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Addressing Risks Associated with IV Push Medication Use in Adults

Experts will address the variability of practice with IV push medication use, including unnecessary unit-based preparation and dilution and unsafe injection practices, highlighting strategies necessary for the mitigation of risk.

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Adherence Concepts for the Cancer Patient

This educational activity will address the issue of adherence in the oncology patient. Topics to be addressed include the incidence of non-adherence, reasons for non-adherence, and consequences of non-adherence. Strategies to remove barriers to non-adherence and improve the adherence rate will be discussed.

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Best Practices for the Safe and Cost-Effective Management of Controlled Substances

This session will provide guidance to assess an organization’s medication-use processesfor vulnerabilities and identify strategies that may improve the capacity to preventor detect diversion.

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Billing & Financial Assistance in Specialty Pharmacy

This activity will address pharmacy billing in a specialty setting. Benefit types, basic billing, details pertaining to Medicare Part B billing and common rejection codes will be discussed.

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Call to Action: Experience in Adopting the ENFit System to Guard Against Accidental Tubing Misconnections

Join ISMP faculty as they review the many challenges associated with wrong route errors, discuss the product design concerns that led to the re-engineering of the new ISO standard and the low-dose tip syringe. Most importantly, we will highlight the patient safety benefits to an ENFit transition.

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Documentation and Communication Etiquette

This activity is designed to strengthen skills to support the need for equal understanding from all perspectives, encourage respectful and tactful communication, and promote satisfactory etiquette. This module will allow the reader to be able to distinguish between correct and incorrect communication and etiquette for the professional specialty pharmacy environment.

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Enhancing Patient Care & Outcomes in the Infectious Disease Setting with Clinically-Integrated Health System Specialty Pharmacy Services

Patients living with HIV, Hepatitis C and other infectious diseases sometimes require specialty medications to manage or treat their conditions. Without appropriate support from their pharmacy, patients may struggle to adhere to their therapy regimens, resulting in subpar clinical outcomes.

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Growth Hormone Deficiency

The purpose of this CE is to give technicians an overview of growth hormone deficiency (GHD) in children and adults in order to better understand and engage this patient population.

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Hepatitis C: A Technician’s Guide

Technicians will learn about the presentation, prevalence, and risk factors for contractinghepatitis C virus (HCV). HCV prognosis, goals of therapy, and guideline-recommendedtreatment options will be discussed.

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Multiple Sclerosis and Role of Specialty Pharmacy

This educational activity tool will address the disease state of multiple sclerosis. Topics discussed will include the diagnostic process of multiple sclerosis, common specialty medications prescribed for disease management, patient factors specific to treatment, and the main roles specialty pharmacies have to offer in managing patients’ medications.

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Oral Oncology - Clinical Module for Pharmacy Technicians, Part 1

This module is for pharmacy technicians who are interested in exploring and expanding their knowledge of oncology patient management. Topics to be discussed include overview of cancer and important terminology in cancer care, financial barriers to oncology patient care, safe handling of oncology drugs and an introduction to cancer treatment regimens where colorectal cancer treatments are reviewed.

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Oral Oncology - Clinical Module for Pharmacy Technicians, Part 2

This module is for pharmacy technicians who are interested in exploring oncology, or those interested in expanding their knowledge of oncology patient management. In this module, faculty will discuss treatment regimens for breast, prostate and lung cancers.

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Product Quality Verification of Dietary Supplements

This activity is designed to support patient counseling efforts by examining dietary supplement regulation. Topics include the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act, voluntary quality verification programs, counseling points, and the adverse event reporting process.

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Sexual Harassment: Awareness and Prevention in the Healthcare Workplace-2021 (Pharmacist/Pharmacy Technician)

This activity will assist in increasing awareness of what constitutes sexual harassment, the impact of harassment, what to do if you are harassed or a witness, the responsibilities of the employer, and the protections that are in place for those reporting harassment.

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Simple Solutions to the Complicated Challenges of Biosimilar Uptake in the US Market

This activity is designed to increase your understanding of the biosimilar, including a review of biologic medications, history, spending and usage. Strategies for implementation of biosimilars will provide key take-aways for pharmacists and pharmacy technicians.

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Specialty Technician CE: Cystic Fibrosis

This overview of the Cystic Fibrosis (CF) disease state continuing education for pharmacy technicians covers a variety of topics related to treatment of CF. The presentation is pertinent to Specialty Technicians, CF Clinic Liaisons, and other technicians seeking education on CF.

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Specialty Technician CE: Inflammatory Module

This activity is designed to introduce the most prevalent inflammatory conditions and their associated treatments to better support pharmacy technicians in their daily responsibilities caring for patients.

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Sterile Compounding: Practical Knowledge and Application - A Virtual Reality Certificate Program for Pharmacy Professionals

The Sterile Compounding Certificate Program is an online course for pharmacists and pharmacy technicians interested in developing and demonstrating expertise in sterile compounding. The program utilizes self-study modules to gain expert understanding of compounding standards and regulations, and a practical component in a virtual cleanroom environment where users will learn and practice sterile compounding skills and technique.

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The Inside Track on Drug Naming Safety Standards

This program will take the participant down the “drug naming pathway" to learn the inner workings and decisions involving behind the scenes. Not widely known by most healthcare practitioners, learners will hear first-hand from several experts including a global pharmaceutical company, the Food and Drug Administration, and the European Medicines Agency about the role each plays in the drug name development process.

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The Pharmacy Technician’s Role in the Management of the Specialty Pharmacy Patient

The role of the pharmacy technician is critical to ensure the onboarding process and ongoing management is efficient and effective for the patient. This activity will review the key considerations for the pharmacy technician when managing specialty pharmacy patients.

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The Psychology and Neuroscience of Adherence and Compliance

This activity will begin with the science of decision-making and the role of emotions. Several compliance modules will be discussed to provide specialty pharmacies practical ways to improve adherence and compliance.

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Utilizing Technology for Patient Communication in Specialty

This activity will discuss ways to identify and implement patient engagement technologies. Methods to assess implementation will also be shared.

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