Full Name
Nicole O'Kane
Job Title
PharmD, Clinical Director
Company
HealthInsight Oregon
Speaker Bio
Nicole O’Kane, PharmD, is a pharmacist and the Clinical Director at HealthInsight Oregon. Her expertise includes the evaluation and reporting of medical data, as well as the design and measurement of person-centered interventions to improve the safety and effectiveness of medication use. O’Kane has extensive experience collaborating with communities across Oregon to evaluate the incidence of harm related to adverse drug events, and support the integration of processes to improve medication safety. She works directly with providers and pharmacists across healthcare settings to provide leadership and project management to improve coordination of care for people taking high-risk medication combinations, including opioids and other controlled substances. O’Kane is a serving member of the Oregon Health Authority naloxone workgroup and the Tri-county opioid safety coalition, supporting the development of effective policies and monitoring for safer opioid prescribing and the expanded distribution of naloxone. She also serves as Co-Investigator on a project funded by Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to develop and evaluate a toolkit aimed at community pharmacists to facilitate use of the Oregon Prescription Drug Monitoring Program and enhance supportive, effective communication between patients, pharmacists and prescribers around opioid management.
Nicole O'Kane