30. Chuck Hennes & Hunter Whitworth: PharmD/MHIT Students

Intended Audience: Everyone

Today we interview two students, Chuck Hennes and Hunter Whitworth, who are in a PharmD/MHIT dual degree program at the University of South Carolina. We also discuss their recent trip to the HIMSS19 conference, their perspectives on healthcare IT, and why they chose to pursue this dual degree program.

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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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29. Medication Use Process & Technology

Intended Audience: Students and Newcomers to Pharmacy Informatics

Today's episode, we talk about the different steps in the Medication Use Process and how current technologies can affect each step.

More Resources:
Medication Use Process: https://www.achca.org/assets/docs/ltcplc_stmt3_meduseprocess_081031.pdf
Medication Safety and Avoiding Errors: https://www.omicsonline.org/open-access/medication-safety-in-hospitals-avoiding-medication-errors-in-the-medication-use-process-2167-1052-2-134.php?aid=14894

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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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28. Last Week in Health IT for March 1st, 2019

Intended Audience: Everybody

Starting the new month, we go over some of the Health IT news in the past week, such as phasing out "old" technology, machine learning in disease screening, opioid mapping tool updates, and more.

Other resources:
Medical Genome Initiative: https://medgenomeinitiative.org/
Showcase of Philips Azurion with Microsoft HoloLens 2: https://globenewswire.com/news-release/2019/02/24/1741153/0/en/Philips-showcases-unique-augmented-reality-concept-for-image-guided-minimally-invasive-therapies-developed-with-Microsoft.html

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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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27. Dr. Maritza Lew, Manager, Core Clinical Systems

Intended Audience: Everyone

On today's episode, we have the privilege of interviewing Dr. Maritza Lew, PharmD, CPHIMS, PMP. She talks about her journey into becoming a manager of core clinical systems at her current place of employment. She is also the current chair of the ASHP Section of Pharmacy Informatics and Technology.

To find out more about Dr. Maritza Lew, you can visit her at the following areas:
LinkedIn Profile
ASHP Connect Profile
ASHP Section of Pharmacy Informatics and Technology

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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
HIMSS Pharmacy Informatics Community

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26. Pharmacy, IT, & 340B

Intended Audience: Students and Newcomers

Today we talk about the complicated government rebate program known to many as the 340B program, and we talk about how certain software application can help manage the 340B strict inventory rules through split purchasing.

For more info on 340B, visit the OPA website at https://www.hrsa.gov/opa/index.html

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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
HIMSS Pharmacy Informatics Community

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25. Last Week in Health IT, 02/20/2019

Intended Audience: Everyone

On this episode, we talk about several news items that occurred this past week, including Kaiser's new medical school, ONC's new goals, and a crossover between Quorum and Oracle.

For the full ONC HITAC release, please visit this link.

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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
HIMSS Pharmacy Informatics Community

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24. Dr. Emmanuel Akinwole, Informatics Pharmacist

Intended Audience: Everyone

On this episode, Dr. Emmanuel Akinwole is interviewed in regards to how he got into the informatics field and what his position entails.

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ASHP's Section of Pharmacy Informatics and Technology
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23. Burnout Revisited: Cerner Away the Burner

Intended Audience: Informatics Pharmacists

On this episode, we come back to the topic of physician burnout because Cerner has announced that they are releasing a suite of AI-enabled applications to help with burnout.

Additional resources:
Cerner Chart Assist
Becker's Health on Physician Burnout
AAFP on Physician Burnout

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ASHP's Section of Pharmacy Informatics and Technology
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22. Last Week in Health IT

Intended Audience: Everyone

On this episode, we go over some of the big news items from last week! We aren't able to go over all the great news items that occurred at HIMSS19, but here are some resources for the ones we were able to go over:

FDA Pilot Program on Supply Chain
ONC's 21st Century Cures Act: Interoperability, Information Blocking, and the ONC Health IT

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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
HIMSS Pharmacy Informatics Community

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21. Meaningful Use, What Does It Mean?

Intended Audience: Newcomers to Pharmacy Informatics

Today, we talk about the much-mentioned term of "Meaningful Use". By now, you may have heard this several times if you perused through any pharmacy informatics news. In this episode, we talk about what is Meaningful Use, its governing bodies, its pillars of health outcomes, and the different stages.

For more information about Meaningful Use, visit HealthIT's page on Meaningful Use here!

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