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Webinar:

Effective Pharmacy Interactions with "The C-Suite"
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This webinar is designed to provide the pharmacist with background information about the current healthcare environment, with an emphasis on how the hospital/health-system and priorities of the C-Suite are affected. The overall goal is to enable the pharmacist to gain knowledge and confidence in preparation to present to the C-Suite on topics affecting pharmacy and the medication use process. Specific case examples of presentations that worked and did not work will be provided.

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This presentation is about an hour long.

Speaker

James A. Jorgenson, R.Ph., M.S., FASHP
Executive Director for Pharmacy Services,
Clarian Health, Indianapolis, IN

As Executive Director of the Department of Pharmacy Services, Mr. Jorgenson's responsibilities include the direction and leadership for all pharmacy programs at the Clarian Medical Center complex. Inpatient services provide direct pharmacy care for the 350 bed Indiana University Medical Center, the 276 bed Riley Children's Hospital, the 54 bed Indiana University Simon Cancer Center, the 200 bed Clarian Arnett Hospital and the 1,000 bed Clarian Methodist Hospital. Ambulatory programs include 9 retail pharmacies, a mail order pharmacy and a variety of ambulatory clinical pharmacy services.

Mr. Jorgenson earned a Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy and a Master of Science in Hospital Pharmacy from the University of Minnesota. He also completed a two year residency in Hospital Pharmacy Administration at United and Children's Hospital in St. Paul, Minnesota. He has served on editorial and advisory boards for health care providers and industry. He has also been an active member of ASHP, serving on the ASHP Goals Committee, the Commission on Credentialing and the Councils for Legal and Public Affairs and Administrative Affairs and in numerous state affiliated chapter positions. Mr. Jorgenson has authored over 30 publications and has provided over 100 invited presentations both nationally and internationally.

Previous to joining Clarian, Mr. Jorgenson was the Administrative Director for Pharmacy and the Associate Dean for Pharmacy at the University of Utah. He was also responsible for the operation of Drug Information Services supporting the 2002 Winter Olympic Games as well as the Polyclinic Pharmacy which provided pharmacy services to the athletes and Olympic family.

Learning Objectives and Major Content Areas

1. Define and describe changing expectations for pharmacy services from the C-Suite.
2. Describe the current priorities for the C-Suite in order to understand them as an audience.
3. Anticipate questions that may arise when presenting to the C-Suite.
4. Begin to develop a presentation for the C-Suite by learning from the examples presented.