speaker
Jayne Pawasauskas
PharmD, BCPS
Kingston, Rhode Island, United States
Clinical Professor
She also collaborates with the hospital’s Palliative Care Service, providing consultative service and educational programs and precepting pharmacy residents completing a palliative care rotation. She is a member and previous co-chair of the hospital’s Pain Management Clinical Steering Committee and has worked closely with medical staff to create pain management protocols and perform drug safety surveillance. She has been active in the surrounding community by educating patients, adolescents, and public service employees about recognizing and preventing prescription drug abuse.
She has partnered with other healthcare professionals and law enforcement to create safe and sustainable drug disposal mechanisms and raise public awareness of the need for the safe handling of pharmaceuticals. Most recently, she collaborated with an interdisciplinary team to implement an inpatient naloxone dispensing program and has been invited to speak on the topic of opioid stewardship for numerous health systems around the country. She has been a recipient of the Cardinal Health Generation Rx award, which recognized her work in prescription drug abuse prevention. She is a past Chair of the Pain & Palliative Care Practice & Research Network of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy.