2020 MSS Pharmacy Conference Day 2

October 9, 2020
We have gathered a faculty that has extensive experience in each of their respective areas. They will present information of a practical and implementable nature. The audience will be engaged in polling and can ask questions electronically to further their knowledge and confidence. Three of the speakers have initiated programs and can speak to the results. Two other speakers lead large teams in the areas they are discussing.

Target Audience

  • Pharmacists
  • Pharmacy technicians

Learning Objectives

Pharmacist learning objectives:
  1. Describe the patient impact of a telepharmacy program.
  2. Describe the latest information on COVID-19 vaccine therapies in development.
  3. Describe a strategy to advocate for medications to be dispensed by the health-system pharmacy.
  4. Explain concerns that health system pharmacy is facing and corresponding solutions to deliver value.
Pharmacy technician learning objectives:
  1. Describe the patient impact of a telepharmacy program.
  2. Identify an example COVID-19 vaccine therapy in development.
  3. List a factor for success for medications to be dispensed by the health-system pharmacy.
  4. Describe example concerns that health system pharmacy is facing and corresponding solutions to deliver value.

Additional Information

Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 3.50 ACPE Pharmacist
  • 3.50 ACPE Pharmacy Technician
  • 3.50 General CE – Attendance
Course opens: 
09/09/2020
Course expires: 
11/23/2020
Event starts: 
10/09/2020 - 8:00am CDT
Event ends: 
10/09/2020 - 11:30am CDT
Live via webinar
United States
Relevant financial relationships: Planning committee members and presenters have nothing to disclose
 
Planning committee members
Karen Smethers, BS, PharmD, BCOP
Senior Director
Vizient
 
Ginger Ertel, PharmD, MBA
Associate Vice President
Vizient
 
Cinda Schledewitz, BS, PharmD, MBA
Pharmacy Executive
Vizient
 
Penny Davis, MBA, CPhT
Implementation Manager
Vizient
 
Course reviewer
Katrina Harper, PharmD, MBA, BCPS, BCSCP
Clinical Pharmacy Director, Sourcing Operations
Center for Pharmacy Excellence
Vizient
 
 
Presenters
Greg Teale, PharmD, BCPS
Chief Pharmacy Officer
Saint Luke’s Health System
 
Kristin Repp, PharmD, BCPS
Director of Ambulatory Pharmacy
Saint Luke’s Health System
 
Jerome Wohleb, PharmD, MBA, FASHP, FAzPA
Pharmacy Director
Bryan Health
 
Jolyn Merry, PharmD, MBA
Pharmacy Operations Manager
Bryan Health
 
Azra Behlim, PharmD, MBA
Senior Director, Pharmacy Sourcing & Program Services
Vizient
 
Joel A. Hennenfent, PharmD, MBA, BCPS, FASHP
Chief Pharmacy Officer & Associate Administrator for Laboratory and Imaging
Truman Medical Centers
 
Louis Kynard, PharmD, MBA, BCSCP, FAB
System Director, Pharmacy
CoxHealth
 
Joint Accreditation Statement:
 
In support of improving patient care, Vizient, Inc. is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
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Designation Statements:
PHARMACY
Vizient, Inc. designates this activity for a maximum of 3.50 ACPE credit hours.
Universal Activity Number: JA0006103-0000-20-176-L04-P
Universal Activity Number: JA0006103-0000-20-176-L04-T
 
CEU
Vizient, Inc. will award CEUs to each participant who successfully completes this program. The CEU is a nationally recognized unit of measure for continuing education and training programs that meet certain criteria (1 contact hour = 0.1 CEU).

Available Credit

  • 3.50 ACPE Pharmacist
  • 3.50 ACPE Pharmacy Technician
  • 3.50 General CE – Attendance
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