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Pharmacy Technician Informatics Workgroup 2011 Update There’s a VA APP for That!

Pharmacy Technician Informatics Workgroup 2011 Update There’s a VA APP for That!. August 2-5 2011 Edna Bowser, CPhT VISN 4. Pharmacy Technician Informatics Workgroup Members. Amy Bieryla, RPh VISN 4 Edna Bowser, CPhT VISN 4 Jonathan Corbett, CPhT VISN 15

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Pharmacy Technician Informatics Workgroup 2011 Update There’s a VA APP for That!

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  1. Pharmacy Technician Informatics Workgroup2011 Update There’s a VA APP for That! August 2-5 2011 Edna Bowser, CPhT VISN 4

  2. Pharmacy Technician Informatics Workgroup Members • Amy Bieryla, RPh VISN 4 • Edna Bowser, CPhT VISN 4 • Jonathan Corbett, CPhT VISN 15 • LeAnn Gadbaw, CPhT VISN 6 • Lina Hughes, RPh VISN 20 • Debbie MacDonald, RPh VISN 19 • Judy Peterson, RPh VISN 11

  3. Pharmacy Technician Informatics WorkgroupMission Statement The Pharmacy Technician Informatics group is dedicated to the continuing education and training of VA Pharmacy technicians by: • Developing computer-based modules with a standardized core in an easy to use format, focusing on the functions generally used by all pharmacy technicians. • Providing innovative ways to formally train new and existing pharmacy technicians to reflect the complexity and scope of today’s VA technicians. • Updating the existing modules for any software upgrades and/or process changes.

  4. Pharmacy Technician Informatics Workgroup Today’s Objectives: • List the completed pharmacy technician training modules and some lessons learned. • Describe the current work in progress and some difficulties encountered. • Discuss topics for future training modules.

  5. Accomplishments • VistA Training Module for Outpatient Technician • Pharmacy Technician VistA Inpatient/Unit Dose Medication Menu Training Module • Pharmacy Technician VistA IV Menu Training Module • Pharmacy Technician VistA Production Menu Training Module • Pharmacy Technician VistA Controlled Substance Menu Module and Production Reports Module

  6. Pharmacy Technician Informatics Workgroup Existing challenges • Duties vary greatly from site to site • Access, keys • Process with ADC’s significantly impacts module • Software dated

  7. Pharmacy Technician Informatics Workgroup Feedback from new employee: “ As a new employee, I used the training modules and found them to be a great help. A lot of things I didn’t know were step-by-step illustrated in the module making it easy to execute the task I was trying to do. So my overall assessment of them, is that they can be a very good reference for both new and present employees.”

  8. Pharmacy Technician Informatics Workgroup Lessons Learned • Weekly meetings and weekly agendas keep the group on track and focused • Make weekly assignments manageable • Formatting slides • How to produce the menus: go in order rather than following a process • Teamwork

  9. Pharmacy Technician Informatics Workgroup Where we are headed….. • VistA tips and tricks for the pharmacy technician • BCMA, CPRS, and ePharmacy • Geared to pharmacy technician use • Cover only “need to know” areas • Specialized and clinical technicians • Update existing modules

  10. Pharmacy Technician Informatics Workgroup Spin offs from group • Pharmacy technician national email group • VHAPBH PHARMACY TECHNICIAN • Pharmacy technician forum • Pharmacy technician study group • VHA PHARMACY TECHNICIAN CERTIFICATION STUDY GROUP

  11. Pharmacy Technician Inpatient Training Outpatient Technician Training Pharmacy Technician Production Training Questions? ?? Pharmacy Technician IV Training Future Modules ?? Controlled Substance Training

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