Clinical Pearls Series

This webinar is part of the National Institute of Corrections Clinical Pearls series. The series explores how to integrate clinical pharmacists into primary care. Session participants will learn how to identify best practices for carceral team medicine and clinical pearls in disease states affecting adults in custody.

Both CDR Natalie Li and LT Colby Kern, Advanced Practice Diabetes Pharmacists have robust comprehensive diabetes clinical care practices. They independently follow the most complicated diabetes patients at their institutions. By providing education and therapy adjustments, they assist provider teams in helping these difficult patients strive towards their treatment goals with an emphasis on reducing complications and patient safety. From their experiences they will share clinical examples of patient care for patients with type 2 diabetes, emphasizing the impact of the clinical pharmacist on diabetes care to adults in custody.

Learn from Commander Chawntel Hunt, a Board-Certified Geriatric Pharmacy Specialist, and Lieutenant Commander Kiara Stoner, Chief Pharmacist of the Federal Medical Center Fort Worth, about the ways the Federal Bureau of Prisons evaluates the challenges of aging in custody.

Opioid use has reached epidemic proportions in the United States, and the prevalence of opioid use disorder (OUD) is disproportionally represented in incarcerated adults. Join Commander Trey Draude, National Lead for the Federal Bureau of Prisons Substance Use Disorder Pharmacy Consultants, and Lieutenant Commander Jennifer Gossett, Opioid Treatment Program Director at Federal Medical Center, Lexington, as they demonstrate strategies for expanding access to OUD treatment in the correctional setting. Participants will learn how to incorporate disease management into routine care while applying the unique skills of a multidisciplinary correctional healthcare team.

Compared to the general population, the prevalence of HIV infection is significantly higher within the correctional environment due to a variety of factors. CDR Drew Swigart and LCDR Marinda Thomas-LePage are board-certified clinical pharmacists who both hold AAHIVP credentialing and specialize in the management of HIV infection within the incarcerated population of the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP). During this presentation they will discuss strategies and best-practices employed by the BOP for HIV screening and treatment that consistently results in 90% of patients achieving treatment goals for viral control.

Commander Beth Thompson, National Lead for the Federal Bureau of Prisons HIV Pharmacy Consultants, and Lieutenant Commander Alyson Dunlavey, a Transitional Care Pharmacist, illustrate the significance of harm reduction in the correctional setting. Join these clinical pharmacists as they identify strategies to implement harm reduction programs that combat substance use and infectious disease syndemics in the correctional setting and promote successful reintegration of incarcerated adults into society.

Commander Tyler Campbell, National Lead for the Federal Bureau of Prisons Antimicrobial Stewardship Pharmacy Consultants, and Commander Jessica Murrer, a Central Pharmacy Services Pharmacist, introduce fundamental principles of antimicrobial stewardship in the correctional setting. Join these outstanding clinical pharmacists as they outline targeted antimicrobial interventions that improve patient outcomes, potentially reduce costs, and ultimately protect our antimicrobial arsenal from the development of resistance.

While hepatitis C is a source of morbidity and mortality all over the world, its effects can be seen disproportionately in the correctional setting. Join Commander Katrina Klang, National Lead for the Federal Bureau of Prisons Hepatitis Pharmacy Consultants, and Lieutenant Commander Alex Brorby, Chief Pharmacist at Federal Correctional Complex, Florence, as they illustrate best practices for identifying, treating, and ultimately eliminating hepatitis C. The practices they share can be adapted to suit any correctional healthcare setting.

The Federal Bureau of Prisons employs a robust clinical pharmacy program to support patient-centered care in both comprehensive care and specialized disease states. Captain Tami Rodriguez, Director of Pharmacy Programs, and Commander Josh Valgardson, Chief of Clinical Pharmacy, introduce the critical roles played by clinical pharmacists in providing outstanding primary care for incarcerated adults in the Federal Bureau of Prisons. Pharmacists serve in direct patient care roles, as well as centralized consultancy services. Learn more about leveraging pharmacists’ special skills for improved health outcomes.