Submitting Author: Ron Hartman, PharmD; Regional Director of Pharmacy Operations, OSF Healthcare Other Authors: Patty Kohli, RPh; Karin Terry, PharmD, CPPS; Elizabeth Harthan, PharmD, BCPS; Heather Harper, PharmD, BCPS; Jamie Martin, PharmD (Poster pdf) (2021 KeePosted BP Article)
Learning Objectives for Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians:: 1. State the patient care-centered benefits of instituting software-aided compounding within a health system. 2. List the documentation benefits that can be gained by instituting software-aided compounding within a health system.
ACPE ACCREDITATION: This program is provided by the Illinois Council of Health-System Pharmacists (ICHP). The Illinois Council of Health-System Pharmacists is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. This program is equivalent to 0.5 contact hour (0.05 CEU) of pharmacy continuing education.
Target Audience: Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians Program release date: November 1, 2021 Program expiration date: November 1, 2024
FACULTY DISCLOSURE: It is the policy of ICHP to ensure balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all of its education programs. In accordance with this policy, faculty must disclose to the participants any significant relationships with commercial companies whose products or devices may be mentioned in faculty presentations, or with the commercial supporter of these continuing pharmacy education programs. Any resident or fellow presentation is reviewed by a content specialist preceptor. The authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose for this program.
The 2021 Best Practice Award winner, Software-Aided Compounding: Adopting Technology to Improve Patient Safety and Documentation, is available as a home-study for CPE credit beginning November 1, 2021 through October 31, 2024. To earn your CPE credit, you must read the manuscript in the November 2021 issue of KeePosted, available in print (pages 18-21), or online as a PDF (link above). After reading the article, log in to your CESally.com account, search for this title, add to your To Do List, go to your To Do List and then Start To Do List to complete the process: answer the self-assessment questions, complete the evaluation, and submit for credit. For information on how to set up your CESally account, go to our CESally Info Page. Upon successful completion, your credit is uploaded to CPE Monitor where you may view / print a transcript. Your credit will be visible within 24-48 hours on CPE Monitor.
Winner 2020 ICHP Best Practice Award Pharmacist Role in a Pediatric Lupus Clinic by Shannon M. Rotolo, PharmD, BCPS, Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, UChicago Medicine, Chicago, IL; Grace Lynn Cameron, PharmD, Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, UChicago Medicine, Chicago, IL; Constentina Talevski, BA, CPhT, Ambulatory Medication Access Coordinator, UChicago Medicine, Chicago, IL.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES FOR PHARMACISTS: 1. Identify age-based medication management tasks appropriate for this setting. 2. Select an appropriate weight-based hydroxychloroquine dose for a pediatric patient with lupus.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES FOR TECHNICIANS: 1. Describe strategies to reduce out-of-pocket medication costs for patients/families. 2. Identify other multidisciplinary team members that a pharmacy technician may interact with in a pediatric lupus clinic.
ACPE ACCREDITATION: This program is provided by the Illinois Council of Health-System Pharmacists (ICHP). The Illinois Council of Health-System Pharmacists is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. This program is equivalent to 0.5 contact hour (0.05 CEU) of pharmacy continuing education.
Target Audience: Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians Program release date: November 1, 2020 Program expiration date: November 1, 2023
FACULTY DISCLOSURE: It is the policy of ICHP to ensure balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all of its education programs. In accordance with this policy, faculty must disclose to the participants any significant relationships with commercial companies whose products or devices may be mentioned in faculty presentations, or with the commercial supporter of these continuing pharmacy education programs. Any resident or fellow presentation is reviewed by a content specialist preceptor. The authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose for this program.
The 2020 Best Practice Award winner, Pharmacist Role in a Pediatric Lupus Clinic, is available as a home-study for CPE credit beginning November 1, 2020 through December 31, 2023. To earn your CPE credit, you must read the manuscript in the November 2020 issue of KeePosted, available in print (pages 34-37), or online as a PDF here: BP 2020 Journal Article PDF. After reading the article, log in to your CESally.com account, search for this title, add to your To Do List, go to your To Do List and then Start To Do List to complete the process: answer the self-assessment questions, complete the evaluation, and submit for credit. For information on how to set up your CESally account, go to our CESally Info Page. Upon successful completion, your credit is uploaded to CPE Monitor where you may view / print a transcript. Your credit will be visible within 24-48 hours on CPE Monitor.
Winner 2019 ICHP Best Practice Award Reduction of Harm from Opioid Therapy through Focused Improvement in the Opioid Medication Use Process by Adam Bursua, PharmD, BCPS, Assistant Director, Medication Safety and Quality, UI Health; Connie Larson, PharmD, Senior Associate Director, Safety and Quality, UI Health; Jane McCullough, PharmD, PGY-1 Pharmacy Practice Resident, UIC-College of Pharmacy
LEARNING OBJECTIVES FOR PHARMACISTS: 1. Recognize the scope of the opioid epidemic affecting the United States. 2. Describe the use of a naloxone "trigger tool" for measuring opioid safety and identifying system. 3. Identify system level interventions to reduce harm from opioid therapy.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES FOR TECHNICIANS: 1. Recognize the scope of the opioid epidemic affecting the United States. 2. Describe the use of a naloxone "trigger tool" for measuring opioid safety and identifying system. 3. Identify system level interventions to reduce harm from opioid therapy.
ACPE ACCREDITATION: This program is provided by the Illinois Council of Health-System Pharmacists (ICHP). The Illinois Council of Health-System Pharmacists is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. This program is equivalent to 0.5 contact hour (0.05 CEU) of pharmacy continuing education
Target Audience: Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians
Program release date: November 1, 2019 Program expiration date: November 1, 2022
FACULTY DISCLOSURE: It is the policy of ICHP to ensure balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all of its education programs. In accordance with this policy, faculty must disclose to the participants any significant relationships with commercial companies whose products or devices may be mentioned in faculty presentations, or with the commercial supporter of these continuing pharmacy education programs. Any resident or fellow presentation is reviewed by a content specialist preceptor. The authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose for this program.
The 2019 Best Practice Award Winner, Reduction of Harm from Opioid Therapy through Focused Improvements in the Opioid Medication Use Process, is available as a home-study for CPE credit. To earn your CPE credit, you must read the manuscript in the November 2019 issue of KeePosted, available in print or online here:Best Practice Journal Article. Then go toCESally.com to answer the self-assessment questions and complete your credit. Once you have logged into your CESally.com account search on the program title, add to your To Do List, then go to To Do List and Start To Do List. For information on how to set up your CESally account, go to ourCESally Info Page
2018 Winner Zahra Khudeira, PharmD, MA, BCPS, CPPS Medication Safety Officer, Mount Sinai Hospital, Sinai Health System Co-authors: Ashleigh Swearingen, MD; Carlos Sandoval, MD; Lelas Shamaileh, P4; Noha Mohamed, P4; Serene Abuzir, P4; Alexander Frank, MS "Use of Multimodal Analgesia in Women Post-Cesarean Section: From Innovation to Bedside" If you would like to read this manuscript for informational purposes, you can find it in the November 2018 KeePosted
2017 Winner Sandra M. Salverson , PharmD, BCPS, Vice President, Pharmacy Operations OSF Healthcare System Jerry Storm, RPh, Senior Vice President, Pharmacy Services OSF Healthcare System "Implementation of Integrated Telepharmacy Services Achieve a Health-System Standard of Pharmacy Care" If you would like to read this manuscript for informational purposes, you can find it in the September/October 2017 KeePosted
2016 Winner Maya Beganovic, PharmD and Sarah M. Wieczorkiewicz, PharmD, BCPS Advocate Lutheran General Hospital "MALDI-TOF alone versus MALDI-TOF combined with real-time antimicrobial stewardship interventions on time to optimal therapy in patients with positive blood cultures" If you would like to read this manuscript for informational purposes, you can find it in the September/October 2016 issue of KeePosted.
2015 Winner Kuntal Patel, Pharm.D., Pavel Prusakov, and Heather Vaule Mount Sinai Health System "Osteopenia of Prematurity (aka Better Bones for Babies)" If you would like to read this manuscript for informational purposes, you can find it in the September/October 2015 issue of KeePosted.
2014 Winner Arti Phatak, Pharm.D.; Brooke Ward, Pharm.D., BCPS; Rachael Prusi, Pharm.D.; Elizabeth Vetter, Pharm.D.; Michael Postelnick, BS Pharm, BCPS (AQ Infectious Diseases); and Noelle Chapman, Pharm.D., BCPS Northwestern Memorial Hospital "Impact of Pharmacist Involvement in the Transitional Care of High-Risk Patients through Medication Reconciliation, Medication Education, and Post-Discharge Callbacks" If you would like to read this manuscript for informational purposes, you can find it in the November 2014 issue of KeePosted.
2013 Winner Nicole Rabs, Pharm.D., Sarah M. Wieczorkiewicz, Pharm.D., BCPS, Michael Costello, PhD, and Ina Zamfirova, BA - Department of Pharmacy, Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, Park Ridge, IL "Development of a Urinary-Specific Antibiogram for Gram Negative Isolates: Impact of Patient Risk Factors on Susceptibility"
2012 Winner Kathryn Schiavo, PharmD; George Carro RPh, MS, BCO ; Abigail Harper, PharmD, BCO P; Betty Fang, PharmD; Palak Nanavati, PharmD - NorthShore University HealthSystem, Evanston, IL "Outpatient Oncology Treatment Center Approach to Enhancing Continuity of Care Related to Dispensing Oral Chemotherapeutic Agents"
2011 Winner Fatima Ali, PharmD; Sarah Wieczorkiewicz, PharmD, BCPS; Jill Cwik, PharmD; Robert Citronberg, MD, FACP, FIDSA "Procalcitonin-Guided Duration of Antimicrobial Therapy for the Treatment of Lower Respiratory Tract Infections"
2009 Winner Sandra Salverson, PharmD, BCPS; Karin Terry, PharmD “Leading Medication Safety through the Use of Microsystem and Macrosystem Medication Safety Officers”
2008 Winner Jered Bauer, PharmD “A Pharmacist-Led Program to Address Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis in a Community Hospital”
The objective of the Best Practice Award program is to encourage the development of innovative or creative pharmacy practice programs or innovative approaches to existing pharmacy practice challenges in health systems within the state of Illinois.
Applicants will be judged on their descriptions of programs and practices employed in their health system based on the following criteria: