222. CPhA's Digital Health Conference (DHX Virtual 2020) feat. Dr. Risa Vatanka

Intended Audience: Everyone

The technology is available, so let's use it to design pharmacy's future together!

On today's episode, we speak with DHX Virtual Chair, Dr. Risa Vatanka, about how digital health and technologies have been exponentially catalyzed during the pandemic. In addition, much more of this discussion will be continued during the upcoming DHX Virtual conference where over 45 speakers will be present.

The DHX Virtual 2020 conference will be held on October 2-4, 2020. You'll have the opportunity to:

• Network and Discover
• Learn and Engage
• Tour the Digital Health Virtual Exhibits

The conference will be using the Hopin platform that will promote a networking-focused experience that promotes collaboration and discussion.

Tony Dao, host of the Pharmacy, IT, & Me podcast and co-founder of Pharmacy Informatics Academy will also be participating with the "Pharmacists Paving New Paths" section of the conference.

To find out more about DHX Virtual 2020, visit https://digitalhealthcpha.com/dhx-virtual/

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For more information on pharmacy informatics, check out some of the following useful links:

ASHP's Section of Pharmacy Informatics and Technology: https://www.ashp.org/Pharmacy-Informaticist/Section-of-Pharmacy-Informatics-and-Technology/
HIMSS Pharmacy Informatics Community: https://www.himss.org/library/pharmacy-informatics

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221. Why Do I Need to Track Project Time?

Intended Audience: Everyone

When working in pharmacy informatics, you may be asked to work on multiple projects. Sometimes, that comes with logging your specific time spent on those projects. This feels like double documenting, but why is this important? Today, we discuss this a little bit more.

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For more information on pharmacy informatics, check out some of the following useful links:

ASHP's Section of Pharmacy Informatics and Technology: https://www.ashp.org/Pharmacy-Informaticist/Section-of-Pharmacy-Informatics-and-Technology/
HIMSS Pharmacy Informatics Community: https://www.himss.org/library/pharmacy-informatics

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220. From Administration to Director of Pharmacy Information Systems feat. Dr. Barry McClain

Intended Audience: Everyone

You never know what can spark your inspiration for the next step in your career. 💡

On today's episode, I was honored to have special guest Dr. Barry McClain share his story on how he got into his role as the Director of Pharmacy Information Systems at Advocate Aurora. I enjoyed hearing his story of his early days and how his administrative residency eventually sparked his interest to pursue pharmacy informatics as a career path. He also shares some stories about his most memorable moments in his career thus far.

Thank you so much Dr. McClain for being on the podcast!

You can reach out to Dr. McClain at his LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/barry-mcclain-a2081825/

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For more information on pharmacy informatics, check out some of the following useful links:

ASHP's Section of Pharmacy Informatics and Technology: https://www.ashp.org/Pharmacy-Informaticist/Section-of-Pharmacy-Informatics-and-Technology/
HIMSS Pharmacy Informatics Community: https://www.himss.org/library/pharmacy-informatics

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219. Who's Arden? Arden Syntax in Medical Logic Modules

Intended Audience: Newcomers to Pharmacy Informatics

Have you heard of Arden? Today's episode we talk about the Arden Syntax standard and how it's used in Medical Logic Modules, or MLMs. Arden Syntax is used in a number of EHRs today, but it's not used in all of them. For some EHRs, the Arden Syntax structure is embraced because of how organized it is, but the actual syntax is not followed.

For more information about Arden Syntax, check out the following links: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/325997146_Achieving_Interoperability_Between_Arden-Syntax-Based_Clinical_Decision_Support_and_openEHR-Based_Data_Systems https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4419950/ https://www.hl7.org/implement/standards/product_brief.cfm?product_id=2

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For more information on pharmacy informatics, check out some of the following useful links:

ASHP's Section of Pharmacy Informatics and Technology: https://www.ashp.org/Pharmacy-Informaticist/Section-of-Pharmacy-Informatics-and-Technology/
HIMSS Pharmacy Informatics Community: https://www.himss.org/library/pharmacy-informatics

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218. Last Week in Health IT for September 11th, 2020

Intended Audience: Everyone

Welcome to another episode of Last Week in Health IT where we talk about some of the significant Health IT-related news items that occurred in the past week.

