MUSC Catalyst 1-22-2016

January 22, 2016

MEDICAL UNIVERSITY of SOUTH CAROLINA

Vol. 34, No. 19

Inside Unity event celebrates MLK Jr. legacy Pharmacy ServiceS

By Mikie Hayes

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Public Relations

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Convenience, cost and service make filling perscriptions easy.

Science cafe

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Audience enjoyed more than a beer at Southend Brewery.

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Schwartz Rounds

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Meet Lori

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Wellness

photos by Anne Thompson, Digital Imaging

See Unity on page 8

T h e c aTa ly S T Online

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t the height of the civil rights movement and less than a year before his assassination, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. visited Charleston and delivered an emotional 40–minute speech at County Hall to an audience of nearly 3,000 black and white Americans about the plight of the underprivileged.

The event was hosted by the local chapter of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. The date was July 30, 1967, and it was only one stop on the way to the Capitol of the United States to seek an economic bill of rights for those who most needed it.

That visit to Charleston took place amid a particularly tumultuous summer of racial and political violence throughout urban areas around the country and one week after the Detroit riot, one of the worst in U.S. history. Leaders initially were concerned that King’s speech might lead to rioting in Charleston, but no violence came as a result. In fact, his message of nonviolence — part brimstone sermon, part loving homily — served to sway even more people to that philosophy.

The University of South Carolina’s Moving Image Research Collections features a partial video of King’s Charleston speech. In it, he shares with his rapt audience, “I want to make my position clear this afternoon. I’m not going to kill anybody,” he states earnestly. “I’m not going to kill anybody here in America, and I’m not going to kill anybody in Vietnam. I don’t plan to kill anybody. And so I believe consistently in nonviolence. This is why today as I look at my brothers and sisters engaging in violence in our cities, I must continue to say, however much they refuse to listen to me, that this isn’t the way.” His sentiments are met with supportive applause.

Speaking in his signature colloquial manner,

Above photo: Dr. Deborah Deas, center, is joined by students Christen Chaconas, left, and Asantewaa Boateng, at the Jan. 19 event held at MUSC’s Drug Discovery Building auditorium. Left photo: Members of the audience listen to speakers from four local univiersities as they talk about the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

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Global Health trainee travel grants available Staff Report The MUSC Center for Global Health (CGH) is pleased to announce opportunities for international travel grants of up to $2,000 each to MUSC students and resident trainees for a 12–month period. The deadline to submit an application is 5 p.m., Monday, Feb. 1.

Funds must be used within 12–months from the date of the award. The goal of the awards is to assist recipients in furthering global health research or training projects in low– or middle–income countries. Travel awards cannot be used to support conference attendance.

Applicants must provide a two–page proposal which includes the following information: q Activity description q Specific learning objectives of applicant (Applicants are encouraged to work with a faculty advisor to clarify the learning objectives for project). Learning objectives should be built around the skills the applicant will acquire, not what the host partner will gain from the experience. q Personal essay. Applicants must write a letter in first person, no more than one page, single space, about what they personally want to get out of the experience and how that fits into their career development. q Budget. (Itemization of expenses such as housing, visa, airfare, food, immunizations). Funds may be used for pre-travel immunizations, visa/passport fees, airfare, program fees and room and board related to your global health experience. Funds may not be used to support salary for trainees or post-doctoral fellows. Travel and accommodation (amounts, items, class of airfare, etc) must adhere to MUSC’s travel policies. q Letter of support from your faculty advisor.

Applicants must provide a letter of support from their MUSC faculty member advisor. The faculty advisor should discuss the applicant’s potential and preparedness to undertake the proposed project. The faculty advisor should explicitly describe the support he or she will

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provide the applicant and the responsibilities for the applicant to whom he/she is committing. Applications will not be reviewed until this letter is received. q Letter of support from the faculty advisor’s business manager to assume responsibility for funds and ensuring awardee has proper documentation for reimbursement of expenses. q Letter of invitation from the host or partnering institution. If the applicant will be working with an institution or organization outside of the university, a letter of support from that organization should be submitted with the application.

The letter should explicitly describe the support the organization will provide for the proposed project and the person in the organization who is the main point of contact for the project. If there is no collaborating institution, provide justification for how goals can be accomplished in lieu of in–country collaborator. qCurrent CV/Resume A review committee will evaluate the applications based upon the following criteria: Overall significance of the project to global health; overall strength of applicant’s individual learning objectives; the preparedness of the applicant to undertake the project as proposed; commitment level of the faculty member to act as mentor; and commitment of the partnering institution.

This award is contingent upon each applicant’s satisfactory participation in MUSC’s required predeparture preparation and evaluation process.

