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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.
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305. Last Week in Health IT for May 29th, 2023 May 29, 2023

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305. Last Week in Health IT for May 29th, 2023

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.

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.
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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: https://www.himss.org/resources/pharmacy-informatics-and-its-cross-functional-role-healthcare
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.

304. Medical Informatics and Technology Adoption feat. Dr. Matthew Sakumoto Apr 17, 2023

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304. Medical Informatics and Technology Adoption feat. Dr. Matthew Sakumoto

Intended Audience: Everyone

On today's episode, we move away from the pharmacy informatics space and delve into medical informatics and technology adoption. Our special guest, Dr. Matthew Sakumoto, is a CMIO and virtual care physician in Northern California, and he shares with us his journey into medical informatics and discusses the issues with technology adoption and some strategies he employs in improving adoption amongst the medical profession.

If you'd like to meet Dr. Sakumoto and other likeminded physician leaders in informatics, there will be two opportunities to do so coming up:

ACP Internal Medicine Society Meeting Friday, April 28th, 2023 Hard Rock Hotel, San Diego 7 PM

AMIA Clinical Informatics Conference Monday, May 22nd, 2023 Matter Health, Chicago, Illinois 6 PM

For more information on the events, reach out to Dr. Sakumoto directly via his LinkedIn or Twitter.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattsakumoto/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/mattsakumoto

Repost: One Goal, Many Paths - Next Steps After Not Matching feat. Drs. Brian Fung, Beju Shah, David Vu, Tony Dao Mar 16, 2023

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Repost: One Goal, Many Paths - Next Steps After Not Matching feat. Drs. Brian Fung, Beju Shah, David Vu, Tony Dao

Today’s episode is a REPOST to 2019’s special episode about next steps after not matching. The four of us have had different stories on what we did after not matching and want to let you know that it’s OKAY. There’s still Phase 2, there’s still other pathways to get to where you want to go.

Original Shownotes from 2019: This year, over 4000 thousand applicants matched for a PGY1 or PGY2 pharmacy residency program. These individuals are moving on to an amazing opportunity where they can continue to expand their skillset and evolve their knowledge.

But… over 2000 applicants did NOT get this chance.

If you were one of the individuals who did not match, know that you are NOT alone. Know that it’s OKAY. Know that there are MANY different pathways to achieve your end goal.

On today’s special episode, Dr. Beju Shah, Dr. Brian Fung, Dr. David Vu, and Dr. Tony Dao all share their stories of how they did not match for residency and talk about the next steps they took that eventually navigated them into their DREAM careers.

We encourage anyone who’s listening to share your story and let everyone know that they are NOT alone. Please share your stories on any social media outlet using #OneGoalManyPaths #YourPharmacyStory .

Panel Contact Info: Beju Shah: https://www.linkedin.com/in/medicationsafety/ Brian Fung: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bkfung/ David Vu: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vcudavidvu/ or vud@vcu.edu Tony Dao: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tonydaopharmd/

Additional resources: 2019 residency stats: https://natmatch.com/ashprmp/stats/2019applstats.pdf 2023 residency stats: https://natmatch.com/ashprmp/stats/2023applstats-ph1.pdf

303. Last Week in Health IT for March 9th, 2023 Mar 10, 2023

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303. Last Week in Health IT for March 9th, 2023

**Intended Audience: Everyone **

Check out this week’s episode for the latest healthcare IT news.

Healthcare Workers Thinking About Quitting Often: https://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/healthcare-workers-still-think-about-quitting-often-even-well-staffed-teams

302. CDS and PGY2 Pharmacy Informatics Training feat. Dr. Marc Willner Mar 07, 2023

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302. CDS and PGY2 Pharmacy Informatics Training feat. Dr. Marc Willner

Intended Audience: Everyone

Originally recorded in early 2022.

On today's episode, we had the opportunity to speak with lead pharmacy informatics specialist and residency program director, Dr. Marc Willner, on his career journey and what his role is in terms of clinical decision support.

Topics in this episode include:

Dr. Willner's early career path
Vendor-neutral residency training
The importance of clinical knowledge prior to moving into pharmacy informatics
What the CDS informatics team is responsible for, such as pharmacy patient scoring
The feature request process
How COVID-19 affected practice

You can learn more about the Cleveland Clinic Pharmacy Informatics Residency program at https://my.clevelandclinic.org/departments/pharmacy/education/residency-programs

You can also reach out to Dr. WIllner at willnem@ccf.org

301. Being a Pharmacist in Healthcare Technology feat. Dr. Dennison Lim Jan 20, 2023

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301. Being a Pharmacist in Healthcare Technology feat. Dr. Dennison Lim

Intended Audience: Everyone

Pharmacists that transition to health tech companies need to consider what they are looking for in the health tech field. On today's episode, Dr. Dennison Lim, a former informatics pharmacist that has moved into the health tech space, shares his journey as a pharmacy resident to informatics pharmacist and subsequently to health tech. At the time of recording, Dr. Lim was at Truepill but has since moved on to another health tech company. Despite that, he's given permission for this episode to be shared to give insight into his journey from pharmacy informatics to health tech.

To reach Dr. LIm, you can visit his LinkedIn page: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dennisonlim/

300. Pharmacy Tools for Investigational Drug Studies feat. Dr. Michael Schlesselman Dec 07, 2022

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300. Pharmacy Tools for Investigational Drug Studies feat. Dr. Michael Schlesselman

Intended Audience: Everyone

Originally recorded early 2022

Investigational drug services and studies are a complicated beast. How does pharmacy informatics and technology play a role?

On today's episode, Dr. Michael Schlesselman joins us to discuss how we can leverage technology to help improve the investigational drug study and research world with electronic documentation and tracking. On this episode:

Dr. Schlesselman's journey to where he is today
How Vestigo as an investigational drug software helps with inventory tracking and sponsor audits
The training that one may need to get into the vendor side of pharmacy informatics
Finding the right residency for you

To reach out to Dr. Schlesselman, you can email him at mike@mcreadiegroup.com or visiting his LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-schlesselman-7a65805/

299. Applying Clinical Informatics feat. Dr. Scott Nelson Oct 17, 2022

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299. Applying Clinical Informatics feat. Dr. Scott Nelson

Intended Audience: Everyone

Originally recorded January 2022.

On today's episode, our special guest and highly involved informaticist, Dr. Scott Nelson, shares his journey into the pharmacy informatics and clinical informatics field.

In this episode:

His journey towards pharmacy informatics
Getting involved in pharmacy informatics and healthcare informatics via multiple organizations
Expanding beyond pharmacy informatics and look into where pharmacists can make impacts
His role as a faculty member and in research, grants, and value sets
What you can do if you are interested in informatics

You can reach out to Dr. Nelson at scott.nelson.rx@gmail.com or on his LinkedIn page at https://www.linkedin.com/in/scott-nelson-64134098/

298. Senior Clinical Consultant in Health Care Technology feat. Dr. William Starnes Sep 09, 2022

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298. Senior Clinical Consultant in Health Care Technology feat. Dr. William Starnes

Intended Audience: Everyone

Experience in pharmacy operations is essential before stepping into a role of clinical consulting in health care technology!

On today's episode originally recorded February 2022, we had the opportunity to speak with our special guest, Dr. William Starnes, on his current role as a Senior Clinical Consultant (Sales) in Healthcare Technology.

On today's episode, Dr. Starnes discusses:

His pharmacy journey
His time in the military
How his operations experience developed
How healthcare technology requires operational knowledge
Advice on getting into clinical consulting and/or healthcare technology

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/williamrx/

To reach Dr. Starnes for any questions, you can reach out to him via email at william.starnes@bd.com

297. DocStation, COVID-19, and the EHR for the Pharmacist feat. Dr. Samm Anderegg Aug 09, 2022

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297. DocStation, COVID-19, and the EHR for the Pharmacist feat. Dr. Samm Anderegg

Intended Audience: Everyone

Originally recorded on February 22, 2022

On today's episode, we spoke with returning guest, Dr. Samm Anderegg. In this episode, Dr. Anderegg, CEO of DocStation, talks about the expansion of his company and how the COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way they work and what they focus on for the future of the pharmacy profession. He also discusses some of the challenges and issues DocStation was able to identify and overcome in the last few years of its large growth.

Learn more about DocStation at https://docstation.co/

You can reach out to Dr. Anderegg directly on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/sammuelanderegg/

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305. Last Week in Health IT for May 29th, 2023

304. Medical Informatics and Technology Adoption feat. Dr. Matthew Sakumoto

Repost: One Goal, Many Paths - Next Steps After Not Matching feat. Drs. Brian Fung, Beju Shah, David Vu, Tony Dao

303. Last Week in Health IT for March 9th, 2023

302. CDS and PGY2 Pharmacy Informatics Training feat. Dr. Marc Willner

301. Being a Pharmacist in Healthcare Technology feat. Dr. Dennison Lim

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299. Applying Clinical Informatics feat. Dr. Scott Nelson

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