Daily Archives: February 10, 2020

Pharmacy Students Publish Patient Counseling ‘Skill’ for Amazon Alexa

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Dr. Blash and pharmacy students
From left: Dr. Anthony Blash, PharmD, CPHIMS & 2020 Healthcare Informatics, Senior Team members Joshua Page, Julie Nguyen and Grant Harder

More than 2.8 billion prescriptions written annually in the United States fall under the Top 300 prescribed medications. Belmont University College of Pharmacy third-year students Julie Nguyen, Grant Harder and Joshua Page recently published patient counseling and education for the Top 300 prescribed medications on Amazon Alexa.

Amazon Alexa is a voice controlled artificial intelligence (AI) platform that has the ability to provide information upon request. As part of the Introduction to Healthcare Informatics curriculum in the Doctor of Pharmacy program at Belmont University, the students worked as a team to develop an application, or “skill” that is now available in the Alexa store.

The skill, “My Medicine Cabinet,” was designed to increase the access of accurate and relevant drug information to patients and contains information for the Top 300 medications currently prescribed in the United States. While none of Alexa’s skills should replace a consultation with a licensed healthcare professional, these skills can be downloaded for free online or through the Alexa app, which is now available for Amazon Fire, Apple and Android devices.

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College of Pharmacy Hosts 4th Annual Antimicrobial Stewardship Symposium

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Rita Drummond Olans Speaks at Symposium
Rita Drummond Olans, DNP, RN, CPNP-PC, APRN-BC, MGH Institute of Health Professions and Spaulding Hospital speaks at Antimicrobial Stewardship Symposium.

Belmont University’s College of Pharmacy hosted the Fourth Annual Middle Tennessee Antimicrobial Stewardship Symposium on January 31 on Belmont’s campus.

This symposium brought together key stakeholders and practitioners to learn and discuss ways to work together as a medical community to improve appropriate antimicrobial use and mitigate risks. The symposium was attended by 150 healthcare professionals from multiple disciplines including pharmacists, physicians, nurses and those involved with infection prevention and patient safety and quality from 9 states and more than 60 healthcare facilities. Continue reading →

Nursing Alumnae Reunite with Others on Mission in Belize

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Tiffany Frazier Marksbury, BSN 2000, Nanette Ryals Ryan, BA Communications Art ’89, Leanne Linville Goddard, BBA ’90, Michele Boyce-Obenchain BSN ‘89 MBA ‘91

Tiffany Frazier Marksbury, BSN 2000, Nanette Ryals Ryan, BA Communications Art ’89, Leanne Linville Goddard, BBA ’90, Michele Boyce-Obenchain BSN ‘89 MBA ‘91

Four Belmont alumnae, Tiffany Frazier Marksbury, Nanette Ryals Ryan, Leanne Linville Goddard and Michele Boyce-Obenchain, recently came together to serve on the mission field in Belize with Access-Life.

Access-Life is a Florida-based ministry run by Doug and Leanne Goddard dedicated to bringing Jesus to individuals and families with disabilities. Working in concert with Hearts of Christ, they provide wheelchairs, walkers and a multitude of donated products to anyone in need of them.