instagram.com/fullstackpharmacist/).

Group Panel Member: Dr. Tony Dao
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tonydaopharmd

Dr. Dao is a graduate of the University of Southern California pharmacy program and is certified in Healthcare Information and Management Systems. He is the founder and host of the Pharmacy, IT, & Me podcast as well as the OCPhA Podcast on Pharmacy and Healthcare. He started his informatics career through a major EHR implementation at a county health system and he currently practices at a large pediatric institution through managing clinical decision support tools and pharmacy technology items. He also teaches at various pharmacy schools and actively stays involved in local, state, and national organizations.

If you like this episode, please share it with your friends and colleagues. Keep the conversation going!

OneGoalManyPaths

YourPharmacyStory

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98. Goal Setting 101

Mon, 12 Aug 2019 11:42:34 -0000

98. Goal Setting 101

Intended Audience: Newcomers or Currently Working Pharmacists

Today's episode is focused on why goal setting is important when running a project. Goal setting can be used in HIT decisions, contract negotiations, and other important organizational-level actions.

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97. Last Week in Health IT for August 9th, 2019

Fri, 09 Aug 2019 11:37:13 -0000

97. Last Week in Health IT for August 9th, 2019

Intended Audience: Everyone

Welcome to another episode of Last Week in Health IT where we talk about some of the significant Health IT-related news items that occurred in the past week.

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96. From Resident to Pharmacy Informaticist feat. Dr. Michelle Park

Wed, 07 Aug 2019 11:38:40 -0000

96. From Resident to Pharmacy Informaticist feat. Dr. Michelle Park

Intended Audience: Everyone

On today's episode, we get to speak with special guest Dr. Michelle Park, a currently practicing pharmacy applications analyst for one of the largest healthcare networks in the nation. She was the first pharmacy informatics PGY2 resident at Kaiser Downey in their program. Today's discussion includes her discussing her journey into the field and advice on how others can go either the residency route or the non-residency route towards pharmacy informatics.

If you have any other questions, you can email Dr. Park at michelle.anna.park@kp.org.

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95. Are You Ready For This? Readiness Assessments

Mon, 05 Aug 2019 11:21:42 -0000

95. Are You Ready For This? Readiness Assessments

Intended Audience: Newcomers or Existing Pharmacy Informaticists

On today's episode, we continue the topic about migrating to a new EHR by talking about what readiness assessments are, why they're important, and how they're different from EHR visioning exercises.

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94.Last Week in Health IT for August 2nd, 2019

Fri, 02 Aug 2019 11:43:02 -0000

94.Last Week in Health IT for August 2nd, 2019

Intended Audience: Everyone

Welcome to another episode of Last Week in Health IT where we talk about some of the significant Health IT-related news items that occurred in the past week.

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93. Lean Six Sigma and Pharmacy Informatics feat. Dr. Jason Lam

Wed, 31 Jul 2019 11:13:13 -0000

93. Lean Six Sigma and Pharmacy Informatics feat. Dr. Jason Lam

Intended Audience: Everyone

On today's episode, we have the opportunity to interview Dr. Jason Lam, CSSBB, PharmD, FCPhA, FCSHP, on how he got into the field of pharmacy informatics. In addition, he discusses how Lean Six Sigma relates to pharmacy informatics and process improvement. Dr. Lam provides sound advice on how to position yourself to be successful in the pharmacy informatics space.

Dr. Lam will be presenting at the upcoming CSHP Seminar on Friday, October 25th, 2019 at 3:45 PM on Lean and Value Stream Mapping. To find out more, visit https://www.cshp.org/page/S19_Schedule#fri.

Some of Dr. Lam's works:
JAPhA: https://www.japha.org/article/S1544-3191(18)30407-2/fulltext
AJHP: https://academic.oup.com/ajhp/article/74/15/1130/5102546

If you have any further questions, you can reach out to Dr. Lam at jason.h.lam@gmail.com.

More about Lean Six Sigma:
Lean Six Sigma Institute: https://www.leansixsigmainstitute.org/
American Society for Quality: https://asq.org/

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Twitter: www.twitter.com/pharmacyitme
Instagram: www.instagram.com/pharmacyinformatics
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Email: tony@pharmacyitme.com
Follow Tony's personal Twitter account at www.twitter.com/tonydaopharmd

Network with other pharmacists at Pharmacists Connect!
http://pharmacistsconnect.com

For more information on pharmacy informatics, check out some of the following useful links:

ASHP's Section of Pharmacy Informatics and Technology: https://www.ashp.org/Pharmacy-Informaticist/Section-of-Pharmacy-Informatics-and-Technology/
HIMSS Pharmacy Informatics Community: https://www.himss.org/library/pharmacy-informatics

Disclaimer: Views expressed are my own and do not reflect thoughts and opinions of any entity with which I have been, am now, or will be affiliated.

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92. I See You: EHR Visioning

Mon, 29 Jul 2019 11:16:28 -0000

92. I See You: EHR Visioning

Intended Audience: Newcomers to Pharmacy Informatics

Today is all about EHR visioning exercises. We talk about why visioning is important for an institution to do before they move forward with an implementation plan, and how the results of a visioning exercise can tell whether the organization is ready or not.

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91. Last Week in Health IT for July 26th, 2019

Fri, 26 Jul 2019 18:04:31 -0000

91. Last Week in Health IT for July 26th, 2019

Intended Audience: Everyone

Welcome to another episode of Last Week in Health IT where we talk about some of the significant Health IT-related news items that occurred in the past week.

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90. Rebroadcast - Oncology & Research Pharmacist feat. Dr. David Chu

Wed, 24 Jul 2019 11:18:42 -0000

90. Rebroadcast - Oncology & Research Pharmacist feat. Dr. David Chu

Intended Audience: Everyone

Today's episode is actually a rebroadcast of the Orange County Pharmacists Association podcast where Dr. David Chu was interviewed about his role as a clinical research pharmacist. Dr. Chu also had informatics rotations during his residency. In addition to his journey to become a clinical research pharmacist, he discusses how he learned that pharmacy informatics impacts his practice. Though not an informatics pharmacist, the concepts of data analytics and order set builds continue to be part of his role in clinical research.

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89. I'd Like To Place an Order Set Please

Mon, 22 Jul 2019 14:31:01 -0000

89. I'd Like To Place an Order Set Please

Intended Audience: Newcomers to Pharmacy Informatics

Today's episode is all about order sets. We go over what an order set is and what key strategies and considerations to follow to be successful.

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88. Last Week in Health IT for July 19th, 2019

Fri, 19 Jul 2019 11:02:04 -0000

88. Last Week in Health IT for July 19th, 2019

Intended Audience: Everyone

Welcome to another episode of Last Week in Health IT where we talk about some of the significant Health IT-related news items that occurred in the past week.

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87. Longitudinal PGY2 Pharmacy Residency feat. Dr. Anthony Vo

Wed, 17 Jul 2019 11:25:43 -0000

87. Longitudinal PGY2 Pharmacy Residency feat. Dr. Anthony Vo

Intended Audience: Everyone

On today's episode, we speak with Dr. Anthony Vo about his experience in a PGY2 pharmacy informatics program and how his PGY1 program prepared him to tackle this challenge. In addition, he talks about the uniqueness of his longitudinal structure and its impact on how he handles projects. You can reach Dr. Vo at anthonyliemvo@gmail.com or on his LinkedIn page at https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthonyliemvo/

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86. You're Just My Type... of CDS

Mon, 15 Jul 2019 11:54:50 -0000

86. You're Just My Type... of CDS

Intended Audience: Newcomers to Pharmacy Informatics

Today we break down types of CDS: Passive vs Active, then Non-interruptive vs Interruptive. More info at: https://doi.org/10.2146/sp150014

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85. Last Week in Health IT for July 12th, 2019

Fri, 12 Jul 2019 23:19:04 -0000

85. Last Week in Health IT for July 12th, 2019

Intended Audience: Everyone

Welcome to another episode of Last Week in Health IT where we talk about some of the significant Health IT-related news items that occurred in the past week.

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84. Project Managing, Business, & Informatics feat. Pharmacist Alicia Williams

Wed, 10 Jul 2019 11:24:45 -0000

84. Project Managing, Business, & Informatics feat. Pharmacist Alicia Williams

Intended Audience: Everyone

Today we speak with Alicia Williams, a pharmacist who's made her career unique with her experiences in IT, informatics, business, inpatient, consulting, and more! She shares her story and also provides some great advice on what others can do to get into the pharmacy informatics space. You can reach out to her at awilliams@fullsighthealth.com for any additional questions.

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83. Types of Networking (Not the Human Kind!)

Mon, 08 Jul 2019 11:41:36 -0000

83. Types of Networking (Not the Human Kind!)

Intended Audience: Newcomers to Pharmacy Informatics or Technology

On today's episode, we go over different types of computer networking. There are a lot of acronyms out there and it can be get confusing very fast. Even though these are not pharmacy informatics or pharmacy-specific terms, you may run into these terms in your career if you deal with any sort of pharmacy technology systems. We're talking about local area networks, wide area networks, personal area networks, and a bunch of other area networks out there. Let us know if you enjoy this episode and we can continue to have a technical episode once in a while in the future!

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82. Last Week in Health IT for July 5th, 2019

Fri, 05 Jul 2019 20:51:08 -0000

82. Last Week in Health IT for July 5th, 2019

Intended Audience: Everyone

Welcome to another episode of Last Week in Health IT where we talk about some of the significant Health IT-related news items that occurred in the past week.

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81. Academia, Master's Program, Residency, & Blockchain feat. Dr. Elizabeth Breeden

Wed, 03 Jul 2019 11:46:53 -0000

81. Academia, Master's Program, Residency, & Blockchain feat. Dr. Elizabeth Breeden

Intended Audience: Everyone

On today's episode, we speak with Dr. Elizabeth Breeden on many facets of pharmacy informatics. Dr. Breeden is faculty at Lipscomb University and involved in the PGY2 pharmacy informatics residency program and the Master's program in Health Care Informatics. She also discusses blockchain and its implications in pharmacy informatics in the coming years.

More info:
Email: healthcareinformatics@lipscomb.edu
Lipscomb University: https://www.lipscomb.edu/academics/programs/health-care-informatics
Publications by Dr. Breeden: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Breeden%20EA%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=true&cauthor_uid=27121611
Publications by Dr. Kevin Clauson: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Clauson%20KA%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=true&cauthor_uid=27121611
IBM Blockchain: https://www.ibm.com/blockchain
Hashed Health: https://hashedhealth.com/
Synaptic Health Alliance: https://www.synaptichealthalliance.com/

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80. Ring Ring, You've Got a Call from Telepharmacy

Mon, 01 Jul 2019 11:23:29 -0000

80. Ring Ring, You've Got a Call from Telepharmacy

Intended Audience: Newcomers to pharmacy informatics

On today's episode, we briefly describe what telepharmacy is. Topics include remote verification for inpatient and outpatient settings, IV workflow systems, and remote pharmacy consultations and MTM.

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79. Last Week in Health IT for June 28th. 2019

Fri, 28 Jun 2019 11:13:33 -0000

79. Last Week in Health IT for June 28th. 2019

Intended Audience: Everyone

Welcome to another episode of Last Week in Health IT where we talk about some of the significant Health IT-related news items that occurred in the past week.

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78. Digital Health and Pharmacogenetics Perspectives feat. New Grad Dr. Christy Cheung

Wed, 26 Jun 2019 11:30:46 -0000

78. Digital Health and Pharmacogenetics Perspectives feat. New Grad Dr. Christy Cheung

Intended Audience: Everyone

We get to speak with new grad Dr. Christy Cheung on today's episode about her perspectives on digital health, pharmacogenetics, the use of technology in healthcare, and much more! In addition, Christy also shares her digital health blog called Think Digital Health. To reach her blog, visit www.thinkdh.co. You can also reach Christy on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/christyolcheung/.

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77. So... What's the RxNorm?

Mon, 24 Jun 2019 11:42:15 -0000

77. So... What's the RxNorm?

Intended Audience: Everyone

Today, we talk about the RxNorm standard. This standard was produced by the National Library of Medicine as a means to promote and improve semantic interoperability amongst disparate computer systems. To find out more about RxNorm, check out https://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/umls/rxnorm/overview.html

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76. Last Week in Health IT for June 21st, 2019

Fri, 21 Jun 2019 23:21:02 -0000

76. Last Week in Health IT for June 21st, 2019

Intended Audience: Everyone

Welcome to another episode of Last Week in Health IT where we talk about some of the significant Health IT-related news items that occurred in the past week.

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75. Getting Specialized: A PGY2 Residency feat. Dr. Diana Schreier

Wed, 19 Jun 2019 11:00:00 -0000

75. Getting Specialized: A PGY2 Residency feat. Dr. Diana Schreier

Intended Audience: Everyone

On today's episode, we speak with Dr. Diana Schreier on her experience with going through a PGY1 program and eventually working her way through completing her PGY2 program in pharmacy informatics. She also discusses how having an MBA was very useful for her pathway, and she provides some important suggestions to those looking to get into informatics. To contact Dr. Schreier with further questions, you can email her at diana.schreier@frontier.com.

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74. How to Win Reports and Influence Programmers: Strategies on Report Requests

Mon, 17 Jun 2019 11:28:56 -0000

74. How to Win Reports and Influence Programmers: Strategies on Report Requests

Intended Audience: People who requests reports

Today's episode talks about how to request for reports from your informatics or business intelligence teams in a manner that is both efficient and effective.

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73. Last Week in Health IT for June 14th, 2019

Fri, 14 Jun 2019 21:36:11 -0000

73. Last Week in Health IT for June 14th, 2019

Intended Audience: Everyone

Welcome to another episode of Last Week in Health IT where we talk about some of the significant Health IT-related news items that occurred in the past week.

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One Goal, Many Paths: Next Steps After Not Matching feat. Drs. Beju Shah, Brian Fung, David Vu, and Tony Dao

Wed, 12 Jun 2019 10:00:00 -0000

One Goal, Many Paths: Next Steps After Not Matching feat. Drs. Beju Shah, Brian Fung, David Vu, and Tony Dao

Intended Audience: Pharmacy Students and anyone who did not match for residency

This year, over 4000 applicants matched for a PGY1 or PGY2 pharmacy residency program. These individuals are moving on to an amazing opportunity where they can continue to expand their skillset and evolve their knowledge.

But… over 2000 applicants did NOT get this chance.

If you were one of the individuals who did not match, know that you are NOT alone. Know that it’s OKAY. Know that there are MANY different pathways to achieve your end goal.

On today’s special episode, Dr. Beju Shah, Dr. Brian Fung, Dr. David Vu, and Dr. Tony Dao all share their stories of how they did not match for residency and talk about the next steps they took that eventually navigated them into their DREAM careers.

We encourage anyone who’s listening to share your story and let everyone know that they are NOT alone. Please share your stories on any social media outlet using #OneGoalManyPaths #YourPharmacyStory .

Panel Contact Info:
Beju Shah: https://www.linkedin.com/in/medicationsafety/
Brian Fung: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bkfung/
David Vu: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vcudavidvu/ or vud@vcu.edu
Tony Dao: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tonydaopharmd/

Additional resources:
2019 residency stats: https://natmatch.com/ashprmp/stats/2019applstats.pdf

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71. 123s with ADCs, Part 2

Mon, 10 Jun 2019 11:27:57 -0000

71. 123s with ADCs, Part 2

Intended Audience: Newcomers to Pharmacy Informatics

Today, we continue our discussion about automated dispensing cabinets by talking about some medication safety considerations and what an informatics or information systems pharmacist's role is in management of ADC systems.

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70. Last Week in Health IT for June 7th, 2019

Fri, 07 Jun 2019 11:05:59 -0000

70.Last Week in Health IT for June 7th, 2019

Intended Audience: Everyone

Welcome to another episode of Last Week in Health IT where we talk about some of the significant Health IT-related news items that occurred in the past week.

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69. Pharmacy Technician to Pharmacy IT feat. Walter Hopgood

Wed, 05 Jun 2019 11:44:59 -0000

69. Pharmacy Technician to Pharmacy IT feat. Walter Hopgood

Intended Audience: Everyone

On today's episode, we actually get to speak with a former pharmacy technician and now senior pharmacy IT consultant, Walter Hopgood, on what his role is in the pharmacy IT and informatics world! Check the episode out for a different perspective!
To contact Walter, visit his LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/walter-hopgood-236a997/

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68. 123s with ADCs: Part 1

Mon, 03 Jun 2019 11:54:07 -0000

68. 123s with ADCs: Part 1

Intended Audience: Newcomers to Pharmacy Informatics

Today we give a brief introduction to what automated dispensing cabinets are. The episode focuses on discussing what these technologies are, how they are used, where they are used, how they compare to cart fills, and what benefits one can experience by using ADCs.

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67. Last Week in Health IT for May 31st, 2019

Fri, 31 May 2019 11:56:02 -0000

67. Last Week in Health IT for May 31st, 2019

Intended Audience: Everyone

Welcome to another episode of Last Week in Health IT where we talk about some of the significant Health IT-related news items that occurred in the past week.

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66. My Diabetes Home and Data Science feat. Dr. Dalton Fabian

Wed, 29 May 2019 12:16:44 -0000

66. My Diabetes Home and Data Science feat. Dr. Dalton Fabian

Intended Audience: Everyone

On today's episode, we get to speak with Dr. Dalton Fabian on his unique pharmacist role at My Diabetes Home, and he expands on his passion for data science and its impacts on pharmacy and healthcare delivery.
Additional links:
Pharmacist Slack: https://pharmacistsconnect.com
Datacamp: https://www.datacamp.com
Dalton Fabian's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daltonfabian/
Email: dalton.s.fabian@gmail.com

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65. School Again? Why I'm Getting a PMC HI

Mon, 27 May 2019 11:53:05 -0000

65. School Again? Why I'm Getting a PMC HI

Intended Audience: Those interested in furthering their education

Today's episode, I talk about why I decided to pursue a Post-Master's Certificate in Healthcare Informatics and what some of the benefits are. The purpose of this episode is to provide you an example of my thought processes in deciding to go this route so that you may apply some of the perspectives for your decisions.

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64. Comcast Health IT... wait, what?

Fri, 24 May 2019 11:35:56 -0000

64. Comcast Health IT... wait, what?

Intended Audience: Everyone

This week, instead of going over last week's news in healthcare IT, we're focusing just on one article. Today's topic is going to be about the reportedly new foray into healthcare IT by Comcast. To read the original CNBC article regarding Comcast's new health tool, visit https://www.cnbc.com/2019/05/21/comcast-working-on-home-health-device-similar-to-amazon-echo.html

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63. Master's Program in Health Care Informatics feat. Dr. Kendall Cortelyou-Ward, PhD

Wed, 22 May 2019 11:30:36 -0000

63. Master's Program in Health Care Informatics feat. Dr. Kendall Cortelyou-Ward, PhD

Intended Audience: Everyone

On today's episode, we speak with the Program Director from UCF's Master's Degree in Health Care Informatics, Dr. Kendall Cortelyou-Ward, PhD. She discusses the importance of healthcare informatics and the benefits of what this degree program can add to a pharmacist's career. To find out more about the program, you can contact Dr. Cortelyou-Ward at kendall.c.ward@ucf.edu.

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62. Meds are from eMARs: An Introduction to eMARs

Mon, 20 May 2019 11:45:38 -0000

62. Meds are from eMARs: An Introduction to eMARs

Intended Audience: Newcomers to Pharmacy Informatics

On today's episode, we talk about the electronic medication administration record, or eMAR for short. eMARs are prevalent in many health systems today that use EMRs, but why do people use them? We talk about some of the benefits and how pharmacy informatics plays a role.

