Expanding the Pharmacy Enterprise: Leadership needed

... technicians. Many states have been successful but have encountered additional challenges; others have encountered ambivalence and resistance when they have tried to change. Clearly, leadership and perseverance are needed here. “Expanding the pharmacy enterprise” is in the title of my presentation today...

... will be realized when clinical, operational, and acute and ambulatory care silos are broken down and when the patient is placed at the center of every decision. The needs for priority realignment and expansion of the pharmacy enterprise into the ambulatory care domain were evidenced by the ASHP Ambulatory Care...

... outcomes and add value within health systems. best practices consensus high-value pharmacy enterprise leadership pharmacists pharmacy practice advancement Key Points The high-value pharmacy enterprise framework provides a strategic roadmap to advance pharmacy practice in health systems. Core...

... outcomes for the multihospital health system as the size and scope of the enterprise increase. The scale of this impact will continue to increase as drug prices and care complexity continue to increase. ⁶ Consequently, successful leadership of the pharmacy enterprise is increasingly important...

...Scott Knoer “Pharmacy enterprise” made an appearance in a John W. Webb Lecture in Ivey’s ⁷ 2009 article, “Expanding the Pharmacy Enterprise: Leadership Needed.” The phrase is now used frequently and surfaced in three AJHP pharmacy practice model articles in 2011. Shane’s...

... and use, are needed so that expanding pharmacy enterprises can benefit from better data-driven automation. ¹⁵ Proprietary methods of integration mobilize only a small fraction of the growing amount of data being generated by the pharmacy enterprise through barcoding, radio-frequency...

... priorities, leadership development, patient communications, and pharmacy involvement in programs to improve the health of the community served by the hospital. Several common themes emerged from the eight sets of strategic recommendations. A prominent theme was competency assurance— determining what...

... issue explores important areas of focus for establishing and expanding successful pharmacy enterprises in multihospital health systems. These articles describe key organizational components necessary to provide enhanced patient care and advance the role of and opportunities for the pharmacy...

... alignment. While each IDN member will have its own established process for evaluating formulary changes, a key step in a merger or acquisition is for pharmacy enterprise leadership to establish a standardized process for all IDN members. It is imperative that established policies and procedures determine...

... prescription benefit management, infusion services, retail and specialty pharmacy, and hospital-at-home services. When weighing whether or not to insource services, pharmacy leaders should consider the enterprise core competencies (eg, expanding clinical services to include a pharmacogenomics service...

... ² and serve as stewards of the pharmacy enterprise, a constant and consistent focus on leadership among all pharmacists is needed. Machiavelli has been said to be the first to say, “Never waste the opportunity offered by a good crisis.” The challenges we face today present openings for bold...

... enterprise has evolved over the past 10 years with standardization of the electronic medical record (EMR), alignment of the medication formulary, and creation of a corporate leadership structure. Though pharmacy efforts are aligned at the system level, each delivery network maintains operational autonomy...

... and academic medical centers. “The idea for PELA™ has been at the forefront of ASHP leadership discussions for some time,” said ASHP Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Paul W. Abramowitz. “We understand that there is a growing need for opportunities to connect pharmacy executives in unique ways for peer-to-peer...

... for each patient. The pharmacists have found that this team approach allows more students to reach more patients while maintaining an appropriate ratio of patients to students. In order to implement an LLM in which students provide direct patient care, the pharmacy department needed to significantly expand...

... will be a test case for the profession’s ability to exert the leadership it must, as part of its new definition of itself. Pharmacy needs to define the structure, process, and outcomes necessary to improve its own practice to avoid drug misadventuring, with a clear set of practice and ethical standards...

... with 36% in 2004 and 27% in 2003—perceive a severe shortage of qualified and available pharmacy manager candidates. Fifty-four percent of respondents perceive a severe shortage of experienced frontline practitioners. On the leadership front, we continue to educate health care administrators about what...

... system’s main campus, and community vaccination events were carried out at temporary clinic facilities set up in the parking lot of Orlando International Airport. Conclusion In a mass COVID-19 vaccination initiative directed by the pharmacy enterprise leadership of a large Florida health system...

... and in creating a postgraduate residency training program at UWH. Future directions for the partnership are discussed. Summary Members of the leaderships of UWH and UWSOP met to discuss expanding coursework related to specialty pharmacy business fundamentals at UWSOP. This meeting led to the development...

... communities were developed. A new tenure-track position in rural health outcomes was created to expand the research enterprise, with future expansion of research positions planned. Three postgraduate year 2 ambulatory care pharmacy residency positions were added to support the program. Administrative support...

...Taylor MacKinnon; Kristen Schaeffler; Stan Kent; John S Clark Key Points This program equips pharmacy technician supervisors with essential leadership skills, addressing a critical need in the healthcare industry for strong leaders while providing a flexible framework that covers core...