Pharmacy Podcast Network

Patients visit their pharmacies up to 35 times a year.  As the most accessible health care provider, community pharmacists play a unique role in the health of their communities.  During this episode of Beyond the Sig, Stephanie McGrath, PharmD sits down with pharmacy owners Tom DePietro, PharmD of DePietro’s Pharmacy and Mayank Amin, PharmD of Skippack Pharmacy to learn about their innovative and successful strategies to engage their communities. https://www.depietropharmacy.com/ https://www.facebook.com/skippackrx For all Beyond the Sig Episode, visit:  https://www.papharmacists.com/page/podcast  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Part 2: Transforming a Nation  A “health disparity” refers to a higher burden of illness, injury, disability, or mortality experienced by one group relative to another. A “health care disparity” typically refers to differences between groups in health insurance coverage, access to and use of care, and quality of care. Healthcare disparities continue to exist despite increased awareness of and attention to their existence. The causes of healthcare disparities are, for many patients and patient populations, multifaceted and highly complex. The program will focus on the healthcare disparities that exist for patients with diabetes and address how pharmacists and other pharmacy personnel can address healthcare disparities. Have you experienced Bias (race, gender or age) in the workplace   How to increase representation of people of color in healthcare (pharmacist- 66%white, 22% Asian, 5.2% Black) How does this help decrease disparities? The pharmacist's role in reducing health disparities Heath and racial disparities and how they relate to the pharmacy world? What can we do about systemic racism in healthcare? Social determinants of health and how they contribute to disparities How do we eliminate barriers to improve equity in healthcare? Pharmacy Desserts and how this affects health disparities   Action that we can take from the obvious racial disparities that have been highlighted through COVID-19? Guests: Dr. Jamie Hardy, PharmD. Board Certified Pharmacist Dr. Frank North, PharmD. Consultant Pharmacist at The Rowe Network Dr. Stephanie Young Moss, PharmD, MS Director, Health Economics and Outcomes Research Partnerships References: Understanding Health Disparities in Pharmacy Kristen Coppock, MA, Managing Editor https://www.pharmacytimes.com/conferences/aacp-2020/understanding-health-disparities-in-pharmacy See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

September is just around the corner, and Labor Day cookouts are mere days away. While this celebration marks the relative end of the summer, for the kids in your life, it also means it’s time to go back to school. Emotions are high this time of year. Kids want to make a good impression, sporting the latest fashions and newest gear to impress their friends. Their parents, in turn, want to make sure they’re prepared with enough food and the right supplies to make it through their day. Pharmacy Owners should be equally energized. Back-to-school season is a big deal in this country: In previous years, retailers saw roughly $828 billion in sales during the back-to-school season. Right now the only retail holiday bringing in more cash in the U.S. is the so-called “winter holiday” where holly jolly gift-giving frenzies dominate buying patterns. So when does this holiday officially start? Some brands begin their marketing campaigns as early as July, not long after those Independence Day fireworks fizzle out. That’s partly because there’s no standard school start date in the U.S. Some districts in Arizona, for example, begin as early as mid July. Students in Boston, however, won’t be boarding their school buses until early September. Check out:  PharmacyMarketing.com  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hello my friends! Hope everyone is safe during this crazy time in our pandemic ridden world. I’m Tyler Jewkes, host of the Pharmacy Future Leaders podcast. My special guest today is Dr. Erin Mays, PharmD, a PGY-1 resident at the University of North Carolina Medical Center. A recent graduate with her PharmD, Erin tells us a little about her decision to start documenting her journey through school and now through her residency, and why others should do the same to see the great networking opportunities that can come from it. Check out her website at erinmayspharmd.com and follow her on social media @erinmays_pharmd for more info! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's all about customization!  In this installment of the Micro Merchant Systems podcast series, CEO Ketan Mehta discusses the high level of customization available within the PrimeRx™ pharmacy management system that addresses the needs of different types of pharmacies.  Compounding pharmacies, LTC, hospital, mail order, independent retail, specialty, and all other types of pharmacies have unique challenges, and PrimeRx™ was built to accommodate those specific requirements.  Ketan talks about the need for customization with two guests from Puerto Rico's Alivia Health Network.  Hari Sabnani, president and CEO and Rebecca Sabnani, senior vice president, managed care, discuss how the customization possible within PrimeRx™ allowed them to meld their diverse specialty pharmacies into a single, highly successful network. As Rebecca Sabnani makes clear, the levels of customization offered through PrimeRx™ was a "gamechanger."  Learn more by tuning in to our new podcast. For more information about Micro Merchant Systems contact: Michele Daniels Marketing & Communications Manager mdaniels@micromerchantsystems.com http://www.micromerchantsystems.com Click Here to Schedule a DEMO See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A recent study suggests that SGLT2 drugs - now shown to dramatically improve cardiovascular and renal outcomes in a wide variety of patients - have a higher incidence of euglycemic DKA than previously thought.  If pharmacists see more of this ADR, how do we treat appropriately - especially when a patient's sugars may not be very high? This episode is accredited for CPE. For CE details and to claim credit, click here: https://bit.ly/3gy7F4O  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Director of Government and Public Affairs for Independent Pharmacy Alliance (IPA) Anthony Reznik joins us on the PBM Reform Podcast Series to discuss strategies Pharmacy can implement to fight the PBMs while we wait for legal reform at the state & federal levels.  Independent Pharmacy Alliance, est. 1988, is a trade group and retail pharmacy buying cooperative representing over 3,100 independent pharmacies in New Jersey, New York, Connecticut and Pennsylvania.  