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Jerry Meece, R.Ph., FACA, CDE
Owner and Director of Clinical Services
Plaza Pharmacy and Wellness Center
Gainesville, Texas
Jerry Meece is a pharmacist, certified diabetes educator, owner and director of Clinical Services at Plaza Pharmacy and Wellness Center in Gainesville, Texas. Plaza Pharmacy and Wellness Center is one of the first freestanding pharmacies in the country to achieve Provider Education Recognition from the American Diabetes Association.
Jerry moved to a new location and designed a clinical pharmacy and wellness center to expand the disease state management part of his business. Since then, he has received national recognition for his diabetes program and is a national and international speaker on the subject of diabetes, disease state management and clinician/patient behavior in the health care setting. He has authored numerous journal articles on diabetes care and insulin use of the patient with diabetes and has been interviewed by publications such as Drug Topics, Managed Care Today, Pharmacy Times, Texas Pharmacy, Retail Pharmacy new, The Australian Journal of Pharmacy and Australian Pharmacist.
In 2001, Jerry became the first practicing community pharmacist ever to be elected to the Board of Directors for the American Association of Diabetes Educators and to serve on their Executive Board in the position of Vice President.
His latest start-up enterprise is Innovative Health Care Designs, a company that holds workshops and seminars in diabetes management for professionals, performs special research projects for national corporations and consults with other clinical sites for the purpose of setting up diabetes care systems and achieving American Diabetes Association Provider Education Recognition.
In July 2006, Jerry was formally recognized for his tremendous impact on diabetes education by two separate organizations. He was presented with the Innovative Practice of the Year award by the Texas Pharmacy Association and the Legislative Leadership award by the American Association of Diabetes Educators.
About the lecture
"What’s in Your Backpack?"
In order to ensure that pharmacists have a key role in health care of the future, they will need to equip themselves with the tools that will allow them not only to survive but thrive in the coming years. This presentation will discuss the challenges and opportunities that pharmacists will face as they attempt to navigate the road ahead.
Certainly, pharmacist care will play a major role in dealing with chronic diseases such as diabetes as the incidence continues to increase while the ranks of the professionals who have traditionally managed this disease have declined. Will pharmacists be ready to step up to the plate and take on those responsibilities? To do so, they will need to have on board several key components to contend with the coming trends in the health care industry. These and other key points concerning successful pharmacist care programs will be discussed in this lecture.
Quoted from the 2008-2009 Linda H. and Calvin J. Anthony Distinguished Entrepreneur in Pharmacy Lecture Series Announcement Brochure