In This Issue:
- Communications Committee Update
- Pharmacy Practice Spotlight - Olathe Health
- ASHP - Kansas House of Delegates
- KCHP Call To Action E-Blasts
- Residency Recruitment
- KCHP Trivia Night for Districts II and III
- Student ASHP Pharmacy Forecast Workshop
- 2019 Spring Meeting Update
- Call for Innovative Practice Nominations (NEW)
- Call for Practice Spotlights
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Communications Committee Update
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Greetings fellow KCHP Members!
It is with great excitement to convey what your KCHP Communications Committee has been up to! 2018 was the first full year of the Committee and we have been busy working to increase the visibility of KCHP to our members. Our social media presence extends across platforms on
Twitter,
Facebook,
Instagram, in addition to LinkedIN which will be up and running soon! This was the first year KCHP was able to spread awareness and post updates from multiple contributors at the 2018 KCHP/MSHP Spring Meeting and 2018 Midyear Clinical Meeting. January 2019 also marks the debut of the new Practice Site Spotlight in the KCHP Insider.
Matt Bilhimer, current Chair of the KCHP Communications Committee will be transitioning to immediate past-Chair effective this month and handing off to Sydney Archer, current Chair-Elect. Please congratulate Matt on his hard work over the past year! If you’d like to get more involved with the KCHP Communications Committee, please contact Sydney Archer at
[email protected].
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New Pharmacy Practice Spotlight - Olathe Health
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Hospital or Health System Name
: Olathe Health
City
: Olathe, KS
# of pharmacists
: 29
# of technicians
: 14
# of employed pharmacy interns:
11
# of patients cared for:
Approximately 11,000 admissions and 40,000 ED visits annually
PGY1 residents:
3
PGY2 residents:
0
IPPE rotations:
1 (3 students/yr)
APPE rotations:
8 (45 student months per year); Rotations: Cardiology, Critical Care, Advanced Hospital/Practice Management, Acute Care, Internal Med, Oncology, ED, Antimicrobial Stewardship
What pharmacy practice model does your department utilize (i.e., centralized, decentralized)?
If decentralized, which patient care areas do your pharmacists reside (e.g., ICU, Medicine, ED)
Decentralized patient centered model – Medical/Surgical, Cardiology, Internal Medicine, Critical Care, Obstetrics/NICU, ED, Oncology, Antimicrobial Stewardship
What technologies does your department currently utilize to enhance pharmacy operations?
Cerner eMAR/CPOE, bedside barcode scanning, Alaris pumps, Swisslog Carousel, Swisslog packager, Cerner Rx Station ADC’s, Med Keeper
Exciting news:
We are in early stages in planning a new pharmacy which will focus on USP 797/800 compliance and double our space. This will be a brand new location on 2
nd
floor.
An interesting or fun fact about your institution:
Our medical center campus is located on 250 acres and houses a nursing home, acute rehab, outpatient psych, senior living, inpatient hospice house, community college allied health training, a YMCA, imaging center, oncology center, and medical office buildings. The campus is the largest contiguous health care campus in the United States.
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The Kansas Council of Health-System Pharmacy (KCHP) is starting a NEW pharmacy practice spotlight
post on our social media sites and we would like to feature
YOUR
practice site.
Be sure to ATTACH a picture to include in the post. The post will be shared on the KCHP Social Media Websites (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Linkedin)
We look forward to hearing from you!
KCHP Communications Committee
Matt Bilhimer | Christina Crowley | Sydney Archer | Adam Blevins | Jim Andrews
Follow us on Twitter (@KCHPOnline), Facebook (facebook.com/KCHPOnline), and Instagram (KCHPOnline)
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ASHP - Kansas House of Delegates
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2019 Delegates
- Lindsay Massey, PharmD, MS, BCPS
- Jeff Little, PharmD, MPH, BCPS, FACHE
- Jennifer McKenna, PharmD, BCPS, DPLA
2019 Alternate Delegate
- Kat Miller, PharmD, MHA, DPLA
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Thank You, Joan Kramer, for your leadership and service as a Kansas Delegate!
The KCHP Board of Directors want to recognize Joan Kramer, PharmD, BCPS for completing her four-year term as a Kansas Delegate. Joan is the Director of Medication Safety and System Innovations for HCA Healthcare.
As a Kansas Delegate, Joan chaired the KCHP Policy Committee, collaborated to improve the Kansas Delegate election process and expectation documents, plus represented the voice of Kansans as policies were finalized at the national level. With her leadership, the Kansas Delegates proposed three recommendations at the ASHP 2018 House of Delegates leading to recognition as first runner-up for the 2018 PAC competition. Additionally, Joan co-coordinated and presented policy updates in the “Town Hall” session held at the 2018 KCHP Annual Spring Meeting– a tradition that will continue at the 2019 meeting!
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KCHP Call To Action E-Blasts
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Please stay alert for Call to Action E-blasts as these emails are time sensitive and serve to summarize the voice of KCHP members as important matters arise in Kansas or at the national level. The valuable information YOU provide helps KCHP deliver a cohesive message that represents the voice of KCHP membership. Thank you for your time and commitment to help KCHP fulfill its mission and vision!
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KCHP wishes all the students, residents and residency programs a wonderful recruitment season. Match day is just around the corner – March 15, 2019!
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KCHP Trivia Night for Districts II and III
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Janine Ohler, District II Director and Katie Wilson, District III Director coordinated a member appreciation event on January 31
st
at Lawrence Beer Company! See next edition for the full summary!
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Student ASHP Pharmacy Forecast Workshop
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KU-SSHP teamed up with UMKC-SSHP to host a student workshop focused on discussing the ASHP Pharmacy Forecast on Thursday, January 24
th
. This event was broadcasted to five locations: Lawrence, Wichita, Kansas City, Springfield and Columbia with over 90 students registered. With KU-SSHP President Cassidy Dixon and UMKC-SSHP President Anna Parker co-chairing the event in collaboration with KCHP Director of Education, Ricky Ogden, this is another opportunity for support of the student societies of our local pharmacy schools - See next edition for a full report!
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2019 Spring Meeting Updates
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Educate. Network. Advocate. THE Health-System Pharmacy event of the YEAR in Kansas designed for pharmacists, residents, technicians and students!
The deadline for submitting a presentation abstract is extended to tomorrow (Friday, February 1). If you have a topic or desire to present and you missed the deadline, please contact Ricky Ogden, KCHP Director of Education at
[email protected]
New Deadline is Friday, February 15, 2019
The Oread
Lawrence, KS
April 5-6, 2019
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Call for Innovative Practice Nominations
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Innovations Award: New Annual Recognition to be Introduced
at the Annual Spring Meeting
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Do you or your health system have an innovative practice to share?
We know that Kansas pharmacists make a great impact on the care for our patients. KCHP would like to recognize individuals or health systems that have recently instituted an innovative practice that demonstrates an improvement in patient care or a pharmacy practice process.
The KCHP Innovative Health System Pharmacy Practice Award is designated to recognize the demonstration of a program or process that improves patient care, services, or utilization of resources. Projects can be in a health system, inpatient, or ambulatory care pharmacy setting. Submissions may include improvements in either clinical or operational pharmacy practice activities.
The
deadline for submissions is January 31, 2019
. Please submit a summary or abstract (no more than two pages) of your innovative practice to
[email protected]
. One winner will be selected from all applications. The award will be presented at the 2019 KCHP Spring meeting.
Questions?
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Call for Board of Directors
- Are you interested in advocacy and leadership or do you have a colleague you want to nominate?
- The KCHP Board of Director Call for Elections will be COMING SOON!
Call for KCHP Foundation Awards
- Do you have a colleague who deserves recognition for his/her efforts to advance the mission and vision of KCHP and the profession? The KCHP Foundation Call for Awards will be COMING SOON!
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Call for Practice Spotlights
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The KCHP Communications Committee is starting a new pharmacy practice spotlight to post on our social media sites and we would like to feature YOUR practice site. If you are interested in participating, fill out the information below via the
online form
. Be sure to ATTACH a picture to include in the post. The post will be shared on the KCHP Social Media Websites. We look forward to hearing from you!
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- Name of Practice Site
- City
- # of pharmacists
- # of technicians
- # of pharmacy students (if applicable)
- # of patients are for (Patient beds or if ambulatory care, visits per day)
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- PGY1 residents (if applicable)
- PGY2 residents (if applicable)
- IPPE rotations offered
- APPE rotations offered
- Exciting news for your practice site
- An interesting or fun fact about your practice site or institution
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Kansas Council of Health-System Pharmacy (KCHP)
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