Federal Pharmacy Forum: Federal Pharmacy Chiefs Senior Leader Panel 2023

Friday, March 24, 2023

9:00 AM – 10:30 AM

Location: Sheraton, Phoenix C

CPE Credit 1.5 Hours

Continuing Pharmacy Education (CPE) Credit

ACPE Number: 0202-0000-23-160-L04-P / 0202-0000-23-161-L04-T
Activity Type: Knowledge-based
Number of Hours: 1.5
Learning Level: 1

Presenter(s)

Jonathan Bartlett, PharmD

Chief of Pharmacy
Blanchfield Army Community Hospital
Fort Campbell, Kentucky
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Michael Shiber, BPharm, NCPS

Regional Pharmacy Executive Officer
U.S. Coast Guard
Port Deposit, Maryland
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Kelly Battese
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Thomas Emmendorfer

Speaker(s)

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Brandy Renner

Disclosure(s):

Jonathan Bartlett, PharmD: No financial relationships to disclose

Michael Shiber, BPharm, NCPS: No financial relationships to disclose

Kelly Battese: No financial relationships to disclose

Thomas Emmendorfer: No financial relationships to disclose

Brandy Renner: No financial relationships to disclose

The 2023 APhA Federal Forum provides for Federal Pharmacy senior leaders to personally update meeting attendees about significant strategic initiatives, challenges faced and opportunities for collaboration for all branches of the United States Armed Forces, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Veterans Affairs and the United States Public Health Service. This session will provide an educational venue for pharmacists and pharmacy technicians to hear directly from their chief pharmacy officers on current key issues and future plans that affect their individual organizations and how these issues/plans impact on their local pharmacy operations and patient care services. During this session, federal pharmacists and pharmacy technicians will be informed on hot topic issue, strategic goals, joint and service specific initiatives, policies that are applicable to their pharmacy practice. The session will conclude with a a question-and-answer session and discussion with audience interaction with the federal pharmacy chiefs.

Learning Objectives:

Pharmacists: State joint and service-specific key initiatives and their impact on pharmacy operations and patient care services and mission readiness.
Pharmacists: Discuss strategic goals and the impact their implementation will have on the delivery of care.
Pharmacists: List examples of federal pharmacy programs that improve access and quality of care to our military and veteran populations.
Pharmacy Technicians: State joint and service-specific key initiatives and future goals and their impact on pharmacy operations and patient care services and mission readiness.
Pharmacy Technicians: Discuss strategic goals and the impact their implementation will have on the delivery of care.
Pharmacy Technicians: Discuss programs that improve access and quality of care to our military and veteran populations.