CPS PODCASTS: Recent Episodes
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Learn how the elite PSI supply chain team identifies, implements, and sustains best practices and prices for hospitals supply chain
Presenter: Adam Keller Business Development Associate
Consideration for starting a new clinic
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Consider if a new clinic will fit the institution's patient population
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Consider whether the addition of a new clinic will fit into current staffing model
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Consider whether an additional clinic will be a financial burden
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Consider if the new clinic has physician support
Presenter: Gia McKnight, PharmD PGY2 Ambulatory care Pharmacy Resident Mercy Hospital & Medical Center Comprehensive Pharmacy Services, Chicago, Illinois
The updates to the 2019 Beer's Criteria should be reviewed to ensure continued safe medication practices in older adults
By Gia McKnight, PharmD and Rabiah Dys, PharmD
Glycemic Control and Intravenous Insulin within the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Podcast Pearl
By Diane Szaflarski, PharmD & Valerie Sheehan, Pharm.D.
- Identify considerations for glycemic control within the ICU.
- Identify patients to be considered for intravenous insulin (IVI) therapy.
- Describe parameters required for IVI therapy in special patient populations.
- Describe proper blood glucose (BG) management for ICU patients.
- List risk factors predisposing patients to hypo- or hyperglycemia.
- Identify when conversion of a patient from IVI to Basal-bolus-Correction (B-b-C) is appropriate.
- List the steps of creating and implementing an IVI Protocol.
This podcast will help 340B Covered Entities efficiently and accurately recertify their facility with HRSA.
It describes the process involved in the annual recertification required for 340B Covered Entities, along with step by step screen shots and detailed explanations.
Author: 340B Team Comprehensive Pharmacy Services
Here’s a great refresher on how to view and get a copy of your Transcript from the Rx Learning Center.
Presented by:Mary CoseoCPS Education Training Administrator
Check out this keyboard shortcut that will allow you to quickly rearrange data within a MS Word table with ease!
Presented by:Anthony M. MagnoDivision Vice President, Education & Training, CPS
Learn how to integrate screen captures into your PowerPoint presentations without having to leave the application or use 3rd party apps!
Presented by: Anthony M. Magno Division Vice President, Education & Training, CPS
This Microsoft Word tip will enable you to standardize images throughout your entire document! If you have an outdated logo or other graphic that needs to be replaced on large documents, this feature will find and replace them all!
Presented by: Anthony M. Magno Division Vice President, Education & Training, CPS
The conditional formatting tool in MS Excel allows you to analyze data more easily by applying highlighting and other formatting to the various cells based on criteria that you specify!
Presented by: Anthony M. Magno Division Vice President, Education & Training, CPS
In this podcast you will learn how to tile applications in Windows and share data (pictures and text) across two different documents in MS Word!
Presented by:
Anthony M. Magno Division Vice President, Education & Training, CPS
In this episode you will learn how to create both embedded bar graphs and charts on their own separate worksheets in MS Excel!
Presented by:
Anthony M. Magno Division Vice President, Education & Training, CPS
Learn how to integrate videos into your slides via hyperlinks!
This podcast will show you how to launch videos using both text and image hyperlinks
Presented by: Anthony M. Magno Division Vice President, Education & Training, CPS
This podcast will highlight basic concepts and strategies for pharmacy staff to consider regarding the detection and prevention of controlled substance diversion
Presented by: Chris Beebe, RPh, MBA Division Vice President, Medication Safety Comprehensive Pharmacy Services
Leza Hassett RPh MBA, Director CRS Comprehensive Pharmacy Services
Learn the causes, complications and relief options for OIC
Presenters: Gia McKnight Pharmacy Resident Mercy Hospital & Medical Center Chicago Illinois
Valerie Sheehan Director, Clinical Program Development CPS
This month's tip discusses a number of great search features on the Chrome browser; they work particularly well for those on the go!
Presented by: Anthony M. Magno Division Vice President, Education & Training, CPS
Up to 50% of antibiotics are prescribed inappropriately, and this overuse is rapidly accelerating resistance, leading to increased mortality and morbidity in patients.
Antimicrobial stewardship is a coordinated intervention to reduce the use of unnecessary antibiotics and improve patient outcomes.
As precribers, independent practitioners have tremendous influence in the success of such programs.
