Boothe - Pharmovation: Advocate for Resources, Advocate Pharmacy Practice, & Accelerate Your Pharmacy Career

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ISBN: 978-1-955342-26-1

I would like to dedicate this book...

TO MY PARENTS,

for encouraging me to dream big and be myself;

TO MY HUSBAND & CHILDREN,

for making life fun and supporting my career passions;

TO ALL PHARMOVATORS,

for your desire to innovate pharmacy practice and serve patients.

Innovation the ability to see change: as an opportunity not a threat.

Steve Jobs

Pause for a moment and imagine yourself at work. Close your eyes and imagine yourself in the room where you spend most of your working hours. Take a few deep breaths. Now, imagine what your week would look like if you had all the resources you needed.

If you werent constantly frustrated by

• Limited Resources
• Technician Shortages
• Drug Shortages
• Misaligned Reimbursement
• Having to Explain Your Value
• Being Asked to Do More with Less
• Being Overwhelmed
• Burnout
• Self-Sabotage

What would your week look like without daily discouragement?

What if you had what you needed to succeed?

Ive asked myself these questions for years, and I have been on a quest to answer them for my team, departments I consult for, and other pharmacy leaders like you. My strengths have always been strategy and project management; creating bold strategic plans and executing them is what I do best.

But pharmacy practice is my true passion. Ive supported the creation of well over 250 positions in different health systems throughout my career. Ive been speaking on the topic of pharmacy practice advancement for over 6 years. Im on a journey to justify resources for pharmacy and inspire a bold practice advancement movement.

One milestone along this journey began in late 2017. Im living in Connecticut with my family my husband and three kiddos scrolling through LinkedIn when I come across a post by Anna Garrett, a pharmacist leader I follow, but, at that time, hadnt yet met in person. I read groggily as I sip my tea. Shes hosting a new conference in Asheville, North Carolina, the following spring called the Medipreneurs Summit.

One thing you should know about me is that I love conferences. I mean I REALLY love them. I get so jazzed learning about pharmacy practice and advancements in our field. In college, I ran for a leadership position and answered the question, What would you do if you had unlimited funds? with I would require everyone to attend a conference of their choice for professional development every year. All expenses paid. To me, theres nothing like conference energy. Everyone is away from regular life for a few days, staying in a nice hotel, and getting to really geek out on things that excite them. Youre with your people. You all love the same things. Youre passionate about the field youre in. Theres a certain inspiration from conferences thats hard to find anywhere else.

So when the inaugural Medipreneurs conference dates were announced for April 2018, I was excited to be part of the first group to attend.

The following season was one of immense transition. To date, in my career, Id already justified the creation of over 75 new positions in pharmacy. Id seen what pharmacy departments can do when properly equipped. I knew the tools that it took to get there. And I was looking for a way to share those tools with more pharmacy leaders.

Beyond my existential desire to affect change on a new level, I also accepted a new position in Cincinnati, moved my family to Ohio, and come April, we are definitely ready for a break from so much change and transition. We loaded up the car and drove five and a half hours to North Carolina, where my husband, Richard, found an outdoor zip-lining adventure for the kids and I drank lots of hot tea while planning and dreaming alongside other entrepreneurs in the medical field.

Saturday morning, I listened intently to Lisa Larters keynote address titled, Jump: Use your Gifts to Live your Dreams. She speaks about bringing your strengths to the forefront of your career and finding ways to integrate your passion and expertise. My mind begins to buzz. Something in my brain finally clicks.

I suddenly know my next steps as if theyve been laid before me in stone. I write down yes, I still have the notes! a pharmacy-specific program. Later that afternoon in a break-out session the ideas keep flowing. Sitting at half-moon tables covered in crisp white tablecloths I brainstorm with other medical professionals. A pharmacy-specific program training those in leadership to be bold and advocate for what we need to provide the services we want to provide. We can do more with more!

That day, Pharmovation was born (and yes, I even wrote this name down to capture the need for innovation as we advance). Exactly one year later, at the second Medipreneurs conference, I launched the course. And two years later, this book came into being.

Pharmovation is a marriage of my strengths and passions, exactly what Lisa Larter prescribed in 2018. This book contains the information, skills, tactics, and strategies you need to innovate pharmacy practice at your organization.

Before we jump in, lets get acquainted. This book assumes that youre a pharmacy professional or in some sort of leadership role adjacent to a pharmacy team. Perhaps youre both. You may serve at a stand-alone hospital, be part of a health system pharmacy or work in another area of pharmacy practice.

Youre a professional dedicated to practicing at the top of your license, serving as many patients as possible in the most effective way youre able.

This book will help you determine what you need and strategically implement these needs so you wont have to only imagine what you could do with more. Youll finally be able to overcome the frustration of health system pharmacy chaos with career development & innovative strategic planning.

Pharmovation is the only method of its kind. It will not only show you exactly what to do to accelerate your career and advocate for resources, but ultimately, how to advance pharmacy practice to bring joy to your work and improve patient outcomes.

Lets take a closer look at what well get into over the next few hundred pages. A mantra of mine that youll see repeated throughout the book is: