Chemotherapy is a vital treatment for cancer patients, but high medication prices often cause issues and may even prompt patients to skip therapy. Various factors influence the cost of chemotherapy drugs, including research and development, manufacturing complexity, and regulatory compliance. Limited use implications further complicate the market. Dr. Michele Rice, Senior Pharmacy Executive with Vizient Pharmacy Advisory Solutions, joins us today to discuss these factors in depth.

Guest speakers: Michele Rice, PharmD, MS Senior Consulting Solutions Director Vizient Pharmacy Advisory Solutions

Host: Gretchen Brummel, PharmD, BCPS  Verified Rx Host

Show Notes: [00:47-01:31] Guest’s background information

[01:32-03:41 ] What’s happening in the industry now

[03:42-05:15] How this ultimately affects patients

[05:20-06:26] How pharmacists can assist patients with this difficult to navigate scenario or situation

[06:27-07:35] What patients should know about this issue

[07:36-08:09] How to improve the system

[08:10-08:44] What does the future hold

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Baxter's Intravenous Fluids North Cove Plant was impacted in September by Hurricane Helene. Although Baxter implemented a hurricane preparedness plan, a levy breach and bridge collapse forced a complete shutdown. Intravenous fluids are now on allocation as the plant remains shuttered. Multiple actions by the FDA and Baxter are in effect to improve supply for these fluids. Vizient colleagues Katie Korte, VP Assurance and Continuity Team and Kyle Hoelting, Senior Clinical Manager of Drug Information and Shortages join Stacy Lauderdale, Associate Vice president of Evidence-based Medicine today to discuss lessons learned from this and past supply disruptions, ongoing efforts by the FDA to improve supplies and the supply outlook for the next four to eight weeks

Guest speakers:

Katie Korte, PharmD, MHA

VP Assurance and Continuity Team

Vizient

Kyle Holting, PharmD, BCPS

Senior Clinical Manager of Drug Information and Shortages

Vizient Center for Pharmacy Practice Excellence

Host:

Stacy Lauderdale, PharmD, BCPS

Associate Vice president of Evidence-based Medicine

Vizient Center for Pharmacy Practice Excellence 

Show Notes:

[00:57-01:27] Guest’s background information

[01:28-04:33] Recent supply disruptions

[04:34-05:54] What Vizient has learned from past disruptions

[05:55-09:30] What providers have learned from these shortages

[09:31-13:42] What the FDA is doing to assist with this shortage

[13:43-18:23] What the trajectory of this shortage looks like over the next four to eight weeks

[18:24-19:45] Most important thing to emphasize to our listeners as they continue to handle this fluid shortage

Links | Resources:

Vizient’s IV push list: Click here

Vizient’s IV fluid conservation strategies: Click here

Baxter’s North Cove facility website: Click here

FDA’s Baxter North Cove facility website: Click here

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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

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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Clinical pharmacy optimization opportunities abound, and executing on them can be enhanced when collaborating with external partners. Dr. Nikolai Dahl, program manager for medication utilization and formulary at John Muir Health, and Dr. Tony Huke, senior consulting director at Vizient, join host Gretchen Brummel to share their partnership experience and the resulting successes.

Guest speakers: Nikolai Dahl, Pharm D Program Manager for Mediation Medication Utliazation John Muir Health

Tony Huke, Pharm D, BCPS, FASHP Senior Consulting Director Vizient

Host: Gretchen Brummel, PharmD, BCPS

Show Notes:

[00:44-01:16] How partnership came about

[01:17-02:31] Nikolai’s and Tony’s initial thoughts about the partnership

[02:32-03:24] How their work together started

[03:25-3:49] Prioritizing a to-do list

[03:49-4:21] Early wins

[04:22-4:38] What surprised them about the engagement

[04:38-6:18] Positive stories

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Vizient Pharmacy Vision Awards celebrate the values and achievement of our pharmacy program participants. The Excellence in Integrated Transformational Practice award is given to a system that accelerates success in delivering high value care in the four domains of operations, quality, strategic growth, supply chain and pharmacy. Joining us from the winning organization, UCSF Health, are Drs. Desi Kotis, Chief Pharmacy Executive, Jessica Galens, Assistant Chief Pharmacy Officer of Business Services and Erin St. Angelo, Director of Pharmacy Procurement and Contracting. They join us to share his perspective on pharmacy leadership with program host Gretchen Brummel.

Guest speakers: Desi Kotis, Pharm D Chief Pharmacy Executive UCSF Health

Jessica Galens, Pharm D Assistant Chief Pharmacy Officer of Business Services UCSF Health

Erin St. Angelo, Pharm D Director of Pharmacy Procurement and Contracting UCSF Health

Host: Gretchen Brummel, PharmD, BCPS

Show Notes:

[00:56-03:41] Backgrounds and roles at UCSF

[03:42-07:14] UCSF’s overall approach

[07:15-08:53] Background for innovative and clinical practice

[08:54-10:19] Financial successes

[10:20-13:17] How UCSF has been able to expand their services

[13:18-14:35] Future for UCSF

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The Pharmacy Vision Awards at Vizient celebrate values and achievements of our program participants. The Executive Leadership Award is granted to an individual who provides strategic insight, advances leading clinical practices, and demonstrates business acumen for their entire organization. Our 2023 winner is Dr. Curtis Haas, Chief Pharmacy Officer at the University of Rochester Medical Center. He's joins us to share his perspective on pharmacy leadership with Gretchen Brummel, your program host.

Guest speakers: Curtis Haas, Pharm D, FCCP Director of Pharmacy University of Rochester Medical Center

Host: Gretchen Brummel, PharmD, BCPS  

Show Notes:

[00:47-05:11] Curtis Haas background and why it’s important

[05:12-07:02] Why elevating pharmacy practice on a state and national basis is important

[07:03-08:59] Results of success by placing priority on providing resources and support and encouraging innovation

[09:00-12:36] What Curtis has been doing lately at the University of Rochester Medical Center that he would like to highlight

[12:37-14:53] Curtis’ volunteer work outside his organization

Links | Resources:

Transcendental Medication Management: Transformational Practice in Pharmacy

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