PQS Quality Corner Show

The PQS Quality Corner Show welcomes Radha V. Patel, PharmD, MPH, BCACP, Director, Pharmacy Quality Improvement at Centene Corporation to talk about how the managed care community can engage with community pharmacies to support adherence and clinical measures like Controlling Blood Pressure. Podcast Host Nick Dorich, PharmD, PQS Associate Director of Pharmacy Accounts asks Patel why blood pressure management and cardiovascular health is a particular focus for a health plan to work with pharmacies. Dorich and Patel also talk about how the pharmacy team can ensure these programs will be successful.

Podcast Host Nick Dorich, PharmD, PQS Associate Director of Pharmacy Accounts, interviews Stephanie Hale, PQS Quality Programs Manager about Enhanced Services opportunities currently available in EQUIPP. Stephanie talks about three programs: Controlling Blood Pressure, A1c, and Year End Adherence programs, and the response of pharmacies that are implementing these programs. For more information on PQS Enhanced Services visit https://www.pharmacyquality.com/pharmacyenhancedservices/

The Quality Corner Show invites back Jesse McCullough, Founder of Keystone Pharmacy Insights, to cover a variety of leadership lessons and topics without getting thrown by podcast Host Nick Dorich, PharmD, PQS Senior Manager of Pharmacy Accounts. McCullough talks about directional leadership, suggests implementing Judo tactics into leadership strategy such as reversal moves, and explores the discipline of the hope of healthcare. Read the start of the Hope of Healthcare below: It's time to explore pharmacy as the hope of healthcare Jesse McCullough on LinkedIn http://www.facebook.com/groups/kpipharmacy/

The Quality Corner Show welcomes back Dr. Ben Urick, PharmD, PhD, Principal Health Outcomes Researcher at Prime Therapeutics and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Clinical Education at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, to talk about trends in medication adherence including creating value through medication adherence improvement. Urick reviews a bit of existing literature on medication adherence and then explores the relationship between health expenditures and medication adherence. Other topics include social determinants of health and what disease states are currently popular for medication adherence research. Ben Urick Referenced Materials: PBMI National Conference Video with Managed Healthcare Executive PQS Quality Corner Show Season 1 Episode 30

Podcast Host Nick Dorich, PharmD, PQS Associate Director of Pharmacy Accounts, welcomes Zachary Green, CPhT, Associate Director, Partnership Development at the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB) to the Quality Corner Show to talk about PTCB involvement with the Pharmacy Technician Educators Council (PTEC). Green provides a little history on PTEC and promotes a new conference slated for summer 2024 that would provide continuing education for Pharmacy Technicians. https://www.ptec.org/

PQS Quality Corner Show Host Nick Dorich, PharmD, PQS Senior Manager of Pharmacy Accounts, recaps EQUIPP's appearance at three summer trade shows including McKesson IdeaShare, Cardinal's RBC, and AmerisourceBergen's Thoughtspot in 2023. PQS Team members that guest on this episode include Pharmacy Account Manager Patti Duda, Quality Programs Manager Stephanie Hale, and Sr. Director, Strategic Initiatives Ian Hubbell. They each share their experiences interacting with pharmacists and share the pharmacists' thoughts about new features and services offered in the EQUIPP® platform.

The Quality Corner Show explores the rise of AI in healthcare and more specifically its use in pharmacy. Podcast Host Nick Dorich, PharmD, PQS Associate Director of Pharmacy Accounts, interviews co-founders of the AI Collective Whitley Yi, PharmD, BCPS, and Christy Cheung, PharmD about how pharmacists can leverage artificial intelligence as a tool in the workplace currently and what does the future hold for AI. Whitley Yi, PharmD, BCPS, Delivery Manager and Pharmacy Specialist, Well & Adjunct Lecturer, University of Colorado Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Christy Cheung, PharmD, Lead, Digital Health, Insights, and Learning at Sanofi & Co-Founder of AI Collective

Founder and CEO of Uptown Creation Chris Cozzolino, PharmD joins the Quality Corner Show to talk about how pharmacies should optimize social media strategies with Podcast Host Nick Dorich, PharmD, PQS Associate Director of Pharmacy Accounts. Cozzolino talks about which social media channels can have the biggest impact in optimizing your online presence and the importance of promoting a pharmacist's healthcare expertise. He also stresses that taking a leap and moving past your comfort zone can be helpful in producing content that reaches a wider audience.

The Journal of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy recently published an editorial in 2023 asking the question, "Is the “clinical pharmacist” designation still relevant?" Podcast Host Nick Dorich, PharmD, PQS Associate Director of Pharmacy Accounts, interviews the author of this article, Dave L. Dixon PharmD, FCCP, Professor & Chair, Dept. of Pharmacotherapy & Outcomes Science (DPOS) at VCU on this episode of the Quality Corner Show. The origins of "Clinical Pharmacist" are discussed, as well as what it actually means to pharmacists and the general public. The merits of the title are also weighed and the requirements of clinical pharmacists are reviewed. To read the article visit the JACCP Is the “clinical pharmacist” designation still relevant?

