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Join host, Jenna Carmichael, PharmD for a discussion on the role of Nitric Oxide in immune health with guest, Beth Shirley, RPh, CCN. Beth Shirley, RPh CCN is a Registered Pharmacist and Certified Clinical Nutritionist who has developed unique expertise as both a pharmacist and certified clinical nutritionist during a distinguished 40+ year career which she has been a pioneer at the cutting edge of the evolution of what has now come to be known as “Integrative Pharmacy” ...the junction between traditional pharmacy and the clinical use of nutritional supplementation. Since 2009, Beth has worked in close collaboration with some of the world’s leading thought leaders in the field of nitric oxide research. Through this, she has developed an in-depth knowledge on the topic and its potential beneficial applications in multiple aspects of patient care. In addition, she has worked closely with the scientific community and cutting-edge companies working on innovative nutritional ingredients and approaches to their use for a variety of life’s challenges. Beth is currently the Executive Director of Berkeley Life Scientific Advisory Board. Article link: https://bit.ly/3bX2Y7h YouTube Reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnyaRVOdhYM To order Berkeley Life go to: https://www.berkeleylife.com/berkeley-life-direct/ and use code JCARMBL Dr. Jenna Carmichael of Wobbly Arrow Wellness is a holistic oncology pharmacist and health coach. She works with women on the cancer journey looking for a different perspective on wellness. She combines her knowledge in the oncology space along with holistic healing methods of meditation, reiki, and yoga to help empower her clients to choose the path that works the best for their goals. She also offers genetic testing services to get a true, personalized idea of how her clients process their medications for safe and effective therapy. Go to www.wobblyarrowwellness.com for more information on her services. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Significant challenges to widescale clinical implementation of PGx include a lack of physician experience using PGx test data or confidence in interpreting PGx test data and integrating the data into the medication therapy management process. For PGx to be most impactful, prescribers must consider PGx data within the context of other non-genetic patient-specific factors. Pharmacists may help prescribers with PGx test data by creating a summary of medication therapy management recommendations for the patient that streamlines PGx report flags and identifies other pharmacotherapy interventions the pharmacist recognizes while applying non-genetic patient-specific data to the PGx test data. In this episode of the PGx for Pharmacists podcast, Dr. Becky Winslow discusses the research study, "Pharmacist Consult Reports to Support Pharmacogenomics Report Interpretation," with two of the research investigators, Dr. Anna Langerveld and Dr. David Bright. Dr. Langerveld and Dr. Bright share how this research adds to the growing evidence that clinical pharmacists can help improve the utility of PGx and prescribing. They also share how their study described a process for reducing PGx laboratory report information to a single page of patient-specific clinical recommendations. Lastly, they share that while clinical decision support tools are becoming more routine for pharmacogenomic management, the pharmacists in this study reduced the number of report-based alerts independent of sophisticated clinical decision support informatics. Anna Langerveld, Ph.D., is the Founder and President of Genemarkers, a contract research organization and CLIA/CAP certified testing laboratory specializing in genomics. Anna received her B.A. in Psychology from SUNY Binghamton and her Ph.D. from the Interdisciplinary Program in Neurosciences at Tulane University. After receiving her Ph.D., Anna served as a Research Assistant Professor at Western Michigan University. She founded Genemarkers in 2008. Under her leadership, Michigan Celebrates Small Business recognized the Company as one of the Top 50 Michigan Companies to watch. Anna is an author of peer-reviewed publications, an NIH grant recipient, and an invited speaker at a wide range of national meetings. Anna currently serves as an adjunct professor and an advisory board member for the Manchester University pharmacogenomics program and holds a community faculty position at the Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine. Anna has been instrumental in developing strategic community partnerships to implement the use of genomics in clinical care, with a particular focus on mental health and underserved populations. Dr. David Bright is a Professor of Pharmacy at Ferris State University, where he has taught therapeutics and medication therapy management. He received his PharmD degree from the University of Toledo, completed a community pharmacy residency with Kroger Pharmacy and the University of Toledo, and served on the faculty at the Ohio Northern University as a community pharmacy residency program director. His research has primarily involved the pragmatic implementation and improvement of non-dispensing pharmacy services, particularly in the outpatient setting. Most recently, that has involved the integration of pharmacogenomics into clinical practice through community pharmacy and ambulatory care practice models. Research discussed in the podcast episode: Bright D, Saadeh C, DeVuyst-Miller S, Sohn M, Choker A, Langerveld A. Pharmacist Consult Reports to Support Pharmacogenomics Report Interpretation. Pharmgenomics Pers Med. 2020 Dec 10;13:719-724. doi: 10.2147/PGPM.S276687. PMID: 33328756; PMCID: PMC7735940. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7735940/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The first in a four-part series detailing medication access for gender-diverse individuals in light of increasingly restrictive legislative action.  As front-line healthcare workers, it’s incumbent upon pharmacists to be paragons of not only equality but equity in healthcare. Gender expansive and nonbinary patients face a massive disparity of outcomes, many of which are improved with gender-affirming therapy. With the expansion of pharmacists’ roles in healthcare, many cases of gender-affirming therapy are often overseen or monitored by pharmacists. The world is changing, and the landscape of healthcare with it. Our audience of pharmacists, pharmacy students, and other healthcare providers need to hear the stories of gender-diverse patients, pharmacists, and advocates who will stop at nothing to bridge the gap to care. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mindy Ferris, RPh, EVP, Operations & Customer Success, and Michael Gerdes, RPh, CCP, Director of Clinical Systems, both at PharmScript, LLC, join our hosts for a candid conversation about long-term care pharmacy growth, transition of care, technology, and how the commitment to caring for people remains key. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Integrative Pharmacy Solutions to Inflammation and Oxidation w/Beth Shirley Hi dear listeners! I’m excited to announce the guest of the next two episodes will be Beth Shirley, and she will talk about the wonders happening in the world of nitric oxide supplementation. Today we dive into her personal and professional journey and next week we feature a journal club article with my cohost Jenna Carmichael. Beth Shirley, RPh CCN is a Registered Pharmacist and Certified Clinical Nutritionist who has developed unique expertise as both a pharmacist and certified clinical nutritionist during a distinguished 40+ year career. Her specialties include stress-induced hormonal imbalance, intestinal dysfunction, autoimmune and chronic inflammatory issues, detoxification, nutrigenomics and super-normal oxidative stress. She has been a pioneer at the cutting edge of the evolution of what has now come to be known as “Integrative Pharmacy” ...the junction between traditional pharmacy and the clinical use of nutritional supplementation. Since 2009, Beth has worked in close collaboration with some of the world’s leading thought leaders in the field of nitric oxide research. Through this, she has developed an in- depth knowledge on the topic and its potential beneficial applications in multiple aspects of patient care. In addition, she has worked closely with the scientific community and cutting-edge companies working on innovative nutritional ingredients and approaches to their use for a variety of life’s challenges. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is the Cardinal Health 2022 Retail Business Conference summary show.   The Pharmacy Podcast Network was BACK at this years Cardinal RBC in Las Vegas! Listen to our interviews with: Brad Jones, CEO of RMS, Retail Management Solutions Chris Halko, the owner and pharmacist of both Fort Benton and Big Sandy Pharmacies in Montana. Imad Karaze, Pharmacist and Owner, Beaumont Pharmacy Debbie Weitzman, President of Pharmaceutical Distribution at Cardinal Health."  Greco De Valencia, Vice President of Pharmacy at Live Oak Bank. Live Oak Attendees came together at the Mandalay Bay Conference center in Las Vegas from July 13 to 16, marking the 30th anniversary of the Cardinal Health’s RBC event. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

ConveyMED, a division of Convey Pro, Inc. today announced a new partnership with the Pharmacy Podcast Network. With ConveyMED, PPN content creators can now deliver a superior educational experience to pharmacists on a proprietary podcast platform designed to optimize the medical education experience. “We are thrilled to partner with the Pharmacy Podcast Network to provide mobile medical education to the integrated treatment team,” says Mike Donoghue, CEO at ConveyMED. “The PPN is a pioneer in podcast medical education. Our vision is to elevate podcasting as a medium for medical education for all healthcare providers and we welcome all pharmacists to the industry-leading ConveyMED App.” “The Pharmacy Podcast Network has been searching for a platform like ConveyMED for years,” stated Todd S. Eury, founder and CEO of PPN. “Our vision is to provide peer-reviewed, accredited content to our listeners to help them achieve their educational goals and improve patient care. The ConveyMED App exceeds our expectations, and their Founders are committed to a bold new educational experience for healthcare providers.” In this partnership, Content Creators will have access to a podcast platform that will allow them to broaden their educational offerings and monetize their content. Pharmacists will benefit by accessing peer-reviewed educational content in a popular mobile format and earn continuing education credit on-the-go.  ConveyMED invites all 130,000+ monthly PPN listeners to its platform. The first premium audio content to be released on the ConveyMED platform will be the NAPLEX Podcast developed by Dr. Chloe Givens PharmD. The NAPLEX Podcast is a supplemental learning collection of 70+ podcast episodes to help pharmacy students prepare for the North American Pharmacist Licensure Examination. INTERESTED IN WORKING WITH OTHER PODCAST CONTENT CREATORS?  Contact us: https://conveymed.io/pharmacy-podcast-network/  About ConveyMED: ConveyMED is Medical Education for the Mobile Generation. We exist to bring educators and professional learners together on a podcast platform built for continuing education and provide them with the most robust podcast learning experience possible. For more information, visit the ConveyMED website, Twitter, or LinkedIn About the Pharmacy Podcast Network: The first network of podcasters dedicated to the pharmacy industry, PPN boasts 40+ content developers, 125,000 listeners, and is ranked in the top 2% of all podcasts globally. The PPN partners with multiple leading organizations such as the American Pharmacist Association, the California Pharmacist Association, and Pennsylvania Pharmacist Association, and the National Association of Specialty Pharmacies. PPN was awarded the 2022 Health & IT Marketing Community (HITMC) Podcast of the Year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We talk with Greg Johnsen, CEO at Lifelink Systems, Inc. #TogetheRx we are transforming patient engagement across the healthcare industry by giving hospital systems and life sciences companies advanced conversational technology to interact with patients where they spend their time — messaging on mobile devices. Our technology turns the smartphone into the next-generation healthcare worker, capable of handling complex workflows at unlimited scale. Information technology has come a long way, but successful user engagement has proven to be a surprisingly daunting last-mile challenge. Healthcare is complicated and the digital tools offered to patients reflect that, which results in low adoption and satisfaction. Delivering digital patient experiences remains a strategic priority, but the healthcare industry needs to reimagine patient-facing technology. The challenge remains: How do we make the complex exceedingly simple, exceedingly intuitive? It turns out that the simplest, most intuitive human interface is a conversation. It’s natural, requires no training, is infinitely flexible, self-directed, and responsive. With smartphone adoption rates approaching 90%, the opportunity to engage in conversation-based information exchanges is in the palms of everyone’s hands. Today, any human with a mobile phone can converse with complex IT systems with ease, and immediately, by relying on smart, context-aware digital assistants. The technology for enabling conversational AI will transform consumer engagement strategies across every industry sector, but it will have an especially profound impact on process-centric customer care industries. Like Healthcare. Conversational AI not only closes a service gap, it improves the quality of the service itself while also providing the engagement horsepower to scale up service operations profitably. Digital assistants carry the encoded protocols, orders, and best practices to the patient in the form of smart, engaging conversations. Importantly, conversational AI technology doesn’t replace human expertise and services, it augments care teams by taking on all of the redundant, high-volume processes. Companies that are taking advantage of this powerful new technology are transforming the patient experience, and dramatically improving customer service across the board. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Let’s face it, when it comes to pain management, one of the most painful efforts of the last few years has involved, in one way, shape, form, or fashion: Morphine Milligram Equivalents (MMEs). As we discussed with the PharmD author of the 2022 CDC Opioid Guideline Update , there are no MME factor changes on the horizon, so just when will we have our minds wrapped around the concept?!?   Join the Mark “Pain Guy” Garofoli on the Pain Pod for a dynamic discussion on wrestling (yes, you read that right!), pain management, our healthcare system, and the “street” version of MMEs. Wait, there’s a street version of MMEs? Yes, yes there is, so tune in now to the Pain Pod as you’ll only utilize the edge of your seat even though ya paid for the whole seat!   Come one, come all, to the Pain Pod!!!   Episode Notes   Pre-2016 MME Charts Review 2016 CDC Chronic Pain Opioid Guideline MME Chart ·      CDC Chronic Pain Opioid Guidelines: MMWR March 2016. Updated 2017. o   Tramadol: 0.1 o   Codeine: 0.15 o   Tapentadol: 0.4 o   Morphine: 1 o   Hydrocodone: 1 o   Oxycodone: 1.5 o   Oxymorphone: 3 o   Hydromorphone: 4 o   Methadone (Up to: 20mg, 40mg, 60mg, >60mg): 4, 8, 10, 12 o   Transdermal Fentanyl: 7.2 (Divided by the # of Days Applied) o   Transdermal Buprenorphine: 12.6 (Divided by the # of Days Applied) o   Buprenorphine (SL or Buccal): 0.03 (for mcg calculations) or 30 (for mg calculations) · Nielson S. et. al. A synthesis of oral morphine equivalents (OME) for opioid utilization studies. Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety 2016; 25: 733–737     2015 Cat and Dog MME Article · https://burrardvet.com/2015/04/08/pain-control-in-dogs-cats   2016 CDC Chronic Pain Opioid Guideline MME Chart · CDC Chronic Pain Opioid Guidelines: MMWR March 2016. Updated 2017.   2022 CDC Opioid Guideline Revision Resources · https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/02/10/2022-02802/proposed-2022-cdc-clinical-practice-guideline-for-prescribing-opioids   2010 to 2014 MME Relative Risk of Overdose/Death · https://i1.wp.com/face-facts.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Opioid-dose-vs-overdose-risk.jpg   Missouri Marijuana Equivalents (MMEs) · https://north.life/demystifying-missouri-medical-marijuana-equivalency-units-mmes/     Audio Add-in’s Let’s Get Ready to Rumble (Michael Buffer) · https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgopHWACUXs   Cash sound · https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeET7Z1ZGlw   Ron Burgundy “That Escalated Quickly” · https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FONN-0uoTHI Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices