Current Agenda
- NPPA Conference 2010
Here find the Current Agenda
for NPPA’s 14th Annual Conference this August 9-12. An estimated 10-12 units of ACPE-accredited CE's will be available, including the one
hour of required yet often hard-to-find, Pharmacy Law. Current lectures & speakers are subject to change.
Program Start: Monday, August 9 approx. 11am (check-in
& onsite regist. available Sun. evening)
Exhibits: Tuesday
& Wednesday afternoon after lectures, approx. 3 hours/day.
Program End: Thursday, August 12, approximately
12:00 pm
Monday, August 9
• 10:00 am - 11:30 am: Buyer Check-In & Onsite Registration
• 10:15 am - 11:30 am: Breakfast provided
• 11:30
am - 12:00 pm
Annual Conference History & About NPPA (including introduction of Advisory Board)
Outstanding Buyer of the Year Award Winners & Program, Sponsored by Hospira,
Inc.
• 12:10 pm
- 1:10 pm
Why Did You Do That: How Do We Make Decisions?
Kay Potetz, PhD, from Speakers Unlimited of Columbus, OH
• 1:15 pm - 2:30 pm
Is Your Facility LEAN Yet? Cutting Costs, Improving Safety, Quality, & Employee Morale
Kathy Pflaum, Inventory Control Coordinator, St. Francis Health Center, Topeka, KS
• 2:45 pm
- 4:15 pm
GPO Break-Out Sessions, Members-Only
Amerinet, Broadlane, Health Trust, MedAssets, Novation, & Premier
will be in attendance.
• 5:30 pm: Opening Reception (for Buyer-Attendees & Sponsoring
Vendor Representatives)
Tuesday, August 10
• 7:30 am - 8:30 am: Breakfast provided
• 8:30 am - 9:30 am
Pharmacy Purchasing, The Buyer/Director Team
– One Director’s Perspective
Lyle Matthews, PharmD, MAM,
Pharmacy Services Director, Eisenhower Medical
Center,
Rancho Mirage, CA
• 9:35 am - 10:35 am
The
Pharmacy Buyer's Role in Implementing Change: The Insulin Pen Case
Kevin Hoehn, PharmD, MBA,
BCPS, CGP, Pharmacy Clinical Coordinator, Faxton St. Luke's
Healthcare, Utica, NY
• 10:45 am - 11:45am
Impact of Trained vs. Non-Trained Pharmacy
Purchasing Professionals on Pharmacy Finances
Richard Ponder, MBA, CPhT, CPP,
CEPP, CMRP, Pharmacy Supply Chain Supervisor,
East Jefferson
General Hospital, Metairie, LA
• 11:45 am - 1:15 pm: Lunch on own
• 1:20 pm - 2:00 pm
Buyer Issues of the Day: a panel of Pharmacy Buyer presenters will speak on the current
hot topics of the day.
• Managing Hazardous Pharmaceutical Waste
Pamela Hale, CPhT, BBA, Mercy Health Partners SW Ohio, Cincinnati,
Ohio
• 2:10 pm - 3:10 pm
Diversion – The DEA Perspective
Michael J. Lewis, Diversion Program
Manager, DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration),
Los Angeles Field Division, Los
Angeles, CA
• 3:15 pm
- 6:15 pm:
Sponsor Displays
Wednesday, August 11
• 9:00 am - 10:00 am
Managing Drug Shortages: A
Buyer/Vendor Perspective
Allen Sutherland, CPhT, Senior Pharmacy Buyer, Saint Joseph’s Hospital, Phoenix, AZ
• 10:10
am - 11:40 am
Wholesaler Breakout Sessions, Members-Only
AmerisourceBergen, Cardinal Health, & McKesson will be in attendance.
• 11:45 am – 1:00 pm: Lunch on own
• 1:05 pm - 2:05 pm
Drug
Developments in 2010: Implications for the Pharmacy Purchaser
Kevin Hoehn, PharmD, MBA,
BCPS, CGP, Pharmacy Clinical Coordinator, Faxton St. Luke's
Healthcare, Utica, NY
• 2:10 pm - 3:10 pm
Buyer Issues of the Day: a
panel of Pharmacy Buyer presenters will speak on the current
hot topics
of the day.
• Buyers Taking an Active Role in Patient
Safety
Patrick Gallagher, Pharmacy Buyer, Marian Medical
Center, Santa Maria, CA
• Pharmaceutical Reps: Friend or Foe?
Randi Ryder, CPhT, Pharmacy Purchasing Specialist, Memorial Hospital Central,
Colorado
Springs, CO
• Value of Central Purchasing
Edmond Schryer, CPhT,
Pharmacy Buyer, Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City, UT
• The Road to a Stress-Free Inventory
Leanne Witt, Pharmacy
Buyer, Cox Walnut Lawn
Hospital, Springfield, MO
• 3:15 pm - 6:15 pm: Sponsor Displays
Thursday, August 12
• 8:00 am - 9:00 am: Breakfast provided
• 9:00 am - 10:15 am
Automation & Role of the Pharmacy Buyer
Debby Flannery, Pharmacy Purchasing Coordinator, Eisenhower Medical
Center,
Rancho Mirage, CA
• 10:20 am - 11: 10 am
Buyer-to-Buyer
Networking Forum
Buyer-Attendees will have the chance to ask
questions and offer solutions
and answers with each other on their day-to-day practices and issues.
• 11:10 am - 11:50 am
Feedback
Session (Buyer-Attendees only)
Qualified
Grand Prize Drawing
• 11:50 am:
Conference End
