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The Capital CompassPrecision Equipment Planning Boosted by Vizient’s GPOWhat makes medical equipment planning such a crucial part of the construction, expansion and renovation equation? When you think of construction costs, you can't limit yourself to thinking of bricks and drywall. There's way more to It. In this episode, we explore the costs associated with medical equipment and medical equipment planning so that you're better Informed when It comes time to renovate or build that new medical space.
Guest:
Patrick Melone
Associate Principal, Capital Equipment Solutions
Vizient
Host:
Susan Edwards
Pr...
2025-11-1422 min
VerifiedRxTapping into NTAPNew data from the summer Vizient Spend Management Outlook show that in the inpatient space, high-cost drugs, especially CAR-T treatments like Yescarta and Breyanzi are major drivers of drug spend. To help offset these costs, certain therapies may qualify for additional reimbursement through the New Technology Add-On payment (NTAP), a program that supports innovations that substantially improve care for Medicare beneficiaries. Carolyn Liptak, Pharmacy Executive Director at the Vizient Center for Pharmacy Practice Excellence joins host Stacy Lauderdale, Associate Vice President of Evidence-Based Medicine and Drug Information at Vizient to cover the purpose of this add-on payment, the criteria...
2025-09-3018 minVerifiedRxGLN Changes You Can’t IgnoreAs the Drug Supply Chain Security Act dispenser exemption period winds down, the Vizient Standards implementation team announced an important change to the Vizient Global Location Number (GLN) Management program. The data standards team will inactivate unmanaged GLNs, which will impact pharmacies and other providers who are not currently managing their Vizient assigned GLNs. Two experts leading that conversation, Carl Henshaw, Senior Director, Data Operations, Enterprise Information and Data Management, and Dawn Burtram, Lead Analyst, Standards Implementation at Vizient join host Carolyn Liptak, Pharmacy Executive Director in the Center for Pharmacy Practice Excellence at Vizient to discuss implications.
2025-09-1618 minThe Capital CompassCapital Spend Insights: Data that deliver smarter procurement decisionsWhether you're navigating decentralized purchasing, benchmarking spend, or trying to align capital budget system wide, the Capital Spend Insights tool was built to transform how your organization approaches capital planning. Mike Kolp, associate principal from Vizient's Capital Equipment Solutions team joins host Susan Edwards to share how health systems are using Capital Spend Insights to unlock smarter, faster and more strategic decisions.
Guests:
Mike Kolp,
Associate Principal, Vizient Capital Equipment Solutions
Vizient
Moderator:
Susan Edwards
Marketing Communications Manager
Sh...
2025-09-0425 minVerifiedRxBeyond Humira: What’s Driving Drug Spend Now?The Vizient Summer 2025 Spend Management Outlook (SMO) provides an integrated perspective on trends, factors and future expenses providers will face across the various dimensions of healthcare. In this episode, Dr. Carina Dolan and Dr. Jeni Hayes join host Carolyn Liptak to discuss pharmacy insights from the SMO including declining drug price inflation and how autoimmune conditions have surpassed oncology in total pharmacy costs. They also touch on pediatric spend drivers, biosimilar competition, and the impact of novel therapies. Tune in to VerifiedRx for practical insights to help pharmacy leaders plan for what’s ahead.
Guest spe...
2025-07-3015 minVerifiedRxLet’s fix this: 2024 drug shortage survey resultsDrug shortages continue to be a significant issue in the healthcare system, affecting various aspects of patient care and imposing substantial costs on hospitals and health systems. According to Vizient's 2024 drug shortages survey, U.S. hospitals are spending approximately 20 million hours annually managing these shortages, resulting in nearly $900 million in associated labor costs. The survey highlights that 74% of facilities reported exceeding their pharmacy budgets due to drug shortages, with pediatric facilities facing particularly significant financial and labor strain.
Kyle Hoelting, director of pharmacy supply assurance and stewardship and Nikola Markoski, director of pharmacy sourcing strategic s...
2025-07-1516 min
Knowledge on the GoMortalityMortality is often viewed as a key indicator of the quality of care in a healthcare organization, and something that most organizations are working to improve upon.
Through Vizient's work with national organizations all working to improve mortality, key lessons learned have emerged that can help organizations improve mortality within their facilities. Shannon Hale Senior PI Director of Performance Improvement Programs at Vizient joins host Nicole Spatafora, AVP, Performance Improvement, Vizient, to discuss mortality improvement.
Guest:
Shannon Hale
Senior PI Program Director, Performance Improvement Programs
Vizient
Host:
2025-06-2312 minVerifiedRxReverse Distribution needs your attentionPharmacy reverse distributors play a key role in making pharmaceutical returns more efficient, helping with processing, financial settlements and delivering helpful data. They're in a unique spot to support efforts to prevent diversion, speed up inventory returns, and even contribute to sustainability goals. Kyle Hoelting, director of pharmacy supply assurance and stewardship at Vizient, along with Paige Ivey, senior national accounts director, and Houston Blankinship, senior director of customer experience for healthcare product operations at Inmar Intelligence join host Carolyn Liptak, pharmacy executive director in Vizient Center for Pharmacy Practice Excellence and host for today's conversation.
2025-05-2721 minVerifiedRxRash decisions - The current measles outbreak in the USWidespread vaccination efforts declared measles eliminated in the United States in 2000. However, recent outbreaks have reignited public health concerns. The country is experiencing a growing number of measles cases with clusters reported in several states. A highly contagious virus, measles, poses serious risks, especially to unvaccinated individuals and vulnerable patient populations. Dr. John Schoen, Senior Clinical Manager of Drug Information at the Vizient Center for Pharmacy Practice Excellence, discusses the current outbreak, measles vaccine strategies, and answers questions about prevention and public health impact with Stacy Lauderdale, Associate Vice President at the Vizient Center for Pharmacy Practice Excellence and...
2025-04-0124 minVerifiedRxDose of data: Drug shortage KPIsDrug shortages continue to pose significant challenges for hospitals and health systems. While they gained national attention during the COVID-19 pandemic, pharmacy departments have managed them for decades. During high-profile shortages, institutions must rapidly establish command centers, engage stakeholders, and implement plans for frontline staff. Once resolved, shortages often recede from immediate focus until the next crisis emerges. However, pharmacy departments consistently manage shortages on a daily basis, often without recognition.
Dr. Kyle Hoelting, Sr. Clinical Manager of Drug Information and Drug Shortages at Vizient, Dr. Heather Warhurst, Director of Drug Use Policy, Quality Initiative and Regulatory...
2025-03-1120 minVerifiedRxNo pain, much gain?Prescription opioids continue to be the most frequently misused prescription drugs in the United States, having caused nearly 300,000 deaths over the past two decades. Signed into law in 2022, the No Pain Act expands Medicare reimbursement for specific non-opioid pain management options. Carolyn Liptak, Pharmacy Executive Director in the Vizient Center for Pharmacy Practice Excellence, and Dr. Phil Mentler, Senior Consulting Director at Vizient join Program Host Stacy Lauderdale to discuss the implications of the No Pain Act, which took effect on January 1, 2025.
Guest speakers:
Carolyn Liptak, MBA, RPh
Pharmacy Executive Director...
2025-02-1117 minVerifiedRxWinter Spend Management OutlookHistorically, Vizient has published the Pharmacy Market Outlook biannually. This year, we are introducing the Spend Management Outlook, which integrates the comprehensive insights from the Pharmacy Market Outlook with the Vizient Budget Impact Report. This new report enhances strategic planning by aligning pricing projections across the healthcare supply chain and providing key market insights. Dr. Carina Dolan, Associate Vice President of Clinical Oncology, Pharmacoeconomics, & Market Insights, and Jeff King, Director of Research and Intelligence at Vizient, join Program Host Carolyn Liptak to discuss the unique features and critical importance of the new Spend Management Outlook.
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2025-01-2910 minVerifiedRxThe Administrations, they are a-changing!We anticipate there will be some policy changes and important issues to watch with the inauguration of the 47th president of the United States. Vizient’s office of public policy and government relations monitors, educates and advocates on key items of interest. They share informative updates, comment on proposed rules from agencies like the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and work with Congress on legislative priorities. Jenna Stern, Associate Vice President of Regulatory Affairs and Public Policy at Vizient joins Program Host Carolyn Liptak to discuss the change over.
Guest speakers:
Jenna Stern
...
2025-01-2115 minVerifiedRxHelene Aftermath - Baxter Production ShortageBaxter's Intravenous Fluids North Cove Plant was impacted in September by Hurricane Helene. Although Baxter implemented a hurricane preparedness plan, a levy breach and bridge collapse forced a complete shutdown. Intravenous fluids are now on allocation as the plant remains shuttered. Multiple actions by the FDA and Baxter are in effect to improve supply for these fluids. Vizient colleagues Katie Korte, VP Assurance and Continuity Team and Kyle Hoelting, Senior Clinical Manager of Drug Information and Shortages join Stacy Lauderdale, Associate Vice president of Evidence-based Medicine today to discuss lessons learned from this and past supply disruptions, ongoing efforts...
2024-10-2920 minVerifiedRxVizient Pharmacy Vision Awards: Excellence in Integrated Transformational Practice - UCSFVizient Pharmacy Vision Awards celebrate the values and achievement of our pharmacy program participants. The Excellence in Integrated Transformational Practice award is given to a system that accelerates success in delivering high value care in the four domains of operations, quality, strategic growth, supply chain and pharmacy. Joining us from the winning organization, UCSF Health, are Drs. Desi Kotis, Chief Pharmacy Executive, Jessica Galens, Assistant Chief Pharmacy Officer of Business Services and Erin St. Angelo, Director of Pharmacy Procurement and Contracting. They join us to share his perspective on pharmacy leadership with program host Gretchen Brummel.
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2024-08-2015 min
Modern Practice PodcastThe air you breathe: Eliminating surgical smoke in the OR, Part 1The daily smoke produced in an operating room is the equivalent of 27-30 cigarettes, and the OR staff breathes this in five days a week. When tools in the OR cut and cauterize human tissue, they generate a plume of smoke containing toxic chemicals, carcinogens, malignant cells and viruses. Surgical smoke can cause a host of conditions, anything from headaches and sore throat to lung disease and lung cancer. On this episode, a Vizient expert discusses the ramifications of surgical smoke and how to begin preventing it.
Moderator:
Tomas Villanueva, DO, MBA, FACPE, SFHM
2024-08-1509 minVerifiedRxVizient Pharmacy Vision Awards: Executive Leadership – Curtis HaasThe Pharmacy Vision Awards at Vizient celebrate values and achievements of our program participants. The Executive Leadership Award is granted to an individual who provides strategic insight, advances leading clinical practices, and demonstrates business acumen for their entire organization. Our 2023 winner is Dr. Curtis Haas, Chief Pharmacy Officer at the University of Rochester Medical Center. He's joins us to share his perspective on pharmacy leadership with Gretchen Brummel, your program host.
Guest speakers:
Curtis Haas, Pharm D, FCCP
Director of Pharmacy
University of Rochester Medical Center
Host:
Gret...
2024-08-1315 minVerifiedRxVizient Pharmacy Market Outlook – Summer 2024Vizient publishes our Pharmacy Market Outlook twice a year. The outlook features drug price projections and key market insights to help support members' strategic planning. Drs. Jeni Hayes and Amanda Frick, both Senior Clinical Managers for Market Intelligence, join Carolyn Liptak, Pharmacy Executive Director in the Vizient Center for Pharmacy Practice Excellence and your program host to give an early look.
Guest speakers:
Jeni Hayes, PharmD, MSPharm, BCPS
Senior Clinical Manager, Market Intelligence
Vizient
Amanda Frick, PharmD, BCPS
Senior Clinical Manager, Market Intelligence
Vizient
2024-07-3012 minKnowledge on the GoHigh Reliability: the nuts and boltsHealthcare organizations across the nation strive to become highly reliable organizations. Vizient defines an high reliability organization as an organization that has experienced significant success in avoiding harm within an environment of high complexity and risk. This podcast discusses strategies and emerging practices identified in Vizient’s high reliability culture of safety collaborative. Joining in the discussion to share their insights on how to improve your health organization’s culture of safety is collaborative participant, Caryn Douma, Corporate Director of Patient Safety Strategy from the University of Pennsylvania Health System and Michael Leonard, Senior Principal at Vizient and an High Re...
2024-07-2921 minVerifiedRxExceeding Expectations Vizient Pharmacy Vision Award: Performance ImprovementVizient Pharmacy Vision Awards celebrate the values and achievements of our pharmacy members. The Excellence in Performance Improvement Award is given to an organization that achieves performance excellence and exceeds expectations in clinical, operations, specialty, retail, or 340B pharmacy. Corewell Health won award in 2023. Stephanie Field, VP, Finance – Pharmacy Business Services, and Margo Bowman, Senior Director of Clinical Pharmacy, are here from Corewell Health to discuss their award-winning program. I'm Gretchen Brummel your program host.
Guest speakers:
Stephanie Field, MBA
Vice President Finance – Pharmacy
Corewell Health
Margo...
2024-07-1612 minVerifiedRxA chief pharmacy officer in your C-suite: Vital to health system successMargins are tight everywhere in healthcare, and a health system pharmacy adds value especially when led by an established chief pharmacy officer. Jordan Dow, Chief Pharmacy Officer at Froedtert Health, Michael Oinonen, VP of Pharmacy Networks at Vizient, and our usual host Gretchen Brummel, Pharmacy Executive Director for the Vizient Center for Pharmacy Practice Excellence join guest host Carolyn Liptak, Pharmacy Executive Director with the Vizient Center for Pharmacy Practice Excellence to discuss the importance of the CPO role.
Guest speakers:
Jordan Dow, PharmD, MS, FASHP, FACHE
Chief Pharmacy Officer
Froedtert Health
...
2024-06-0522 min
Sg2 PerspectivesThe Bill Woodson Show: Looking to a Brighter Future at Vizient Health Executive ForumThis week on Sg2 Perspectives, we’re excited to announce the first of our episodes we like to call “The Bill Woodson Show.” For these special editions, our host will be none other than Sg2 Senior Principal Bill Woodson, who will chat with Sg2 experts and health care industry thought leaders about top-of-mind topics in the health care space. For this episode, Bill is joined by John Becker, SVP, Sales, Service & Insights Delivery for the Data & Digital business unit at Vizient. John recently attended the Vizient Health Executive Forum (VHEF), and he shares messages and themes he heard, including workfo...
2024-03-2719 minModern Practice PodcastDeveloping learning areas to improve and sustain performance, Part 1Learning areas have become an effective aspect of high-reliability organizations in healthcare. Employing floor or departmental huddles as the focal point for these learning areas, the experience of the huddles has been augmented and reinforced by bulletin boards and whiteboards. Even more effective is the newest wrinkle in the experience – LENS (Learning & Engagement System) boards, which are dynamic, digitally-based visual boards that can transmit messaging on a 24/7 basis in a designated learning area. On the next three episodes, Tomas discusses learning areas with two expert guests, who will share the rationale behind them and how to make them work fo...
2024-02-0111 minVerifiedRxVizient Pharmacy Market Outlook – Winter 2024Vizient publishes our Pharmacy Market Outlook twice a year. The outlook features drug price projections and key market insights to help support members' strategic planning. Drs. Jeni Hayes and Amanda Frick, both Senior Clinical Managers for Market Intelligence, join Gretchen Brummel, Pharmacy Executive Director in the Vizient Center for Pharmacy Practice Excellence and your program host to give an early look.
Guest speakers:
Jeni Hayes, PharmD, MSPharm, BCPS
Senior Clinical Manager, Market Intelligence
Vizient
Amanda Frick, PharmD, BCPS
Senior Clinical Manager, Market Intelligence
2024-02-0116 minModern Practice PodcastThe journey to high reliability, Part 3This episode finishes our discussion on how organizations can tackle persistent quality, safety and workplace challenges on the way to becoming high reliability organizations (HROs). Tomas engages with two expert guests on what constitutes an HRO and how to make that journey to better performance.
Moderator:
Tomas Villanueva, DO, MBA, FACPE, SFHM
Senior Principal, Clinical Operations and Quality
Vizient
Guests:
Allan Frankel, MD
Executive Principal, Safe and Reliable Healthcare
Vizient
Katerie Chapman, MHA
Senior Principal, Safe and Reliable Healthcare
Viz...
2024-01-2510 minModern Practice PodcastThe journey to high reliability, Part 2On this episode, we continue our discussion on how organizations can tackle persistent quality, safety and workplace challenges on the way to becoming high reliability organizations (HROs). Tomas discusses with two expert guests on what constitutes an HRO and how to make that journey to better performance.
Moderator:
Tomas Villanueva, DO, MBA, FACPE, SFHM
Senior Principal, Clinical Operations and Quality
Vizient
Guests:
Allan Frankel, MD
Executive Principal, Safe and Reliable Healthcare
Vizient
Katerie Chapman, MHA
Senior Principal, Safe and Reliable Hea...
2024-01-1814 minKnowledge on the GoSocial Determinants of Health (SDoH) to decrease LOS and improve capacityWe know that social determinants of health such as housing instability, food insecurity, transportation barriers and limited access to education significantly influence individuals’ health outcomes. By screening for these factors, healthcare providers can provide, or healthcare providers can gain a more comprehensive understanding of patients' lives beyond their medical conditions. This holistic approach allows for tailored interventions that address the root causes of health disparities.
Heather Blonsky, Lead Data Scientist at Vizient, joins host Margaret Rudisill to talk about this topic and how we have used our Vizient vulnerability index tool, lovingly called the VVI tool, to ad...
2024-01-1515 minModern Practice PodcastThe journey to high reliability, Part 1Reducing patient harm, team burnout and waste in healthcare requires organizations to tackle persistent quality, safety and workplace challenges. This work is what leads to becoming a high reliability organization (HRO). On the next three episodes, Tomas discusses with two expert guests on what constitutes an HRO and how to make that journey to better performance.
Moderator:
Tomas Villanueva, DO, MBA, FACPE, SFHM
Senior Principal, Clinical Operations and Quality
Vizient
Guests:
Allan Frankel, MD
Executive Principal, Safe and Reliable Healthcare
Vizient
Kat...
2024-01-1110 minKnowledge on the GoReadmissionsReducing preventable hospital readmissions is a national priority for payers, providers, and policy makers seeking to improve health care and lower costs. More important than costs, are the goals of providing quality care to patients who present with healthcare needs, helping them heal, and returning them safely to their home and loved ones.
Tod Baker, Principal, Dawn Sagliani, Consulting Director, and Christine Pilley, Consulting Director, all from Vizient join host Marilyn Sherrill, Sr. Performance Improvement Program Director, to discuss the emerging practices related to reducing readmissions.
Guests:
Tod Baker
Pr...
2024-01-0216 minVerifiedRxRollout Strategy Vexing: Pediatric RSV prevention strategy implementation challengesRSV infections are not new and have devastating impacts. The recent advent of new prevention strategies has renewed the focus on the disease with a hopeful outlook. For the last 25 years, the only FDA approved product preventing RSV, lower respiratory tract disease, was palivizumab or Synagis, a monoclonal antibody indicated for use in high risk infants children and administered intramuscularly monthly throughout the RSV season.
In May, the first ever RSV vaccines were approved, Arexvy and Abrysvo. These two new RSV vaccines were approved for use in adults greater than or equal to 60 years of age. In...
2023-12-2625 minModern Practice PodcastDocumenting chronic fatigue and debilities, Part 2On this episode, Tomas continues examining an area often overlooked in documentation – chronic fatigue and debilities. Joining him is a leading expert on clinical documentation improvement. She will demonstrate how crucial this area is to reimbursement and patient care, affecting as it does mortality, length of stay and other indicators.
Moderator:
Tomas Villanueva, DO, MBA, FACPE, SFHM
Senior Principal
Clinical Operations and Quality
Vizient
Guests:
Rachel Mack, MSN, RN, CCDS, CDIP, CCS, CRC
Consulting Director
Clinical Documentation Improvement
Vizient
Show Notes:
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2023-11-3012 minVerifiedRxThe nose knows: updates in intranasal pharmacology, Part 2Intranasal administration of medications is on the rise for both on and off label uses. Dr. Mark Donaldson, Associate Principal and Dr. Philippe Mentler Senior Consulting Director, both at Vizient join host Gretchen Brummel for two episodes, sharing details on these drugs, their actions and indications.
Guest speakers:
Mark Donaldson, BSP, RPH, PHARMD, FASHP, FACHE
Associate Principal
Vizient
Philippe Mentler, PHARMD, BCPS
Senior Consulting Director
Vizient
Moderator:
Gretchen Brummel, PharmD, BCPS
Pharmacy Executive Director
Vizient Center for Pharmacy Practice Excellence
...
2023-11-1614 minVerifiedRxThe nose knows: updates in intranasal pharmacology, Part 1Intranasal administration of medications is on the rise for both on and off label uses. Dr. Mark Donaldson, Associate Principal and Dr. Philippe Mentler Senior Consulting Director, both at Vizient join host Gretchen Brummel for two episodes, sharing details on these drugs, their actions and indications.
Guest speakers:
Mark Donaldson, BSP, RPH, PHARMD, FASHP, FACHE
Associate Principal
Vizient
Philippe Mentler, PHARMD, BCPS
Senior Consulting Director
Vizient
Moderator:
Gretchen Brummel, PharmD, BCPS
Pharmacy Executive Director
Vizient Center for Pharmacy Practice Excellence
...
2023-11-1416 minKnowledge on the GoMortalityMortality is often viewed as a key indicator of the quality of care in a healthcare organization, and something that most organizations are working to improve upon.
Through Vizient's work with national organizations all working to improve mortality, key lessons learned have emerged that can help organizations improve mortality within their facilities. Shannon Hale Performance Improvement Program director at Vizient joins host Nicole Spatafora, AVP, Performance Improvement, Vizient, to discuss his work on mortality improvement.
Guest:
Shannon Hale
Performance Improvement Program Director
Vizient
Moderator:
Nicole Spatafora
A...
2023-11-0612 minVerifiedRxInsights Into Oncology Drug ShortagesVizient recently published a paper on the impact of oncology drug shortages for patients and provider members. Drs. Carina Dolan and Jeni Hayes share their insights of the causes and how to improve things moving forward with host Gretchen Brummel.
Guest speakers:
Carina Dolan, PharmD, MS, BCOP
AVP of Market Intelligence
Vizient Pharmacy Solutions
Jeni Hayes, PharmD, MSPharm, BCPS
Senior Clinical Manager, Market Intelligence
Vizient Pharmacy Solutions
Host:
Gretchen Brummel, PharmD, BCPS
Pharmacy Executive Director
Vizient Center for Pharmacy Practice Excellence
...
2023-10-0414 minVerifiedRxDSCSA “Ready”The Drug Supply Chain Security Act was designed to ensure the safety and integrity of our nation’s drug supply and prevent counterfeit medications from entering the market. Carolyn Liptak shares her insights on DSCSA with host Gretchen Brummel and how member providers can be ready.
Guest speakers:
Carolyn Liptak, MBA, BSPharm
Pharmacy Executive Director
Vizient Center for Pharmacy Practice Excellence
Host:
Gretchen Brummel, PharmD, BCPS
Pharmacy Executive Director
Vizient Center for Pharmacy Practice Excellence
Show Notes:
[01:01-02:32] The DSCSA at its core
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2023-09-2616 minVerifiedRxIt takes a village! Advancing pharmacy practice through excellence in public policy, Part 2Vizient Pharmacy Vision Awards celebrate the values and achievements of our pharmacy members. 3 winners of the 2022 Excellence in Public Policy Award, Jacqueline Blake, Drs. Leeann Miller and Marjorie Lazarre, all from Yale New Haven Health, join Gretchen Brummel, Pharmacy Executive Director in the Center for Pharmacy Practice Excellence at Vizient, and your program host to discuss advancing pharmacy practice through public policy.
Guest speakers:
LeeAnn Miller, PharmD, MS, CPEL
Vice President, Chief Pharmacy Officer
Yale New Haven Health
Marjorie Lazarre, PharmD, MBA
Associate Chi...
2023-08-2227 minVerifiedRxIt takes a village! Advancing pharmacy practice through excellence in public policy, Part 1Vizient Pharmacy Vision Awards celebrate the values and achievements of our pharmacy members. 3 winners of the 2022 Excellence in Public Policy Award, Drs. Amber Zaniewski, Steph Luon, and Marie Renauer, all from Yale New Haven join Gretchen Brummel, Pharmacy Executive Director in the Center for Pharmacy Practice Excellence at Vizient, and your program host to discuss advancing pharmacy practice through public policy.
Guest speakers:
Steph Luon, PharmD, BCPS, BCACP
Manager, Ambulatory Clinical Pharmacy Services
Yale New Haven Hospital
Marie M. Renauer, PharmD, MBA, BCACP
Associate Dir...
2023-08-1519 minKnowledge on the GoGo Green: Why Your Healthcare System Should be Engaged in Environmental SustainabilityMany issues facing our healthcare systems, such as rising costs, staffing shortages, supply chain disruptions, why should sustainability be top of mind for healthcare organizations and what they how can they improve their sustainability journey.
Rebecca Hou, Environmental Sustainability product advisor for Vizient joins Host LaTammy Marks to discuss this important issue.
Guests:
Rebecca Hou
Environmental Sustainability Product Advisor
Vizient
Moderator:
LaTammy Marks
PI Program Director
Vizient
Show Notes:
[01:23 – 02:19] Rebecca’s role at Vizient...
2023-08-0713 minVerifiedRxPharmacy Market Outlook Summer 2023Jeni Hayes and Shannon Holden share insights on the Summer 2023 Vizient Pharmacy Market Outlook with host Gretchen Brummel. Jeni, and Shannon discuss the outlook’s projection, and ways that frontline staff can use the report.
Guest speakers:
Jeni Hayes, PharmD, MSPharm, BCPS
Senior Clinical Manager for Pharmacy Outcomes
Vizient Center for Pharmacy Practice Excellence
Shannon Holden, PharmD, BCACP, CACP
Senior Clinical Manager for Ambulatory
Vizient Center for Pharmacy Practice Excellence
Moderator:
Gretchen Brummel, PharmD, BCPS
Pharmacy Executive Director
Vizient Center for Pharmacy Practice Excellence
Show Notes:
2023-08-0213 minVerifiedRxGiving you the business: executive pharmacy leadership, Part 2Vizient Pharmacy Vision Awards celebrate the values and achievement of our pharmacy members. The Excellence in Executive Leadership Award is given to an enterprise leader who demonstrates strategic insight, advances leading clinical practices, and shows business acumen for the entirety of their organization. Christine Collins, Senior Vice President and Chief Pharmacy Officer at Lifespan, this year’s winner of the Executive Pharmacy Leadership Award, joins Vizient’s own Dan Kistner, Group Senior Vice President of Pharmacy Solutions and host Gretchen Brummel to discuss executive leadership.
Guest speakers:
Christine Collins, MBA, RPh, FASHP
Senior Vice President and C...
2023-07-2514 minVerifiedRxGiving you the business: executive pharmacy leadership, Part 1Vizient Pharmacy Vision Awards celebrate the values and achievement of our pharmacy members. The Excellence in Executive Leadership Award is given to an enterprise leader who demonstrates strategic insight, advances leading clinical practices, and shows business acumen for the entirety of their organization. Christine Collins, Senior Vice President and Chief Pharmacy Officer at Lifespan, this year’s winner of the Executive Pharmacy Leadership Award, joins Vizient’s own Dan Kistner, Group Senior Vice President of Pharmacy Solutions and host Gretchen Brummel to discuss executive leadership.
Guest speakers:
Christine Collins, MBA, RPh, FASHP
Senior Vice President and C...
2023-07-1819 minVerifiedRxJust culture - A case of mistaken identityEvery year, the Vizient Pharmacy Vision Awards celebrate the values and achievements of Vizient member pharmacies. In 2022, the MD Anderson Pharmacy Division won the Excellence and Performance Improvement Award for working toward a just culture through education and evaluation of adverse events. Dr. Marisa Mendoza and Dr. Ali-Reza Shah-Mohammed provide the details of their successful program.
Moderator:
Gretchen Brummel, PharmD, BCPS
Pharmacy Executive Director
Vizient Center for Pharmacy Practice Excellence
Guests:
Marisa Mendoza, PharmD, CHCP, CPHQ
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
Pharmacy Continuing Education Program
MD Anderson Cancer Center
2023-07-1116 minVerifiedRxComfortably Numb: long-acting bupivacaine products expert panelThe expanding market for long-acting, injectable bupivacaine gives clinicians multiple, additional anesthetic options. Dr. Kerry Schwarz and Dr. John Schoen both Senior Clinical Managers in the Vizient Center for Pharmacy Practice Excellence, join Gretchen Brummel to discuss a recent Vizient Expert Panel on the topic.
Guest speakers:
Dr. Kerry Schwarz, PharmD, MPH
Senior Clinical Manager
Vizient Center for Pharmacy Practice Excellence
Dr. John Schoen, PharmD, BCPS
Senior Clinical Manager
Vizient Center for Pharmacy Practice Excellence
Moderator:
Gretchen Brummel, PharmD, BCPS
Pharmacy Executive Director
Vizient Center fo...
2023-06-0617 minVerifiedRxWhen I come around-pharmacy consulting brings a green day to member spendManaging pharmaceutical spend is a high priority of every health system pharmacy. The road to success is smoother when traveled with trusted partners. Wendy Talley, director of pharmacy and Dr. Ashley Wilson, pharmacy manager from St. Tammany Health System, as well as Dr. Tony Huke, pharmacy executive director and advisory solutions at the Vizient Center for Pharmacy Practice Excellence discuss their collaboration with host Gretchen Brummel.
Guest speakers:
Wendy Talley, RPh
Director of Pharmacy
St. Tammany Health System
Ashley Wilson, PharmD, MHA
Pharmacy Manager
St. Tammany Hea...
2023-05-2312 minKnowledge on the GoElevating the Workforce: Reimagining Models of CareIn the wake of COVID, the nation’s health care organizations are experiencing staffing shortages, burnout and other workforce challenges. Health leaders are turning to innovation, technology and alternative staffing models to address these challenges. Vizient’s Principal of Clinical Workforce Strategy, Dr. Jacqueline Herd, joins us to discuss ways health organizations can improve efficiency, workforce optimization and redesign their models of care.
Guest speaker:
Jacqueline Herd, DNP, MSN, RN, NEA-BC, FACHE
Principal, Clinical Workforce Strategy
Vizient
Moderator:
Amber Hanser, MHA, CPHQ
Senior Program Director
Perform...
2023-05-0118 minVerifiedRxBehind the velvet rope: Pharmacy Vision Awards nomination processVizient Pharmacy Vision Awards celebrate the values and achievement of our pharmacy members. Dr. Katie Korte, Senior Director and Dr. Steven Lucio, Senior Principal, both at Vizient, discuss importance and the ease of applying for the third year of the Pharmacy Vison Awards with host Gretchen Brummel.
Guest speakers:
Dr. Katie Korte, PharmD, MHA, BCPS, BCCCP
Senior Director
Vizient
Dr. Steven Lucio, PharmD, BCPS
Senior Principal
Vizient
Moderator:
Gretchen Brummel, PharmD, BCPS
Pharmacy Executive Director
Vizient Center for Pharmacy Prac...
2023-04-1811 minSg2 PerspectivesRecapping the 2023 Vizient Health Care Executive ForumSg2’s parent company, Vizient, hosts a yearly Health Care Executive Forum for C-suite leaders to connect and talk about top-of-mind issues in the health care industry. So in this week’s Sg2 Perspectives, Sg2 Group SVP, Strategic Growth Solutions, John Becker; Senior Vice President, Intelligence, Trine Tsouderos; and Senior Principal Bill Woodson join us to share the key themes they heard, including the usage of artificial intelligence and the need for health systems to embrace innovation and meet customer needs.
We are always excited to get ideas and feedback from our listeners. You can reach...
2023-04-1216 minModern Practice PodcastRisk model changes and CDI, Part 1This episode of our award-winning podcast examines the impact of risk adjustment models and methodologies. Knowing the models and their updates is crucial to full reimbursement for the patient’s care.
Moderator:
Tomas Villanueva, DO, MBA, FACPE, SFHM
Senior Principal, Clinical Operations and Quality
Vizient
Guest:
Jim Tamburini, BS, RHIT, CCS, CCS-P, CDIP
Senior Consulting Director, Clinical Documentation Improvement and Coding
Vizient
Show Notes:
[00:58] The importance of risk models
[01:35] Reflecting how sick your patients are
[01:54] Varia...
