Maximize your value from McKesson ideaShare 2019

June 19, 2019 by Smart Retailing Rx
Top CE Sessions

8 don’t-miss CE opportunities  

In brief:

  • McKesson ideaShare 2019 offers ~200 opportunities to learn from industry leaders
  • More than 40 sessions offer continuing education credit
  • Build your schedule early to ensure access to CEs that will help grow your pharmacy

Discovering growth opportunities

When pharmacies offer high-quality services, patients and the entire healthcare system benefit. During McKesson ideaShare 2019, you and your team members will be surrounded by opportunities to better manage and grow your business.

Make a plan

Because McKesson ideaShare is so large and has so much to offer, once you arrive you might find the conference session schedule, the tradeshow floor and even networking opportunities to be overwhelming.

So before arriving in Orlando, make a plan.

You can use the online “Build My Schedule” capability to filter education session options by area of interest or by the person’s role in the pharmacy. You can quickly identify sessions that focus on:

  • Bringing in new patients
  • Expanding services
  • Gaining network access
  • Managing your business
  • Buying or selling a pharmacy

Pick CE sessions that will make a difference

Here are eight top subjects among more than 40 continuing education sessions that allow you to earn CE credit during ideaShare:

  1. Align diabetes care to new standards. Review the American Diabetes Association’s 2019 goals for glycemic control, blood pressure and lipid management. Then, identify interventions to help each patient reach those outcomes.

    Don’t miss → An Introduction to the 2019 Standards on Medical Care in Diabetes

  2. Counsel on OTC and DME. Prove your value by assessing patients, helping them select products, counseling on use and following up.

    3. Don’t miss → Beyond Prescriptions: Working Up Patients in Need of OTC and DME Recommendations

  3. Recommend appropriate vaccines. Know the latest recommendations for adult and child immunizations, and be prepared for the 2019–20 flu season. Understand mid-adult vaccination for HPV (human papillomavirus) and indirect effects of the pneumonia vaccine.

    4. Don’t miss → What’s New: The 2019 Immunization Update

  4. Be the DME destination for all ages. Injuries, surgery and rehabilitation can lead to patients needing durable medical equipment. Master the policies, procedures, accreditation and billing for a successful DME department.

    5. Don’t miss → Key Considerations for Adding or Expanding Durable Medical Equipment in the Pharmacy

  5. Target nutrient depletion. Be confident in identifying medications that could cause nutrient depletion, laboratory results that show deficiencies, and appropriate supplements.

    6. Don’t miss → Nutrient Depletion: A Clinical Review

  6. Take travel services to a new level. Don’t just add travel vaccines to your immunization services. Offer complete care from pre-travel consultation to medications and complementary products that keep travelers well.

    7. Don’t miss → Clinical Skills to Support Travel Health Services

  7. Work with providers. Providers are feeling the financial impact of quality measures. That means they are more willing to listen to pharmacist recommendations for therapy changes. Discover how to identify physicians in value-based contracts and what measures are most important to them so you can collaborate in improving care.

    8. Don’t miss → Mind the Gap: Learn How to Identify and Close Gaps in Care by Influencing Prescribers

  8. Capture the value of quality performance. Improve adherence and other measures of patient care quality by integrating that mission into your culture and workflow. Seize the opportunities for value-based reimbursement.

    9. Don’t miss → Expanding Pharmacy Quality Beyond the Measures

    The schedule page on McKessonideaShare.com will provide you with more detailed descriptions of each CE session.

    Nothing compares with being in the room with pharmacy leaders. Tap their expertise and get answers to your specific questions. Leave with knowledge and practical ideas to grow your business.

    Mark your schedule

    Day/Date

    Time

    Session

    Wed, June 26

    11:00 am–12:00 pm

    Mind the Gap: Learn How to Identify and Close Gaps in Care by Influencing Prescribers

    Wed, June 26

    1:00–3:00 pm

    		Expanding Pharmacy Quality Beyond the Measures

    Wed, June 26

    3:30–5:00 pm

    		Nutrient Depletion: A Clinical Review

    Wed, June 26

    3:30–5:00 pm

    		An Introduction to the 2019 Standards on Medical Care in Diabetes

    Thurs, June 27

    9:00–10:00 am

    		Clinical Skills to Support Travel Health Services

    Thurs, June 27

    1:30–3:00 pm

    		Beyond Prescriptions: Working Up Patients in Need of OTC and DME Recommendations

    Fri, June 28

    7:15–8:15 am

    		Key Considerations for Adding or Expanding Durable Medical Equipment in the Pharmacy

    Sat, June 29

    7:45–8:45 am

    		What’s New: The 2019 Immunization Update