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SAG on Business Development and System Integration

Charges

  • Develop resources for creating, measuring, and marketing pharmacy services.
  • Develop resources to effectively manage economic and financial performance.
  • Develop resources for evolving reimbursement and payment systems.
  • Develop resources for successful vertical and horizontal health system integration (e.g. system-ness).
  • Develop resources to assist leaders in optimizing department structure & function to meet enterprise needs.
  • Serve as a resource for ASHP advocacy efforts as it relates to pharmacy practice advancement in hospitals and health systems.

Leadership

Chair

Tamara Bezdicek, PharmD, BCPS
Manager, Medication Policy
M Health Fairview
Minneapolis, MN

Vice Chair

Taben Main, PharmD, MS
Director of Pharmacy, West Oregon Service Area
Providence Health & Services
Portland, OR


Current Business Development and System Integration SAG Roster




SAG on Frontline Leaders

Charges

  • Advise pharmacy leaders on how to start new strategic initiatives, lead effective change management, optimize staff empowerment, and leverage market place opportunities.
  • Develop resources for creating and advancing innovative pharmacy practice models.
  • Develop resources for advancements in pharmacy operations utilizing technology, new products, and new applications
  • Develop resources for the training and development of the next generation of frontline pharmacy employees through mentorship and experiential learning.

Leadership

Chair

Katherine DeSanctis, PharmD, MS
Director of Pharmacy
Mass General Brigham, Healthcare at Home
Somerville, MA

Vice Chair

Ganesh Chandran, PharmD, MBA
Assistant Director, Acute Care Pharmacy Operations
University of North Carolina Medical Center
Chapel Hill, NC


Current Frontline Leaders SAG Roster




SAG on New and Emerging Leaders

Charges

  • Advance the effectiveness of new pharmacy leaders through leadership development.
  • Generate ideas and resources on specific educational programming (e.g. Student Leadership Workshop & Student Pharmacy Forecast Workshop).
  • Develop resources to advance the roles for new and emerging leaders.

Leadership

Chair

Sherry Kwon, PharmD, MHA
Associate Dean
US Army
San Antonio, TX

Vice Chair

Carmen Gust, PharmD, BCPS, DPLA, 340B ACE
340B Manager
ThedaCare Inc.
Appleton, WI


Current New and Emerging Leaders SAG Roster




SAG on Strategy and Industry Disrupters

Charges

  • Advise on trends that will influence the future of pharmacy practice in hospitals and health systems.
  • Develop resources that help members address unique multiple-hospital leadership challenges.
  • Develop resources for contemporary topics including the industry forecast reports.
  • Advise on advocacy, education, and health system leadership needs to successfully navigate the macro health care market issues impacting patient care in the United States.

Leadership

Chair

Daniel O'Neil, PharmD, MS, FASHP
Assistant Vice President, Pharmacy Services
WVU Medicine - WVU Hospitals
Morgantown, WV

Vice Chair

Nicole Clark, PharmD, MHA, BCPS, FASHP, FMSHP
Director of Pharmacy
Tufts Medicine MelroseWakefield Hospital
Melrose, MA


Current Strategy and Industry Disrupters SAG Roster




SAG on Value, Quality, and Compliance

Charges

  • Develop resources to assist members to excel in regulatory compliance and evolving best practices.
  • Advise and affect positive change on quality measures and other standards affecting the medication use process.
  • Develop resources that assists members to excel in evolving quality reporting initiatives.
  • Develop resources (educational content, tools) to assist members justify changes to standards affecting the medication use process.
  • Develop resources that support members’ success in influencing and aligning with the organizations’ initiatives on defining and achieving value and quality goals.

Leadership

Chair

Davey Legendre, PharmD, MBA, BCIDP, BCPS, FASHP
Vice President, Pharmacy Management
PharmD on Demand
Woodstock, GA

Vice Chair

Katrina Derry, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP
Director of Acute Care Pharmacy Programs
UCOP
Oakland, CA


Current Value, Quality, and Compliance SAG Roster

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