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

 

Guest speakers:
James Braun, PharmD, BCCCP
Neurosciences Pharmacy Clinical Specialist 
SSM Health

 

Kyle Hoelting, PharmD, BCPS
Senior Manager of Drug Information 
Vizient

 

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

 

Show Notes:

[00:30-3:59] Medication safety risks associated with thrombolytics

[04:00-4:42] Using one drug over another

[04:43-6:48] How frontline pharmacy staff can utilize this information

[06:49-11:44] What Vizient can add to the discussion

[11:45-11:55] When report will be released

 

Links | Resources:

Tenecteplase vs alteplase in acute ischemic stroke: Vizient expert panel

Verified Rx: Evidenced based medicine Click here

Verified Rx: Show me the data! Updates on the evidence of thrombolytic use in ischemic strokes Click here

Verified Rx: Information overload: tips and tricks for staying on top of the literature, part 1 Click here

Verified Rx: Information overload: tips and tricks for staying on top of the literature, part 2 Click here

 

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

 

Guest speakers:
Carina Dolan, PharmD, MS, BCOP
Senior Director of Clinical Oncology and Pharmaceutical Outcomes 
Vizient

 

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

 

Show Notes:

[00:45-1:21] Final Projection for this issue

[01:22-1:57] Highlights from this issue

[01:58-2:48] How inflation currently impacts drug prices and projections

[02:49-3:34] How frontline staff can use outlook

[03:35-4:16] Unexpected trends emerging

[04:17-5:03] Key forecast issues  

[05:04-5:35] Where listeners can go for more detailed information

 

Links | Resources:


Vizient Pharmacy Market Outlook Member link: Click Here

 

Vizient Pharmacy Market Outlook highlights public version: Click Here

 

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

 

Guest speakers:
James Braun, PharmD, BCCCP
Neurosciences Pharmacy Clinical Specialist 
SSM Health

 

Kyle Hoelting, PharmD, BCPS
Senior Manager of Drug Information 
Vizient

 

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

 

Show Notes:

[00:58-3:00] James’ background and his role in the treatment of stroke patients

[03:01-5:09] History of tenecteplase and alteplase for ischemic stroke

[05:10-6:56] Information about trials of alteplase

[06:57-8:11] Where Tenecteplase fits in discussion

[08:12-9:51] Differences with tenecteplase and alteplase to clinicians

[9:52-12:00] What studies say about potential, practical advantages of tenecteplase

[12:01-19:55] Making the switch between agents

 

Links | Resources:

Verified Rx: Evidenced based medicine Click here

Verified Rx: Show me the data! Updates on the evidence of thrombolytic use in ischemic strokes Click here

Verified Rx: Information overload: tips and tricks for staying on top of the literature, part 1 Click here

Verified Rx: Information overload: tips and tricks for staying on top of the literature, part 2 Click here

Identifying errors and safety considerations in patients undergoing thrombolysis in acute ischemic stroke Click here

EXTEND-IA TNK Click here

Australian-TNK Click here

Meta-analysis NIHSS outcomes Click here

NOR-TEST Click here

 

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

 

Guest speakers:
David Aguero, PharmD, MSTL, dPLA
Director, Medication Systems and Informatics 
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital


Ben Moore, PharmD, MS
Pharmaceutical Data Analytics Coordinator 
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital


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

 

Show Notes:

[01:13-2:42] Background information on pharmaceutical services, informatics, analytics team at St Jude

[02:43-5:23] Building the governance structure at St. Jude

[05:24-7:39] The problem that needed solving

[07:40-10:00] Ultimately, what did they want to accomplish

[10:01-13:58] Approaches that address the issues    

[13:59-16:25] Deliverables they were able to reduce as part of this work, and who are their end users

[16:26-18:03] Discovering other opportunities

[18:04-19:48] Outcomes from the work

[19:49-20:44] Role of analytics in health care, specifically in pharmacy

[20:45-21:29] Future plans

[21:30-22:37] Advice for frontline pharmacy staff

 

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Vizient Pharmacy Vision Awards: Click here

Video

All winners

 

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

 

Guest speakers:
Shirley Wong, PharmD, CGP
Clinical Program Pharmacist 
UCSF

 

Stephanie Hsia, PharmD, MAEd, BCPS, BCPP
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pharmacy 
UCSF

 

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

 

Show Notes:

[01:01-2:15] What were they trying to accomplish

[02:16-6:14] Approach to address the problem

[06:15-6:55] What's included in their collaborative practice agreement

[06:56-08:37] Pharmacist training requirements to provide these services

[08:38-09:55] Impact of the work on patient outcomes    

[09:56-11:49] Other opportunities discovered along the way

[11:50-12:58] Are successes going to encourage other tele-pharmacy programs

[12:59-14:18] Other ways this program influenced patient satisfaction

[14:19-14:50] Future plans

[14:51-15:54] Advice for frontline pharmacy staff

 

Links | Resources:

Vizient Pharmacy Vision Awards: Click here

Video - https://youtu.be/HHtD-83ld0E

All award winners

 

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

 

Guest speakers:
Michael Ostrander
AVP of Data Governance 
Vizient

 

Randy Gerwitz, RPh
Senior Consulting Director  Pharmacy Advisory Solutions 
Vizient

 

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

 

Show Notes:

[01:40-3:10] Michael’s definition of data governance

[03:11-6:11] Data governance interplay with data integrity

[06:12-8:55] Importance of limiting data access

[8:56-12:04] Data governance in pharmacy and frustrations of frontline practitioners

[12:05-15:24] Legal ramifications

[15:25-20:21] Frontline practitioner strategy and where they go for assistance 

[20:22-22:30] 6 days as opposed to 6 hours downtime

 

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