The high cost and complexity of specialty medications often contribute to adherence issues that negatively impact patient outcomes. Increasing adherence requires streamlined access to specialty medications and clear and frequent communication with patients to discuss dosage, frequency, side effects, interactions, and more. Learn how Bausch Health and Omnicell Specialty Pharmacy Services worked together to improve adherence to XIFAXAN, a specialty medication used to treat overt hepatic...

Recent technological advanceshave provided a solution to historical challenges with IV automation. These enhancements allow technicians to increase production and ensure greater accuracy while reducing human error or variationrisks. In either case, making it easier than before. Huntsville Hospital in Alabama was faced with the question of why they should choose IV automation? They had to go back a decade to answer that question, but it'seasy. Their primary goals, both then and today, are...

Introduction­   As a leader in innovation within healthcare, Texas Children's Hospital (TCH) consistently seeks ways to leverage technology and automation to support efficient medication management for its mother-baby and pediatric populations. Seeking intelligent medication management solutions, TCH selected an as-a-Service offering that combined an automated dispensing system with expert services to optimize their central pharmacy operations. Learn from industry experts how pharmacy...

COVID-19 has reminded us of the importance of nurses in our lives and why we must invest in them. Healthcare is one of the hardest-hit areas of the Great Resignation, with stress and burnout leading to nurses leaving the profession in high numbers. Learn from prominent healthcare experts how to limit the impact of nursing shortages by leveraging intelligent infrastructure, automation, and data intelligence. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In struggling to keep up with everyday demand, health system pharmacies must overcome disparate data systems, inadequate information flow, and incongruous workarounds that significantly reduce inventory accuracy. Find out how pharmacy leaders break down these data silos with advanced analytical tools that provide visibility, insight, and workflow enhancements, leading to inventory optimization and cost reduction. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Learn how retail pharmacies are leveraging advanced digital technologies that enable them to improve patient engagement, optimize revenue performance, and deliver high-value clinical services.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Operating Room is a dynamic setting. The medications used are high risk and need immediate monitoring and oversight. At any moment, a patient’s condition can turn critical. Find out how pharmacy solutions help to ensure drug availability, auditing, reconciliation, compliance, and patient safety. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Learn how the University of Maryland Medical Center reversed its reliance on 503B vendors through an IV robotics insourcing program for compounded sterile products (CSPs). The result is a strategic services operation delivering advanced CSP services across its organization, resulting in improved safety, increased efficiencies, and significant cost savings Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Learn how innovative leaders at Owensboro Health are sidestepping labor issues, up-leveling clinical programs, and optimizing medication management processes with advanced technology operated by a dedicated, resident expert.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Introduction As the safety of compounding practices comes under renewed scrutiny from authoritative bodies, more attention is being paid to assistive and robotic technologies. Learn how a stepped approach to adopting compounding technology can lead to safer, more efficient, and cost effective compounding operations. Participants Host: Ken Perez, Vice President, Healthcare Policy and Government Affairs, Omnicell, Inc. Guest Expert: Kevin N. Hansen, PharmD, MS, BCPS, BCSCP, Assistant Director...

Insights and Innovation with Intelligent Pharmacy Data   You can’t manage what you can’t see. When pharmacy leaders at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital made their medication inventories visible through intelligent data solutions, they were able to make better decisions for their patients, their processes, and their balance sheet.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Anesthesia providers need easy access to medications in the operating room. Pharmacy needs to keep medications secure. Achieving that delicate balance in the OR pressure cooker between access and accountability requires an aligned vision, dynamic communications, and enabling closed-loop technology. Participants Host:  Ken Perez, Vice President, Healthcare Policy and Government Affairs, Omnicell, Inc. Guest Expert:  Dr. Patrick Guffey, MD, MHA, CMIO, Performance Improvement & Informatics...

Introduction Central pharmacy is the hub of care that patients and providers depend on. Which is why pharmacy leaders follow a deliberative, collaborative approach when choosing a medication distribution model. Hear how two pharmacy leaders approached the matter of distribution models and arrived at very different conclusions. Participants  Host: Ken Perez, Vice President, Healthcare Policy and Government Affairs, Omnicell Guests: Richard J. Artymowicz, PharmD, MBA, FCCP, BCPS, Director of...

Making Sense of Today’s 340B Policy Entanglements As covered entities face rising healthcare costs, reimbursement cuts, and uncompensated care, the Federal 340B Drug Pricing Program continues to be an important source of funding for vital patient care. Get updates on how the 340B program solutions can help providers manage reporting compliance across an increasingly complex pharmacy supply chain, while capturing drug cost savings. Guest Expert: Ted Slafsky, Publisher and CEO, 340B...

Pharmacy dashboards are no longer enough. To manage organizational complexity and make better informed decisions, pharmacy leaders need dynamic intelligence tools. Learn how emerging technologies, including predictive and prescriptive analytics, can take medication management to the next level. Guests:                      Jennifer Tryon, PharmD, MS, FASHP, Associate Vice President and Chief Pharmacy Officer, Wake Forest Baptist Health Allen Flynn, PharmD, PhD, Assistant Professor,...

The Leader’s Personalized Pathway to the Autonomous Pharmacy   Learn how pharmacy leaders from Baptist Health are using a new self-assessment tool to chart a pathway to achieving a fully autonomous pharmacy. The self-assessment tool is available free from the Autonomous Pharmacy Advisory Board. Guests:                      Nilesh Desai, MBA, BS, RPh, CPPS, Chief Pharmacy Officer, Baptist Health Michael Anderson, PharmD, MBA, Director of Pharmacy, Baptist Health...

The Future of Pharmacy Podcast, presented by Omnicell Pharmacy innovators are solving technician shortages with new, subscription models that include the technology, dedicated labor, integrated best practices, and expert services, to realize the promise of pharmacy automation. Guests:   Matt Baldwin, PharmD, System Pharmacy Director, Aultman Health Foundation  Dave Young, PharmD, Network Director of Inpatient Pharmacy, Einstein Healthcare Network Host: Ken Perez, Vice President,...

Introduction When you invest in technology, you have high hopes that successful adoption will lead to improved pharmacy performance. But, how do you measure successful adoption? How can you be sure your technology is making a difference? Learn how aligning with your technology partner on key clinical, operational, and business metrics at the outset of the project can set you up for long-term success. Participants Host: Ken Perez, Vice President, Healthcare Policy and Government Affairs,...

Learn how health systems can leverage a vibrant, pharmacy-finance partnership to drive successful 340B programs, and allow pharmacy staff more time to focus on patient care. Find out why 340B program management has evolved, the program challenges that health systems still face, and the data and operational complexities that necessitate a cross-functional approach. Guests:                      Eric Iorfido, PharmD, 340B Program Manager, Penn Highlands DuBois, PA Charles Hirner, RPh, Senior...

Like many health systems, Allegheny Health Network was challenged by the cost, compliance, and complexity of compounding sterile products (CSPs). Learn how Allegheny Health Network innovated its CSP program using advanced robotics and expert technicians, leading to enhanced safety, improved practices, and cost savings. Guest: Arpit Mehta, PharmD, MPH, MHA, Director of Pharmacy, Allegheny General Hospital Host: Ken Perez Vice President, Healthcare Policy and Government Affairs,...

As COVID-19 vaccines become available to the general population, retail pharmacies will play a pivotal role in vaccine administration. Learn how Harps Food Stores is implementing key strategies and following best practice recommendations to prepare for increased workload and required safety precautions. Guests Duane Jones, BS Pharm, Clinical Program Director and Pharmacy District Manager, Harps Food Stores, Inc. Mike Cantrell, RPh, Esq., Sr. Director Regional Operations,...

The Future of Pharmacy Podcast, presented by Omnicell Episode 2 Advocates for Safe IV Preparation Practices Share Their Inspiration Learn how a tragic medication error helped to inspire the formation of THRIV—a safety coalition comprised of healthcare providers, consumers and technology developers. THRIV seeks to protect patients from being harmed, and to protect caregivers from unwittingly doing harm—harm which too often stems from mistakes made when IVs are manually prepared. Our...

The Future of Pharmacy Podcast, presented by Omnicell Every day it seems, health system pharmacy leaders face new challenges. Learn how the Autonomous Pharmacy is intended to simplify medication management, and enable pharmacists and other clinicians to practice at the top of their licenses. Host: Ken Perez Vice President, Healthcare Policy, Omnicell Guests: Jennifer Tryon, PharmD, MS, FASHP Associate Vice President and Chief Pharmacy  Officer, Wake Forest Baptist Health Jim...