Vanessa Brown
Vanessa has been a pharmacist since 1999, with a variety of clinical pharmacy experience in Hawkes Bay and UK. While working in the UK, Vanessa became involved in Palliative Care Pharmacy and in 2002 when returning to New Zealand took up a role as a Palliative Care Pharmacist at Cranford Hospice in Hastings. Vanessa completed a Post Graduate certificate in palliative care through Flinders University in 2006. In 2012 Vanessa joined the Clinical Facilitator team at Health Hawkes Bay/Hawkes Bay District Health Board. Vanessa’s role is focused on patients 65 years or older living in their own homes and taking 5 or more long-term medication. This role is 0.5 FTE and is addressing medication issues relating to poly-pharmacy in the elderly. Vanessa continues to work 0.5 FTE in palliative care and has found great synergy between the two roles as we face the challenges of an aging population and patients with multiple co-morbidities. Vanessa was previously chair of the palliative care medication working group which reported to the Ministry of Health and continues to work with the palliative care advisory group on medication related issues.
Better than an iPad app.... a Clinical Pharmacist in your practice team Concurrent Workshop Repeated Saturday, 14 June 2014 Start 11:00am Duration: 55mins Room 7 Start 12:05pm Duration: 55mins Room 7 Are you being bombarded with information and evidence based guidelines which are constantly changing? Have you tried everything you can think of and are still failing? What do you do now? Google it? Ask the audience? Phone a friend? Hawke’s Bay has implemented three 0.5 FTE clinical pharmacists into volunteer general practice teams to facilitate evidence based prescribing in primary care. Three different models were trialled to see how this service may be best delivered over a 2 year pilot. All three sites showed a significant benefit from having a clinical pharmacist as part of their general practice team. These results will be discussed along with how the service was implemented and the experience of those involved. Doctors, Nurses … and Pharmacist: Why This Threesome Works Nurses Programme Saturday, 14 June 2014 Start 5:30pm Duration: 30mins Sportsdrome As you see more patients with chronic conditions come through your door every day, how do you best address the growing list of medicines? Wade through best practice guidelines? Google it? Look in MIMS? Phone a friend???? Hawke’s Bay has implemented three 0.5 FTE clinical pharmacists into general practice teams to facilitate evidence based best practice with respect to prescribing in primary care. Three different models were trialled to see how this service may be best delivered. This was a 2 year pilot. All three sites showed a significant benefit from having a clinical pharmacist as part of their general practice team. These results will be discussed along with how the service was set up and implemented.