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PQS Senior Manager of Pharmacy Accounts, Nick Dorich, PharmD interviews Anne L. Burns, RPh, Vice President, Professional Affairs at the American Pharmacists Association (APhA) about the pharmacy readiness survey and the results published in Section II of the 2020 PQS Trend Report in Pharmacy Quality.

PQS Senior Manager of Pharmacy Accounts, Nick Dorich, PharmD talks with Terri Warholak, PhD, RPh, CPHQ, FAPhA, Assistant Dean, Academic Affairs and Assessment  for the College of Pharmacy at THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA and Todd Sega, SVP, Development & Strategy at Pharmacy Quality Solutions about their work on the consumer perceptions survey and the results published in Section I of the 2020 PQS Trend Report in Pharmacy Quality.

PQS Senior Manager of Pharmacy Accounts, Nick Dorich, PharmD talks with Todd Sega, SVP, Development & Strategy at Pharmacy Quality Solutions about changes to the Medicare 2021  Star Ratings, major takeaways related to medication-use quality measures, and what that may mean for health plans and pharmacies.

In a special end of year podcast, PQS Senior Manager of Pharmacy Accounts, Nick Dorich, PharmD talks with Betsy Elswick, PharmD, Clinical Associate Professor at West Virginia University School of Pharmacy about Covid-19 vaccine administration and long-term care patients. This episode was recorded on 12.22.2020.

PQS Senior Manager of Pharmacy Accounts, Nick Dorich, PharmD reviews with PQS Client Services Senior Specialist Amanda Malooley some of the biggest EQuIPP® questions that users had in 2020. These questions were the most frequent or impactful questions from pharmacies using the EQuIPP® platform.

PQS Senior Manager of Pharmacy Accounts, Nick Dorich, PharmD  interviews Beth Arnold, Professional Services Project Manager at Costco Wholesale Pharmacy about mental health or behavioral health quality measures in pharmacy use. 

PQS Senior Manager of Pharmacy Accounts, Nick Dorich, PharmD  interviews Katie Dollar, Pharm.D., Clinical Pharmacist at Balls Food Stores on the topic of Mental Health First Aid and its use in pharmacy.

PQS Senior Manager of Pharmacy Accounts, Nick Dorich, PharmD  interviews Tawny L. Smith, PharmD, BCPP, Associate Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences a the Dell Medical School, The University of Texas at Austin about mental healthcare.  Dorich and Smith talk about how pharmacists can utilize medication knowledge to impact patient's mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

During season one of the Quality Corner Show, PQS Senior Manager of Pharmacy Accounts, Nick Dorich, PharmD interviewed many leaders and innovators in pharmacy. To wrap the season, PQS Senior Manager of Pharmacy Accounts, Nick Dorich, PharmD chats with PQS team members Brittany Boyd, MHA, CPhT and Jasmine Perry, PharmD Candidate about the past year.Boyd and Perry discuss their favorite episodes of the podcast this season, while also highlighting changes experienced due to COVID-19. The podcast highlights the critical role of pharmacists and interns during the global pandemic and the work being done to prevent the flu.

PQS Senior Manager of Pharmacy Accounts, Nick Dorich, PharmD talks with Richard Waithe, PharmD about ways pharmacists can effectively use social media to connect within the industry and what work needs to be done for pharmacy communications.

PQS Senior Manager of Pharmacy Accounts, Nick Dorich, PharmD interviews one of the current leaders of APhA-ASP, Juan Rodriguez from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Pharmacy about student pharmacists are making an impact in the pharmacy profession.

PQS Senior Manager of Pharmacy Accounts, Nick Dorich, PharmD interviews Alex J. Adams, Administrator, Idaho Division of Financial Management about optimizing the role of the pharmacy technician and increasing their responsibilities on the pharmacy team.

PQS Senior Manager of Pharmacy Accounts, Nick Dorich, PharmD interviews Julie Akers, PharmD, BCACP, Clinical Associate Professor of the Department of Pharmacotherapy at Washington State University College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences about pharmacy provider status and the challenges in expanding the scope of practice.

October is American Pharmacists Month and PQS Senior Manager of Pharmacy Accounts, Nick Dorich, PharmD interviews APhA President Michael D. Hogue about the significance of American Pharmacists Month and the value of today's pharmacist.#APhM2020 Hogue also discusses the importance of pharmacists joining a professional pharmacy organization at a state level and joining the American Pharmacists Association at a national level. 

 PQS Senior Manager of Pharmacy Accounts, Nick Dorich, PharmD interviews Pharmacy Quality Alliance (PQA) Vice President, Performance Measurement Lisa Hines, PharmD to find out how PQA develops quality measures. Hines also explains what are quality measures, who they are made for and why they are important. 

PQS Senior Manager of Pharmacy Accounts, Nick Dorich, PharmD catches up with Jasmine Perry, BS, third-year Pharm.D. candidate at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy to talk about internships, student rotations, pharmacy school and working in a pharmacy during a very different looking Fall 2020. Get to know Jasmine Perry on this podcast and check out her YouTube Channel. 

Pharmacy Quality Solutions Director, Pharmacy Relations, Nick Dorich, Pharm D chats with Cora Eilders, Payer Relations Account Manager, about reviewing performance measure results representing over six months of health data, and then driving success for the remainder of the 2020 year.

PQS Senior Manager of Pharmacy Accounts, Nick Dorich, PharmD, talks with Parth Shah, PharmD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Hutchinson Institute for Cancer Outcomes Research, about the COVID-19 Prevention Network. Shah describes his current role and explains how pharmacists have the ability to encourage patients to take part in the COVID-19 prevention network.To volunteer please visit The Coronavirus Clinical Studies COVID-19 Prevention Network.

PQS Senior Manager of Pharmacy Accounts, Nick Dorich, PharmD, interviews David P. Zgarrick, PhD, FAPhA, professor in the Department of Pharmacy and Health Systems Sciences in the School of Pharmacy at Northeastern University’s Bouvé College of Health Sciences in Boston, Massachusetts about preparing for immunizations this fall on the PQS Quality Corner Show. This is a continued conversation related to the 7.22.2020 Pharmacy Times Article Prepping for Flu Season in 2020: Why the Vaccine Is More Important Than Ever.

PQS Senior Manager of Pharmacy Accounts, Nick Dorich, PharmD, talks with the owner of Love Oak Pharmacy in Eastland, Texas, Benjamin McNabb, PharmD, about methods to tackle the flu and COVID-19 collision occurring in the near future. McNabb highlights the shift of pharmacy practice to a holistic, value based model while also discussing how team work and innovation will positively impact patients during immunization season.