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61. Last Week in Health IT for May 17th, 2019

Fri, 17 May 2019 11:42:09 -0000

61. Last Week in Health IT for May 17th, 2019

Intended Audience: Everyone

Welcome to another episode of Last Week in Health IT where we talk about some of the significant Health IT-related news items that occurred in the past week. On today's episode, we talk about AI, population health analytics, Joint Commission's new real-time platform, and more.
Population Health Analytics at Banner Health article: https://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/population-health-analytics-help-banner-health-better-predict-high-cost-patients

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60. Pharmacy Informatics Residency & Education feat. Dr. Denis Kitayama

Wed, 15 May 2019 11:44:39 -0000

60. Pharmacy Informatics Residency & Education feat. Dr. Denis Kitayama

Intended Audience: Everyone

On today's episode, we get to interview Dr. Denis Kitayama of Kaiser Permanente on his role as a pharmacy project manager and residency program coordinator for the PGY2 pharmacy informatics program at Kaiser Downey. He also discusses his experience in the past with startups and consulting.

If you'd like to contact Dr. Kitayama for further questions about his career or the Kaiser informatics program, you can find him at his LinkedIn page at https://www.linkedin.com/in/denis-kitayama-15406498/

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59. With Great Power... Antimicrobial Surveillance Applications

Mon, 13 May 2019 11:58:51 -0000

59. With Great Power - Antimicrobial Surveillance Applications

Intended Audience: Newcomers to Pharmacy Informatics

Today we briefly go over the tools out there used to predict antimicrobial trends and outbreaks as well as improve clinical workflows, outcomes, and patient care. These antimicrobial surveillance applications draw from many data sources in order to provide the clinician an optimized view of what's relevant for clinical decisions.

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58. Last Week in Health IT for May 10th, 2019

Fri, 10 May 2019 11:57:28 -0000

58. Last Week in Health IT for May 10th, 2019

Intended Audience: Everyone

Not many news items this week, but much talk about AI-powered healthcare IT tools and network infrastructure changes!

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57. Pharmacy Informatics in Long Term Care feat. Becky Agar of Hogan Pharmacy Partners

Wed, 08 May 2019 11:08:30 -0000

57. Pharmacy Informatics in Long Term Care feat. Becky Agar of Hogan Pharmacy Partners

Intended Audience: Everyone

On this episode, we get to speak with Becky Agar, Vice President of Hogan Pharmacy Partners, on her pathway from community pharmacist to long term care pharmacy informatics. She discusses interesting topics of bringing inpatient technologies into the long term care setting and provides great advice for students getting into the field.
To find out more about Hogan Pharmacy Partners, visit https://www.hoganpharmacypartners.com/
To reach Becky on LinkedIn, visit https://www.linkedin.com/in/becky-agar-39a4b941/
To reach Becky on Twitter, visit https://twitter.com/bexrx

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56. Last Week in Health IT for May 6th, 2019

Mon, 06 May 2019 11:17:30 -0000

56. Last Week in Health IT for May 6th, 2019

Intended Audience: Everyone

On today's short episode, we go over some of the news topics from last week in healthcare IT.

Additional Resources: To find out more about the BlueCross BlueSheild Healthbox Data Innovation Challenge, visit http://databox.healthbox.com/applicant/login

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55. Why Did The IV Cross The EHR? Because It's A 2-Way Street! Smart Pump 2-Way Interoperability

Fri, 03 May 2019 11:01:16 -0000

55. Why Did The IV Cross The EHR? Because It's A 2-Way Street! Smart Pump 2-Way Interoperability

Intended Audience: Newcomers to Pharmacy Informatics

On today's episode, we continue the discussion of smart pumps by introducing the concept of 2-way interoperability with the EHR. Discussion includes the workflow of a 2-way system, what the benefits are, and what a role of a pharmacist is in the entire process.

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54. Directing Informatics Projects feat. Dr. Marie-Elsie Ade

Wed, 01 May 2019 11:27:34 -0000

54. Directing Informatics Projects feat. Dr. Marie-Elsie Ade

Intended Audience: Everyone

On today's episode, we interview Dr. Marie-Elsie Ade on her experience in teaching, being a pharmacy informaticist, directing pharmacy projects, and being a director of pharmacy! She also provides advice on different avenues for pharmacists to take in navigating towards pharmacy informatics.

You can reach Dr. Ade at her LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marie-elsie-ade-6543064/

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53. Are You Smarter than an IV Pump? - Intro to Smart Pumps

Mon, 29 Apr 2019 11:35:21 -0000

53. Are You Smarter than an IV Pump? - Intro to Smart Pumps

Intended Audience: Everyone

Time to talk about smart pumps! We go over some brief basics on this episode of what a smart pump is, how it contributes to safety, and what a pharmacist's role is in smart pump medication libraries.

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52. Last Week in Health IT for April 26th, 2019

Fri, 26 Apr 2019 12:12:22 -0000

52. Last Week in Health IT for April 26th, 2019

Intended Audience: Everyone

Come check out today's Last Week in Health IT episode where we discuss several news items from this past week! We talk about some news on AI, cybersecurity, ransomware, information sharing, and more!

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51. Informatics in Pharmacogenetics feat. Pharmacist Andrea Paterson

Wed, 24 Apr 2019 12:24:47 -0000

51. Informatics in Pharmacogenetics feat. Pharmacist Andrea Paterson

Intended Audience: Everyone

Pharmacy, IT, & Me goes international! We interview special guest, Canadian Pharmacist Andrea Paterson, on her role in the pharmacogenetics world and how informatics and technology play into algorithm development for precision prescribing. She provides great insight into what it means to be a pharmacist at a software development company and also provides some advice to pharmacy students or pharmacists who would like to pursue a nontraditional route.
If you'd like to contact Andrea, visit her LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrea-paterson-rph/. If you'd like to learn more about GenXys, please visit www.genxys.com.

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50. Hey Data, Are We Related? Relational Databases Part 2

Mon, 22 Apr 2019 11:39:44 -0000

50. Hey Data, Are We Related? Relational Databases Part 2

Intended Audience: Newcomers to Pharmacy Informatics

On today's episode, we go over more detail on relational databases, particularly on how data is stored and what type of data is out there and how it's expressed in relational databases. Some terms we go over are characters, strings, primary keys, alternate keys, foreign keys, one-to-one, one-to-many, many-to-many, null, indexes, and a lot more.

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49. Last Week in Health IT for April 19th, 2019

Fri, 19 Apr 2019 11:58:07 -0000

49. Last Week in Health IT for April 19th, 2019

Intended Audience: Everyone

On today's episode, we talk about some of the news items that occurred in health IT. We talk about different topics such as precision prescribing, all-in-one systems, tools for hospital stays, and AI's impact in medical imaging and congenital heart disease.

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48. From Experience to Academia feat. Dr. Armen Simonian

Wed, 17 Apr 2019 11:57:44 -0000

48. From Experience to Academia feat. Dr. Armen Simonian

Intended Audience: Everyone

Dr. Armen Simonian of KGI School of Pharmacy and Health Sciences discusses his vast experience in pharmacy informatics and technology systems and how that translates over to what he currently teaches students over at KGI School of Pharmacy and Health Sciences.

To reach Dr. Simonian, you can email him at armen_simonian@kgi.edu

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47. IV got Workflow to do! IV Workflow Management Applications

Mon, 15 Apr 2019 11:34:53 -0000

47. IV got Workflow to do! IV Workflow Management Applications

Intended Audience: Newcomers to Pharmacy Informatics

On this introduction episode, we talk what IV Workflow Management Applications are and how they can increase efficiency and safety in the pharmacy.

More info about BD Cato aka BD Pyxis IV Prep: https://www.bd.com/en-us/offerings/capabilities/medication-and-supply-management/medication-and-supply-management-technologies/pyxis-medication-technologies/pyxis-iv-prep More info about DoseEdge: http://www.baxtermedicationdeliveryproducts.com/pharmacy-workflow/doseedge.html

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46. Last Week in Health IT for April 12th, 2019

Fri, 12 Apr 2019 11:45:33 -0000

46. Last Week in Health IT for April 12th, 2019

Intended Audience: Everyone

Come check out today's Last Week in Health IT episode where we discuss several news items from this past week! We discuss new happenings in interoperability, teledentistry, machine learning, cybersecurity, and more.

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45. Ushering Pharmacy Informatics to the Community Setting feat. Dr. Mimi Baker

Wed, 10 Apr 2019 11:13:17 -0000

45: Ushering Pharmacy Informatics to the Community Setting feat. Dr. Mimi Baker

Intended Audience: Everyone

On this episode, we get to speak with Dr. Mimi Baker on her career path through residency and eventually landing in clinical software development of a community pharmacy clinical application. She discusses her goals of ushering clinical data into the community setting and talks about how pharmacy students or current pharmacists can get into a pharmacy informatics career path!

Contact Dr. Baker at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mimi-baker-b9798621/

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44. Delivery Guaranteed! Project Management Basics

Mon, 08 Apr 2019 11:33:05 -0000

44. Delivery Guaranteed! Project Management Basics

Intended Audience: Pharmacists who manage projects

On this episode, we go over the very basics of project management. Follow this guide for a framework on how to delivery your project appropriately. For more details on project management, you can visit www.pmi.org

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43. Last Week in Health IT for April 5th, 2019

Fri, 05 Apr 2019 11:14:40 -0000

43. Last Week in Health IT for April 5th, 2019

Intended Audience: Everyone

Come check out today's Last Week in Health IT episode where we discuss several news items from this past week! We talk about some new efforts in AI and deep learning, some April Fools pranks, FHIR R4, and more.

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42. Carrying the Bag in Health IT feat. Dr. Jason Lebowitz

Wed, 03 Apr 2019 11:00:38 -0000

42. Carrying the Bag in Health IT feat. Dr. Jason Lebowitz

Intended Audience: Everyone

On this episode, we talk to Dr. Jason Lebowitz on his career path through working for large Health IT companies and what his thoughts are in applying clinical pharmacy knowledge in Health IT sales. In addition, he discusses the importance taking opportunities to advance your career and how he decided to pursue a Master's in Health Delivery Science.

To reach Jason, you can visit his LinkedIn at:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jrlebowitz/

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41. What Makes You So Special, Pharmacist?

Mon, 01 Apr 2019 11:37:18 -0000

41. What Makes You So Special, Pharmacist

Intended Audience: Newcomers

We all know pharmacists can work in healthcare IT as clinical pharmacists or informatics pharmacists, but what makes them so special? That's what we explore in today's short episode of Pharmacy, IT, & Me.

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40. Last Week in Health IT for March 29th, 2019

Fri, 29 Mar 2019 11:00:44 -0000

40. Last Week in Health IT for March 29th, 2019

Intended Audience: Everyone

We talk some healthcare IT news for this past week that includes but is not limited to drones, blood sample delivery, interventional radiology, telemedicine, and more.

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39. Pharmacy Paths Less Traveled feat. Pharmacy Student Aaron Smith

Wed, 27 Mar 2019 11:00:00 -0000

39. Pharmacy Paths Less Traveled feat. Pharmacy Student Aaron Smith

Intended Audience: Everyone

On today's episode, we speak with pharmacy student Aaron Smith on why he decided to pursue the path of pharmacy technologies and informatics. In addition, we talk about an innovative rotation he's currently on and his YouTube project entitled Pharmacy Paths Less Traveled.

More information:
Aaron Smith's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaron-smith-28239510a/
Pharmacy Paths Less Traveled Instagram: www.instagram.com/pharmacyplt
Pharmacy Paths Less Traveled YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVi921HDQBtdSYh0LPZjx9A

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38. To Be or Not To Be a Pharmacy Informatics Resident

Mon, 25 Mar 2019 11:00:27 -0000

38. To Be or Not To Be a Pharmacy Informatics Resident

Intended Audience: Pharmacy Students or Pharmacists Considering Informatics Residency

On this episode, we tackle the question of whether you should do a pharmacy informatics residency or not. Hint: it may not be what you think it is.

More information:
ASHP's directory of residencies: https://accred.ashp.org/aps/pages/directory/residencyprogramsearch.aspx

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37. Last Week in Health IT for March 22nd, 2019

Fri, 22 Mar 2019 11:45:10 -0000

37. Last Week in Health IT for March 22nd, 2019

Intended Audience: Everyone

This week's health IT news is pretty light, but we talk about some integrated healthcare IT and Amazon's partnership with One Drop.

More Info:
Amazon & One Drop: https://digiday.com/retail/amazon-exclusive-medical-brand-choice-expands-services-one-drop-partnership/
St. Luke's patient monitoring integration: https://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/st-lukes-university-integrates-patient-monitoring-data-its-epic-ehr

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36. New Grads in Health IT feat. Dr. David Vu

Wed, 20 Mar 2019 11:00:16 -0000

36. New Grads in Health IT feat. Dr. David Vu

Intended Audience: Everyone

On this episode, we speak with new grad Dr. David Vu, PharmD, CPHIMS on his role as a quality assurance engineer for Kit Check and ambassador of OpenEMR.

You can reach David at the following:
Email: vud@vcu.edu
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vcudavidvu/

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35. Electronic Efficiency: An Intro to ePrescribe

Mon, 18 Mar 2019 07:41:33 -0000

35. Electronic Efficiency: An Intro to ePrescribe

Intended Audience: Newcomers to Pharmacy Informatics

On today's episode, we take a brief look at what ePrescribe is, why it's beneficial, and what an informatics pharmacist's role is in troubleshooting ePrescribe. In addition, we briefly talk about EPCS and why it's become more common.

