PHARMACY SOCIETY OF WISCONSIN - Strategic Plan 2021 2025
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PHARMACY
SOCIETY OF
WISCONSIN
Strategic Plan
2021 - 2025
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PSW MISSION PSW VISION
Provide a unified voice, resources, and At PSW, we collaborate with health-
leadership to advance the pharmacy care teams to improve medication
profession and improve the quality of use, health of Wisconsinites, and
medication use in Wisconsin transform pharmacy practice.
SHARED VALUES – WHAT BRINGS US TOGETHER
• We believe patients are our purpose – if it’s right for the patient; it’s right for the profession
• We value collaboration and mutual respect – if you want to go fast, go alone; if you want to go
far, go together
• We believe in innovation and we believe we are difference makers
• We value community – we inspire to be inspired, building lasting relationships along the way
• We engage in advocacy for our patients and our profession – we believe every patient needs a
pharmacist and every pharmacist needs an advocate
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION STATEMENT
One voice, one vision for all. PSW supports diversity in our membership, equity in our oppor-
tunities, and inclusiveness in our organization. We embrace our differences, unifying efforts to
enhance patient care while advancing our profession. Our patients are diverse, and so are we.
PLAN 2025 – BREAKTHROUGH INITIATIVES
• Pharmacists will be recognized as health care providers with Wisconsin provider status, enabling
them to practice to the full extent of their education and training.
• Wisconsin will have a quality pharmacy technician workforce that is empowered to take on
advanced roles.
• PSW will support diversity in membership, equity in opportunities, and inclusiveness in the
organization; members will address systemic racism and provide culturally competent care to
patients.
• PSW puts patients first when addressing the impact that financial and supply chain factors have
on patients and pharmacy practice.
• PSW will foster a sense of belonging, collaboration, and connection between members and
practice settings.
Pharmacy technicians, student pharmacists, and residents are vital to the profession of pharmacy and
the furthering of the PSW strategic plan. Pharmacy technicians’ roles are key to pharmacy practice ad-
vancement. Learners will be encouraged to be part of conversations and participate in PSW activities
through learning, listening, commenting, and playing supportive roles.PLAN 2025 INITIATIVES AND OBJECTIVES
Pharmacists will be recognized as health care providers with Wisconsin provider status, enabling them
to practice to the full extent of their education and training.
Plan 2025: Efforts related to the breakthrough initiative will
include efforts focused on policy and systems change.
• Advance legislative and regulatory policy that
creates business models that efficiently leverage the
pharmacist’s role on the health care team
• Sustain pharmacists’ services through equitable
payment for providing patient care services
• Collaborate with other organizations and health care
professionals to advocate for pharmacists to practice to
the full extent of their education and training
• Advance legislative and regulatory policy that expands
pharmacist’s scope of practice
• Leverage the role of the pharmacist as a key member
of the public health team (ex. COVID response, point of care testing and antimicrobial
stewardship, prescribing contraception, administering non-vaccine injections,
mental health, nicotine replacement therapy and smoking cessation, hypertension
management, diabetes prevention)
• Support the implementation of collaborative practice agreements and statewide
standing orders, protocols
In 2021, PSW efforts will focus on engaging in grassroots advocacy and communication
to advance legislation that will impact the payment for pharmacist-provided services in
Wisconsin.
• Foster an understanding among members about PSW provider status efforts
• Kick off broad grassroots advocacy with legislators through Month of Advocacy
activities
• Engage members in grassroots advocacy to advance introduced legislation
• Identify and implement actionable steps for schools of pharmacy and student
pharmacists to support efforts
• Determine critical organizational and health care provider partnerships that can be
leveraged in supporting “provider status” efforts, identify and address opposition from
other groups
Wisconsin will have a quality pharmacy technician workforce that is empowered to take on advanced
roles.
Plan 2025: Efforts related to the breakthrough initiative will focus on organizational policy
and strategies, pipeline opportunities, and sustainability of efforts to support and expand a
professional technician workforce.• Develop and execute a comprehensive Wisconsin pharmacy technician recruitment and
retention strategy in partnership with the Wisconsin Hospital Association (WHA), and
Wisconsin health-systems
• Support the implementation of pharmacy technician career ladders and expand the
number of pharmacy technicians in Wisconsin that are certified
• Identify advanced pharmacy technician role opportunities, remove barriers, and create
trainings to support
• Define the breadth of advanced roles in PSW technician membership
In 2021, there is an acute need for stability in the Wisconsin pharmacy technician
workforce. The shortage of pharmacy technicians and the ability to retain technician
workforce drastically impacts the ability of pharmacists to practice to the full extent of their
education and training. Efforts in 2021 will focus on experimenting with finding solutions to
impact this acute workforce issue.