IPA represents its members for the purpose of combined purchasing to lower a pharmacy’s “cost of goods and services” as well as to provide them with comprehensive legislative advocacy, third party resolution support and free continuing education. Additionally, IPA offers a Generic Source Program and competitive co-op contract pricing on such items as vitamins/nutritional supplements, diabetic supplies, greeting cards, managed care network, credit card processing, pharmaceutical returns, prescription vials and many other products/services. Philly Inquirer: When insurers drop medications for cheap alternatives, the effects can be devastating for some patients https://www.inquirer.com/philly/health/health-costs/step-therapy-formulary-changes-affect-patients-20180718.html-2 NYT: How Insurers are shifting high costs to the sick https://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/18/upshot/how-insurers-are-finding-ways-to-shift-costs-to-the-sick.html   Anthony Reznik Director of Government and Public Affairs Independent Pharmacy Alliance 3 Cedar Brook Drive Cranbury, NJ  08512 800-575-2667 Toll Free Web:  www.ipa-rx.org Twitter: @IPAPharmacies See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode of Pharmacy Crossroads features an informative and lively conversation between Bruce Kneeland and Kevin DeMass, the owner of The Apothecary Shoppe, in Salt Lake City, Utah.  Kneeland has visited The Apothecary Shoppe twice as part of his pharmacy road trips.  The pharmacy is exceptionally well run and DeMass shares some of his secrets for getting staff members to personable and professional.  He also tells one secret about how he keeps the pharmacy so clean and inviting.  DeMass provides a variety of clinical services and programs and tells how one data driven process he put in place generated $1,000,000 in extra revenue in one year. Bruce Kneeland, while not a pharmacist, has been in the industry for more than 40 years.  On the Pharmacy Crossroads series, Kneeland talks with amazing owners and gets them to share examples of management practices, marketing programs or clinical services they provide that can help other owners improve their practice as well.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of the Pharmacy Podcast Nation, we welcome James Gardner, B2C/B2B sales & marketing leader w/ a passion for #WalmartHealth & retail healthcare. We're talking about the opportunity Walmart Healthhas to disrupt healthcare in local communities and change the healthcare delivery model by partnering with local employers, community pharmacies, and targeting the broken Pharmacy Benefit Manager model which favors the profits of the 3 dominating PBMs.  About James Gardner: James is a digital sales and marketing leader with 20 years of B2C and B2B experience. While his career’s roots are in consumer packaged goods and strategy consulting, James has held leadership roles with fast-moving tech startups, established Fortune 1000 leaders, and forward-leaning digital marketing agencies. James started his career with Procter & Gamble before earning his MBA at Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management. Since then, he has served clients as a consultant with McKinsey & Company, led complex digital projects while agency-side, and built several high-performing marketing teams. James also teaches digital media at Northeastern University, is a contributing editor for MedTech Boston, and actively mentors startups from MassChallenge and the Harvard Innovation Lab. Thank you to Children's Hospital Colorado  for the intro & defining population health.  https://youtu.be/AtBYryLAveE  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guest was recorded while on location with a client in Germany, Imre Varju MD, PhD, MPH, CHES Imre Varju aims at improving health on every level - from molecules to whole populations. Imre Varju, Fulbright Scholar holding an MD and a PhD in molecular medicine, a Master of Public Health (MPH) degree with a certificate in Health Communication from Columbia University, and a Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES) certification. Over the past 10+ years, Imre Varju has gained insight into a range of areas: -As a health communications specialist and behavior strategist for a major, multi-award winning healthcare and pharma advertising company, he helped design medical and health education strategy for a variety of drugs based on clinical trial data, using behavior science as well as adult learning and health literacy principles. -As a health communications consultant for public health NGOs, Imre has carried out needs assessments and helped design health promotion interventions and online social marketing campaigns to tackle widespread health issues such as diabetes, social isolation, or the opioid crisis with the help of artificial intelligence and chatbot development. -As a health advocate and health/science communicator, he published in public print media, hold webinars and give TV interviews, using his experience in public speaking to translate complex scientific topics for a range of lay audiences from Budapest (European Night of the Researchers events, OzoneTV) to New York (Fulbright Association events). -At the same time, as a seminar lead and lecturer in higher education, Imre Varju has been teaching and assisting 1000+ medical and public health students from all around the world, in three languages, within the areas of medical biochemistry, environmental, biological, and social determinants of health, leadership development, and strategy in health communications.  Behavioral Health & the Policies Practiced: focused on how health behavior is at the heart of COVID reactions Public Health Policy around 'a new world' - we spend some time on this with so many different aspects of policy around the world that it is hard to generally discuss: but we can talked about why policies alone are not a perfect solution (if people feel they are forced to do something they don't believe in) This Pandemic is Different, much different  The lack of Health Literacy & the Pharmacist's Opportunity  Herd Immunity in promoting "Evidence Based Data" (fighting Fake News)  To Mask or Not to Mask shouldn't be a discussion but it needs addressed  References:  https://jhealthcomm.wordpress.com/2020/04/01/why-we-are-not-listening/ https://fulbrightsplitscreen.com/articles/imre-varju/ http://science-union.org/articlelist/2020/3/28/in-conversation-with-dr-imre-varju-medical-scientist-amp-public-health-communiation-specialist Also, random fact that in my past academic research I had been focusing on neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs), which are now suspected as part of the pathogenesis of COVID complications. https://www.cshl.edu/global-network-studies-role-of-immune-cells-in-covid-19-deaths/ Review on NETs: https://www.thrombosisresearch.com/article/S0049-3848(19)30326-3/fulltext Special Intro from Senator Bill Frist, M.D. from "A Second Opinion Podcast"  https://asecondopinionpodcast.com/about/  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices