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Westrick, Ph.D.</a> <br /> <br /><strong><span style="color: #ff6600">Automation and Robotics</span></strong> <br />Automation and Robotics Computer-controlled mechanical devices that dispense and compound medications are used as tools to free pharmacists for patient care while preventing errors and improving productivity. The role of the pharmacist is to understand their use, limitations and control. Learn the development and evaluation of such systems from prototype through clinical trial. <br /><a href="../personnel.aspx?query=barkekn&dept=13">Kenneth N. Barker B.S., M.S., Ph.D.</a>, <a href="../personnel.aspx?query=felkebg&dept=12" >Bill G. Felkey B.S., M.S.</a>, and <a href="../personnel.aspx?query=flynnel&dept=13" >Betsy A. Flynn, Ph.D., R. Ph.</a> <br /> <br /> <span style="color: #ff6600"><strong>Facilities Design</strong> <br /> </span>This unique program draws upon architecture, industrial design, and systems engineering to explore how good design can significantly increase work efficiency, reduce dispensing errors, increase the effectiveness of patient counseling, improve personnel comfort and retention, and present an image that supports professional goals. <br /><a href="../personnel.aspx?query=barkekn&dept=13">Kenneth N. Barker B.S., M.S., Ph.D.</a>, <a href="../personnel.aspx?query=flynnel&dept=13" >Betsy A. Flynn, Ph.D., R. Ph.</a> <br /> <br /><strong><span style="color: #ff6600">Intervention and Outcomes Assessment</span></strong> <br />Intervention/outcomes assessment of physician behaviors (prescribing, monitoring, and counseling) <br /><a href="../personnel.aspx?query=kavooja&dept=12" >Jan Kavookjian, MBA, Ph.D.</a> <br /> <br /><strong><span style="color: #ff6600">Health Outcomes Research</span></strong> <br />Health outcomes research in quality of life and adherence in chronic illness, particularly diabetes, obesity, and depression. <br /><a href="../personnel.aspx?query=kavooja&dept=12" >Jan Kavookjian, MBA, Ph.D.</a> <br /> <br /><strong><span style="color: #ff6600">Healthcare Informatics</span></strong> <br />Information is the common denominator underlying all healthcare disciplines and specialties. With over 6000 articles being published in the biomedical literature every week, the use of prescription strength information at the point of care is mission critical in healthcare. Evidence-based, high quality information, delivered to the right person, at the right time, in the right format will make every practitioner more efficient and effective. <br /><a href="../personnel.aspx?query=felkebg&dept=12" >Bill G. Felkey B.S., M.S.</a> <br /> <br /><strong><span style="color: #ff6600">Motivational Interviewing</span></strong> <br /><a href="../personnel.aspx?query=bergeba&dept=12" >Bruce A. Berger B.S., M.S., Ph.D.</a>, <a href="../personnel.aspx?query=kavooja&dept=12" >Jan Kavookjian, MBA, Ph.D.</a>, and <a href="http://pharmacy.auburn.edu/test_site/personnel.aspx?query=villawa&dept=12" >William A. Villaume, Ph.D.</a> <br /> <br /><strong><span style="color: #ff6600">New Roles for Pharmacists</span></strong> <br />The traditional roles of the pharmacist are reexamined and new roles such as drug therapy management are studied. Reengineering the role of the pharmacist is a systematic process for redesigning work methods to allow redeployment of the pharmacist s time through automation, delegation to auxiliary workers, and the elimination of wasted effort. <br /><a href="faculty.htm" >All PCS Faculty</a> <br /> <br /><strong><span style="color: #ff6600">Patient Education</span></strong> <br />Patients can become co-producers in their own health with proper education. People fail in their treatment regimens because they don't know what to do, how to do it, or are not motivated to adhere to regimens. A combination of social behavior and technology assisted interventions can significantly improve patient outcomes. <br /><a href="../personnel.aspx?query=bergeba&dept=12" >Bruce A. Berger B.S., M.S., Ph.D.</a>, and <a href="../personnel.aspx?query=felkebg&dept=12" >Bill G. Felkey B.S., M.S.</a> <br /> <br /><strong><span style="color: #ff6600">Pharmacy Administration</span></strong> <br /><a href="faculty.htm" >All PCS Faculty</a> <br /> <br /><strong><span style="color: #ff6600">Pharmacists' Roles in Public Health</span></strong> <br /><a href="../personnel.aspx?query=westrsc&dept=12">Salisa C. Westrick, Ph.D.</a> <br /> <br /><strong><span style="color: #ff6600">Socio-Behavioral Pharmacy</span></strong> <br />The application of social and behavioral science theory to understand and assess the impact of pharmacist and patient behaviors on treatment adherence and outcomes. <br /><a href="../personnel.aspx?query=bergeba&dept=12" >Bruce A. Berger B.S., M.S., Ph.D.</a>, <a href="../personnel.aspx?query=kavooja&dept=12" >Jan Kavookjian, MBA, Ph.D.</a>, and <a href="http://pharmacy.auburn.edu/test_site/personnel.aspx?query=villawa&dept=12" >William A. Villaume, Ph.D.</a> <br /> <br /><strong><span style="color: #ff6600">Telepharmacy</span></strong> <br />The Internet had helped bring "death to distance." Bringing care to patients instead of moving patients to care is the foundation of telepharmacy. A combination of automation and telecommunication technology opens many opportunities for the profession including remote dispensing and consultation, central fulfillment, and just-in-time professional and patient education. <br /><a href="../personnel.aspx?query=felkebg&dept=12" >Bill G. 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