Recipients are required to check-in with an email or skype call on a regular basis with their MUSC mentor with progress updates on the project and their learning objectives.

To download and submit an application, visit the South Carolina Translational Research (SCTR) Pilot Project website at http://academicdepartments. musc.edu/sctr/programs/pilot_projects. For more information, contact Kathleen Ellis, MUSC Center for Global Health, at ellisk@musc.edu.

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Medical, dental and pharmaceutical auxiliary scholarships deadline Jan. 21 The Auxiliary to the Charleston County Medical, Dental and Pharmaceutical Association is pleased to offer a $1,000 scholarship for a deserving medical, dental or pharmacy student who meets the scholarship criteria. The purpose of this scholarship is to encourage and reward academic excellence.

To be eligible, students must be a full–time medical, dental or pharmacy student enrolled at MUSC and whose background or experience would otherwise contribute to the diversity.

Applicants should be aware that any information provided in this application may be subject to verification by the scholarship committee.

To download a copy of the scholarship application, visit http://academicdepartments. musc.edu/catalyst/archives/2016/1-15Scholarship. html.

All scholarship applications must be received by midnight, Jan. 21.

WSI-ARROWS group to host drop-in coffee hour Jan. 25 The MUSC Women Scholars Initiative (WSI) and the College of Medicine’s Center for ARROWS (Advancement, Recruitment and Retention of Women in Science) in conjunction with the Diversity and Ethnic Relations Committee will host a drop–in networking Coffee Hour featuring Deborah Deas, M.D., associate provost for University Strategic Advancement.

The event will take place from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m., Monday, Jan. 25, Room 601-DD, Clinical Sciences Building.

Coffee, tea, muffins and bagels will be served and all are welcome to attend.

Nominations for Teaching Excellence Awards due Jan. 22 A call for nominations is under way for all MUSC faculty and students to recognize faculty members who have made outstanding contributions to the university through teaching.

Awards may be given from the following categories: q Clinical/Professional (Educator– Mentor) q Scholarship/Academic (Educator– Mentor) q Educator–Lecturer q Developing Teacher

Any regular, full–time faculty member who holds an academic rank of instructor or higher in a college or department at MUSC, who has not been the recipient of this award within the previous three years is eligible for nomination.

The deadline for nominations is Friday, Jan. 22. Nominees must submit supporting materials. Forms may be found at http://www.carc.musc.edu/ nomination/ or call 792-2228.

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Schwartz Rounds: Keeping the human touch in medical care

By Helen adaMs Public Relations

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octors, nurses and other caregivers at MUSC are getting help dealing with an aspect of health care that’s often overlooked: the social and emotional complications that can arise when working with patients and their families.

MUSC is the only hospital in the state to offer the Schwartz Center Rounds, a discussion forum in which three panelists talk about a challenging situation. A moderator guides a followup conversation designed to support those panelists and emphasize the importance of the human touch in health care. A recent panelist called the rounds therapeutic.

Organizer Ramita Bonadonna, a registered nurse with advanced degrees in mental health and nursing science, said the Schwartz Center Rounds help caregivers feel less isolated as they navigate relationships with patients and families. The rounds also give them new ideas about how to handle complicated situations. “It lets people know it’s okay to be human, and it leads to better patient care,” Bonadonna said.

The most recent Schwartz Center Rounds at MUSC focused on the case of an elderly patient who had a series of setbacks that left him on life support, unresponsive. Three people involved with his care described the challenges that followed.

Palliative care specialist Maribeth Bosshardt, M.D., began the discussion.

Her job is to reduce symptoms and stress for seriously ill people, giving them the highest quality of life possible. She also Pain program coordinator Jayne Quinn, right, asks a question at a discussion titled “When death doesn’t come.” For more information, contact Ramita Bonadonna at 7926657 or bonadonr@ musc.edu.

offers emotional support and guidance to patients and their families when they face difficult decisions.

As Bosshardt began working with the patient she called Mr. M, she told her colleagues at the Schwartz Center Rounds, she bonded with his wife.

“They’d been married for decades and had basically done everything together,” Bosshardt said. “Getting to know her, and who Mr. M was, it was clear that he wouldn’t want to live in the state he was in. He had an advanced care directive that said he would not want to be prolonged on artificial life support.”

So with his family’s agreement, Mr. M was taken off the ventilator. “We didn’t think he’d survive longer than 24 to 48 hours,” Bosshardt said.

Instead, he lived much longer than that. Bosshardt gave him medication to allow him to rest peacefully as his body shut down, but Mr. M’s wife grew worried as the days went by, wondering if she’d made the right end-of-life decisions for her husband. Bosshardt spent two or three hours a day talking with Mrs. M and doing what she could to ease her worries.