More info about Surescripts ePrescribing here: https://surescripts.com/enhance-prescribing/e-prescribing/

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34. Last Week in Health IT for March 15th, 2019

Fri, 15 Mar 2019 11:01:09 -0000

34. Last Week in Health IT for March 15th, 2019

Intended Audience: Everyone

We go over last week's healthcare IT news which was surprisingly focused on artificial intelligence for the most part. We talk about mergers, AI, the Digital Health Silk Road, and more.

Additional Info:
State of AI 2019: www.stateofai2019.com
Digital Health Silk Road: https://pages.healthcareitnews.com/HIMSSInsights3.html

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33. Dr. Komal Patel, Clinical Pharmacist in Health IT

Wed, 13 Mar 2019 11:57:01 -0000

33. Dr. Komal Patel, Clinical Pharmacist in Health IT

Intended Audience: Everyone

Today we speak with Dr. Komal Patel about her role as a clinical pharmacist working with a Health IT company. She will also be presenting at the upcoming CPhA Western Pharmacy Exchange on the future of healthcare and IT.

Contact Dr. Patel at:
kapatel006@gmail.com
or LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/komal-patelrx
Find out more about Catalia Health: http://www.cataliahealth.com/

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32. Hey Data, Are We Related? Relational Databases Part 1

Mon, 11 Mar 2019 10:52:34 -0000

32. Hey Data, Are We Related? Relational Databases Part 1

Intended Audience: Newcomers

Today's episode focuses on a very basic introduction on what databases, tables, records, and fields are. Knowing these are essential to eventually understanding how relational databases work.

More information:
What are Relational Databases? https://searchdatamanagement.techtarget.com/definition/relational-database
SQL Training: https://www.w3schools.com/sql/

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31. Last Week in Health IT for March 8th, 2019

Fri, 08 Mar 2019 12:13:34 -0000

31. Last Week in Health IT for March 8th, 2019

Intended Audience: Everyone

We're back with another episode of Last Week in Health IT! We talk about company partnerships, mergers, acquirements, and a lot more in this busy week of health IT. Check out more news items at www.healthcareitnews.com!

Follow us on social media!
Twitter: @pharmacyitme
Instagram: @pharmacyinformatics
Website: Pharmacy IT & Me
Email: pharmacyitme@gmail.com
Follow Tony's personal Twitter account at @tonydaopharmd

Network with other pharmacists at Pharmacists Connect!
http://pharmacistsconnect.com

For more information on pharmacy informatics, check out some of the following useful links:

ASHP's Section of Pharmacy Informatics and Technology: https://www.ashp.org/Pharmacy-Informaticist/Section-of-Pharmacy-Informatics-and-Technology/
HIMSS Pharmacy Informatics Community: https://www.himss.org/library/pharmacy-informatics

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30. Chuck Hennes & Hunter Whitworth: PharmD/MHIT Students

Wed, 06 Mar 2019 12:44:31 -0000

30. Chuck Hennes & Hunter Whitworth: PharmD/MHIT Students

Intended Audience: Everyone

Today we interview two students, Chuck Hennes and Hunter Whitworth, who are in a PharmD/MHIT dual degree program at the University of South Carolina. We also discuss their recent trip to the HIMSS19 conference, their perspectives on healthcare IT, and why they chose to pursue this dual degree program.

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29. Medication Use Process & Technology

Mon, 04 Mar 2019 12:57:37 -0000

29. Medication Use Process & Technology

Intended Audience: Students and Newcomers to Pharmacy Informatics

Today's episode, we talk about the different steps in the Medication Use Process and how current technologies can affect each step.

More Resources:
Medication Use Process: https://www.achca.org/assets/docs/ltcplc_stmt3_meduseprocess_081031.pdf
Medication Safety and Avoiding Errors: https://www.omicsonline.org/open-access/medication-safety-in-hospitals-avoiding-medication-errors-in-the-medication-use-process-2167-1052-2-134.php?aid=14894

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28. Last Week in Health IT for March 1st, 2019

Fri, 01 Mar 2019 12:25:48 -0000

28. Last Week in Health IT for March 1st, 2019

Intended Audience: Everybody

Starting the new month, we go over some of the Health IT news in the past week, such as phasing out "old" technology, machine learning in disease screening, opioid mapping tool updates, and more.

Other resources:
Medical Genome Initiative: https://medgenomeinitiative.org/
Showcase of Philips Azurion with Microsoft HoloLens 2: https://globenewswire.com/news-release/2019/02/24/1741153/0/en/Philips-showcases-unique-augmented-reality-concept-for-image-guided-minimally-invasive-therapies-developed-with-Microsoft.html

Follow us on social media!
Twitter: @pharmacyitme
Instagram: @pharmacyinformatics
Website: Pharmacy IT & Me
Email: pharmacyitme@gmail.com
Follow Tony's personal Twitter account at @tonydaopharmd

Network with other pharmacists at Pharmacists Connect!

For more information on pharmacy informatics, check out some of the following useful links:

ASHP's Section of Pharmacy Informatics and Technology: https://www.ashp.org/Pharmacy-Informaticist/Section-of-Pharmacy-Informatics-and-Technology/
HIMSS Pharmacy Informatics Community: https://www.himss.org/library/pharmacy-informatics

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27. Dr. Maritza Lew, Manager, Core Clinical Systems

Wed, 27 Feb 2019 12:30:27 -0000

27. Dr. Maritza Lew, Manager, Core Clinical Systems

Intended Audience: Everyone

On today's episode, we have the privilege of interviewing Dr. Maritza Lew, PharmD, CPHIMS, PMP. She talks about her journey into becoming a manager of core clinical systems at her current place of employment. She is also the current chair of the ASHP Section of Pharmacy Informatics and Technology.

To find out more about Dr. Maritza Lew, you can visit her at the following areas:
LinkedIn Profile
ASHP Connect Profile
ASHP Section of Pharmacy Informatics and Technology

Follow us on social media!
Twitter: @pharmacyitme
Instagram: @pharmacyinformatics
Website: Pharmacy IT & Me
Email: pharmacyitme@gmail.com
Follow Tony's personal Twitter account at @tonydaopharmd

Network with other pharmacists at Pharmacists Connect!

For more information on pharmacy informatics, check out some of the following useful links:

ASHP's Section of Pharmacy Informatics and Technology
HIMSS Pharmacy Informatics Community

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26. Pharmacy, IT, & 340B

Mon, 25 Feb 2019 12:03:55 -0000

26. Pharmacy, IT, & 340B

Intended Audience: Students and Newcomers

Today we talk about the complicated government rebate program known to many as the 340B program, and we talk about how certain software application can help manage the 340B strict inventory rules through split purchasing.

For more info on 340B, visit the OPA website at https://www.hrsa.gov/opa/index.html

Follow us on social media!
Twitter: @pharmacyitme
Instagram: @pharmacyinformatics
Website: Pharmacy IT & Me
Email: pharmacyitme@gmail.com
Follow Tony's personal Twitter account at @tonydaopharmd

Network with other pharmacists at Pharmacists Connect!