2023-04-0609 minModern Practice PodcastThe promise and limitations of expedited approval, Part 2On this episode of our award-winning podcast, Tom continues his discussion with two leading pharmacy experts on what medications and classes of medications are in expedited approval and what this means for patients in overall efficacy and safety, the benefits and the drawbacks.
Moderator:
Tomas Villanueva, DO, MBA, FACPE, SFHM
Senior Principal, Clinical Operations and Quality
Vizient
Guests:
Jeni Hayes, PharmD, MSPharm, BCPS
Senior Clinical Manager, Pharmacy Outcomes
Center for Pharmacy Practice Excellence
Vizient
Steven Lucio, PharmD, BCPS
Senior Pri...
2023-03-1612 minModern Practice PodcastThe promise and limitations of expedited approval, Part 1During the COVID pandemic, the vaccine approval process went from eight years to a few months. In addition, the FDA has used several expedited approval pathways, starting in the 1990s with HIV treatments and continuing today. On the next two episodes, Tom talks with two leading experts on these various approval pathways, what medications are on the approval fast track, and other considerations regarding expedited approval today.
Moderator:
Tomas Villanueva, DO, MBA, FACPE, SFHM
Senior Principal, Clinical Operations and Quality
Vizient
Guests:
Jeni Hayes, PharmD, MSPharm, BCPS
2023-03-0911 minModern Practice PodcastSocial determinants of health, Part 2On this episode of our award-winning podcast, we continue to examine the importance of social determinants of health (SDOH), the conditions in which patients are born and live. This discussion will provide ways organizations and practices can address SDOH and improve crucial patient outcomes.
Moderator:
Tomas Villanueva, DO, MBA, FACPE, SFHM
Senior Principal, Clinical Operations and Quality
Vizient
Guest:
Rachel Mack, MSN, RN, CCDS, CDIP, CCS, CRC
Consulting Director, Clinical Documentation Improvement
Vizient
Connie Ryan, MBA, RN, CDIP
Consulting Director, Clinical Do...
2023-03-0217 minVerifiedRxBiosimilars – How it’s goingDr. Shannon Smallwood, senior pharmacy executive, and Dr. Steven Lucio, senior principal in the Center for Pharmacy Practice Excellence join host Gretchen Brummel to discuss dynamism in the biosimilar market and how pharmacists are compensating by evolving their interactions in a market where third-party payers seem to hold all the cards to provide the best options for patients.
Guest speakers:
Shannon Smallwood, PharmD, BCPS
Senior Pharmacy Executive
Vizient
Steven Lucio, PharmD, BCPS
Senior Principal, Pharmacy Solutions
Vizient
Mod...
2023-02-2820 minModern Practice PodcastSocial determinants of health, Part 1“In the long run, housing may be more important to health than hospitals.” This surprising quote points out the fact that only 20 percent of the nation’s health is the result of clinical care. Social determinants of health (SDOH), the conditions in which individuals are born and live, drive over 50 percent of a patient’s health. SDOH include circumstances such as socioeconomic status and physical environment. Addressing these factors improves crucial patient outcomes, and on this episode, we’ll discuss how documenting and reporting SDOH can help a clinical practice or organization address these factors.
Moderator:
2023-02-2311 minVerifiedRxHow can you mend a broken heart failure?Drs. Shannon Holden and David Bragin-Sanchez share new developments in heart failure pharmacotherapy and guidelines, while stressing the importance of the role of the clinical pharmacist as part of a collaborative team.
Guest speakers:
Shannon Holden, PharmD, BCACP, CACP
Senior Clinical Director of Ambulatory Pharmacy
Vizient
David Bragin-Sanchez, MD, FACC, FESC, FISC
Cardiologist
MultiCare Pulse Heart Institute
Moderator:
Gretchen Brummel, PharmD, BCPS
Pharmacy Executive Director
Vizient Center for Pharmacy Practice Excellence
Show Notes:
[02:27-04:07] The increased focus on cardiology lately
2023-02-0725 minVerifiedRxPharmacy Market Outlook Winter 2023Carina Dolan, AVP, Clinical Oncology, Pharmacoeconomics & Market Insights at Vizient, and her teammates Jeni Hayes and Shannon Holden share insights on the Winter 2023 Vizient Pharmacy Market Outlook with host Gretchen Brummel. Carina, Jeni, and Shannon discuss the outlook’s projection, and ways that frontline staff can use the report.
Guest speakers:
Carina Dolan, PharmD, MS, BCOP
AVP of Clinical Insights and Forecasting
Vizient Center for Pharmacy Practice Excellence
Jeni Hayes, PharmD, MSPharm, BCPS
Senior Clinical Manager for Pharmacy Outcomes
Vizient Center for Pharmacy Practice Excellence
2023-01-2514 minModern Practice PodcastClinical quality: the elusive panacea, Part 3This final episode of a three-part series on clinical quality focuses on documentation and the impact correct documentation can make on improving care. Also featured is a discussion on what needs to happen in the future to improve quality.
Guest speakers:
Angela Hunt, RN, MBA, CCDS
Principal, Clinical Documentation
Vizient
Rick May, MD
Senior Principal, Clinical Quality Improvement
Vizient
Moderator:
Tomas Villanueva, DO, MBA, FACPE, SFHM
Senior Principal, Clinical Operations and Quality
Vizient
Show Notes:
2023-01-0508 minModern Practice PodcastClinical quality: the elusive panacea, Part 2This episode continues a three-part series on clinical quality: why it is still elusive and what practices and organizations can do to overcome the massive challenges around quality improvement. This program focuses on those challenges but also the benefits in the drive toward quality in health care.
Guest speakers:
Angela Hunt, RN, MBA, CCDS
Principal, Clinical Documentation
Vizient
Rick May, MD
Senior Principal, Clinical Quality Improvement
Vizient
Moderator:
Tomas Villanueva, DO, MBA, FACPE, SFHM
...
2022-12-2911 minVerifiedRxData-driven future through post-grad training: pharmacy informatics at VizientDr. Bryan Shaw, Senior Director of Pharmacy Analytics and Informatics. Dr. Purvi Patel, Pharmacy Informatics and Supply Chain Leadership fellow, and Dr. Brian Ortega, Pharmacy Informatics and Supply Chain Leadership PGY2 resident address training the next generation of pharmacy informatics professionals.
Guest speakers:
Bryan Shaw, PharmD, DPLA
Senior Director, Pharmacy Analytics and Informatics
Vizient
Purvi Patel, PharmD, PISCL
Fellow
Vizient
Brian Ortega, PharmD, PISCL PGY2
Pharmacy Resident
Vizient
Moderator:
Gretchen Brummel, PharmD, BCPS
Pharmacy Executi...
2022-12-2716 minModern Practice PodcastClinical quality: the elusive panacea, Part 1Since the publication of “To Err Is Human” over 20 years ago, focus on healthcare quality has intensified. Yet, progress has been halting at best, with hospital-acquired conditions, medication errors, and many other issues still prevalent. This episode begins a three-part series on clinical quality: why it is still elusive and what are recommended actions that clinical practices and organizations can take to attain quality improvement.
Guest speakers:
Angela Hunt, RN, MBA, CCDS
Principal, Clinical Documentation
Vizient
Rick May, MD
Senior Principal, Clinical Quality Improvement
Vizient
2022-12-2210 minModern Practice PodcastThe impact of drug shortages, Part 3This episode of our award-winning podcast finishes the three-part series on the various drug shortages occurring today and what organizations and practices can do about them.
Guest speaker:
Mittal Sutaria, PharmD
Senior Vice President
Contract and Program Services, Pharmacy
Vizient
Steven Lucio, PharmD, BCPS
Senior Principal, Pharmacy Solutions
Vizient
Moderator:
Tomas Villanueva, DO, MBA, FACPE, SFHM
Senior Principal, Clinical Operations and Quality
Vizient
Show Notes:
[00:40] Challenges of dealing with China and the impa...
2022-12-1511 minVerifiedRxSafety matters: how patient safety organizations help you prevent harmKathryn Merkeley, program director with the Vizient PSO addresses how Patient safety organizations, or PSOs, improve patient safety and quality through the reduction of adverse events.
Guest speakers:
Kathryn Merkeley, MHSA, RN, CPPS, PMP
PI Program Director
Vizient
Moderator:
Gretchen Brummel, PharmD, BCPS
Pharmacy Executive Director
Vizient Center for Pharmacy Practice Excellence
Show Notes:
[01:15-02:13] What is a PSO?
