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Are You Partnering with Schools of SchoolsofPharmacy Pharmacy?
 
The Dispensary of Hope has established great partnerships with all three of the local schools of pharmacy in Nashville. Through these partnerships, our team is assigned one pharmacy intern a month to join our team to learn how Dispensary of Hope operates. In turn, our team benefits from our pharmacy interns' support through their efforts in bringing clinical knowledge to the organization. Joining our team this month is Cailin Harris.


Cailin Harris, a P4 student, comes from Belmont University and has hopes to work in the ambulatory care setting, bridging the care gap between rural patients and their health conditions. She has been a tremendous asset to our team so far. Currently, Cailin is assisting in the development of a presentation to the SCSHP (South Carolina Society of Health-System Pharmacists) pharmacy hospital leaders group, creating an overview presentation on anti-infectives for the nonclinical employees at the Dispensary of Hope, and writing a network newsletter article for GI/IBS Awareness Month that will go out in a couple of weeks.

Hillary Blackburn, PharmD, our Director of Pharmaceutical Services, does an amazing job integrating the students with the Dispensary of Hope while also giving them a unique perspective in pharmacy practice. Our pharmacy interns actively participate in our day-to-day activities by researching drug information questions, sitting in on calls and meetings, helping to pick and ship orders, and preparing presentations. The Dispensary of Hope is grateful for the support from Schools of Pharmacy in furthering our mission.

eHope 1.5 is Coming!
New updates to eHope are coming soon! Look forward to improvements eHope1.5 made to the system on  Tuesday, April 9th . In order to implement the improvements,  eHope will be down between Wednesday April 3rd and Tuesday April 9th . 
 
Keep In Mind: 
  • We understand and apologize for any inconvenience the downtime may cause, but we are confident that the updates will improve your interaction with the Dispensary of Hope inventory. 
  • Feel free to increase your ordering prior to this down time. We will not have the ability to process any orders after Wednesday April 3rd until eHope is back up on Tuesday April 9th. 
  • Any orders currently in eHope on Wednesday April 3rd will be processed by our distribution team and shipped via FedEx by Monday April 8th. Please refer to your FedEx tracking email for updated delivery information.
There will be new changes made to eHope:

Click HERE to read the full changes being made to eHope!
* Mark your calendar: Quarterly Utilization Numbers for Q1-2019 are dueReminders April 10th! Remember to enter the three metrics: Patient Encounters, 30-Day Fills and Unique Patients! 
  • Q1-2019: January, February and March
  • Number of Patient Encounters
    • These patients may have presented in person or as a mail order fill.
  • Number of Prescriptions (30-day fills)
    • The number of 30-day fills given during the quarter.
  • Number of Unique Patients
    • The number of unduplicated individual patients that received Dispensary of Hope medication during the quarter. 

* Southeast Symposium: We invite our network members in the Southeastern states to join us on  April 25-26 in Nashville, TN. 

The Southeast Symposium is a regional meeting designed exclusively for our network to grow their knowledge. All network members are  free to attend, should you be interested and can travel. This symposium will offer opportunities to network, share best practices and connect directly with the Dispensary of Hope team to learn more about the safety-net community. More information will be coming soon, including an agenda for the event. 

Please click  here for an updated list of suggested hotels. 
*Due to the NFL Draft hosted in Nashville during the weekend (April 27 - April 28), we recommend booking your hotel soon as prices are set to increase. 


The Dispensary of Hope visits Mizzou Pharmacy University Hospital!MOSiteVisit

Earlier this month, Dispensary of Hope's Logan White, Network Operations Manager, and Barin Tayip, Account Manager, had the opportunity to traveled to Columbia, Missouri to visit with Mizzou Pharmacy University Hospital. 

Since joining in November 2017, Mizzou Pharmacy continues to grow. Tom Greenlee, PharmD., Manager of Retail Pharmacy, and Meredith Lennek-Simons, PharmD., Outpatient Pharmacy Supervisor, gave our team a chance to see their pharmacy in action. With outpatient and employee pharmacy conducted in one central location, the team is able to serve multiple patients. The pharmacy has strong communication within the hospital system about the program. Working with the Patient Medication Liaison and social workers throughout the hospital, they are able to quickly and efficiently screen and refer patients to the pharmacy.

Partnering with the MedZou Community Health Clinic, the pharmacy is able to provide for their patients' medication needs. With hopes of continuing to expand their services, we look forward to more growth from Mizzou Pharmacy! 


Pictured left to right: Tom Greenlee, PharmD., Manager of Retail Pharmacy, Meredith Lennek-Simons, PharmD., Outpatient Pharmacy Supervisor, Barin Tayip, Account Manager (Dispensary of Hope). 

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Logan White, Kasey Gregory, Barin Tayip & Josh Hagar l Account Managers
Phone: 615-736-5075
Dispensary of Hope l www.dispensaryofhope.org
2700 Brick Church Pike
Nashville, Tennessee 37207