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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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Latest Episodes:

296. Feasibility and TELOS Strategy Jul 09, 2022

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296. Feasibility and TELOS Strategy

Intended Audience: Newcomers to Pharmacy Informatics

Today's episode we go over a brief overview of the first step of the waterfall model, which is looking into feasibility. One of the ways to approach this is adopting a TELOS strategy:

T - Technological - looking into the technology aspect and seeing if the project's technical requirements are possible

E - Economic - looking into the financial impact of the project and its possible costs on implementation and maintenance

L - Legal - identifying if the project is within or breaks any regulations or legislations

O - Operational - reviewing whether the project will have a major impact on the day-to-day operations

S - Scheduling - analyzing whether the project makes sense from a time perspective; seeing if the project would even be useful by the time it is implemented

For more on TELOS strategies and Feasibility:
https://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/telos.htm
https://business.tutsplus.com/articles/can-we-really-do-it-how-to-conduct-a-telos-feasibility-study--cms-21442
https://www.researchgate.net/figure/TELOS-framework-guide-questions-for-feasibility-research_fig1_307600191

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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295. Last Week in Health IT for Friday, July 1st, 2022 Jul 01, 2022

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295. Last Week in Health IT for Friday, July 1st, 2022

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.

294. The Pharmacy HIT Collaborative and Healthcare's Digital Transformation feat. Executive Director Shelly Spiro Jun 22, 2022

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294. The Pharmacy HIT Collaborative and Healthcare's Digital Transformation feat. Executive Director Shelly Spiro

Intended Audience: Everyone

The future of healthcare IT relies on the development of standards today!🏥💻

On today's episode, we speak with Executive Director of the Pharmacy HIT Collaborative, Pharmacist Shelly Spiro, on what the group is doing and the importance of HIT for the future of patient care and healthcare. On today's episode:

What is the Pharmacy HIT Collaborative
What are the challenges in healthcare IT
How to get involved with the Pharmacy HIT Collaborative
How Shelly Spiro's experiences in informatics and administrative roles allowed her to start healthcare IT consulting
The importance of standards and export/imports of healthcare data
Resources to learn more

To learn more about the Pharmacy HIT Collaborative, visit https://pharmacyhit.org/

Learn more: https://www.hl7.org/ https://www.ncpdp.org/ https://www.ashp.org/pharmacy-practice/resource-centers/informatics https://www.healthit.gov/topic/standards-technology/health-it-standards

293. Last Week in Health IT for June 13th, 2022 Jun 14, 2022

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293. Last Week in Health IT for June 13th, 2022

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.

292. Managing Medication Technology feat. Dr. Matthew Farley May 16, 2022

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292. Managing Medication Technology feat. Dr. Matthew Farley

Intended Audience: Everyone

On today's episode, we had the opportunity to interview Dr. Matthew Farley, Senior Manager in Medication Technology at Fresenius Kabi USA. Prior to his role at Fresenius Kabi USA, he gathered many different experiences and skills in his roles as informatics pharmacist, pharmacy operations, product strategy, and more.

On today's episode, Dr. Farley discusses:

His varied experiences that resulted in him getting into his role today in medication technology
Finding where you can provide your value
The importance of understanding workflows, no matter what field of informatics or technology you're in
Opportunities for engagement in the pharmacy technology space

To reach Dr. Farley, you can find him on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/mfarley4/

Throwback - A Pharmacist, a Technologist, and a Lawyer feat. Dr. Robert Stein May 14, 2022

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Throwback - A Pharmacist, a Technologist, and a Lawyer feat. Dr. Robert Stein

Intended Audience: Everyone

On today’s throwback episode originally published in February 2020, we had the pleasure of speaking with one of the pharmacists that was there at the beginning of pharmacy computer systems! Dr. Robert Stein, PharmD, JD started his career as a pharmacist and went into pharmacy technology for a number of years before getting into law and academia. To contact Dr. Stein for further questions, you can reach him at Robert_Stein@kgi.edu

291. A Journey from Technology to Pharmacy and Informatics feat. Pharmacist Anna Dreger Apr 27, 2022

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291. A Journey from Technology to Pharmacy and Informatics feat. Pharmacist Anna Dreger

Intended Audience: Everyone

On today's episode, we had the opportunity to speak with Anna Dreger, an informatics pharmacist with a very unique pathway to get into what she's doing today. Recently recognized with a Distinguished Service Award from ASHP SOPIT, she's been a key part in expanding the domain of knowledge in the informatics space.

On this episode, she discusses:

Her journey from technology to pharmacy informatics
Skills that transfer over from being a software tester to a pharmacy manager
The importance of pharmacy operations knowledge in pharmacy informatics
Tips on how to get into pharmacy informatics

You can reach out to Anna Dreger via LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anna-dreger-2439021a/

You can also find her on ASHP Connect.

290. Last Week in Health IT for April 9th, 2022 Apr 09, 2022

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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.

289. Public Health Informatics at the CDC feat. Dr. Kevin Lan Apr 01, 2022

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289. Public Health Informatics at the CDC feat. Dr. Kevin Lan

Intended Audience: Everyone

On today's episode, Dr. Kevin Lan, Public Health Informatics Fellow at the CDC, is our special guest and shares the missions and goals of the CDC as well as talks about his journey to get to where he is today.

Included on today's topics:

Dr. Lan's early career and interests
Finding a nontraditional path
Being a Public Health Informatics Fellow
The day to day operations
How informatics plays a role in the mission of the CDC

To learn more about the CDC's program, visit: https://www.cdc.gov/phifp/index.html

To reach out to Dr. Lan, visit his LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevinlanalytics/

288. What is Blockchain? Mar 18, 2022

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288. What is Blockchain?

Intended Audience: Newcomers to Pharmacy Informatics and Blockchain

Today's episode is not purely about healthcare, but going over just what is blockchain? It's a technology that's been talked about a lot, but do most people understand what it is?

Tony attempts to explain this in an introductory manner, and then mentions some brief applications of blockchain in healthcare.

Additional resources:

Application of Blockchain Technology in Healthcare: A Comprehensive Study (nih.gov)

Hunt Institute for Engineering & Humanity (smu.edu)

Implementation Considerations for Blockchain in Healthcare Institutions | Blockchain in Healthcare Today (blockchainhealthcaretoday.com)

DMMS: A Decentralized Blockchain Ledger for the Management of Medication Histories | Blockchain in Healthcare Today (blockchainhealthcaretoday.com)

Five Blockchain Consensus Mechanisms, and How They Work (bitrates.com)

Incentives and Proof of Work | E-learning Spot