Available Until 1/14/2028

It Costs How Much? Successfully Navigating the Purchase of Automation and Technology

Planned in cooperation with the Section of Digital and Telehealth Practitioners 

ACPE Activity Number: 0204-0000-25-002-H04-P/T
Release Date:  January 14, 2025
Expiration Date: January 14, 2028
Activity Type: Knowledge-based 
CE Credits:  1.0 contact hour, (0.10 CEUs)
Activity Fee: Member – Free / Non-Member – Not Available 

This activity is a recording from a live webinar and those that claim credit for the live webinar should not claim credit for this activity.

Activity Overview 

This activity will guide attendees through the evaluation, selection, and implementation of large-scale automation and technology solutions in health-system pharmacy, offering practical insights and tools from experienced professionals. Attendees will leave confident in navigating the complexities of the selection process, equipped with strategies to justify and successfully pitch these significant investments. 

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The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education with Commendation.

This activity was planned to meet the educational needs of pharmacy professionals involved in evaluating, selecting, and implementing large-scale automation and technology solutions within health-system settings. 

After completing this activity, the learner should be able to:

  • Discuss how large automation and technology purchases can be effectively utilized in hospital and health-system pharmacy.
  • Identify key factors for evaluating automation and technology during selection, purchasing, and implementation.
  • Describe an effective selection process for automation and technology that will maximize acceptance during the capital approval process. 

  • Introduction and Announcements 

  • Presentation  

  • Questions, Answers, and Discussion 

Jeff Reichard, PharmD, MS, BCOP, CPEL 
Executive Director
UNC Health 

Evan Colmenares, PharmD 
System Pharmacy Manager, Analytics & Technology 
UNC Health

Caroline Alexander, PharmD 
PGY1 Health-System Pharmacy Administration and Leadership Resident 
UNC Health 

In accordance with our accreditor’s Standards of Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education, ASHP requires that all individuals in control of content disclose all financial relationships with ineligible companies. An individual has a relevant financial relationship if they have had a financial relationship with an ineligible company in any dollar amount in the past 24 months and the educational content that the individual controls is related to the business lines or products of the ineligible company. 

An ineligible company is any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients. The presence or absence of relevant financial relationships will be disclosed to the activity audience. 

  • No one in control of the content of this activity has a relevant financial relationship (RFR) with an ineligible company. 

This activity consists of recordings of faculty slides presentations, active learning activities, discussion, and handouts. Participants must participate in the activity in its entirety to claim continuing pharmacy education credit online at ASHP Learning Center. Follow the prompts online to complete the evaluation, claim credit and view the statement of credit immediately after completing the activity. 

Per ACPE requirements, CPE credit must be claimed within 60 days of being earned. Once you have processed and claimed your CE credit, we encourage you to check your NABP eProfile account to verify your credits were transferred successfully before the ACPE 60-day deadline. It is an electronic direct-report process so your credits should appear in your account within a few minutes. After the 60 day deadline, ASHP will no longer be able to report your credit(s) for this activity.