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**Pharmacy, IT, & Me: Your Informatics Pharmacist Podcast**

Informatics Pharmacist, Tony Dao, hosts this podcast series that discusses different aspects and topics in the pharmacy informatics and pharmacy technology space and how leveraging the IT tools in the healthcare landscape can ultimately improve patient care and satisfaction.

** Disclaimer: Views expressed are those of the individuals and do not reflect thoughts and opinions of any entity with which speakers have been, is now, or will be affiliated.
**This podcast is NOT monetized or supported by affilate ads.

Latest Episodes:

197. Automation in Operational Safety and Efficiency: An Executive's Perspective feat. Dr. Rita Jew Jun 04, 2020

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197. Automation in Operational Safety & Efficiency: An Executive's Perspective feat. Dr. Rita Jew

Intended Audience: Everyone

On today's episode, we're very excited to speak with nationally recognized pharmacy executive, Dr. Rita Jew, on her experience and thoughts on operational efficiency and safety with the use of automation and healthcare technology. She's been part of a number of innovative implementations in the hospital systems setting and discusses how important it is to use these technology tools to ultimately improve patient care.

Some of the topics of today's episode include:

Automation and its implications in pharmacy workflows
Lean concepts and its importance for projects
Failure mode & effects analysis (FMEA) and its importance in project reviews
Getting your food in the door with pharmacy informatics and technology
If you have any questions, you can reach out to Dr. Jew at ritajew90@gmail.com

Her LinkedIn is at https://www.linkedin.com/in/rita-jew-aba52612/

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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
Disclaimer: Views expressed are my own and do not reflect thoughts and opinions of any entity with which I have been, am now, or will be affiliated.

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196. Let's Get Object-Oriented Jun 01, 2020

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196. Let's Get Object-Oriented

Intended Audience: Those Interested in Project Implementations

We've previously discussed the waterfall model and the rapid prototyping model in the systems development life cycle. Today, we go to the next model on the list, the OOSD which is the object-oriented systems development. We discuss in a high-level overview the definitions of classes, objects, attributes, and interactions as well as go through the basic steps of OOSD:

Investigating how OOSD can address business needs
Determining user requirements
Designing the system
Programming or modifying object modeling
Implementation
Testing
Modifying
Implementation
Regular reviews and modifications

For more information on OOSD, check out the following resources:
https://javajee.com/introduction-to-object-oriented-systems-development
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/07399019008968364?journalCode=uism19
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0065245808605951

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Throwback - Pharmacy Informatics Residency & Education feat. Dr. Denis Kitayama May 26, 2020

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Throwback - Pharmacy Informatics Residency & Education feat. Dr. Denis Kitayama

Intended Audience: Everyone

On today’s throwback episode, we get to interview Dr. Denis Kitayama of Kaiser Permanente on his role as a pharmacy project manager and residency program coordinator for the PGY2 pharmacy informatics program at Kaiser Downey. He also discusses his experience in the past with startups and consulting.

If you’d like to contact Dr. Kitayama for further questions about his career or the Kaiser informatics program, you can find him at his LinkedIn page at https://www.linkedin.com/in/denis-kitayama-15406498/

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195. Rapid Prototyping is RAD May 25, 2020

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195. Rapid Prototyping is RAD

Intended Audience: Everyone

Rapid prototyping is a method that's used in systems development that falls under a rapid timeline. It is user-focused and heavily relies on prototyping and user feedback. Today's discussion goes over a high-level overview of rapid prototyping.

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194. Journeying into Digital Health, Innovation, & Strategic Advising feat Julie Fishman, RPh, MPA May 21, 2020

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194. Journeying into Digital Health, Innovation, & Strategic Advising feat Julie Fishman, RPh, MPA

Intended Audience: Everyone

On today's episode, we get to speak with Julie Fishman, RPh, MPA on her journey into digital health and therapeutics. She discusses her unique journey into the field and useful information for those interested in the field. Listen in on this episode as she discusses:

💻Digital Health 💊 Digital Therapeutics 👩‍⚕️ Patient Journey Framework

To reach out to Julie, visit her LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/julie-fishman-rph-mpa/

More resources on digital health: https://dtxalliance.org/ https://www.dimesociety.org/

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193. Last Week in Health IT for May 18th, 2020 May 18, 2020

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193. Last Week in Health IT for May 18th, 2020

Intended Audience: Everyone

Welcome to another episode of Last Week in Health IT where we talk about some of the significant Health IT-related news items that occurred in the past week.

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Throwback - Pharmacy Informatics in Long Term Care feat. Becky Agar May 13, 2020

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Throwback - Pharmacy Informatics in Long Term Care feat. Becky Agar

Intended Audience: Everyone

On this throwback episode, we get to speak with Becky Agar, Vice President of Hogan Pharmacy Partners, on her pathway from community pharmacist to long term care pharmacy informatics. She discusses interesting topics of bringing inpatient technologies into the long term care setting and provides great advice for students getting into the field.

To find out more about Hogan Pharmacy Partners, visit https://www.hoganpharmacypartners.com/ To reach Becky on LinkedIn, visit https://www.linkedin.com/in/becky-agar-39a4b941/ To reach Becky on Twitter, visit https://twitter.com/bexrx

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192. SDLC and the Waterfall Model May 11, 2020

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192. SDLC and the Waterfall Model

Intended Audience: Newcomers to pharmacy informatics

We have previously spoken about the SDLC (Systems Development Life Cycle) and today we'll be speaking about one of the older models used in SDLC called the Waterfall Model. You can find more information on the Waterfall Model at https://www.tutorialspoint.com/sdlc/sdlc_waterfall_model.htm

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Throwback - Directing Informatics Projects feat. Dr. Marie-Elsie Ade May 06, 2020

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Throwback - Directing Informatics Projects feat. Dr. Marie-Elsie Ade

Intended Audience: Everyone

On today’s throwback episode, we interview Dr. Marie-Elsie Ade on her experience in teaching, being a pharmacy informaticist, directing pharmacy projects, and being a director of pharmacy! She also provides advice on different avenues for pharmacists to take in navigating towards pharmacy informatics.

You can reach Dr. Ade at her LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marie-elsie-ade-6543064/

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191. What is Cognitive Informatics and Why It's Important in Healthcare May 04, 2020

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191. What is Cognitive Informatics and Why It's Important in Healthcare

Intended Audience: Newcomers to Pharmacy Informatics

Cognitive informatics is an important aspect of informatics that focuses on the way people think and how a computer processes information. Part of cognitive informatics is artificial intelligence, which you can find more information at https://pharmacyinformaticsacademy.com/2020/04/30/artificial-intelligence-education-roadmap/