[02:14-02:59] Benefits of PSO membership to organizations
[03:00-03:41] How common is it for organizations to belong to...
2022-12-1308 minModern Practice PodcastThe impact of drug shortages, Part 2On this episode of our award-winning podcast, we continue our series on the various drug shortages occurring today and what organizations and practices can do about them.
Guest speaker:
Mittal Sutaria, PharmD
Senior Vice President
Contract and Program Services, Pharmacy
Vizient
Steven Lucio, PharmD, BCPS
Senior Principal, Pharmacy Solutions
Vizient
Moderator:
Tomas Villanueva, DO, MBA, FACPE, SFHM
Senior Principal, Clinical Operations and Quality
Vizient
Show Notes:
[00:33] Challenges dealing with shortages
[01:58] Usin...
2022-12-0811 minModern Practice PodcastThe impact of drug shortages, Part 1For a long time, drug shortages have made a tremendous impact on clinical practice, but now, because of the pandemic and its aftermath, those shortages are acute. This new series will cover the various shortages that are occurring today and what we can do about them.
Guest speaker:
Mittal Sutaria, PharmD
Senior Vice President
Contract and Program Services, Pharmacy
Vizient
Steven Lucio, PharmD, BCPS
Senior Principal, Pharmacy Solutions
Vizient
Moderator:
Tomas Villanueva, DO, MBA, FACPE, SFHM
Senior Principal, Clinical Ope...
2022-12-0209 minKnowledge on the GoHigh Reliability CultureA high reliability organization is an organization that has experienced significant success in avoiding harm within an environment of high complexity and risk. These organizations create a collective state of mindfulness that produces an enhanced ability to discover and correct errors before they escalate into a crisis. Marilyn Sherrill discusses high reliability culture with Dr. Michael Leonard of Safe & Reliable Healthcare and Dr. Gena Futral from Vizient.
Guest speaker:
Michael Leonard, MD
Founder, Chief Medical Officer
Safe & Reliable Healthcare LLC
Gena Futral, DHA, RN, CPHQ, FACHE
Executive Principal, Reli...
2022-08-1521 minVerifiedRxCould this be the - plase? Tenecteplase or alteplase for acute ischemic stroke, part 2Dr. James Braun, Neurosciences Pharmacy Clinical Specialist at SSM Health St. Louis, and Dr. Kyle Hoelting, Senior Manager of Drug Information at Vizient, continue to share their insights on the use of TNK vs Alteplase for treating acute ischemic stroke. They also discuss the nuances of this therapeutic area and share recent work from an expert panel led by Vizient.
Guest speakers:
James Braun, PharmD, BCCCP
Neurosciences Pharmacy Clinical Specialist
SSM Health
Kyle Hoelting, PharmD, BCPS
Senior Manager of Drug Information
Vizient
Moder...
2022-08-0912 minModern Practice PodcastThe impact of conservative coding – Part 2Getting to the clinical truth is the real purpose of coding, according to our two experts on this episode of our award-winning podcast. We’ll continue our discussion on avoiding defensive coding practices and improving clinical data and reimbursement.
Guest speakers:
Jim Tamburini, BS, RHIT, CCS, CCS-P, CDIP
Senior Consulting Director
Vizient
Sheila Bowlds, MBA
Senior Consulting Director
Vizient
Moderator:
Tomas Villanueva, DO, MBA, FACPE, SFHM
Principal
Clinical Operations and Quality
Vizient
Show Notes:
...
2022-07-2813 minVerifiedRxVizient Pharmacy Market Outlook Summer 2022Dr. Carina Dolan, Editor in Chief of Vizient’s Pharmacy Market Outlook and Senior Director of Clinical Oncology and Pharmaceutical Outcomes at Vizient, shares insights on the Summer 2022 Vizient Pharmacy Market Outlook with host Gretchen Brummel. Dr. Dolan discusses the outlook’s projection, impact of inflation, and ways that frontline staff can use the report.
Guest speakers:
Carina Dolan, PharmD, MS, BCOP
Senior Director of Clinical Oncology and Pharmaceutical Outcomes
Vizient
Moderator:
Gretchen Brummel, PharmD, BCPS
Pharmacy Executive Director
Vizient Center for Pharmacy Practice Excellence
...
2022-07-2706 minVerifiedRxCould this be the - plase? Tenecteplase or alteplase for acute ischemic stroke, part 1Dr. James Braun, Neurosciences Pharmacy Clinical Specialist at SSM Health St. Louis, and Dr. Kyle Hoelting, Senior Manager of Drug Information at Vizient, share their insights on the use of tenecteplase vs alteplase for treating acute ischemic stroke. They also discuss the nuances of this therapeutic area and share recent work from an expert panel led by Vizient.
Guest speakers:
James Braun, PharmD, BCCCP
Neurosciences Pharmacy Clinical Specialist
SSM Health
Kyle Hoelting, PharmD, BCPS
Senior Manager of Drug Information
Vizient
Moderator:
Gretc...
2022-07-1221 minVerifiedRxVizient Pharmacy Vision Awards: Mark A. Johnson excellence in pharmacy analyticsDr. David Aguero, Director, Medication Systems and Informatics, and Dr. Ben Moore, Pharmaceutical Data Analytics Coordinator at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital winners of the Vizient Pharmacy Vision Award for excellence in pharmacy analytics, discuss their program that used analytics to design a program that positioned pharmacy as an internal service line with defined business goals with host Gretchen Brummel.
Guest speakers:
David Aguero, PharmD, MSTL, dPLA
Director, Medication Systems and Informatics
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Ben Moore, PharmD, MS
Pharmaceutical Data Analytics Coordinator
St. Jude Ch...
2022-06-2823 minModern Practice PodcastCMS 2023 billing guidelines and split/shared visits – Part 2Practices have just to the end of the year to prepare for and adjust to the new CMS billing guidelines that include rules around split/shared visits between physicians and advanced practice providers (APPs). On this episode of Modern Practice, we’ll continue our discussion about these 2023 guidelines and examine tactics you can use to improve your performance under them.
Guest speakers:
Christen Hunt, DNP, NP-C, CPNP-AC
Senior Director
Clinical Team Insights
Vizient
Jennifer Sarno, MSN, ACNP-BC, CPHQ
Programmatic Advisor Director
Clinical Team Insights
Vizi...
2022-06-2310 minVerifiedRxVizient Pharmacy Vision Awards: excellence in clinical pharmacy practiceDr. Shirley Wong, Clinical Program Pharmacist, and Dr. Stephanie Hsia, Assistant Professor of Clinical Pharmacy at UCSF, winners of the Vizient Pharmacy Vision Award for Excellence in clinical practice, discuss their program helped UCSF to reach a system wide goal of 73% blood pressure control in our African American population and close the disparity in hypertension control with host Gretchen Brummel.
Guest speakers:
Shirley Wong, PharmD, CGP
Clinical Program Pharmacist
UCSF
Stephanie Hsia, PharmD, MAEd, BCPS, BCPP
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pharmacy
UCSF
Moder...
2022-06-2116 minVerifiedRxCybersecurity and downtime preparedness in health system pharmacy: role of data governanceIn the third and final part of this series on cyber preparedness, Michael Ostrander, AVP of Data Governance, and Randy Gerwitz, Senior Consulting Director in Pharmacy Solutions, both at Vizient, talk about data governance and insuring appropriate access to information and how data mismanagement compromises system security.
Guest speakers:
Michael Ostrander
AVP of Data Governance
Vizient
Randy Gerwitz, RPh
Senior Consulting Director Pharmacy Advisory Solutions
Vizient
Moderator:
Gretchen Brummel, PharmD, BCPS
Pharmacy Executive Director
Vizient Center for Pharmacy Practice Excell...
2022-06-1423 minVerifiedRxCybersecurity and downtime preparedness in health system pharmacy: readiness and mitigationIn part two of this three-part series on cyber preparedness, Peter Giordano, Vice President of Security and Compliance, and Randy Gerwitz, Senior Consulting Director in Pharmacy Solutions, both at Vizient, share their thoughts on the challenges that face organizations during a prolonged event, including providing pharmacy services and managing patient care during that downtime.
