The Pharmacy Vision Awards at Vizient celebrate values and achievements of our program participants. Elham Amiri, pharmacy informatics project manager at UCSF Health, is a recipient of the professional excellence award, given to an individual who demonstrates leadership, strategic contribution and commitment to ongoing learning and development. Elham and Dr. Noelle Chapman, vice president, chief pharmacy officer and COO at UCSF Health, join us today to discuss their award-winning program.

Guest speakers: Elham Amiri, CPhT, CSPT, BS Pharmacy Informatics Project Manager UCSF Health

Noelle Chapman, PharmD, MBA Vice president, Chief Pharmacy Officer and COO UCSF Health

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

Show Notes:

[00:52-02:07] Guest’s background information

[02:08-03:32] Their great work at UCSF Health

[03:33-05:49] How their work contributed to the Pharmacy Value Improvement Program

[05:50-07:27] Taking a roll and running with it

[07:28-09:25] How UCSF supports professional development

[09:25-10:24] How patients benefit from this model

[10:25-13:45] What does the future hold

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We emerged from the COVID -19 pandemic in 2022 to headlines about unseasonably early spikes in respiratory syncytial virus and concerns and threats of a triple pandemic of CV19, influenza, and RSV. Fortunately, there’s been no triple pandemic, but what has emerged is multiple first-time vaccine approvals for RSV. Dr. John Schoen, Senior Manager of Drug Information at The Vizient Center for Phamacy Practice Excellence joins his colleague and Program Host Stacy Lauderdale, Associate Vice President of Evidence-Based Medicine to discuss the use of the RSV vaccines.

Guest speakers: John Schoen, PharmD, BCPS Senior Manager of Drug Information Vizient Center for Pharmacy Practice Excellence

Host: Stacy Lauderdale, PharmD, BCPS Associate Vice President of Evidence-Based Medicine Vizient Center for Pharmacy Practice Excellence VerifiedRx Host

Show Notes:

[00:55-01:46] John’s background

[01:47 -03:15] The RSV disease burden in older adults, and risk factors

[03:16-04:42] The relative disease severity of RSV versus influenza

[04:43-07:04] Vaccine uptake during the last RSV season

[07:05-8:35] Efficacy of the RSV vaccines in observational data compared to the clinical trials

[8:36-11:22] Changes in ACIP recommendations

[11:23-13:14] Potential benefits of RSV vaccination for ages older than 75

[13:15-15:32] Potential adverse reactions of RSV vaccines

[15:33-18:31] Comparisons of the RSV vaccines

[18:32-20:46] Are patients going to need more than one RSV vaccine?

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The Pharmacy Vision Awards at Vizient celebrate values and achievements of our program participants. The innovation award is granted to an individual or group who works with others to implement an innovative approach to a challenging patient care or operational practice issue. The 2023 winner, Ochsner Health, represented by Dr. Lisa Boothby, Director of Pharmacy at Ochsner Medical Center - West Bank Campus, Dr. Johlee Odinet, System Medication Safety Officer and Veronica Theriot, Director of MedSurg/Tele Stepdown Unit discuss with host Gretchen Brummel their program aimed at expanding pharmacists’ responsibilities to include medication administration.

Guest speakers:

Lisa Boothby, PharmD, MBA

Director of Pharmacy

Ochsner Medical Center West Bank Campus

Johlee Odinet, PharmD, BCPS, CPPS

System Medication Safety Officer

Ochsner Medical Center West Bank Campus

Veronica Theriot, RN

Director of MedSurg/Tele Stepdown Unit

Ochsner Medical Center West Bank Campus

Host:

Gretchen Brummel, PharmD, BCPS

VerifiedRx Host

Show Notes:

[00:55-02:02] Guest’s background information

[02:03-03:17] Ochsner Information

[03:18-05:30] People not mentioned who were contributors to their success

[05:31-07:47] Need for pharmacists' expanded role in administering medications in the inpatient setting

[07:48-18:06] How Ochsner accomplishes pharmacist expanded role

[18:07-23:02] Other outcomes from their work

[23:03-26:00] What surprised them about the process

[26:01-28:42] Advice for others wanting to implement this innovative practice

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