Vizient Pharmacy Vision Awards celebrate the values and achievements of our pharmacy members. The Excellence in Performance Improvement Award is given to an organization that achieves performance excellence and exceeds expectations in clinical, operations, specialty, retail, or 340B pharmacy. Corewell Health won award in 2023. Stephanie Field, VP, Finance – Pharmacy Business Services, and Margo Bowman, Senior Director of Clinical Pharmacy, are here from Corewell Health to discuss their award-winning program. I'm Gretchen Brummel your program host.

Guest speakers:

Stephanie Field, MBA

Vice President Finance – Pharmacy

Corewell Health

Margo Bowman, PharmD

Senior Director of Clinical Pharmacy

Corewell Health

Host:

Gretchen Brummel, PharmD, BCPS

VerifiedRx Host

Show Notes:

[00:52-02:35] Background information Stephanie and Margo

[02:36 - 03:46] Situation before the team started their work

[03:47- 04:55] Coming up with a solution

[04:56 - 06:05] The program

[06:06 -09:20] Outcome improvements they have seen

[09:21 - 11:14] How frontline staff responded to the program

[11:15-12:18] Enhancing the program in the future.

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The Pharmacy Vision Awards from Vizient celebrate values and achievements of our program participants. The Excellence in Clinical Practice Award is granted to an organization that implements novel clinical practices to improve patient outcomes and reduce the cost of medication utilization. Doctors Jona Banzon, Director of Outpatient Operations for infectious disease, Pooja Cerrato, Clinical Pharmacist – Travel Medicine and Infectious Diseases, and Kaitlyn Rivard, Infectious diseases Clinical Specialist all from the Cleveland Clinic, join host Gretchen Brummel, Pharmacy Executive Director in the Vizient Center for Pharmacy Practice Excellence, to discuss their award winning travel clinic.

Guest speakers:

Jona Banzon, MD

Director of Outpatient Operations for Infectious Disease

Cleveland Clinic

Pooja Cerrato, PharmD

Clinical Pharmacist – Travel Medicine and Infectious Diseases

Cleveland Clinic

Kaitlyn Rivard, PharmD

Infectious Diseases Clinical Specialist

Cleveland Clinic

Host:

Gretchen Brummel, PharmD, BCPS

Pharmacy Executive Director

Vizient Center for Pharmacy Practice Excellence

Show Notes:

[00:59-02:29] Guests background information

[02:30-03:23] Recognition of others for this award

[03:24-06:06] How Cleveland Clinic first identifed the need for a travel clinic

[06:107-12:33] Pulling the clinic together

[12:34-15:12] What services did the clinic eventually offer

[15:13-18:01] Impact of the clinic

[18:02-21:38] Barriers

[21:38-23:14] Expanding the clinic

[23:15-27:04] Advice for others wanting to start a travel clinic

Links | Resources:

Travelers' Health | CDC

What Vaccines Do I Need for Travel? (clevelandclinic.org)

Pharmacy Vision Awards

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Margins are tight everywhere in healthcare, and a health system pharmacy adds value especially when led by an established chief pharmacy officer. Jordan Dow, Chief Pharmacy Officer at Froedtert Health, Michael Oinonen, VP of Pharmacy Networks at Vizient, and our usual host Gretchen Brummel, Pharmacy Executive Director for the Vizient Center for Pharmacy Practice Excellence join guest host Carolyn Liptak, Pharmacy Executive Director with the Vizient Center for Pharmacy Practice Excellence to discuss the importance of the CPO role.

Guest speakers: Jordan Dow, PharmD, MS, FASHP, FACHE Chief Pharmacy Officer Froedtert Health

Michael Oinonen, PharmD VP of Pharmacy Networks Vizient

Gretchen Brummel, PharmD, BCPS Pharmacy Executive Director Vizient Center for Pharmacy Practice Excellence

Host: Carolyn Liptak, BS Pharmacy, MBA Pharmacy Executive Director Vizient Center for Pharmacy Practice Excellence

Show Notes:

[00:54-02:53] Mike Oinonen and Jordon Dow background information

[02:54-04:31] What exactly is a Chief Pharmacy Officer and how the CPO role differs from other types of health system pharmacy leaders

