April 16, 2021

Dear <<First Name>>, Welcome to this week's issue of the California Pharmacists Association's CEO Message. IN THIS ISSUE

Emerging Role of Pharmacists on the Front Line of Vaccine Administration Now that we have been at the front and center of this whole vaccine for COVID-19 and its protocols, the role of pharmacists as a frontline vaccinator and administration has really emerged with this pandemic. [Read Article]

Burnout and the Challenges Facing Pharmacists during COVID-19: Results of a National Survey Background COVID-19 has impacted the psychological wellbeing of healthcare workers and has forced pharmacists to adapt their services. [Read Article]

Joint CDC and FDA Statement on Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 Vaccine As of April 12, more than 6.8 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson (Janssen) vaccine have been administered in the U.S. CDC and FDA are reviewing data involving six reported U.S. cases of a rare and severe type of blood clot in individuals after receiving the J&J vaccine. [Read Article]

How Pharmacists Can Protect Patients from Outdated COVID-19 Treatment Hydroxychloroquine is an ineffective and potentially dangerous treatment for COVID-19, yet prescriptions for patients with the virus continue. [Read Article]

Pfizer CEO says Third Shot Likely Needed Within 12 Months People will probably need a third shot of the Pfizer/BioNTech within 12 months of being fully vaccinated, Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla told CNBC on Thursday. Annual shots may also be needed, Bourla said. [Read Article]

Tabula Rasa HealthCare Expands COVID-19 Vaccine Support Services to Community Pharmacies Tabula Rasa HealthCare, Inc., a leading healthcare technology company advancing the safe use of medication, today announced an expansion of COVID-19 services for independent and chain pharmacies. [Read Article]

When COVID-19 Vaccinations Began, the USC Community Sprang Into Action The numbers tell the story: Since Pfizer received emergency approval for its COVID-19 vaccine in mid-December, quick efforts by USC have contributed to more than 800,000 people in Los Angeles getting inoculated. [Read Article] Evaluating Clinical Pharmacist Involvement in a COVID-19 Intensive Care Recovery Clinic COVID-19 survivors have distinct challenges in their recovery. This evaluation outlines the impact of clinical pharmacist involvement in an intensive care recovery clinic. [Read Article]

Certified Technicians Play a Feature Role in COVID-19 Response, Vaccinations Before the COVID-19 pandemic, pharmacy technicians spent most of their shifts helping patients, billing insurance, stocking the pharmacy area, dispensing prescriptions, and other administrative duties. However, COVID-19 quickly changed that. [Read Article]

I’m a Virus Expert Who Got the J & J Vaccine. I’m Not Losing Sleep. Here’s how to think about the federal investigation into rare but severe blood clots associated with the vaccine. [Read Article]

Pfizer Aims to Offer COVID Vaccine to Children in Time for 2021 School Year, if Authorized In the coming weeks or months, a COVID-19 vaccine could be authorized for use amongst children 12 to 15-years-old. [Read Article]

Local Pharmacists Feeling Burnt Out Amid COVID-19 Pandemic Some healthcare workers across the country are feeling overwhelmed and burnt out due to the stress of the COVID-19 pandemic. [Read Article]

Who Can Effectively Champion the Vax? Vaccine hesitancy -- the delay by people to get inoculated even when shots are widely available -- appears likely to be one more hurdle in ending the COVID-19 pandemic. [Read Article]

Brother-Sister Duo Share Love of Pharmacy by Vacci nating Community A significant age between siblings might suggest that they wouldn’t have much in common, but Hannah Rummer and Nicholas Reid have come together to share their love of pharmacy with the community that raised them. [Read Article]

Five Guidelines to Establishing a Post-Pandemic Telehealth Strategy Telehealth adoption has soared during the coronavirus pandemic, and it will be part of the process once the crisis is over. [Read Article] Survey Finds Consumers in Pain Over High Prescription Prices, in Need of Better Tools A survey from Scripta Insights found that some of the first words that come to consumers’ minds when thinking of prescription drugs are “expensive,” “necessary,” and “cost(ly).” [Read Article]

Three Changes Coming to Drug Pricing Pounded by both sides of the political aisle, pharmaceutical companies know what it feels like to be whipsawed by opposite ends of the American reimbursement system. [Read Article]

How Specialty Prescription Apps are Expanding Into Other Services It's become somewhat common in the last year to see news about prescription delivery apps expanding, either to offer more kinds of services or to offer telehealth more generally. [Read Article]

New Models for Practicing At the Top of Your License Clinical pharmacists practicing at the top of their license have the opportunity to close provider shortage gaps and improve the quality of patient care, based on the experiences of several innovative states that have implemented advanced practice models. [Read Article]

How Pharmacists Contribute Meaningfully in Primary Health Care Evidence is growing that health care delivered by teams is superior to services delivered by a single practitioner.[Read Article]

Hospitals and Health System Pharmacists Urge FDA to Take a Closer Look at 'White Bagging' The practice known as "white bagging" is exacerbating supply chain security challenges and jeopardizing patient safety, the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists and the American Hospital Association told acting Food and Drug commissioner Dr. Janet Woodcock in a March 31 letter. [Read Article]

