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Dr. Renee Jones, Pharm D.

Director of Pharmacy, Personal Physician Care

Renee Jones is a licensed pharmacist in the states of Florida and New Jersey. She began her career in healthcare in 2006 as the Clinical Pharmacy Coordinator of Hunterdon Medical Center and Assistant Professor at the Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy at Rutgers University in New Jersey. She then relocated to South Florida to serve as the Pharmacy Operations Supervisor, Clinical Coordinator, and Residency Program Coordinator of Broward Health Medical Center for 8 years. During this tenure, her focus was to improve patient care, contain cost, and promote safe practices as it relates to Joint Commission standards and clinical guidelines. As the Director of Pharmacy Partnerships and Innovations at Nova Southeastern University, she worked with numerous providers, accountable care organizations (ACOs), and management services organizations (MSOs) to improve quality benchmark measures and initiate strategic plans related to annual wellness visits, chronic care management, incident to billing, post-acute discharge home visits, and transitional care medicine. She now practices as the Director of Pharmacy at Personal Physician Care. Her core responsibilities within the ACOs and MSOs is to reduce hospital admissions and ER visits, target high risk / high cost patients to improve morbidity and reduce costs, and supervise chronic care management and transitional care management teams.

Friday November 13, 2020

NEW DRUG UPDATE

ACPE # 0043-9999-20-003-L01-P

Objectives:

1.  Discuss the clinical indications for the new medications approved by the FDA.

2. Explain the various mechanisms of action for the medications discussed within this program.

3.  Recognize the clinically relevant drug interactions for the medications.

4.  Identify the most common adverse reactions for the new drug approvals.

5.  Explain the approved dosing guidelines and recommended dosage adjustments for the medications reviewed.

Saturday November 14, 2020

TRANSITIONS IN CARE: THE NEXTGEN PHARMACIST

ACPE # TBA

Objectives:

1.  Assess how population health and quality benchmark measures financially impact a medical organization.
2. Educate pharmacists on Current Procedural Technology (CPT) codes that can be used without provider status.
3. Describe how Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) and Management Services Organizations (MSOs) can reduce health care costs and improve the quality of care.
4. Identify numerous areas in which pharmacists have affected patient outcomes and cost savings using population health data.
5. Discuss Medicare endorsed clinical programs that pharmacists can offer primary care provider using a financial pro format.

Sunday November 15, 2020

Dr. Tricia Gangoo-Dookhan, BS Pharmacy, Pharm D., CPh

Nova Southeastern University School of Pharmacy

Dr. Gangoo-Dookhan is a clinical pharmacist at Nova Southeastern University (NSU) ACORN SEED Center College of Pharmacy in the department of Pharmacy Practice. Dr. Gangoo-Dookhan received her Bachelor of Science Degree from St. John’s University and Health Sciences, NY in 1994. She then went on to pursue and successfully obtain honors with highest honors her Doctorate of Pharmacy degree at Nova Southeastern University in 2000. Dr. Gangoo-Dookhan has had the opportunity to practice in many settings, community retail and institutional pharmacy as well as owning and operating her independent community pharmacy. In 2012, she was named “Pharmacist of the Year” for Bi-Lo Pharmacy. During her time there, she was able to spearhead and implement both immunization and MTM programs for Miami, Broward, and West Palm Beach Counties. During 2005 to 2011, she was instrumental in developing a county-wide program to offer HIV medications to patients who could not afford them.

Dr. Gangoo-Dookhan is a certified APhA Immunization and MTM trainer, a certified American Heart Association basic life support trainer, and a licensed consultant pharmacist in Florida. She currently oversees the day to day operations and services provided by student pharmacists to primary care physician groups and accountable care organizations, such as medication therapy management, transitions of care and pharmacy related support.

AN UPDATE ON IMMUNIZATIONS

ACPE # TBA

Objectives:

1.  Review vaccine immunology.
2.  Provide an outline of various disease states and their conditions.
3.  Interpret statistics on these diseases in the United States.
4.  Describe vaccinations including side effects and contraindications.
5.  Identify target population for each vaccine.
6.  Recommend appropriate vaccination schedule for all populations.
7.  Review updates on the immunization schedule for 2019 and new vaccines.
8.  Debunk common myths about immunizations and tips to communicate effectively with patients regarding these misconceptions.
9.  Review the management of adverse events post vaccination.
10.  Explain vaccine storage and stability.