Vizient Pharmacy Network Meeting: Opioid Stewardship

January 13, 2022

The activity will provide participants with knowledge, approaches, and ideas related to leadership, population health, clinical patient care, regulations, communication, advocacy, technology, pharmacy practice, and pharmacy operations.  The knowledge, approaches, and ideas should be used by participants to compare to their individual practice sites and develop an action plan to improve their practices.  Additionally, the activity will encourage networking to develop relationships that can be used during and after the meeting to share experiences and provide mentorship in completion of action plans.

Target Audience

  • Pharmacists
  • Pharmacy technicians

Learning Objectives

  1. Identify strategies to address new pharmacy challenges in clinical practice (pharmacists)
  2. Describe opportunities for pharmacists to improve patient care and potentially reduce costs (pharmacists)
  3. Develop strategies to optimize medication management, patient safety, regulatory compliance, and inventory control systems (pharmacy technicians)

Additional Information

Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 0.50 ACPE Pharmacist
  • 0.50 ACPE Pharmacy Technician
Course opens: 
01/13/2022
Course expires: 
02/24/2022
Event starts: 
01/13/2022 - 11:30am CST
Event ends: 
01/13/2022 - 12:00pm CST
Live via webinar
United States
  • There are no relevant financial relationships to disclose
Planning committee members
 
John Pastor, PharmD
Vice President of Operations, Acute Care Pharmacy & Respiratory Therapy
M Health Fairview
 
Lam Nguyen, PharmD, MBA
Assistant Director
Oregon Health & Science University Healthcare
 
Nancy Yam, PharmD, MHA, BCPS
Associate Chief of Pharmacy
UC San Diego
 
Rebecca Pettit, PharmD, MBA, BCPS, BCPPS, FCCP
Pediatric Pulmonary Ambulatory Care Specialist and Pediatric PGY2 Program Director
Riley Hospital for Children at IU Health
 
Sybil Thomas, PharmD, MBA
Senior Director, Pharmacy Member Connections
Vizient
 
Presenters
 
Marisa Brizzi, PharmD, BCPS, AAHIVP
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist – Pain Stewardship
UC Health
 
Daphne Bryant, MSN, RN
Executive Director, Clinical Effectiveness
Indiana University Health
 
Alex Eades, MS
Executive Director, Clinical Effectiveness Analytics
Indiana University Health
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.
 
Designation Statement:
PHARMACY
Vizient, Inc. designates this activity for a maximum of 0.50 ACPE credit hours.
Universal Activity Number: JA0006103-0000-22-035-L04-P
Universal Activity Number: JA0006103-0000-22-035-L04-T

Available Credit

  • 0.50 ACPE Pharmacist
  • 0.50 ACPE Pharmacy Technician
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