OBJECTIVES
CONFERENCE OBJECTIVES
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Provide a framework for a pharmacy practice model that ensures provision of safe, effective, efficient, accountable, and evidence‐based care for all hospital/health system patients
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Determine Successful Implementation of New Pharmacy Practice Models; Opportunities and challenges in a changing environment
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Determine patient care‐related services that should be consistently provided by departments of pharmacy in hospitals and increase demand for pharmacy services by patients/caregivers, healthcare professionals, healthcare executives, and payers
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Empowering pharmacist to take responsibility for the outcome of the patient’s health and Advancing the use of pharmacy technicians in supporting optimal pharmacy practice models in health systems
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Identify specific actions pharmacy leaders and staff should take to implement practice model change including determination of the necessary staff (pharmacy leaders, pharmacists, and technicians) skills and competencies required to implement this model
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Outline recommendations of various automation technologies that automate & make operations smoother and pharmacy efforts targeted through information technology and systems, pharmacists spend more time with patients and move toward an optimal practice model
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Role of the pharmacist in Medication Therapy Management & Transition of Care including Antimicrobial optimization; Pharmacokinetic dosing; Anticoagulation Management
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New updates in hospital Accreditation and organization-wide medication safety that include: Challenges in medication management, medication reconciliation; Just Culture, Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies (REMS); Pharmacists and medication adherence