The other two panelists, a social worker and a priest, worked with Bosshardt to ensure Mr. M’s family was well taken care of. Jessica Oliver, the social worker, made sure they had a place to stay and a chance to talk over their concerns. “They were wonderful, caring people,” Oliver said.

The priest, FatherPatrick Allen, talked with the family about faith and its role in what was happening. “This was an imminent terminal dying process. I reassured them that they were making

photos by Sarah Pack, Public Relations

Father Patrick Allen, social worker Jessica Oliver, center, and Dr. Maribeth Bosshardt tell colleagues about a challenging case involving a dying man and his distraught family. the best choices they could for this man.

To love him in the last days of his life.”

Bosshardt said the family’s struggle has stayed with her. “I still question whether [taking him off life support] was the right decision for his wife. Often, our job is really to help the family.” That family, she said, might not have been as ready to say goodbye as it thought.

“In the end, I knew it was the right decision for my patient. Ultimately, our job is to help families honor patients’ wishes, even when they’re difficult to accept,” Bosshardt said.

After the panelists spoke, Bonadonna and co-facilitator Pamela Charity, M.D., led a discussion. People asked questions and offered their thoughts, and the panelists went into more detail.

Bonadonna, who is a mental health consultant in addition to being a nurse, said the forum was a way to offer support to people who normally don’t get a chance to talk about the relationship issues involved in health care.

“I think people feel supported,” she said. “They reach out to each other to talk about these aspects of the work we do, and they give greater empathy to patients’ families. They know we’re really working together to try to solve these problems.”

MUSC has been involved with the

Schwartz Center Rounds since 2008.

They’re part of the Schwartz Center for Compassionate Healthcare, a national nonprofit started by a lawyer named Ken Schwartz.

Schwartz was diagnosed with advanced lung cancer in 1994. During the months that followed, he wrote an article for Boston Globe Magazine about how “the smallest acts of kindness” by caregivers make “the unbearable bearable” for patients.

He founded the Schwartz Center in 1995, days before he died, “to promote compassionate care so that patients and their caregivers relate to one another in a way that provides hope to the patient, support to caregivers and sustenance to the healing process,” according to the center’s website.

Bonadonna said she works to ensure the Schwartz Center Rounds at MUSC focus on those goals. “We try to keep it social and emotional, not an ethics forum,” she said.

Bosshardt, the palliative care physician, said the experience of talking about her challenging case in such a supportive environment reminded her of the value of teamwork. “It works best when all disciplines of a team share the work on our difficult cases and can support one another as we do it together,” she said.

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Communications group welcomes newest members

Mark Samber, Ph.D., center, director of digital strategy, briefs the communications group on the latest developments with social media at MUSC.

By J. Ryne danielson

photos by J. Ryne Danielson, Public Relations

Public Relations The MUSC Health Communications Advisory Group, known as CAG, meets on the second Friday of every month to discuss topics of interest and concern to employees. The group was created to make employees’ voices heard among senior leadership and serve as an important way to disseminate information to employees and garner feedback on what is and isn’t working inside the organization related to communications.

“We want to make sure your voice is supported,” said Matt Wain, MUSC Health Chief Operating Officer and chairman of the group. “We welcome everyone to speak freely. Everything that is discussed in the group is confidential.”

Formed in December of 2013 by MUSC Health CEO Patrick Cawley, M.D., CAG is comprised of members representing all areas and a variety of positions within MUSC Health. Members serve for two-year terms.

Recommendations made by the group have led to significant changes within the medical center. For example, as a result of suggestions, Cawley and Wain now personally lead Medical Center town halls. Recent floods and ice storms have also been prominent topics, leading to changes in how the hospital implements its emergency plan.

Other changes have been smaller, but just as important. It’s the simple things, said Daniel Williams, patient transport coordinator, like administrators

The Communications Advisory Group meets over lunch the second Friday of every month to discuss ways to better communicate with MUSC employees.

looking up from their phones to smile and say hi.

Williams has been a member of the group for a year and thinks it has done a lot of good. His message for new members? “Don’t be afraid to speak up. That’s the only way that things change.”

Wain, Williams said, has been a great advocate, taking concerns and complaints to the senior leadership team. “Matt Wain is always very transparent, and if something can’t change, he always gives a reason why.”

Michelle Foreman, a data analyst with the Department of Human Resources, is leaving the group after serving her two–year term. “It’s been a great

experience,” she said. “The group is an open forum where employees can express themselves freely and get needed answers to questions and concerns.”

Wain expressed his thanks to outgoing members for their two years of dedicated service and making the hospital a better place.

To have your voice heard, you can reach the CAG group members in person or by email at MUSCHealth@musc.edu. More information can be found on the MUHA intranet at http://mcintranet. musc.edu/muscexcellence/communications/CAG/ index.htm.

MUHA Communications Advisory Group

New CAG members q Kris Smalls-Banks, Hollings Cancer Center: banksasm@musc.edu q Amanda Blevins, Laboratory Services: hopkinsa@musc.edu q Ginger Brister, Anesthesia: bristerg@musc.edu q Laura Camacho, OCIO: camachol@musc.edu q Catherine Detyens, ART 5W Specialty: detyens@musc.edu q Todd Heckman, Hospital Fiscal Services: heckmant@musc.edu q Debra Petitpain, Dietetic Services: petitpa@musc.edu q Priscilla Pinckney, Environmental Service: pincknpr@musc.edu q David Jacob Silver, Biomedical Engineering: silverj@musc.edu One-year members q Jessica Ryan, Human Resources: pajela@musc.edu q Michelle Bonenfant, HPA: benmi@musc.edu

q Marianne Fiutem, Anesthesia: fiutem@musc.edu q Amy Richburg, RT Children’s Services: richbura@musc.edu q Mark Samber, Web Services: samber@musc.edu q Eileen Sandlin, 5 East Cardiac: sandline@musc.edu q Sophie Varghese, PACU: varghese@musc.edu q Daniel Williams, Patient Transport: willidc@musc.edu Outgoing members q Patty Brauner, Radiology q Johnetta Buncum, 8 West q Andrea Coyle, Clinical Services Administration q Megan Fink, Clinical Services Administration q Michelle Forman, Human Resources q Marc Gerber, SACC q James Johnson, Biomedical Engineering q Dawn Reynolds, Senior Care Unit q Julie Rhone, Ambulatory Care

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Pharmacy Services makes life easier for MUSC employees

By Mikie Hayes Public Relations

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ith waist-deep water continuing to rise, coming up through storm drains onto many streets in downtown Charleston, South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley called the October 2015 rain event a “1,000–year” flood. Not surprisingly, given how easily some Charleston streets flood under even normal rain conditions, comings and goings at MUSC were severely interrupted, leaving employees feeling the impact.

One day the rains were so bad, the entire peninsula was closed to nonresident vehicles, making it nearly impossible for employees to get to work or even leave after their shifts. It took many dedicated people during that time to keep an institution of MUSC’s magnitude running. For employees, being at the hospital without access to their necessary daily medications could have presented a big problem, but fortunately, it didn’t.

Kelly Crowley, PharmD., manager of MUSC’s Ambulatory Pharmacy Services, explained that was the case for a number of employees who stayed to help during the floods. And she’s proud of the fact that MUSC Pharmacy Services was able to come to the rescue for employees who were already filling their prescriptions at the MUSC pharmacies and just needed a dose or two of their meds to get through the crunch.

So, how did that work? Those employees who already used MUSC as their home pharmacy were easily able to get a couple of doses of their medication to get them through, because MUSC pharmacists had filled the original prescription and could track where they were with their meds and simply take the doses out of their planned next refills.

That may seem like a minor thing for some, but for those taking a medication they can’t skip doses of for conditions like hypertension or diabetes, two of the main diseases that pharmacists saw during the flood, it was a welcomed relief. For others who had not been filling their prescriptions at MUSC, they saw that situation as a distinct advantage and a definite reason to switch to MUSC from where they had been filling their

prescriptions.

Having that ability, said Crowley, is just one of the many conveniences employees realize when they have their prescriptions filled at MUSC. Pharmacy ServiceS Through EPIC, MUSC’s electronic medical record (EMR) database, the pharmacy system is now integrated with the medical center, so all medical information is present on a patient’s record. Continuity of care, as a result, is considerably less complicated.

Pharmacists, for instance, can see the medications a patient is taking and the physician can see the patient’s medication needs, how many should be prescribed and by when. This allows everyone to do a better job in oversight and management.

“It’s a more complete record,” said Crowley. “Your medical team can better follow your progress. When we look in Epic, we can see that you’re compliant.

If you go to Walgreens, we have no idea if you’ve filled that prescription. And it’s safer. If an outside physician writes a prescription, and it’s filled elsewhere, we could potentially miss an interaction.

Maintaining all records in one dedicated place is a good tool for effective case management because we can see a more complete picture.” acceSSibiliTy Now that prescriptions can be requested through MyChart, the interactive patient portal in EPIC, many can be e–scribed, or prescribed electronically, by providers, and employees no longer have to call their MUSC doctor’s office to request a refill.

Another advantage is they no longer have to sit and wait at the pharmacy for it to be filled, and, they can specify at which of the four on-campus pharmacy locations they would prefer to pick it up, even changing locations it if they plan to be in a different area.