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For more information on pharmacy informatics, check out some of the following useful links:

ASHP's Section of Pharmacy Informatics and Technology: https://www.ashp.org/Pharmacy-Informaticist/Section-of-Pharmacy-Informatics-and-Technology/
HIMSS Pharmacy Informatics Community: https://www.himss.org/library/pharmacy-informatics

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Throwback - Longitudinal PGY2 Pharmacy Residency feat. Dr. Anthony Vo

Intended Audience: Everyone

On today's throwback episode, we speak with Dr. Anthony Vo, who at the time of recording was completing his residency in pharmacy informatics. He goes over different topics regarding the residency program's longitudinal nature and skills he picked up to be successful.

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For more information on pharmacy informatics, check out some of the following useful links:

ASHP's Section of Pharmacy Informatics and Technology: https://www.ashp.org/Pharmacy-Informaticist/Section-of-Pharmacy-Informatics-and-Technology/
HIMSS Pharmacy Informatics Community: https://www.himss.org/library/pharmacy-informatics

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217. Pharmacists are Integral Players in Consumer-Focused Digital Health

Intended Audience: Newcomers to Pharmacy Informatics and Digital Health

Today's episode is an audio reading of an article Tony wrote for CPhA's Digital Health Corner for August 2020.

To read the article, visit https://digitalhealthcpha.com/2020/08/pharmacists-are-integral-players-in-consumer-focused-digital-health/

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For more information on pharmacy informatics, check out some of the following useful links:

ASHP's Section of Pharmacy Informatics and Technology: https://www.ashp.org/Pharmacy-Informaticist/Section-of-Pharmacy-Informatics-and-Technology/
HIMSS Pharmacy Informatics Community: https://www.himss.org/library/pharmacy-informatics

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216. A Chief Pharmacy Officer's Perspective & The Autonomous Pharmacy Framework feat. Dr. Christopher Fortier

Intended Audience: Everyone

How can we use technology to innovate pharmacy practice and push the profession forward?

That is the primary question we answer in today's episode with special guest Dr. Christopher Fortier. Dr. Fortier is a Chief Pharmacy Officer and also involved with The Autonomous Pharmacy Framework. Today's episode contains discussions about pushing our profession forward with technology, how relationships are important in professional development, and how mentorship is key to success.

For more information on the Autonomous Pharmacy Framework, visit http://www.autonomouspharmacy.com/
If you have any questions for Dr. Fortier, you can reach him at [email protected]

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For more information on pharmacy informatics, check out some of the following useful links:

ASHP's Section of Pharmacy Informatics and Technology: https://www.ashp.org/Pharmacy-Informaticist/Section-of-Pharmacy-Informatics-and-Technology/
HIMSS Pharmacy Informatics Community: https://www.himss.org/library/pharmacy-informatics

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215. AI-Assisted EHR Documentation an Human Oversight

Intended Audience: Newcomers to Informatics

Recently, JAMIA published an article that discusses how AI can be used in documentation assistants to improve provider efficiency/workflows. Today's episode briefly goes over the article and we talk a little but about how human oversight is still needed until AI tools provide a confident level of reliability.

Journal article: https://academic.oup.com/jamia/advance-article/doi/10.1093/jamia/ocaa131/5897463?

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For more information on pharmacy informatics, check out some of the following useful links:

ASHP's Section of Pharmacy Informatics and Technology: https://www.ashp.org/Pharmacy-Informaticist/Section-of-Pharmacy-Informatics-and-Technology/
HIMSS Pharmacy Informatics Community: https://www.himss.org/library/pharmacy-informatics

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Throwback - Project Managing, Business, & Informatics feat. Pharmacist Alicia Williams

Intended Audience: Everyone

On today's throwback episode we speak with Alicia Williams, a pharmacist who's made her career unique with her experiences in IT, informatics, business, inpatient, consulting, and more! She shares her story and also provides some great advice on what others can do to get into the pharmacy informatics space. You can reach out to her at [email protected] for any additional questions.

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For more information on pharmacy informatics, check out some of the following useful links:

ASHP's Section of Pharmacy Informatics and Technology: https://www.ashp.org/Pharmacy-Informaticist/Section-of-Pharmacy-Informatics-and-Technology/
HIMSS Pharmacy Informatics Community: https://www.himss.org/library/pharmacy-informatics

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