Five Top-Paying States for Pharmacists The average annual wage for pharmacists in the U.S. is $125,460, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' occupational employment statistics survey. [Read Article]

Not All Heroes Wear Capes - Beyond the Sig On this episode of Beyond the Sig, third-year student pharmacist Brooke Kulusich chats with Skippack Pharmacy intern, Erica Mabry, and American Pharmacists Association (APhA) Chief of Governance & State Affiliates and Executive Director of the APhA Foundation, Mitch Rotholz, who is the policy lead for immunizations for the profession. [Read Article]

The Lack of Neighborhood Pharmacies is Crippling Our Community Back in the day, the neighborhoods were full of small pharmacies where pharmacists and residents knew each other. Based on the close-knit relationships with the residents, the staff and pharmacist- provided customized service. [Read Article]

How Employers are Rethinking the Pharmacy Benefit to Address Specialty Drugs As growing numbers of specialty drugs come through the development pipeline, employers are finding new strategies to manage the associated costs, a new report from Willis Towers Watson shows. [Read Article]

Pandemic Increased Mail Order Pharmacy Use by People with Diabetes, but Racial Disparities Persist Mail order pharmacy use increased during the COVID-19 pandemic among adults with type 2 diabetes, but use continued to differ by race and ethnicity, new Kaiser Permanente research shows. [Read Article]

Several Racial/Ethnic-Minority Groups Underrepresented in Health Care Professions Black, Hispanic, and Native American people are underrepresented in 10 health care professions, according to a study published online March 31 in JAMA Network Open. [Read Article]

Dismantling Structural Racism in Pharmacy Despite legal discrimination being outlawed almost 70 years ago, racism still exists today in various forms. Although it can look somewhat different from past days, its effects are similar and result in negative health disparities for minoritized groups. [Read Article]

Assess and Manage Your Pharmacy’s Profitability To be successful, independent pharmacists must identify the most essential financial key performance indicators (KPIs) for their businesses. [Read Article]

Google is Exploring a Health Record Tool for Patients After 13 years, Google is coming back for patient health records. The tech giant has launched an early user feedback program aimed at exploring how patients might want to see, organize, and share their own medical record data. [Read Article]

BACK TO TOP SIG Alert: Upcoming Community Pharmacy SIG Meeting on May 6 April 15, 2021 On behalf of the Community Pharmacy SIG Chair, Dawn Enzweiler and Chair-Elect Sanjay Patel, I would like to announce the next meeting of the Community Pharmacy SIG to take place on Thursday, May 6, 2021 from 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm. [Read More]

CPhA Member Benefit Pharmacy Law and Practice Conference April 15, 2021 We have an exciting NEW member benefit in 2021! Registration for the Pharmacy Law and Practice conference is FREE for members and still available to non-members for a $250 registration fee. [Read More]

Celebrate the Finest in Pharmacy at the Hall of Fame Banquet! April 15, 2021 The California Pharmacy Hall of Fame recognizes individuals who are, or have been, an inspiration to the practice of pharmacy in California, as exemplified by a long and distinguished history of service, character, innovation, trend setting and altruism. [Read Memo]

Membership Matters: Attitudes & Beliefs About Spiritual Care in Pharmacy Practice Survey April 14, 2021 You are invited to participate in a survey entitled “Attitudes & Beliefs About Providing Spiritual Care." [Read Memo]

Membership Matters: Evaluating Community Pharmacists’ Perceptions of Pharmacist-Led Pharmacogenomic Services Survey April 12, 2021 The UCSF School of Pharmacy is conducting a research project to learn about community pharmacists' knowledge, intent, motivating factors, and barriers to recommending and providing pharmacogenomic testing services. [Read Memo]

CPhA Members COVID-19 Vaccination Efforts Our members have been hard at work helping Californians get vaccinated! Thank you for all you do!

COVID-19 Resources CPhA understands that it is very difficult to keep up with the various news and resources pertaining to COVID-19. As such, we have created a valuable resources page and a COVID-19 Taskforce that is preparing recommendations and guidelines to ensure the health of all pharmacy professionals. [Resources, Taskforce Recommendations. Counties Vaccination Information] COVID-19 On-Demand Continuing Education

Establishing CLIA Waived Lab Services in Community Pharmacy Basics of COVID-19 & Pharmacotherapy Considerations Understanding the Validity of COVID-19 Test Results What is an Emergency Use Authorization? Clinical Utility of Diagnostic & Serological COVID-19 Testing

The Ray Symposium - Global Lectures in Healthcare The Ray Symposium honors Max D. Ray, MS, PharmD, Dean Emeritus of WesternU College of Pharmacy. Drug Regulations in the 21st Century - The FDA, Policy, and Politics? [Register Here]

April 22 Virtual 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

A Pharmacist's Prescription for Bringing in New Customers During this presentation, participants will learn pharmacy marketing strategies to increase business. Innovation Compounding will share templates for marketing campaigns and how each campaign may work for your business. Teams of one or many will leave empowered to market their pharmacy services immediately following the presentation. [Register Here]

April 28 Virtual via GoToWebinar 9:00 am - 10:00 am

Virtual Pharmacy Law & Practice Conference New CPhA member benefit for 2021! Don’t miss out on this one day conference coming up on May 1st. [Register Here]

May 1 or October 30 Virtual via Hopin 8:00 am - 4:00 pm A CPhA Virtual Town Hall MEMBERS EXCLUSIVE

With the influx of information published on a moment-by-moment basis, the California Pharmacists Association invites you to a brief, forty-five minute Virtual Town Hall to understand the current state of affairs for pharmacy professionals and COVID-19. [Register Here]

May 20 Virtual via Zoom 6:00 pm - 6:45 pm

Certificate Training Programs

Advanced Practice Pharmacist The California Pharmacists Association (CPhA) and National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) are proud to offer the new Advanced Practice Pharmacist certificate training program. The program, which is open to pharmacists from all practice settings, provides one of the approved pathways for pharmacists looking to become an advanced practice pharmacist and meets one of the Board of Pharmacy's licensing criteria. [View Program]

April 24 Virtual via Zoom Anticoagulation AzPA’s Anticoagulation certificate training program provides pharmacists with the basic knowledge and skills necessary to care for patients taking anticoagulation therapies. [View Program]

July 17 Virtual via Zoom

Cardiovascular Disease Risk Management APhA’s Pharmacy-Based Cardiovascular Disease Risk Management certificate training program explores the pharmacist’s role in cardiovascular disease risk management. [View Program]

August 21 Virtual via Zoom

Diabetes Care APhA's Pharmacist and Patient-Centered Diabetes Care Certificate Training Program gives participants experience evaluating and adjusting drug therapy regimens for patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes, counseling patients about lifestyle interventions, analyzing and interpreting self-monitoring of blood glucose results, and assessing the overall health status of patients to identify needed monitoring and interventions. [View Program] June 5 Virtual via Zoom November 13 Virtual via Zoom

Immunization Delivery APhA’s Pharmacy-Based Immunization Delivery certificate training program provides pharmacists with the skills necessary to become primary sources for vaccine advocacy, education, and administration. [View Program]

April 17 Virtual via Zoom - Registration Closed New Date Coming Soon

Medication Therapy Management Services APhA’s Delivering Medication Therapy Management Services certificate training program explores the pharmacist’s role in providing MTM services to patients. [View Program]

May 8 Virtual via Zoom August 21 Virtual via Zoom

Pharmacy-Based Immunization Administration by Pharmacy Technicians Originally developed by Washington State University (WSU) and recently revised through a partnership between WSU and the American Pharmacists Association (APhA), the APhA/WSU Pharmacy-Based Immunization Administration by Pharmacy Technicians training program explores the expanding role of the pharmacy technician by providing additional skills training to administer immunizations. [View Program]

April 17 Virtual via Zoom - Registration Closed New Date Coming Soon View the entire calendar of events of educational opportunities. [Click Here]

Western Pharmacy Exchange Do you like beautiful views, having fun, and FREE stuff? Register for WPE 2021 in Palm Springs by April 21st and automatically be in our raffle for 2 free Aerial Tramway tickets! Early bird rates are ending on April 30th! [Register Here] California Pharmacy Hall of Fame Banquet Celebrate the best in pharmacy at the 25th anniversary of the California Pharmacists Association Hall of Fame Banquet during WPE 2021! Tickets now available for purchase. [More Information]

On-Demand Courses

Providing PrEP and PEP in a Pharmacy To meet the Board of Pharmacy regulatory requirements the learning objectives for the 1.5 hour required training. [View Course]

WPE 2020 Virtual Education Bundle Looking to satisfy your continuing education needs before the end of 2020? CPhA is excited to offer our WPE 2020 Virtual Education Bundle, which includes 16 CE sessions representing 19.5 CPE hours of quality, relevant education for pharmacy professionals, all in one place. [View Bundle]

I was pleased to receive the email of the new Virtual Pharmacy Law & Practice Conference. How does the new member benefit work?

Erin Choi, PharmD Costa Mesa, CA

Dear Dr. Choi,

We’re excited to able to include our Pharmacy Law and Practice Conference as a new member benefit starting this year. The conference is aimed at keeping you up to date on the current pharmacy laws and emerging trends around pharmacy practice. You have the choice of registering for one of the two offerings, either on May 1 or October 30, and you choose the preferred date at the time of registration. As a CPhA member, you can register for the complimentary offering here.

Best,

Susan A. Bonilla Chief Executive Officer

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The California Pharmacists Association (CPhA) is the largest statewide professional association for pharmacists, student pharmacists, and pharmacy technicians in the country. CPhA represents the pharmacy profession in all practice settings and promotes the health of the public through the practice of pharmacy. For more information, visit cpha.com.

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