Employees are also automatically informed by email when their prescriptions are ready to be picked up.

“These types of accessibility options make it easy and efficient for our employees, which is one of our primary goals. We recognize time is a premium,

Drug

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MUSC

Insulin

$38

$30

$8

$ 96

Metformin

$38

$30

$8

$ 96

Test Strips

$38

$30

$8

$ 96

Oral agents (x3)

$27

$18

$9

$108

$33

*$396

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*savings when filling diabetes prescriptions at MUSC and we hope these types of conveniences make life a little easier for our people who work so hard here at MUSC,” said Crowley.

In addition to these four locations, MUSC offers mail–order pharmacy service so that prescriptions can be delivered to patients, employees and family members at their residences or businesses — with the exception of delivery to MUSC. Because prescriptions must be signed for at the time of delivery, with proof of identity, they cannot be delivered to MUSC, as prescriptions would be delivered to the general mail room. The pharmacy will mail drugs out of state, with the exception of controlled substances and Attention Deficit Disorder meds which cannot be sent through the mail.

The mail order option is a good idea, Crowley said, if a patient is going to be on a particular medicine for a long time for a chronic condition like seizures or high blood pressure, but obviously not in the case of something more immediate like a sinus infection or strep throat. cOST Crowley pointed out that while patients tend to be loyal to a particular pharmacy, if employees have prescriptions filled at MUSC, not only can doctors make better decisions on what to prescribe, as they can see what all had been prescribed, but

the cost savings also can be significant.

Because MUSC cares for a high percentage of uninsured and low-income patients, it qualifies to purchase drugs at a reduced cost. MUSC participates in a special federal program, 340B of the Public Health Service Act, which requires pharmaceutical manufacturers that participate in Medicaid to sell outpatient drugs at discounted prices to health care organizations that meet specific criteria relating to its patient base. The program allows 340B hospitals, like MUSC, to stretch limited federal resources to reduce the price of pharmaceuticals for patients. That, however, is a benefit to everyone. Beyond being able to offer employees a price break on all three tiers of drugs, profits fuel innovation.

“Employees should know, Pharmacy Services is a business within the hospital,” Crowley said. The profits that are generated go back into the hospital.

That contributes revenues at the end of the day that, in turn, helps keep jobs and funds programs. Every time you fill a prescription or see an MUSC provider, it helps all the way around.”

Crowley also explained that employees can realize significant cost savings over the course of a month and especially a year. An employee with diabetes, for instance, typically purchases one vial of

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insulin per month, an oral drug like Metformin, test strips and two or three oral agents such as Lisinopril and gyburide. On the MUSC Health Plan, the first three fall under tier 2, which at CVS would cost $38 each, but at MUSC the cost would be $30 for each, a savings of $8. The chart (on page 6) illustrates potential savings for a patient with diabetes. It is also not uncommon, she explained, for a person to have more than one condition requiring medications, thus potentially increasing savings even more.

Additionally, if patients need financial assistance with covering the costs of medications, MUSC has a team of people in place to help. They will work with drug companies to get drugs at a reduced cost or even free when possible.

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Dr. Taylor Gross is about to deliver medications and provide medication counseling to a patient being discharged. This service is available in the Children’s Hospital, IOP, ART, some areas of University Hospital and soon to be all areas.

cOnvenience For working people, convenience is nearly always a major consideration. All four pharmacies are open typical business hours (see chart below), from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Rutledge Tower and Ashley River Tower are also open on Saturdays from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. All are closed on Sundays.

In terms of convenience, Crowley knows employees expect medications to be on hand. “Rarely if ever do we run across a drug we don’t carry,” said Crowley.

“We carry an extensive formulary of drugs, and we know what the doctors typically prescribe. We stay well stocked and can almost always find them located somewhere on campus. In only minutes, we have them in hand.”

What she is referring to is the campus tube system the pharmacy system is connected to. As a result, if one of the satellites is out of something, it doesn’t present a problem like it might at a community pharmacy that has to wait for shipments to come in. If on the rare occasion, the pharmacy doesn’t have enough to fill an entire order, pharmacists are able to give partial doses until the complete drug order comes in.

What some employees may not know is there is also

MUSC Campus Pharmacy Locations and Hours of Operation (843) 876-0199 (select option) Ashley River Tower Pharmacy 1 Upper (Mezzanine) Monday through Friday (8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Sat. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.)

Rutledge Tower Pharmacy 1st floor Monday through Friday (8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Sat. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m)

Hollings Cancer Center Pharmacy 2nd floor Monday through Friday (8:30 a.m. to 5:30p.m.)