[04:32-08:17] Gretchen and Mike discuss their blog post on the CPO role

[08:18-07:46] Does the CPO role apply to all health systems in all hospitals big or small

[07:47-12:11] How prevalent is this CPO role, and its history

[12:12-15:42] Benefits of having a pharmacist at the C-suite level

[15:42-19:03] What an organization is mission without a CPO

[19:04-21:46] Where the CPO role is going in the future

Links | Resources:

A Chief Pharmacy Officer in your C-suite: Vital to health system success

Vizient Pharmacy Solutions

Pharmacy Network

HVPE

ASHP Statement on the Roles and Responsibilities of the Pharmacy Executive

Rationale for having a chief pharmacy officer in a health care organization | American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy | Oxford Academic (oup.com)

The rise of the chief pharmacy officer

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Rural pharmacy practitioners are unique, and practicing in this setting takes a broad and deep understanding of pharmacy opportunities and challenges. Dr. Kyle Johnicker and Dr. Samreena Rasheed, both pharmacy clinical coordinators at Northwestern Medicine overseeing small and rural hospitals join host Gretchen Brummel, Pharmacy Executive Director with the Vizient Center for Pharmacy Practice Excellence at ASHP Midyear in Anaheim to discuss their unique opportunity and challenges.

Guest speakers: Kyle Johnicker, PharmD Pharmacy Clinical Coordinator Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital

Samreena Rasheed, PharmD, BCPS Regional Pharmacy Clinical Coordinator Northwestern Medicine Huntley, McHenry, and Woodstock Hospitals

Host: Gretchen Brummel, PharmD, BCPS Pharmacy Executive Director Vizient Center for Pharmacy Practice Excellence

Show Notes:

[00:47-02:28] Dr. Johnicker and Dr. Rasheed background information

[02:29-04:10] What attracted them to rural pharmacy

[04:11-05:32] Skill set necessary for rural pharmacy

[05:33-07:46] Recent pharmacy successes at their organization

[07:47-09:29] Where they would like to see rural pharmacy grow in the future

[09:30-10:48] Advice for students or residents thinking about a career in rural pharmacy

Links | Resources:

Antimicrobial and Diagnostic Stewardship Program: Northwestern Medicine

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The incredible staying power of drug shortages kicks the door open for full-time pharmacy roles designed to combat this issue. Dr. Austin Pytlowany, clinical pharmacist specialist in drug shortage management at Michigan Medicine and Vizient's Kyle Hoelting, senior clinical manager of drug shortages and drug information join host Gretchen Brummel, Pharmacy Executive Director with the Vizient Center for Pharmacy Practice Excellence to discuss drug shortages and drug information and share their perspectives.

Guest speakers: Austin Pytlowany, PharmD Pharmacy Manager – Inventory and Drug Shortage Management Michigan Medicine

Kyle Hoelting, PharmD, BCPS Sr. Clinical Manager of Drug Information and Shortages Vizient Center for Pharmacy Practice Excellence

Host: Gretchen Brummel, PharmD, BCPS Pharmacy Executive Director Vizient Center for Pharmacy Practice Excellence

Show Notes:

[00:48-01:53] Dr. Pytlowany background information

[01:54-02:52] Why Michigan Medicine created his position

[02:53-05:52] The overall impact of drug shortages right now

[05:53-07:12] National impact of drug shortages

[07:13-10:41] Austin’s position helping improving patient care at Michigan Medicine

[10:42-12:25] Organizational benefits of individuals or a teams dedicated to drug shortages

[12:26-16:41] Other kinds of positions out there

[16:42-20:40] Concepts and solutions coming out of this or to market

[20:41-22:11] Future for these types of roles in drug shortages

[22:12-25:38] Advice for people who want to get into this specialty

Links | Resources:

The One Thing You Need to Know about Drug Shortage Stewardship

Drug Shortage Stewardship: Calls to Action for the Interconnected Supply Chain

ASHP Current Drug Shortages

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Health system pharmacies are turning to outpatient infusion services to improve financial performance as margins shrink. Dr. Zinkeng Asonganyi, Director of Ambulatory Pharmacy and Infusion Services at University of Texas Medical Branch or UTMB Health discusses the program and it’s implications with host Gretchen Brummel, Pharmacy Executive Director with the Vizient Center for Pharmacy Practice Excellence.

Guest speaker: Zinkeng Asonganyi, PharmD Director of Ambulatory Pharmacy Operations UTMB

Host: Gretchen Brummel, PharmD, BCPS Pharmacy Executive Director Vizient Center for Pharmacy Practice Excellence

Show Notes:

[00:52-01:38] Dr. Asonganyi background information

[01:39-06:44] What’s happening in infusion at UTMB

[06:45-12:15] Complexities and logistics of the program

[12:16-15:13] Maintaining and growing reimbursement in this time of challenges

[15:14-18:33] Biggest opportunities for enhancement or growth

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A big part of total national drug spend is the continuing growth of the specialty drug market. Health systems depend on specialty pharmacy to make up margin losses from other areas. Dr. Vinay Eapen, Senior Manager of Specialty Pharmacy at University of Texas Medical Branch, joins Gretchen Brummel, Pharmacy Executive Director in the Vizient Center for Pharmacy Practice Excellence and your program to share a bold approach to starting specialty pharmacy services at an academic medical center.

Guest speakers:

Vinay Eapen, PharmD

UTMB Senior Specialty Pharmacy Manager

Lean Adjunct Faculty

UTMB Department of Pharmacy

Host:

Gretchen Brummel, PharmD, BCPS

Pharmacy Executive Director

Vizient Center for Pharmacy Practice Excellence

Show Notes:

[00:46-01:09] Dr. Eapen background information

[01:10-01:52] History of the specialty drug market

[01:53-02:43] Categorizing specialty drugs

[02:44-03:26] When UTMB decided to start a specialty program

[03:27-04:18] Building the program

[04:19-05:25] Benefits of the program

[05:26-06:11] Unexpected issues

[06:12-06:54] Where specialty pharmacy is going

[06:55-07:37] Advice for other starting specialty pharmacy programs

[07:38-08:21] Reasons to start a specialty pharmacy

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Health system margins are shrinking making pharmacy spend a growing opportunity target. MultiCare Health System departs from historical methods with an exciting, multifaceted approach to the issue. Dr. Tyson Frodin, Assistant Vice President Pharmacy Supply Chain, Rev Cycle, Technology MultiCare Health System-Pharmacy Services, joins Gretchen Brummel, Pharmacy Executive Director in the Vizient Center for Pharmacy Practice Excellence and your program host to give his thoughts on this issue.

Guest speakers:

Tyson Frodin, PharmD, MHA, FACHE

Assistant Vice President

Pharmacy Supply Chain, Rev Cycle, Technology

MultiCare Health System-Pharmacy Services

Host:

Gretchen Brummel, PharmD, BCPS

Pharmacy Executive Director

Vizient Center for Pharmacy Practice Excellence

Show Notes:

[00:46-01:31] Dr. Tyson Frodin background information

[01:32-02:39] What drove the need for MultiCare’s pharmacy spend initiative

[02:40-08:42] Multi-pronged plan for MultiCare’s pharmacy spend initiative

[08:43-10:20] What surprised MultiCare about the process

[10:21-11:25] Outcomes

[11:26-13:11] Advice they have for other pharmacies who may wanna attempt something like this

[13:12-15:06] What’s in the future for MultiCare

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Coming soon – New Pharmacy Portal and Pharmacy Analytics platform

We're excited to announce the launch of our new Pharmacy Portal on March 25th, alongside the rebranding of Vizient Savings Actualyzer – Pharmacy (VSAP) to Pharmacy Analytics.

The Pharmacy Portal is designed to be a comprehensive hub, offering a wide range of pharmacy tools and metrics, all accessible in one convenient location. With the rebranding to Pharmacy Analytics, we're introducing upgraded features and functionalities aimed at optimizing contract management, benchmarking spend, evaluating drug shortages and much more.

Join our webinar on March 27, Navigating Vizient Pharmacy Analytics with PMO projections and data, to learn more about the features and benefits of our new Pharmacy Portal and rebranded Pharmacy Analytics platform.

Plus, we will be hosting deeper dive sessions March 18 through April 5 where you can experience the new tools and ask questions of our pharmacy analytics experts. Learn more and sign up for one or multiple sessions.

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