Guest speakers:
Peter Giordano, MS, MIS
Vice President of Security and Compliance
Vizient
Randy Gerwitz, RPh
Senior Consulting Director in Pharmacy Solutions
Vizient
Moderator:
Gretchen Brummel, PharmD, BCPS
2022-05-1014 minModern Practice PodcastDrive powerful surgical quality improvement – Part 1“Surgeons don’t actually care that much about mortality.” So says orthopedic surgeon Dr. Rick May, a Senior Principal at Vizient. This may seem surprising, but in this episode, Dr. May goes on to explain how other metrics around surgery are much more important and valuable. In this interview, you’ll hear his explanation and learn a lot more about the current move toward quality in surgical procedures.
Guest speaker:
Rick May, MD
Senior Principal
Clinical Quality Improvement
Vizient
Orthopedic Surgeon
Moderator:
Tomas Villanueva, DO, MBA, FACPE...
2022-04-2810 minModern Practice PodcastInsights through the Vizient—Phrase Health partnership – Part 3This episode concludes a three-part series with the co-founders of Phrase Health. Their discussion continues on the insights Phrase Health’s technology provides Vizient members. Reducing variation in clinical practice is a key issue covered in this discussion, as well as reducing unnecessary alerts in the electronic health record (EHR).
Guest speaker:
Marc Tobias, MD
Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder
Phrase Health
Moderator:
Tomas Villanueva, DO, MBA, FACPE, SFHM
Principal, Clinical Operations and Quality
Vizient
Show Notes:
[00:22] The EHR: a win...
2022-04-2113 minModern Practice PodcastInsights through the Vizient—Phrase Health partnership – Part 2This episode is part two of a three-part series with the co-founders of Phrase Health. It will continue their discussion on the insights Phrase Health’s technology provides Vizient members. Reducing variation in clinical practice is the key function.
Guest speaker:
Mike Zeidlhack, MBA
Chief Operating Officer and Co-founder
Phrase Health
Moderator:
Tomas Villanueva, DO, MBA, FACPE, SFHM
Principal
Clinical Operations and Quality
Vizient
Show Notes:
[00:34] Reducing clinical variation
[01:43] Helping all health systems
[02:50] “We practic...
2022-04-1409 minModern Practice PodcastInsights through the Vizient—Phrase Health partnership – Part 1Reducing variation in clinical practice is ongoing in health care, and Vizient members have used the Clinical Data Base (CDB) to focus on areas for improvement by identifying variation across the care continuum. However, the CDB does not provide detail on the source of variation. It does not provide attribution. The new partnership with Phrase Health will empower members to find that information. This episode begins a three-part series with the co-founders of Phrase Health, and they will go into detail on insights Phrase Health’s technology provides Vizient members.
Guest speakers:
Marc Tobias, MD
2022-04-0710 minSg2 PerspectivesWhat are Executives Thinking About? A Debrief from the Vizient Health Care Executive Forum 2022Annually, Sg2’s parent company, Vizient, hosts a Health Care Executive Forum for C-suite leaders to connect and discuss the most significant issues facing the health care industry—and this year, participants were able to get together in-person! In this week’s Sg2 Perspectives, two of Sg2’s attendees, Group SVP, Strategic Growth Solutions John Becker and Senior Principal Bill Woodson, join us to talk about their experiences at the forum, including overarching key themes (eg, workforce challenges, health equity, partnerships), new perspectives on growth, and thoughts from financial leaders on economic resilience, as well as the power of being in...
2022-03-1620 minVerifiedRxEBM’s anatomy: what’s the differential diagnosis mid-pandemic?Stacy Lauderdale, Senior Director of Drug Information, and Kyle Hoelting, Senior Manager of Drug Information at Vizient, share their insights on the history and current state of evidence-based medicine within the practitioner community. They also discuss how to reverse the trend of using anecdotal experience and swing the pendulum back to increased reliance on evidenced based medicine.
Guest speakers:
Stacy Lauderdale, PharmD, BCPS
Senior Director of Drug Information
Vizient
Kyle Hoelting, PharmD, BCPS
Senior Manager of Drug Information
Vizient
Moderator:
Gretchen Brumm...
2022-03-0821 minKnowledge on the GoEvidence Analysis for Clinical Supply IntegrationVizient Technology Program Director, Dr. Joe Cummings, provides insights on evidence-based technology assessments in support of the knowledge domain, one of four performance domains in Vizient’s CSI model, which focuses on clinical literature and evaluation.
Guest speaker:
Joe Cummings, PhD
Technology Program Director
Vizient
Moderator:
LaTammy Marks, MBA, BSN, RN
Performance Improvement Program Director
Vizient
Show Notes:
[02:09] Clinical evidence defined.
[02:50] Many sources, including PubMed, are used to support CSI.
[04:58] How to use “gray literature.”
[05...
2022-02-0713 minSg2 PerspectivesVizient Health Equity Strategy Accelerator: Finding Organizational Clarity in Advancing Health EquityThis week on Sg2 Perspectives, host Jayme Zage, Sg2 Principal, and Sg2 Principal Karyl Kopaskie, PhD, and Associate Principal Eric Lam discuss Vizient’s Health Equity Strategy Accelerator, a rapid-cycle strategic course designed to help organizations understand their ambition to address health equity goals and their organizational readiness to address and implement health equity strategic initiatives. Jayme, Karyl and Eric detail not only how the Strategy Accelerator program helped organizations assess their health equity needs and what organizations need to consider as they move forward with their strategic plans, but also key findings such as the need to improve upo...
2022-02-0214 minVerifiedRxVizient Pharmacy Market Outlook Winter 2022Carina Dolan, Editor in Chief of Vizient’s Pharmacy Market Outlook and Senior Director of Clinical Oncology and Pharmaceutical Outcomes at Vizient, shares insights on January’s Vizient Pharmacy Market Outlook with host Gretchen Brummel. Carina discusses the outlook’s accuracy, ways that frontline staff can use the report, and the values members can get out of the results.
Guest speakers:
Carina Dolan, PharmD, MS, BCOP
Senior Director of Clinical Oncology and Pharmaceutical Outcomes
Vizient
Moderator:
Gretchen Brummel, PharmD, BCPS
Pharmacy Executive Director
Vizient Center for Pharmacy Practice...
2022-01-2708 minVerifiedRxVizient Pharmacy Vision Awards - Excellence in Public PolicyErin Fox, Senior Pharmacy Director at the University of Utah Hospitals and Clinics and winner of the Vizient Pharmacy Vision Award for Excellence in Public Policy, discusses her advocacy with host Gretchen Brummel.
Guest speakers:
Erin Fox, PharmD, BCPS, FASHP
Senior Pharmacy Director
University of Utah Hospitals and Clinics
Moderator:
Gretchen Brummel, PharmD, BCPS
Pharmacy Executive Director
Vizient Center for Pharmacy Practice Excellence
Show Notes:
[01:05-1:55] What got Erin interested in advocacy
[01:56-2:43 ] How advocacy became a goal
...
2022-01-1309 minVerifiedRxVizient Pharmacy Vision Awards: success story in innovationMegan LaBreck, Antiarrhythmic Clinic Pharmacist at OhioHealth and winner of the Vizient Pharmacy Vision Award for Excellence in Innovation, discusses her program that transfers the management of nearly 1,400 patients on an antiarrhythmic drug and their monitoring from the exclusive management of a physician to a pharmacist-led service with host Gretchen Brummel.
Guest speakers:
Megan LaBreck, PharmD, BCPS, CACP
Antiarrhythmic Pharmacist
OhioHealth
Moderator:
Gretchen Brummel, PharmD, BCPS
Pharmacy Executive Director
Vizient Center for Pharmacy Practice Excellence
Sho...
2021-12-0716 minVerifiedRxA periop love story: sugamma-next? Or stay with your (neo) ex?The debate on whether to use sugammadex or neostigmine has heated up dramatically in recent years. Two industry experts, Eric Johnson, perioperative critical care pharmacist at UK HealthCare, and Stacy Lauderdale, senior director for drug information at Vizient, discuss the many considerations involved in choosing between the two agents.
Guest speakers:
Eric Johnson, PharmD, BCCCP
Perioperative Critical Care Pharmacist
UK HealthCare
Stacy Lauderdale, PharmD, BCPS
Senior Director, Drug Information
Vizient
Moderator:
Gretchen Brummel, PharmD, BCPS
...
2021-10-1217 minKnowledge on the GoSupply Chain ResiliencyIn this program, Ed Bonetti from UMass Memorial Health Care and Vizient shares his insights on how the COVID pandemic exposed the difference between strategic and actual preparedness of the medical supply chain. a Vizient PI Collaborative helped them to learn from each other and prepare to re-evaluate their preparedness and find ways to be more resilient for future catastrophic events.
Guest Speaker:
Ed Bonetti
Supply Chain Operations
UMass Memorial Health Care and,
VP, Supply Chain Operations
Vizient
Moderator:
Carla Stephens, CMRP
Ne...
2021-10-0407 minVerifiedRxEnhanced Recovery After Colorectal SurgeryHistorically there have been countless paths to recovery following colorectal surgery. However, having a well-rounded, evidence-based enhanced recovery program is critical to patient success. Two Vizient experts, Mark Ninno and Karen Smethers discuss the details and the power of these programs.
Guest speakers:
Mark Ninno, PharmD
Senior Consulting Solutions Director
Vizient
Karen Smethers, PharmD, BCOP
MSS Pharmacy Network
Senior Director
Vizient Pharmacy Member Services
Moderator:
Gretchen Brummel, PharmD, BCPS
Pharmacy Executive Dire...
2021-09-1410 minVerifiedRxThe Unknowns of Anti-factor Xa Reversal: The Experts Weigh InThe ability to chronically anticoagulate a patient has prevented significant morbidity and mortality from thromboembolic events. Over time, our anticoagulation choices for oral use have evolved, but the need for reversal agents still persist. Two Vizient pharmaceutical experts weigh in on the clinical implications and latest standings of reversal agents.
Guest speaker:
Stacy Lauderdale, PharmD, BCPS
Senior Director, Drug Information
Vizient
David Reardon, PharmD, BCPS
Senior Director, Pharmacy Networks
Northeast Purchasing Coalition (NPC)
Pharmacy Member Services
Vizient
...
2021-08-1015 minVerifiedRxVizient Pharmacy Market Outlook Summer 2021Vizient publishes the Pharmacy Market Outlook twice a year to project drug prices and key market trends for the next 18-months. Pharmacists use this information to budget and project their supply needs. Carina Dolan, Senior Director for Clinical Oncology and Pharmaceutical Outcomes at Vizient shares details revealed in the summer 2021 edition of the Pharmacy Market Outlook.
Guest speaker:
Carina Dolan, PharmD, MS, BCOP
Senior Director for Clinical Oncology and Pharmaceutical Outcomes
Pharmacy Solutions
Vizient
Moderator:
Gretchen Brummel, PharmD, BCPS
Pharm...
2021-07-2811 minKnowledge on the GoCapacity managementManaging patient capacity in a health care facility is a complex, crucial undertaking that involves teamwork across the care continuum. On this episode, leaders from Keck Medicine of USC discuss their areas of focus to get their capacity management program off the ground, how they pulled together the right individuals to improve their process and the steps other organizations can take to get their own program going.
Guest speakers:
Dana Asato, MBA, RN, CENP, CSSMBB
Manager
Capacity Management and Staffing Solutions
Keck Medicine of USC
...
2021-07-0713 minKnowledge on the GoHigh reliabilityOne of the most compelling lessons Marcia Baker learned from a recent Vizient High Reliability and Sustainability Benchmarking Study is that “variation hides issues.” She and her colleague Sandy Cox have worked to uncover those issues and, in Sandy’s words, “Fix the problem.” On this podcast, Marcia and Sandy share about the efforts across Novant Health to engage team members to uncover issues, fix the problem and bring high reliability and safety to patient care.
Guest speakers:
Marcia C. Baker, MSN, DHA, RN, CPPS
Director, Patient Safety
Novant Health Clin...
2021-06-0712 minKnowledge on the GoManaging high utilizersPatients who are high utilizers, also known as multi-visit patients (MVPs) or frequent flyers, whether found in the ED, inpatient units or other departments, drive up readmission rates and tie up resources. Often, clinicians and administrators hold out little hope that they can end the multi-visit cycles of these patients. Yet, by looking at a patient’s multiple visits as a symptom of a deeper problem, and then identifying and rectifying that underlying problem, clinicians can end a patient’s cycle of care utilization.
On this podcast, a leading expert in high-utilizer care discusses her MVP M...
2021-03-0111 minVerifiedRxSupply resiliency during unprecedented timesThe Coronavirus pandemic reveals how vulnerable the drug supply chain can be. In this episode, we will discuss what frontline pharmacists need to know to ensure essential medications are available and the drug supply remains resilient.
Guest speakers:
Doug Kucera
Associate Vice President
Contract Services, Pharmacy
Vizient
Mittal Sutaria, PharmD
Vice President
Contract and Program Services, Pharmacy
Vizient
Moderator:
Gretchen Brummel, PharmD, BCPS
Pharmacy Executive Director
Vizient Cen...
2021-02-0912 minKnowledge on the GoUsing Data to Reduce Opioids in OrthopedicsLehigh Valley Health Network recently participated in a Vizient Performance Improvement Collaborative that reduced the use of opioids in orthopedic surgery. The key to success was convincing clinicians to join the initiative and fully participate. On this podcast, you’ll hear from two leaders at Lehigh Valley who share how they used data to accomplish this goal.
Guest speakers:
Matthew McCambridge, MD, MHQS
Senior Vice President
Chief Quality and Patient Safety Officer
Lehigh Valley Health Network
Joshua Rosentel, BSN, RN
Senior Clin...
2021-01-0509 minModern Practice PodcastUpdate on COVID-19 vaccines – Part 2On this episode, experts from Vizient’s COVID-19 Vaccine Task Force continue their discussion on the latest details about vaccine distribution, storage, dosing and availability.
Guest speakers:
Azra Behlim, PharmD, MBA
Senior Director
Pharmacy Sourcing and Program Services
Vizient
Stacy Lauderdale, PharmD
Senior Director
Drug Information
Vizient
Moderator:
Tomas Villanueva, DO, MBA, FACPE, SFHM
Associate Vice President
Clinical Resources
Vizient
Show Notes
2020-12-0710 minModern Practice PodcastUpdate on COVID-19 vaccines – Part 1News about the emerging COVID-19 vaccines has electrified the world and fueled intense speculation. Finding the truth amid all the press releases and reports is challenging. Yet, clinicians, health care organizations and patients need to distinguish fact from fiction. On this episode, experts from Vizient’s COVID-19 Task Force will give you just that, providing the latest details and developments crucial to your decision-making.
Guest speakers:
Azra Behlim, PharmD, MBA
Senior Director
Pharmacy Sourcing and Program Services
Vizient
Stacy Lauderdale, PharmD
Seni...
2020-12-0716 minModern Practice PodcastGuidance for resumption and management of electively scheduled surgery and procedures (ESS) in the COVID-19 eraDuring this pandemic, we’ve have had to suspend almost all elective procedures. This has negatively impacted patients needing or desiring those procedures, organizations depending on those procedures for revenue and clinical staff who have suffered pay cuts due to fewer work hours available.
On this episode, we’ll discuss steps and considerations organizations should make to resume elective procedures effectively and safely.
Guest speaker:
Jay B. Prystowsky, MD, MHPE, MBA
Principal, Solution Architecture
Vizient
Moderator:
Tomas Villanueva, DO, MBA, FACPE, SFHM
2020-05-1421 minModern Practice PodcastClinical workforce wellbeing: leading through COVID-19 and beyondReturning to normal in the era of COVID-19 may not be possible. Instead, we are likely heading toward a new normal, the disease having taken a huge toll on our lives and forcing a changed approach to health care. For caregivers, the toll has been devastating. Some clinicians have faced an overwhelming surge of coronavirus patients while others a dropping census and corresponding drop of hours and pay. Reports of caregiver PTSD are on the rise, and this episode will cover ways health care leaders can support their caregivers in this challenging time.
Guest speaker:
2020-05-0421 minSg2 PerspectivesWhat will be the financial impact of Covid 19 for health systems?Former Sg2 CEO, Steve Lefar, and Bill Woodson discuss the near-term and longer-term financial impact Covid 19 is having on hospitals and health systems. They talk about the challenging work strategy, finance, and operations leaders are undertaking now to plan and prepare for what comes next, as well as, considerations for payer and provider relations.
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