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Contents
20Ways MISSION
To educate pharmacy management on
products and services that serve to improve
patient care or improve a pharmacy’s financial
bottom line, while distilling and presenting this
relevant information via 20 product profiles.
2022 CIRCULATION
Issue Focus: Hospital & Infusion
Issue Frequency: Summer & Winter
Circulation Per Issue: 12,200+
6,500+ Hospital Directors
2,200+ Clinical Consultants
2,500+ Industry Executives
1,000+ Trade Show Handouts
Issue Focus: Retail, Specialty, & LTC
Issue Frequency: Spring, Fall, & Winter
Circulation Per Issue: 26,500+
18,000+ Owners (Independents)
1,500+ Long-Term Care Pharmacies
2,500+ Retail Chain Executives
2,500+ Industry Executives
2,000+ Trade Show Handouts
QUARTERLY ISSUES
Visit 20Ways ONLINE at
RXinsider.com/20Ways
Health System • Infusion
IMPROVING PATIENT
C A R E & P H A R M A C Y
COST CONTAINMENT
H E A L T H S Y S T E M & I N F U S I O N E D I T I O N
SUMMER 2022
20 Unique
Products &
Services
Discover 20 products and services
that will help your pharmacy improve
patient care or contain costs.
Clean Air Technology
& Supplies
Industry Expert Q&A, Market Leaders
Buyer’s Guide, and More
pg. 54
New Features
NSF/ANSI 456 Vaccine
Storage Standard
page 46
CSTDs (Closed System
Transfer Devices)
pg. 84
3 Case Studies
CPS, Liberty Software,
and Rees Scientific
Follett Refrigerators are
Omnicell FlexLock-Ready
A 20Ways Profile by Follett pg. 43
Summer 2022
Community • Specialty • LTC
Pharmacy
Management
Software
Industry Expert Q&A, Market
Leaders Buyer’s Guide, and More
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IMPROVING PATIENT
C A R E & P H A R M A C Y
P R O F I T A B I L I T Y
C O M M U N I T Y , S P E C I A L T Y , & L T C E D I T I O N
SPRING 2022
20 Unique
Products
& Services
Discover 20 products and services
that will help your pharmacy improve
patient care or increase profitability.
3 Case Studies
McKesson, Liberty Software,
and Innovatix
8 Thought Leaders
CPS, Micro Merchant Systems,
The Compliance Team, and Surescripts
Spring 2022
Community • Specialty • LTC
IMPROVING PATIENT
C A R E & P H A R M A C Y
P R O F I T A B I L I T Y
C O M M U N I T Y , S P E C I A L T Y , & L T C E D I T I O N
FALL 2022
20 Unique
Products &
Services
Discover 20 products and services
that will help your pharmacy improve
patient care or increase profitability.
Pharmacy
Automation
& Robotics
Technology
Industry Expert Q&A, Market Leaders
Buyer’s Guide, & More
Pg. 48
8 Thought Leader Videos
Micro Merchant Systems, Surescripts,
The Compliance Team, & CPS
Zebra Case Study
A Success Story with
Altru Specialty Pharmacy
Pg. 37
Fall 2022
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Case Study:
Defying Drug
Diversion
The pharmacy executive,
nurse executive, and drug
diversion analyst tell how.
Sponsored by Medacist.
CASE STUDY
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• Receive insights from Senior Vice President of Allied Health, Brian O'Neal, PharmD, Children's
Mercy Kansas City.
• Understand how nursing deals with diversion given unprecedented challenges from Retired
Chief Nurse Officer, Barbara Jacobs, MSN, at Anne Arundel Medical Center.
• Learn about analytics when managing a drug diversion program from Retired Drug Diversion
Surveillance Analyst, Patricia Penland, RN, at Wake Forest Baptist Health.
Diversion threatens patient safety and a hospital's reputation. According to the National Council of
State Boards of Nursing, approximately 15% of healthcare workers struggle with drug dependence
at some point in their careers. Drug diversion among healthcare workers is substantially
underestimated, undetected, and underreported.
And if diversion hasn’t wreaked enough havoc, healthcare professionals have endured upheaval like
never before because of an unprecedented pandemic. Hospitals were already dealing with rising
stress levels, burnout, and staff shortages, which can exacerbate drug diversion.
Diversion poses risks to patients, including inadequate pain relief and exposure to infectious
diseases from contaminated needles and drugs. A healthcare worker’s impaired state also creates
an unsafe environment.
However, solutions and strategies exist to combat it, and hospitals are winning the battle.
A pharmacy executive, chief nurse officer, and drug diversion analyst share insights on the state of
drug diversion and the tools to detect it.
Profile: Senior Vice President of Allied Health, Brian O’Neal, PharmD, Children's Mercy
Kansas City
Q. How does your role relate to preventing diversion and protecting patients?
My responsibility is to ensure we have the resources needed to stop anyone looking to divert drugs.
The likelihood is there. Prevention and detection are a priority for me.
My guidance is to focus on fundamentals, which means consistent quality checks, audits, and
reliance on a strong drug diversion system. But software doesn’t run itself. It takes personnel to
understand how it informs possible problems and how to pull the right data.
Q. Thoughts on the state of drug diversion at hospitals given COVID and staff shortages?
Our hospital, like the industry, is experiencing shortages, especially in pharmacy technicians, due
to the pandemic and job hopping. And how it correlates to diversion is not entirely clear because
we are still dealing with all those issues and current prevalence data. We are dealing with a gap in
scientific evidence.
Q. How does Children’s Mercy Kansas City deal with diversion?
We developed a controlled substance oversight council led by pharmacy and nursing that includes
members from security, human resources, and other hospital departments who meet regularly to
review transactions and approve policies.
DEFYING DRUG DIVERSION
Brian O’Neal, PharmD, MS, FASHP
Senior Vice President
~ Allied Health at Children’s Mercy
Kansas City, MO
Barbara Jacobs, MSN
Retired Chief Nurse Officer
~ Anne Arundel Medical Center,
Annapolis, MD
Patricia Penland, RN
Retired Drug Diversion
Surveillance Analyst
~ Wake Forest Baptist Health,
Winston-Salem, NC
The Pharmacy Executive, Nurse Executive, and Drug Diversion Analyst Tell How
Sponsored by an Educational Grant From Medacist
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Health System • Infusion &
Community • Specialty • LTC
IMPROVING PATIENT
C A R E & P H A R M A C Y
P R O F I T A B I L I T Y
C O M M U N I T Y , S P E C I A L T Y , & L T C E D I T I O N
WINTER 2023
20 Unique
Products &
Services
Discover 20 products and services
that will help your pharmacy improve
patient care or increase profitability.
Pharmacy
Returns
Services
Industry Expert Q&A, Market
Leaders Buyer’s Guide, & More
Pg. 48
8 Thought Leader Videos
Micro Merchant Systems, Surescripts,
The Compliance Team, & CPS
Noritsu Pharmacy
Case Study
Automating Long-Term Care
Pharmacy Services
Pg. 37
Winter 2022/2023
IMPROVING PATIENT
C A R E & P H A R M A C Y
COST CONTAINMENT
H E A L T H S Y S T E M & I N F U S I O N E D I T I O N
WINTER 2022
Defying Drug
Diversion
A Case Study From Medacist
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20 Unique
Products
& Services
Discover 20 products and services
that will help your pharmacy improve
patient care or contain costs.
Refrigeration
Industry Expert Q&A, Market
Leaders Buyer’s Guide, and More
pg. 58
New Features
The Evolving Role of
Compounding Pharmacies
pg. 66
Trends to Watch as
340B Turns 30
pg. 87
4 Case Studies
CPS Solutions, Leiters, Wolters
Kluwer Health, and More
Brian O’Neal, PharmD, MS, FASHP
Senior Vice President
~ Allied Health at Children’s Mercy Kansas City