Outlook 2020: The Top Three Challenges for Hospital Pharmacy Teams

Dean Parry, RPH, Associate VP Clinical Informatics, Care Support Services, Geisinger Health System, Daniel Teich, Pharm.D., VP Purchasing and Contracting, Fairview Pharmacy Services, Jennifer Wheeler Davis, Pharm.D., MBA, MISM, BCPS, FASHP, System Director of Pharmacy & Technology Initiatives, SCL Health, and Dave Ehlert, Pharm.D., MBA, FASHP, Area VP Health Systems, McKesson, and Patrick Yoder, Pharm.D., CEO, LogicStream Health.   The three biggest challenges hospital and health system pharmacy teams are facing include drug shortages, drug diversion, and drug utilization. Join them, as they discuss ways pharmacy teams are tackling these problems. Topics include early identification of target medications or clinicians, medication adherence, automated assessment of the current situation and action plans to manage through the current situation.