University Hospital Pharmacy 1st floor of University (Main) Hospital Monday through Friday (8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.)

a compounding pharmacy in the main hospital that supports the needs of patients and meets the FDA standards for sterility and stability. Compounding is the science of combining, altering or mixing ingredients to create unique medications that meet specific needs of individual patients. For instance, the advantage of compounded hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is that it can be adapted specifically to fit each individual’s body and hormone levels and can utilize hormones that have the exact chemical structure as the hormones in the human body. The compounding pharmacy can also create specialized liquid formulations for children that make it easier for them to take their medicine, which is a gift for children who can’t tolerate pills or capsules.

Unfortunately the one convenience factor that MUSC may never be able to offer is a drive-through window. And that is one question that Crowley is frequently asked. “I hear it all the time, ‘Will MUSC ever have a drive — through option?’” She said with a laugh, “I always ask them, ‘Where do you want me to put it?’ We actually did explore putting in a window and using the drive–up ramp on Rutledge Avenue, but the city gave us a resounding, ‘No.’” Her advice? Try to plan ahead. “Many of our employees walk right past one of the campus pharmacies at least once a day. If you can remember to stop in, we can take care of the rest.”

STricTeST cOnfiDenTialiTy With the advent of EPIC and MyChart, and MUSC offering its own health plan, Crowley wants employees to know their records and personal health information are secure. “Records are completely confidential,” said Crowley. “Records are safe, drug usage is safe. It’s comforting to know that the compliance office does searches to see who was in an employee’s record and determine if that person needs to be in your chart.

They ask questions, and they go back to the managers.

Someone has to have a good reason to have been there.

They’ll ask, ‘Why were you in this chart?’ If they had no good reason, there is no leniency. Snoopers are fired.

Being fired is a huge deterrent to being in a record you shouldn’t be in. That should give everyone peace of mind.”

One-STOP ShOPPing Crowley hopes more employees will use MUSC Pharmacy Services for their needs. Presently, the four on–campus pharmacies come in No. 2 in terms of filling most employee prescriptions. “We want to be your one — stop shop. It makes sense that your doctors can’t help if you don’t give them all the information.

It’s the same with the pharmacy — we can’t help you if we don’t know everything. It just makes sense to have prescriptions filled here. We need to know all the medications you’re taking and why you’re taking it — just because you’re getting it doesn’t mean it’s safe for you. Your particular condition, or your renal functions, or your allergies, or your height and weight can affect

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he continues. “From a moral point of view, it isn’t the way, but from a practical point of view it isn’t the way. Therefore as I look out in the cities, and I look on the television and see hundreds and hundreds of our black brothers and sisters standing in a bread line, I say to myself that a riot does more harm to the Negro than it does to anybody else.

What sense does it make to be talking about ‘Get Whitey,’ and down in Hough in Cleveland, burning it down. Whitey ain’t in Hough. Negros end up burning their own communities down, and then, when you look at the casualty list, who is it that gets killed? The vast majority are Negroes. And so, I’m not gonna give you a motto or preach the philosophy, ‘Burn baby, Burn!’ I’m gonna say, ‘Build baby!

Build!’ ‘Organize, baby! Organize!’ I’ve decided to stick with love. Somebody’s got to have some sense in this world, and a lot of white folk have demonstrated eloquently that they don’t have no sense. So why should we be that way?

The reason I’m not going to preach a doctrine of black supremacy is because I’m so sick and tired of white supremacy.

I’m not gonna hate because I’ve seen so much hate. We must learn to live together as brothers or we’re going to die together as fools.”

Throughout his address there were many eruptions of thunderous applause and supportive yeses and uh–huhs, and at the end, a resounding “amen” could be heard from one of the dignitaries on the stage where King spoke.

It is this very type of commitment to peace, equality and dignity that not only keeps his name and dream alive, it inspires meaningful celebrations of his birth and life around the country on or around Martin Luther King Jr. Day, where those who revere his name feel a particularly special connection to him and his work.

At MUSC on Tuesday evening, there was one such event titled “Unity Brings Peace,” a student–driven observance of King’s life that honored not only his legacy but also four recipients of the Black History Intercollegiate Consortium Award whose contributions in the community and at their respective institutions exemplified the life and work of King and earned them this year’s special recognition: Deborah Deas, M.D., associate provost for university

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2016 award recipients at the Unity Brings Peace event held at MUSC. strategic advancement, MUSC; Mary Ann Kohli, Ph.D., Trident Technical College; Captain Richard Browne, Charleston Southern University; and The Citadel’s Aramark staff. The Student Humanitarian award was presented to Amauri Bowman, a Porter– Gaud senior and active member of Mother Emanuel AME Church, for her participation and achievements in many diverse and humane activities.

The annual MLK observance event was hosted by MUSC and presented by the Black History Intercollegiate Consortium. University Chief diversity Officer Willette Burnham, Ph.D., explained to the packed house at the Drug Discovery Building that the consortium is an organization of higher education institutions in the Tricounty area. The original purpose of the group was to create a forum to enhance racial harmony between the universities in the Tricounty area and the communities where they are located. They continue to provide opportunities for all to celebrate the achievements of African–Americans.

After a moving a cappella rendition of “The Battle Hymn of the Republic” sung by all attending, MUSC President David Cole welcomed guests, saying, “This is a meaningful exclamation point for a week of celebration that’s had a lot of celebration and thought, discussion and song and tears.”

He reflected on the tragedy at the Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston last June. “I applaud our community’s resilience and the spirit

of Christian forgiveness.” He said. “It’s been exemplified by our community in the response to the Emanuel Nine tragedy.”

He reiterated MUSC’s commitment to diversity and inclusion and explained it is one of the five priority goals in the

Imagine 2020 strategic plan. “It is my firm belief that only through embracing diversity and inclusion will we be able to embrace our full potential as a society, as a nation and certainly as an academic medical community responsible for the health of the lives of those we touch.

Inspired by these missions and values, diversity and inclusion is an integral part of the fabric of our MUSC family.”

As MUSC’s award recipient, Deas humbly accepted the award to a standing ovation and thunderous applause, saying, “It truly is an honor to be a recipient of this award. As I was thinking about it, I’ve received numerous awards, but an award such as this that aligns with the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is one of the greatest honors.”

Deas said it takes a lot of people to hardwire and promote diversity and thanked the students, MUSC leadership and all who had have worked tirelessly to promote diversity. “Diversity is a measure of excellence and diversity is also a tool by which to achieve excellence,” she said.

“In the words of Dr. King, ‘We cannot afford to take the tranquilizing drug of

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Science, discovery on tap at Southend Brewery Dr. Joseph A. Helpern, vice chair of radiology research and South Carolina Center of Economic Excellence Endowed Chair in Brain Imaging, was the featured speaker at Charleston’s second Science Cafe held Jan. 12 at Southend Brewery. MUSC’s Dr. Kenneth Tew, professor and John C. West chair of cancer research, gave a presentation on antioxident research at the first Science Cafe held last September.

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J

oseph Helpern, Ph.D., held Charleston’s second Science Cafe Jan. 12 at the Southend Brewery.

Sponsored by MUSC, this casual lecture series is aimed at audiences that may not typically involve themselves in scientific discussions.

The brewery, which will host future Science Cafes, is located just a block from the waterfront. Built in 1880, it is featured on many local ghost tours as one of Charleston’s most haunted places. A three–story atrium houses working brew tanks and an exhibition kitchen runs the length of the restaurant. The brewery provided the entire upper floor for the event, as well as drink specials.

“It’s a way to share research we’re doing with the community,” said Kenneth Tew, Ph.D., who held a Science Cafe on antioxidant research in September 2015.

Helpern, who is the director of MUSC’s Center for Biomedical Imaging and a SmartState endowed chair, presented the latest findings on attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, known as ADHD, and Alzheimer’s disease, a debilitating neurological disorder that impairs memory, judgement and language skills.

Both diseases affect millions Helpern of Americans. Eleven percent of children between the ages of 4 and 11 have ADHD, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and as many as 5 million Americans suffer from Alzheimer’s. Little is known about the root causes of these diseases, but a medical technology with which Helpern is very familiar may hold clues. That technology is magnetic resonance imaging or MRI. “The MRI was developed within most of our lifetimes,” Helpern said, as strains of “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” drifted up from speakers downstairs.

“It’s not that old. And it has made the most significant impact of any technology in diagnostic medicine other than the X–ray. The fact that we can look inside someone’s body today without radiation and without cutting it open — it’s almost like Star Trek.”

Helpern is an internationally recognized expert in the field of MRI, holding four patents related to the technology. He is credited with building the first 3– Tesla MRI scanner. Tesla is a unit of measurement that indicates the strength of a magnetic field. The stronger the field, the higher resolution image an MRI is capable of producing.

When Helpern installed a 7–Tesla MRI at New York

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“The MRI has made the most significant impact of any technology in diagnostic medicine other than the X-ray. The fact that we can look inside someone’s body today without radiation and without cutting it open — it’s almost like Star Trek.”

Joseph Helpern University in 2003, that extraordinary strength proved to be a challenge. A magnet weighing 33 tons and consisting of more than 200 miles of Niobium–tin wire wound in a cylinder produced a magnetic field 140,000 times stronger than the Earth’s. “Because we were in Manhattan, we had to construct a steel shield around it,” Helpern said. “We didn’t want to pull the cabs off of First Avenue.”