For more information on pharmacy informatics, check out some of the following useful links:

ASHP's Section of Pharmacy Informatics and Technology
HIMSS Pharmacy Informatics Community

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25. Last Week in Health IT, 02/20/2019

Fri, 22 Feb 2019 12:49:41 -0000

25. Last Week in Health IT, 02/20/2019

Intended Audience: Everyone

On this episode, we talk about several news items that occurred this past week, including Kaiser's new medical school, ONC's new goals, and a crossover between Quorum and Oracle.

For the full ONC HITAC release, please visit this link.

Follow us on social media!
Twitter: @pharmacyitme
Instagram: @pharmacyinformatics
Website: Pharmacy IT & Me
Email: pharmacyitme@gmail.com
Follow Tony's personal Twitter account at @tonydaopharmd

Network with other pharmacists at Pharmacists Connect!

For more information on pharmacy informatics, check out some of the following useful links:

ASHP's Section of Pharmacy Informatics and Technology
HIMSS Pharmacy Informatics Community

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24. Dr. Emmanuel Akinwole, Informatics Pharmacist

Wed, 20 Feb 2019 12:30:56 -0000

24. Dr. Emmanuel Akinwole, Informatics Pharmacist

Intended Audience: Everyone

On this episode, Dr. Emmanuel Akinwole is interviewed in regards to how he got into the informatics field and what his position entails.

Follow us on social media!
Twitter: @pharmacyitme
Instagram: @pharmacyinformatics
Website: Pharmacy IT & Me
Email: pharmacyitme@gmail.com
Follow Tony's personal Twitter account at @tonydaopharmd

For more information on pharmacy informatics, check out some of the following useful links:

ASHP's Section of Pharmacy Informatics and Technology
HIMSS Pharmacy Informatics Community

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23. Burnout Revisited: Cerner Away the Burner

Mon, 18 Feb 2019 12:31:48 -0000

23. Burnout Revisited: Cerner Away the Burner

Intended Audience: Informatics Pharmacists

On this episode, we come back to the topic of physician burnout because Cerner has announced that they are releasing a suite of AI-enabled applications to help with burnout.

Additional resources:
Cerner Chart Assist
Becker's Health on Physician Burnout
AAFP on Physician Burnout

Follow us on social media!
Twitter: @pharmacyitme
Instagram: @pharmacyinformatics
Website: Pharmacy IT & Me
Email: pharmacyitme@gmail.com
Follow Tony's personal Twitter account at @tonydaopharmd

For more information on pharmacy informatics, check out some of the following useful links:

ASHP's Section of Pharmacy Informatics and Technology
HIMSS Pharmacy Informatics Community

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22. Last Week in Health IT

Fri, 15 Feb 2019 12:20:05 -0000

22. Last Week in Health IT

Intended Audience: Everyone

On this episode, we go over some of the big news items from last week! We aren't able to go over all the great news items that occurred at HIMSS19, but here are some resources for the ones we were able to go over:

FDA Pilot Program on Supply Chain
ONC's 21st Century Cures Act: Interoperability, Information Blocking, and the ONC Health IT

For great networking opportunities in a vetted pharmacist community, check out Pharmacists Connect.

Follow us on social media!
Twitter: @pharmacyitme
Instagram: @pharmacyinformatics
Website: Pharmacy IT & Me
Email: pharmacyitme@gmail.com
Follow Tony's personal Twitter account at @tonydaopharmd

For more information on pharmacy informatics, check out some of the following useful links:

ASHP's Section of Pharmacy Informatics and Technology
HIMSS Pharmacy Informatics Community

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21. Meaningful Use, What Does It Mean?

Wed, 13 Feb 2019 12:37:50 -0000

21. Meaningful Use, What Does It Mean?

Intended Audience: Newcomers to Pharmacy Informatics

Today, we talk about the much-mentioned term of "Meaningful Use". By now, you may have heard this several times if you perused through any pharmacy informatics news. In this episode, we talk about what is Meaningful Use, its governing bodies, its pillars of health outcomes, and the different stages.

For more information about Meaningful Use, visit HealthIT's page on Meaningful Use here!

Follow us on social media!
Twitter: @pharmacyitme
Instagram: @pharmacyinformatics
Website: Pharmacy IT & Me
Email: pharmacyitme@gmail.com
Follow Tony's personal Twitter account at @tonydaopharmd
For more information on pharmacy informatics, check out some of the following useful links:
ASHP's Section of Pharmacy Informatics and Technology
HIMSS Pharmacy Informatics Community

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20. Getting Into Pharmacy Informatics, Student Edition

Mon, 11 Feb 2019 12:21:00 -0000

20. Getting Into Pharmacy Informatics, Student Edition

Intended Audience: Pharmacy Students

Today, we talk about how pharmacy students can learn more and get more involved in the pharmacy informatics and technology space. If you have any detailed question, you can email us at pharmacyitme@gmail.com

Follow us on social media!
Twitter: @pharmacyitme
Instagram: @pharmacyinformatics
Website: Pharmacy IT & Me
Email: pharmacyitme@gmail.com
Follow Tony's personal Twitter account at @tonydaopharmd
For more information on pharmacy informatics, check out some of the following useful links:
ASHP's Section of Pharmacy Informatics and Technology
HIMSS Pharmacy Informatics Community

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19. Last Week in Health IT

Fri, 08 Feb 2019 12:17:20 -0000

19. Last Week in Health IT

Intended Audience: Everyone

On this episode, we talk about some of the big news articles in the past week that occurred in the healthcare IT space.

For great curated content in healthcare IT, check out www.healthcareitnews.com

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18. Dr. Alex Vu, Clinical Informatics Pharmacist, Willow Applications Analyst

Wed, 06 Feb 2019 12:13:29 -0000

18. Dr. Alex Vu, Clinical Informatics Pharmacist, Willow Applications Analyst

Intended Audience: Everyone

Dr. Alex Vu, PharmD, is interviewed in today's episode of Pharmacy, IT, & Me. Today we discuss about his journey into the field and what he currently does. For any further questions, you can contact him at alexvupharmd@gmail.com

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ASHP's Section of Pharmacy Informatics and Technology
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17. Oh, HIE There

Mon, 04 Feb 2019 12:45:44 -0000

17. Oh, HIE There

Intended Audience: Newcomers to Pharmacy Informatics

Today, we briefly go over what Health Information Exchange is and why pharmacy informatics and technology specialists should care.

More Resources
Health Information Exchange
What is HIE?

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16. Autosubs, Roll Out! Nonformularies, Follow!

Fri, 01 Feb 2019 12:34:25 -0000

16. Autosubs, Roll Out! Nonformularies, Follow!

Intended Audience: Informatics/IT Pharmacists

Today we talk about using autosubstitutions and electronic non-formulary requests as it relates to reducing potential medication costs by decreasing high cost medication utilization.

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15. Dr. Luke Slindee, Clinical Director

Wed, 30 Jan 2019 12:28:51 -0000

15. Dr. Luke Slindee, Clinical Director

Intended Audience: Everyone

On this episode, we interview Dr. Luke Slindee, Clinical Director on what his role is in the pharmacy informatics and technology world. If you'd like to reach Dr. Slindee for any questions or discussions, you can contact him at lukeslindee@gmail.com.

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14. We Need Pharmacy Technicians!

Mon, 28 Jan 2019 12:33:31 -0000

14. We Need Pharmacy Technicians!

Intended Audience: Pharmacy Technicians

Today we talk about how pharmacy technicians are so key in the pharmacy field, even in pharmacy informatics and technology. We go over some roles that a pharmacy technician can take on in the informatics space.

Check out ASHP's Statement on Pharmacy Technicians in Pharmacy Informatics

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13. Heal the Burnout!

Fri, 25 Jan 2019 12:49:47 -0000

13. Heal the Burnout!

Intended Audience: Current Informatics Pharmacist

Physician burnout is a real thing. Pharmacist burnout is a real thing. How can we leverage technology to help with physician burnout? We talk about that today, and in the future we will talk more specifically to how we can use automation technologies to reduce pharmacist burnout.

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12. Dr. Corey Edwards, Clinical Analytics Manager

Wed, 23 Jan 2019 12:23:55 -0000

12. Dr. Corey Edwards, Clinical Analytics Manager

Intended Audience: Everyone

Today, we discuss with Dr. Corey Edwards what his role is as a clinical analytics manager and how his residency training helped him succeed in his current position. To contact Dr. Edwards if you have any further questions, he can be reached at cedwards@healthdatawise.com

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11. Ayyy, BCMA

Mon, 21 Jan 2019 12:12:26 -0000

11. Ayyy, BCMA

Intended Audience: Pharmacy Students or Newcomers

We go over a general overview of BCMA and how pharmacists play a role in ensuring that it is a success.

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10. Have You Met Asana? Project Productivity with Cloud Collaboration

Fri, 18 Jan 2019 12:41:35 -0000

10. Have You Met Asana? Project Productivity with Cloud Collaboration

Intended Audience: Current Informatics Pharmacist
On this episode, we talk about how we can leverage project management tools like Asana to assist in the complicated processes of entering a new drug product into the EHR system.

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ASHP's Section of Pharmacy Informatics and Technology
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9. What Do You Do? Informatics Perspectives with Dr. Kevin Tien

Wed, 16 Jan 2019 12:37:06 -0000

9. What Do You Do? Informatics Perspectives Dr. Kevin Tien

Intended Audience: Everyone

We get to interview a current practicing clinical informatics pharmacist, Dr. Kevin Tien, PharmD, on his specific roles and how he got into his field.

If you have any questions about Kevin's role, you can contact him via kevintienpharmd@gmail.com.

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ASHP's Section of Pharmacy Informatics and Technology
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8. Underappreciated: Security Culture

Mon, 14 Jan 2019 12:00:00 -0000

Underappreciate: Security Culture

Intended Audience: Any working pharmacist

In this episode, we discuss why security culture is important. Security systems can be overlooked and underapreciated, so the goal of this episode is to talk about how security culture can be improved in a health care organization so that people would actually follow security policies instead of just shrugging them off.

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7. CDS: Introduction to a Powerful Tool

Fri, 11 Jan 2019 12:40:26 -0000

CDS: Introduction to a Powerful Tool

Intended Audience: Pharmacy students or newcomers to pharmacy informatics

This episode, we introduce a very general overview on what clinical decision support is, include advantages, disadvantages, barriers to implementation, medication safety concerns, and what the role of a pharmacist is in building CDS systems.

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6. I'm So Tired! Alert Fatigue & DDI Optimization

Wed, 09 Jan 2019 12:00:00 -0000

I'm So Tired! Alert Fatigue & DDI Optimization

Intended Audience: Students and Newcomers to Pharmacy Informatics

In this episode, we talk about what alert fatigue is and how it causes patient harm. We focus on drug-drug interactions in terms of alert fatigue, and we discuss one strategy that has been seen to work for alert optimization of drug-drug interactions.

More information on Alert Fatigue:
Alert Fatigue from AHRQ
Combatting Alert Fatigue

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5. Welcome to CPOE

Mon, 07 Jan 2019 12:58:18 -0000

Welcome to CPOE

Intended Audience: Pharmacy Students and Newcomers to Pharmacy Informatics
Today's episode, we delve into the basics of CPOE, discussing what it actually is, barriers to implementation, advantages/disadvantages, medication safety, and what a pharmacist's role in CPOE is.

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4. The Roof is on FHIR

Fri, 04 Jan 2019 12:00:00 -0000

The Roof is on FHIR

Intended Audience: Current Informatics Pharmacists and any newcomers

In this episode, we talk about the recent release of FHIR 4. We also give a little background of how FHIR came to be and what failed with HL7 version 2 and 3.

Find out more about FHIR here:
FHIR R4
FHIR Organization

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3. Complaints are Secret Weapons to Success

Wed, 02 Jan 2019 12:06:07 -0000

Complaints are Secret Weapons to Success

Intended Audience: Informatics Pharmacists

In this episode, we discuss how complaints are helpful to informatics pharmacists and how to take advantage and leverage complainers for the overall benefit to pharmacy technologies. We discuss how to handle complaints, what to do when issues aren't fixable, and efficiently tracking complaints.
SuperOffice article referenced in episode can be found here: https://www.superoffice.com/blog/customer-complaints-good-for-business/

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2. What is Pharmacy Informatics?

Mon, 31 Dec 2018 15:00:05 -0000

What is Pharmacy Informatics?

Intended Audience: Anyone who doesn't know about pharmacy informatics and wants to know more

On this episode, we provide a very, very high level overview of what pharmacy informatics is and what kind of general job duties there are.

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For more information on pharmacy informatics, check out some of the following useful links: ASHP's Section of Pharmacy Informatics and Technology
HIMSS Pharmacy Informatics Community

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1. How This Podcast is Structured

Mon, 31 Dec 2018 15:00:00 -0000

Episode 1

Intended Audience: All

This episode goes over how the rest of the episodes are structured. The podcast will cover a wide range of possible topics, so each episode is going to be clearly marked what the original intended audience is. Of course, anyone can listen to the episode; the intended audience is to help you with determining if this specific episode would fit your needs.

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Preview: About This Podcast

Wed, 12 Dec 2018 09:25:08 -0000

Episode Notes

Preview episode: Podcast host Tony discusses some background, why this podcast was started, and what you can look forward to in future episodes.

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