• Pursue legislation and regulatory policy to implement pharmacy technician registration
in Wisconsin
• Foster discussions among members and stakeholders through a technician career
ladder (recruitment and retention) podcast and other complementary communication
strategies, resources
• Analyze WHA and Wisconsin state technician workforce survey data; identify barriers
and facilitators for recruitment and retention, and identify advanced roles that can be
promoted
• Obtain authority and develop trainings for pharmacy technician administered
immunizations
PSW will support diversity in membership, equity in opportunities, and inclusiveness in the
organization; members will address systemic racism and provide culturally competent care to patients.
Plan 2025: Efforts related to the breakthrough
initiative will focus on implementing and
sustaining an organizational culture of diversity,
equity, and inclusion that follows association
management best practices and uses the PSW
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Statement as the
basis of PSW work.
• PSW Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI)
efforts will not be limited to the work of the
PSW DEI Team, but will be incorporated
into the fabric of all PSW leadership and
member engagement activities
• Ongoing education on DEI and systemic
racism will be provided
• PSW will work to implement innovation
efforts and collaborations that address
social determinants of health
• Pharmacists and pharmacy technicians
will explore the role of community health
workers and expand training of pharmacy
technicians to include CHW trainingIn 2021, the PSW Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Team will lead the development of a
PSW action plan for impacting this breakthrough initiative.
• Review the results of the PSW-completed ASAE Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Index
assessment and support the DEI Team efforts to develop an action plan that impacts
organizational governance gaps
• Implement the culturally sensitive collection of member demographics that will help to
support the measurement of PSW impact in engagement and inclusiveness of diversity
• Resource the development of and provide staff, Board, and committee training on DEI,
enhancing awareness and intentionality
• Incorporate processes for intentionally supporting the engagement of diversity topics,
diverse speakers, and cultural competence into PSW educational program offerings
PSW puts patients first when addressing the impact that financial and supply chain factors have on
patients and pharmacy practice.
Plan 2025: Efforts related to the breakthrough initiative will focus on placing patients at the
forefront of all payment and supply chain policy initiatives, working with national partners
and discussing state level solutions.
• Position pharmacists in key policy conversations to serve as experts in drug pricing and
supply chain factors, catalyze action when needed, and leverage national association
partnerships
• Support patient choice and quality in mail delivery decisions, using a collaborative
approach in policy and practice conversations, and consider the impact of “specialty
pharmacy” and “specialty medications” on the overall health care of patients and cost
of that care
• Break down silos related to medication payment policy, educating policy-makers
and stakeholders about factors that impact medication and pharmacy service
reimbursement
• Build understanding between various practice settings regarding factors impacting drug
pricing, medication reimbursement, patient and health plan costs, and medication
supply chain. Provide education for health-system pharmacists related to factors
impacting community practice and education for community pharmacists related to
factors impacting health-system pharmacy enterprises.
• Leverage the Friends of Pharmacy Fund to build strategic relationships
In 2021, PSW will continue to champion efforts to pass patient-centered legislation that will
improve provide financial reform and improve the care patients receive.
• Engage in continued grassroots advocacy and efforts to support meaningful,
commonsense PBM reform legislation
• Work collaboratively with the Wisconsin Office of the Commissioner of Insurance (OCI)
to provide meaningful recommendations for PBM, insurance, and drug pricing reform
that supports the role of the pharmacist and patient choice
• Track and provide input on the implementation and next steps from the Governor’s
Task Force on Reducing Prescription Drug Prices, including next steps related to the
Wisconsin State Budget
• Advocate for pharmacists’, pharmacy technicians’, and student pharmacists’ roles in
the COVID-19 response, including the provision of therapeutics and vaccinesPSW will foster a sense of belonging, collaboration, and connection between members and practice
settings.
Plan 2025: Efforts related to the breakthrough
initiative will factor in the changing
macroenvironment that prompts us to connect
in new and innovative ways and underscore the
value of personal and professional connections
through PSW.
• Going forward, members will need
and want networking, education, and
engagement to be provided in multiple
venues (live, in-person, virtual, on-
demand). PSW will adapt to meet the
needs of members.
• In addition to in-person meetings and
events, PSW will leverage virtual platforms and technology to evolve as a venue for
networking and collaboration, providing members a sense of belonging and connection
In 2021, in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, members want and need more than ever
to be connected. PSW efforts will focus on fostering and building that connection despite
limitations on gathering and despite financial stress faced by organizations and individuals.
• PSW will build on early experience of virtual programming from 2020 and bring high-
quality virtual programming to members
• Review of virtual networking and education platforms will be conducted and feedback
on member needs and interests will be gathered
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