Authors of a pharmacist-directed transitions-of-care study discuss what drives pneumococcal vaccine hesitancy and how pharmacists can build systematic vaccine screening into inpatient workflows.
|Articles|January 11, 2013
2012 Patient Care Provider of the Year: Marty Feltner
Marty Feltner, PharmD, works to expand patient coverage with vaccines and implemented Nebraska's first international travel vaccine clinic in 2006.
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This video features Marty Feltner, PharmD, of Kohll's Pharmacy and Homecare in Omaha, NE, who won the 2012 Next-Generation Pharmacist Patient Care Provider of the Year award, presented by Pharmacy Times and Parata Systems. Dr. Feltner has emphasized expanding patient coverage with vaccines and implemented Nebraska's first international travel vaccine clinic in 2006, which Kohll's then expanded to other locations. To read more about Dr. Feltner, click
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