Assuring Sleep Apnea Gets the Proper Care & Tech Platforms Designed for Pharmacist’s Clinical Management

Part 1 Sleep apnea is a potentially serious sleep disorder in which breathing repeatedly stops and starts. If you snore loudly and feel tired even after a full night's sleep, you might have sleep apnea. Guest: Dr. David Neubauer MD Dr. David Neubauer is Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Johns Hopkins University and an expert in sleep medicine. David Neubauer is a Fellow of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine and Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, as well as a member of the Sleep Research Society, European Sleep Research Society, and the World Sleep Society, where he serves on the International Scientific Committee. He has served on the Board of Directors and Executive Committee of the National Sleep Foundation. David is the author of Understanding Sleeplessness: Perspectives on Insomnia published by the Johns Hopkins University Press, as well as numerous articles and book chapters on sleep-related topics. He is coauthor of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine Clinical Practice Guideline for the Pharmacologic Treatment of Chronic Insomnia in Adults and the current Wolters Kluwer UpToDate section on “Pharmacotherapy for Insomnia in Adults.” Part 2 Special Guests: Tara (Schmidt) Pfund, PharmD Product Manager at AssureCare LLC Parth Shah VP of Product at AssureCare, LLC Tara is the lead development, design, and strategy for various clinical services solutions supporting pharmacist providers. The successful expansion of pharmacy roles during COVID-19 lead many pharmacists to want the temporary shift to become permanent. Dr. Tara Pfund, PharmD talks about the shifting scope of practice from being a medication dispenser to taking on a clinician role as an integral member of patient care. Pharmacists are playing a vital role in improving health outcomes and studies have shown positive impacts on health outcomes when pharmacists are involved in the patient care. Medication adherence, outcomes in chronic conditions, and preventing hospitalizations have all seen improvement with pharmacists’ expanded scope of care. AssureCare’s innovative, patient-centered, connected care platform increases access to care, reduces cost of care, improves quality of care, and accelerates patient engagement.