Items in this issue:
- 2018-2019 KCHP Board of Directors Report
- 2019 Spring Meeting - Need Your Feedback
- 2019 KCHP Spring Meeting Summary
- KCHP Foundation Gift Basket Fundraiser
- New Virtual Learning Opportunity - KCHP Journal Club
- Upcoming Educational Events
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2018-2019 KCHP Board of Directors Report
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The KCHP Board of Directors are grateful for the numerous volunteers who helped the KCHP Board meet numerous strategic goals for the past year. The 2019-2020 Board of Directors look forward to setting new goals for Our Patients, Our Members and Our Organization at the Strategic Planning Meeting in June!
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2019 KCHP Spring Meeting Summary
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The KCHP Annual Spring Meeting was held on April 5 -6
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at The Oread in Lawrence, KS. It was a huge success with 150 attendees, up 30% from 2017. The meeting offered networking and 47 hours of continuing education (CE) for pharmacists and technicians, and for the first time, the poster session was redeemable for CE.
Keynote speaker, Paul Gomez, offered valuable information on prioritizing your time and living with intention. He offered multiple useful tips on how to manage personal and professional time to achieve goals, while making time for what is most important. Many hot topics were discussed in presentations and new networking sessions. Cannabidiol, online pharmacies, USP implementation, and lean leadership were some of the operations topics discussed. Professional development topics included burnout, resiliency, and examining implicit biases. A variety of clinical topics from content experts were available and well attended.
The KCHP Foundation offered technician registration for hospitals who submitted a silent auction basket. Nine baskets were submitted, raising over $1000 for the foundation! The tradition of a Friday Night KCHP Foundation Event was held at Lawrence Beer Company. The event was a fantastic opportunity to catch up with colleagues while raising funds to support research and education throughout the state.
KCHP looks forward acknowledging the clinical success of our members at the Spring Meeting. To formally recognize pharmacy innovation, KCHP created the First Annual Innovative Practice Award. The four finalists presented their projects during the Awards Luncheon, and then The KCHP Foundation was pleased to present an award to this year’s finalist, Brian Gilbert for his efforts on the Pharmacoeconomic Impact of an Alternative Workflow Process for Stroke.
AM J Emerg Med. 2019 Feb; 37(2): 294-297.
The poster session helped our colleagues learn from 24 projects across the state! Special thanks to the presenters and their advisors! The following awards were given for excellent poster presentations:
- Original Research: Connor Flanagin from Olathe Health for the poster, 'Evaluation of Pharmacy Managed Heart Failure Education Program'.
- Research in Progress: Melissa Norton from Ascension Via Christi for her poster titled, 'Impact of physician-pharmacist collaboration for disease state management on patient outcomes'.
- Student: Mary Thorne from The University of Kansas Health System for her poster, 'Evaluation of IV NAC for treatment of acetaminophen and non-acetaminophen hepatotoxicity'
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As always, the KCHP Foundation shows great support for pharmacists and technicians working in Kansas. This year the KCHP Foundation Board selected to honor the following individuals for their outstanding contributions to the practice of pharmacy in Kansas:
- Volunteer of the Year: Chris Bell
- Technician of the Year: Mandi Walker
- Student of the year: Daniel Pons
- Emerging Leader: Katie Wilson
- Pharmacist of the Year: Megan Ohrlund
- Legacy Award: Mike Oszko
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Volunteer of the Year
Chris Bell
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Technician of the Year Mandi Walker
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Emerging Leader
Katie Wilson
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Student of the Year
Daniel Pons
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Pharmacist of the Year
Megan Ohrlund
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2019 Innovative Practice Award - Pharmacoeconomic Initiative on Alteplase
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KCHP presented Brian Gilbert and Wesley Healthcare with the inaugural Innovative Practice Award for “Pharmacoeconomic impact of an alternative workflow process for stroke”. Submissions were evaluated and selected by the KCHP Foundation.
We would also like to recognize the other finalists for their participation in sharing their innovative ideas.
Evan Williams, The University of Kansas Health System “Pharmacy Concierge Service”
Lucy Stun and Evan Williams, The University of Kansas Health System “Emergency Department Auto-verification Removal”
Zahra Mahmoudjafari, The University of Kansas Cancer Center “Development of a successful immune effector cell therapy program”
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Finally, a successful meeting was closed out with the installation of our newly elected board members.
- President: Joe Schlecta, PharmD, BCPS - AQ Cardiology
- President-elect: Katherine A. Miller, PharmD, MHA
- Director of Governmental Affairs: Christopher Loucks, PharmD, MS
- Director of Education: Brian Gilbert, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP
- District II Director: Christina Neslage Lawrenz, RPH, BCPS
- KU - SSHP President: Chloe Ortbals, PharmD Candidate 2021
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Left to Right:
(Chloe Ortbals, Christina Neslage Lawrenz, Christopher Loucks,
Katherine A. Miller,
Joe Slechta and Brian Gilbert)
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Thank you to all who attended the 2019 KCHP Spring Meeting! We look forward to seeing all attendees and more in 2020 at the joint KCHP/MSHP Annual Spring Meeting.
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KCHP Foundation Gift Basket Fundraiser:
Over $1,000 Raised!
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The KCHP Foundation Board would like to thank everyone who participated in the silent auction of the Foundation Gift Baskets. Over $1000 was raised during the event. We would also like to thank the many basket sponsors who not only provided baskets for the raffle but also gave their pharmacy technicians the opportunity to attend the annual meeting for free. Basket donors included the KCHP Board, The KCHP Foundation Board, Stormont Vail Health, Salina Regional, Olathe Medical Center, LMH Health, and The University of Kansas Health Systems (TUKHS).
Your generosity makes it possible for the KCHP Foundation to support great programming throughout the year and provide annual awards to outstanding volunteers. Thank you for making this such a successful event.
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New Virtual Learning Opportunity:
KCHP Journal Club
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June 19, 2019 at 12PM CST
Articles
- Apixaban to Prevent Venous Thromboembolism in Patients with Cancer. NEJM. 2019 Feb 21; 380(8): 711-719.
- The Effect of Propofol and Dexmedetomidine Sedation on Norepinepherine Requirements in Septic Shock Patients: A Crossover Trial. Crit Care Med. 2019 Feb; 47(2): e89-e95. doi: 10.1097/CCM.
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Upcoming KCHP Educational Events
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If you would like to volunteer to present at one of the upcoming educational events, please email
Brian Gilbert
, KCHP Director of Education.
Kansas Rural Pharmacy Summit
Tuesday, August 20, 2019
Location TBD
Salina, KS
KCHP Fall Technician Conference
Saturday, September 14, 2019
Saint Luke’s Hospital
Kansas City, MO
KCHP/KU Preceptor Bootcamp
Friday, October 11, 2019
**New Date**
University of Kansas School of Pharmacy
Lawrence & Wichita, KS
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Communications Committee Members
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Sydney Archer
Matt Bilhimer
Christina Crowley
Adam Blevins
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Cassidy Dixon
Kristen Fischer
TJ Pham
Jim Andrews
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Kansas Council of Health-System Pharmacy (KCHP)
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