The Quality Corner Show welcomes back the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB) to talk about what is next for pharmacy technicians. This time Host Nick Dorich, PharmD, PQS Associate Director of Pharmacy Accounts sits down with William Schimmel, Executive Director & CEO at PTCB. Schimmel talks about how the role of pharmacy technicians has evolved pre-pandemic to post-pandemic, and what lies ahead in the form of new opportunities. PTCB

Olunife Akinmolayan, PharmD, aka "O", APhA Executive Resident, Practice & Government Affairs, American Pharmacists Association, praises his experience at the PQA 2023 Annual Meeting and provides his takeaways from the event on the Quality Corner Show. Podcast Host Nick Dorich, PharmD, PQS Associate Director of Pharmacy Accounts, asks "O" about highlights from the event, and "O" details sessions pertaining to collaborative practice agreements and the medication use quality workshop. https://www.pqaalliance.org/online-courses Olunife Akinmolayan, PharmD Olunife on Instagram

Podcast Host Nick Dorich, PharmD, PQS Associate Director of Pharmacy Accounts, moderates a discussion and review of the health equity highlights from the PQA Annual Meeting 2023 in Nashville, TN. The guests for this episode include Christie Teigland​, VP, Research Science and Advanced Analytics at Inovalon, and Lisa Hines, PharmD, CPHQ, Chief Quality and Innovation Officer at the Pharmacy Quality Alliance. Teigland speaks about the coming health equity index and Hines' talks about the PQA risk adjustment model. PQA Annual Meeting Exploring Solutions to Improve Equity in Medication Use Quality Slides

Podcast Host Nick Dorich, PharmD, PQS Associate Director of Pharmacy Accounts, talks about pharmacist intervention to close statin gaps with Jennifer L. Bacci, PharmD, MPH, BCACP, Endowed Associate Professor in Innovative Pharmacy Practice at University of Washington School of Pharmacy. She's one of the co-authors of the JAMA article Community Pharmacist Intervention to Optimize Statin Adherence in Diabetes Care. In this episode Bacci explains why statin initiation is an important clinical gap for patients with diabetes and how pharmacist involvement can improve patient outcomes.

The PQS Quality Corner Show welcomes Thomas Franko, PharmD, Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice at Wilkes University on the podcast to talk about the upcoming release of OTC Naloxone and what that means for pharmacists in improving community access. Podcast Host Nick Dorich, PharmD, PQS Associate Director of Pharmacy Accounts also asks Franko about where Naloxone will fit in the pharmacy setting and how pharmacists can tackle education on this medicine.

How can pharmacists utilize year-to-date data in EQUIPP for continuous quality improvement? The PQS Quality Corner Show Host Nick Dorich, PharmD, PQS Associate Director of Pharmacy Accounts asks Crosby Tindal, PharmD, BCPS, Pharmacy Quality Manager, Operations Specialist at Cub Pharmacies about pharmacy team adherence-focused goals using year-to-date and end of year data. Tindal offers some strategy on using EQUIPP data throughout the year and what improving patient outcomes means for his team.

PQS Associate Director of Pharmacy Accounts, Nick Dorich, PharmD, wraps up APhA 2023 with a set of interviews with Sidrah Alam, PharmD, MS PGx, Jessica K. Marx, PharmD, BCPS, and Sandra Rosa, B.S., R.PH. The group speaks about the importance of professional involvement at APhA, connecting with friends and pharmily, and the mental rejuvenation after attending the conference.

The Quality Corner Show welcomes back DeLon Canterbury, PharmD, BCGP, Deprescribing Implementation Strategist and President/CEO of GeriatRx, Inc. , to talk about deprescribing antipsychotic medications in geriatric populations and why the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is cracking down on nursing homes that overprescribe antipsychotic drugs. Host Nick Dorich, PharmD, PQS Associate Director of Pharmacy Accounts, asks Canterbury how to safely deprescribe antipsychotic medications and how providers, patients, and caregivers define improving patient outcomes as it relates to these medications. website: Geriatrx.org

Salam Kabbani, PharmD, Infectious Diseases Pharmacist Specialist and author of COVID Long-Hauler: My Life Since COVID joins the Quality Corner Show to talk about the patient experience and what pharmacists need to understand about Long COVID. Host Nick Dorich, PharmD, PQS Associate Director of Pharmacy Accounts, asks Kabbani to define Long COVID and explain how healthcare providers are learning and adapting to working with Long COVID patients. Visit Salam Kabbani's website Book: COVID Long-Hauler: My Life Since COVID

The PQS Quality Corner Show welcomes back PQS Senior Manager of Data Analytics Andrew Thorne, PharmD, MS, to talk about findings from the 2022 Trend Report in Pharmacy Quality. Highlighted topics include patient comfort levels on receiving new services at a pharmacy and whether pharmacists and pharmacy organizations are ready to embrace new services and value-based payment models. Thorne also addresses how likely health plans are to contract with pharmacies to provide reimbursement and structure for point of care testing in the pharmacy. Download the PQS Trend Report in Pharmacy Quality

Angela Passamonte, PharmD. RPh, Clinical Programs Specialist at Retail Business Services joins the PQS Quality Corner Show to discuss the value of providing immunizations at a community pharmacy level with Host Nick Dorich, PharmD, PQS Associate Director of Pharmacy Accounts. Passamonte shares insight on topics including in-pharmacy pediatric vaccinations, receiving multiple vaccinations at one time, and new immunization opportunities on the horizon.