Challenges and Opportunities in the Future of Health-System Pharmacy

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As the world continues to adjust to life in the COVID-19 era, health-system pharmacies have had to adapt and innovate to meet the challenges in this shifting environment. In part 1 of a 2-part webcast series, key opinion leaders discuss current challenges facing health-system pharmacies as well as potential solutions in areas such as staffing and financial stress; discusses innovations in interprofessional health-system pharmacy practice and how they improve the quality and safety of care; and provides an overview of technological advancements in the health-system space as well as unmet needs and challenges in meeting the needs of providers with new technology.

The expert panel for this webcast includes moderator Curtis E. Haas, PharmD, FCCP, chief pharmacy officer, University of Rochester Medical Center and panelists Deborah Simonson, PharmD, chief pharmacy officer of Service Lines, Ochsner Health; Andrew J. Donnelly, PharmD, MBA, FASHP, vice president of Pharmacy, UI Health; Noelle Chapman, PharmD, MBA, BCPS, FASHP, chief pharmacy officer, UCSF Health; and Todd Nesbit, PharmD, MBA, FASHP, vice president of Pharmacy Services, Johns Hopkins Health System.

This webcast addresses the following trending topics

• Current challenges facing health-system pharmacies as well as potential solutions in areas such as staffing and financial stress.
• Innovations in interprofessional health-system pharmacy practice and how they improve the quality and safety of care.
• Technological advancements in the health-system space as well as unmet needs and challenges in meeting the needs of providers with new technology.
• Staffing
  • Strategies currently being deployed to address recruitment and retention.
  • How these challenges are impacting incumbent staff in areas such as scheduling, staff well-being, coverage, and reassignments.
• Financial stress
  • How health-systems are managing flat to declining revenue, increased costs, and decreased patient throughput.
  • How this stress affects strategic planning relative to growth, new programs, and capital investments.
  • How pharmacy is contributing to the financial recovery of these organizations.