This podcast will cover effective elements of antimicrobial stewardship as well as practical strategies for licensed independent practitioners.
Presenter: Davey Legendre Pharm.D., MBA, BCPS-AQID Regional Vice President, Clinical Infectious Diseases
This video podcast will walk you through the process of quickly creating an email signature in MS Outlook
Presented by: Anthony M. Magno Division Vice President, Education & Training, CPS
Change is the new normal in healthcare. With new regualtions, governement payment strucutres, new medicaitons or new procedures.
As division or department leaders, pharmacists need to be able to not only identify needed change but help their team navigate this process in a healthy fashion.
Presenter: Joseph M. Calomo, Pharm.D., M.B.A, C.B.I.P. Division President TelePharmacy Solutions
Pharmacists and technicians are an important part of the waste management process and can contribute to the overall success of a compliant program
This podcast will discuss basic elements of a pharmacy waste management program
Presented by: Chris Beebe, RPh, MBA Division Vice President, Medication Safety
J. Brent Greer, Pharm.D., C.RPh., FASCP, BCNSP, FACVP Senior Regional Vice-President - Operations, Comprehensive Pharmacy Services
Learn how to focus on specific information on your spreadsheet through the use of "slicers"
Slicers is a powerful filtering tool that allows you to pick and choose the data that appears in your workbook (without the use of auto filters)!
Presented by: Anthony M. Magno Division Vice President, Education & Training, CPS
In previous versions of MS Office, i.e., 2003 and older; toolbars were an essential part of the software. There were at least half a dozen different toolbars that each contained specific commands. With the advent of Office 2007 (the next generation of MS Office) ribbons replaced toolbars. Today, only one toolbar remains. This video teaches you how to customize it!
Presented by: Anthony M. Magno Division Vice President, Education & Training, CPS
This months tip will help users of MS Outlook 2010 or above; creating an out of office message has changed since the days of Office 2003.
Watch this video podcast to learn how to do this the right way!
Presented by: Anthony M. Magno Division Vice President, Education & Training, CPS
Large documents in MS Word can be difficult to navigate.
This months tip will teach you how to quickly move to any part of your document using the F5 function key along with hyperlink creation and other power tips!
Presented by: Anthony M. Magno Division Vice President, Education & Training, CPS
This podcast discusses how to treat patients with pain who have a prior history of addiction. Just because they’re addicts, doesn’t mean they don’t have pain too
Presenter: Kathrine Sowa Resident Pharmacist Lafayette General Medical Center
Learn how to quickly format an entire workbook with a single mouse click and to adjust multiple column widths simultaneously!
Presenter: Anthony M. Magno Division Vice President, Education & Training, CPS
In April 2017, the FDA strengthened warnings and contraindications around codeine- and tramadol-containing products as a result of a review of adverse events from 1969 to May 2015. This podcast reviews details of these warnings and contraindications.
Presenters: Rabiah Dys, PharmD Division Vice President Clinical Program Development, CPS
Valerie Sheehan, PharmD Director, Clinical Program Development, CPS
CPS compliance specialists will discuss various issues around compounding of hazardous drugs and the physical plant challenges that are presented with this activity.
Presented by:
Chris Beebe, RPh, MBA Division Vice President, Medication Safety
Robert Sobolik, R.Ph., MSM Director of Compliance and Regulatory Services
Internet Explorer, Chrome and Firefox now face a new competitor - MS Edge!
This podcast focuses on a some of the new annotation tools that will enable you to mark up any webpage you visit and share it with others!
Presenter: Anthony M. Magno Division Vice President, Education & Training Comprehensive Pharmacy Services
Up to 50% of antibiotics are prescribed inappropriately, and this overuse is rapidly accelerating resistance, leading to increased mortality and morbidity in patients.
Antimicrobial stewardship is a coordinated intervention to reduce the use of unnecessary antibiotics and improve patient outcomes. At the center of patient care, nurses have tremendous influence in the success of such programs.
This podcast will cover effective elements of antimicrobial stewardship as well as practical strategies for nurses.
Presenter: Davey Legendre, Pharm.D., MBA, BCPS-AQID Regional Vice President Clinical - Infectious Diseases
Click here to download the infograph---->Nursing Infograph
As patients see more doctors with various specilities, it is critical that all members of the healthcare team understand what medications the patient is taking. Admission medication reconciliations help the healthcare team understand what medications the patient should be taking as well as how the patient is actually taking their prescriptions. Proper understanding of a patient's prescribed medications, OTC products, and herbal supplements help create a continuation of care and ensure proper monitoring of drug/drug interactions and compliance.
Presenters:
Jeff Lackman, RPh Divisional President CPS Telepharmacy - Rx Remote Solutions - Rx Transition
Aalap Modi, PharmD Clinical Pharmacist CPS Telepharmacy - Rx Transitions of Care
Our tip this month is on Microsoft Word; learn how to format text blocks, quickly change sentence casing with a keyboard shortcut & using Word like a white board!
Presenter: Anthony M. Magno Division Vice President, Education & Training Comprehensive Pharmacy Services
Common survey findings can be avoided and the medication use process can be improved with attention to the issues presented in this podcast Learn strategies to address common TJC citations around pharmacy and medication management
Presented by:
Chris Beebe, RPh, MBA Division Vice President, Medication Safety
Allen Welch, Pharm.D. Director, Compliance & Regulatory Services
Learn how to properly use logos and pictures to make your PowerPoint presentations more engaging and professional
Presenter: Anthony M. Magno Division Vice President, Education & Training Comprehensive Pharmacy Services
Clostridium difficile Associated Disease is a significant infectious disease in the United States that increases morbidity and mortality. Unfortunately, the incidence of disease is increasing, but there are ways to prevent it. Through enahnced infection control practice and through the principles of antimicrobial stewardship, the incidence of disease can be dramatically reduced. In this podcast, we will discuss strategies to reduce the incidence of disease and protect patients from the consequences of infection
Presented by Davey Legendre, Pharm.D., MBA, BCPS-AQID Regional Vice President, Clinical Infectious Diseases
Listen to a discussion between Larry Bierley, Gabriel Abiola and Nasir Mian regarding their Pharmacy based pain management program.
You'll learn more about their specific facility, the increasing need for a pain service, Clinical Pharmacist requirements, patient selection, discharge planning, and lessons learned.
This podcast discusses techniques on how to use PowerPoint the proper way - as an engaging visual aid to augment your presentation, speech or lecture!
Learn how to avoid overwhelming your audience with data and facts; go "text light and image heavy"
Presenter: Anthony M. Magno Division Vice President, Education & Training Comprehensive Pharmacy Services
Identifying the numerous areas that can affect the Pharmacy Automation System. By improving the management process of the Automation System will result in improved Nursing Satisfaction and Pharmacy staff duties.
The terms ADE, ADR, and medication error are sometimes used interchangeably, but they are different and distinct
By Chris Beebe DVP Medication Safety
Want to analyze your data without going through the process of developing a chart or graph?
Create "sparklines" in your next spreadsheet!
Presenter: Anthony M. Magno Division Vice President, Education & Training Comprehensive Pharmacy Services
Learn how to use the web's top search engine for more than just key word searches
Presenter: Anthony M. Magno Division Vice President, Education & Training Comprehensive Pharmacy Services
A focused review of pain management and over use of opioids for pain, but is there a different story than the one being played out in the patient who is in pain and not getting adequate treatment. The podcast will describe some scenarios where the patient is underdosed or not using all the different approaches to pain management.
Hear a discussion between Tina Nguyen a PGY1 resident at St Luke’s The Woodlands Hospital near Houston Texas and co-resident Rosemary Amponsaa-Korang on the treatment of opioid-induced constipation.
Brought to you by CPS
Recorded on October 21, 2016
Hear an interview between Nathan Mitchell, a PGY1 resident at Mercy Hospital and Medical Center in Chicago, IL and Rabiah Dys, Division Vice President for Clinical Program Development, on updates to the Acute Myocardial Infarction Core Measures.
Hear an interview between Tina Nguyen a PGY1 resident at St Luke’s The Woodlands Hospital near Houston Texas and co-resident Rosemary Amponsaa-Korang on updates to the Congestive Heart Failure Core Measures. Brought to you by CPS
Recorded on August 30, 2016
Rabiah Dys, PharmD, discusses the controversy surrounding Liposomal Bupivacaine in an interview with Valerie Sheehan
Recorded on July 1, 2016
Dr. Marvin Finnefrock discusses the concept of Medication Hyperinflation in an interview on July 22, 2016