Helpern explained that by using MRI to trace the paths of water molecules as they randomly wander neural pathways, scientists can gain insights about what cognitive diseases actually do inside the brain. Iron levels in the brain serve as important biomarkers for ADHD, for example, and can be detected using MRI. Structural analyses using MRI can also detect atrophy in

the hippocampus, an area of the brain associated with spatial memory, and one of the first areas affected by Alzheimer’s disease.

“Are there differences we can detect using MRI? The answer is yes,” Helpern said. “Our challenge is, now that we can measure things, we have to find out what they mean.”

MRI has proved to be a safe and revolutionary method to study previously inaccessible areas of the brain. In fact, one of the only problems Helpern can remember having experienced with MRI involved a patient who forgot to remove a dangerous metal object from his body prior to undergoing the scan. “When I was at NYU, we had a policeman who came in and didn’t tell us about his ankle gun,” he said. “Well, he laid in the machine and the gun fired off a bullet into the back wall.”

Helpern hopes the biggest takeaway from the Science Cafe will be the importance of medical research. “I’m a very strong believer in educating the public about what we do. Sometimes we’re off in our own little worlds, and when Congress cuts funding to the National Institutes of Health, funding which is so important, nobody knows about it and nobody cares. Shame on us. We need to be doing a better job. If people really understood the importance of medical research, they’d be protesting in the streets about what Congress is doing to the NIH right now.”

The audience seemed eager to take Helpern up on the opportunity to discuss science with an expert. After the presentation, they stuck around quite a while to ask questions as they finished their drinks.

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Employee wellness: Sodexo launches ‘Bite’ Menu app The average person uses their smart– phones to perform approximately 221 tasks every day — why not make one a daily menu search? Bite by Sodexo is a new app that shows what’s on the menu at both main and ART cafeterias at MUSC, including news and special promotions. Bite provides full nutritional information, allows users to rate experiences and save favorites and is available anywhere, 24/7.

Breakfast. Promotions. Lunch.

Nutritionals. Dinner. With just a couple taps and a little scrolling, consumers can select an item to get a description, allergen information and complete nutritional information – even connect to FitBit to log daily food choices.

Bite, the app by Sodexo, is free and available for Apple and Android devices – Search for Bite by Sodexo.

To set up preferences for MUSC, enter code M5K29 when prompted. For more information, visit https://vimeo. com/144288606 or contact Wellness Dietitian Debbie Petitpain at petitpa@ musc.edu.

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wellness/worksite-screening. html. q Weight Management q Adventure Out: The Center’s Healthy Happy Adventure Out program offers Hour: 8–week weight loss free fitness classes in City class/competition for anyone of Charleston Parks and on wanting to lose weight and/ the MUSC campus to help or learn how to successfully you turn over a new leaf and manage weight long–term discover the benefits of green taught by registered dietitian, exercise. Join MUSC Wellness exercise physiologist and Center’s Katie Blaylock at psychology professional.

4 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 20 $85 for entire program. in Cannon Park for a free Susan Johnson Pay by cash, check, credit/ kickboxing class. For more debit, or payroll deduction information, visit www.musc. (over three months; MUSC employees/ edu/ohp/adventure-out spouses only). Begins from 5:30 to 6:30 q Worksite Screening: Thursday, Jan. p.m., Monday, Jan. 25, More info @ 28 at Colbert Library room 107. This muschealth.org/weight/programs/HHH. screening, valued at about $350, is html available to employees with the State q Chair massages: Free massages Health Plan (including MUSC Health are offered to employees midday Plan) at no charge for the basic test in Wednesdays. Check broadcast messages 2016. Employees and spouses without for new locations and times. this insurance can participate for $47. q Farmers Markets: Fresh fruits and For information, including updated vegetables are available from local pricing for optional tests and to register farmers Friday from 7:00 a.m. to 4:30 online visit musc.edu/ohp/employeep.m. at the Horseshoe.

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‘gradualism.’ The time is now that we must work tirelessly to hardwire diversity into the fabric of our institution and beyond.”

A combination of stirring music, tearful testimonies and heartfelt gratitude, the program encouraged the audience to be an integral part of the celebration, which was a roller coaster of deep emotions for many.

Prior to a reception in the lobby, the evening’s event concluded with full audience participation, singing “We Shall Overcome,” the song that is considered the anthem of the civil rights movement. “We shall overcome” were in fact words King recited during his final sermon, March 31, 1968, before being assassinated on Thursday, April 4. Those words held special meaning for all who were part of the civil rights struggle, and “We Shall Overcome" was sung days later by more than 50,000 mourners at King's funeral in Memphis, Tennessee.

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