joanna kolasa

Capsule is a healthcare technology company on a mission to reconnect medication to the healthcare system. We are rebuilding the pharmacy from the inside out – the things you see and the things you don't see.

Medication management, patient counseling

* Investigated primary and tertiary databases including Medline, Embase, Scopus, Micromedex, Natural Standard etc. to answer drug and natural product inquiries from healthcare professionals * Interpreted drug information from resources to respond to drug information requests * Operated blog associated with drug information and natural products onto social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Wordpress * Managed The Center for Drug Information and Natural Products

* Processed prescription orders from patient drop off * Assisted pharmacists with flu clinics * Screened patients for being appropriate candidates for vaccinations * Retrieved and interpreted patient specific data * Provided patients with counseling and disease state education * Identified therapeutic goals and outcomes of prescribed therapy * Evaluated and implemented necessary interventions for individual prescriptions * Responded to requests for drug information received from patients and healthcare professionals * Prepared oral and topical compounds

* Assisted in translation of monographs * Contributed to Natural Standard website by introducing new healthy recipes and planning events * Contributed to the peer-review of a manuscript submitted on danshen extracts * Contributed to student’s oral presentations

* Processed prescription orders from doctors * Prepared intravenous and other sterile preparations utilizing aseptic technique * Prepared oral and topical compounds * Participated in rounds with intensive care unit and adolescent psychiatric multidisciplinary teams * Evaluated individual patient laboratory values and medications and provided recommendations in collaboration with preceptor * Responded to requests for drug information received from healthcare professionals and patients * Educated nurses about imatinib mesylate(Gleevec®) and proper technique to administration to neonate

* Processed prescription orders * Prepared intravenous and other sterile preparations utilizing aseptic technique * Participated in rounds with ICU multidisciplinary team * Shadowed emergency department and chemotherapy pharmacist * Calculated various chemotherapy medication dosing

Rite Aid Corporation is one of the nation's leading drugstore chains with more than 4,600 stores in 31 states and the District of Columbia, with a strong presence on both the East and West coasts. Rite Aid is the largest drugstore chain on the East Coast and the third largest drugstore chain in the U.S. The company is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker RAD.We have the largest loyalty program of any retailer in the U.S. Our wellness+ program currently has over 50 million unique registered users.We are remodeling and remerchandising our stores to the new "wellness" format at a rate of about 500 locations per year.Rite Aid holds a strategic partnership with General Nutrition Companies, Inc. (GNC), the largest specialty retailer of vitamins, mineral supplements, sports nutrition and herbal products. This partnership created unique GNC "stores within stores"​ in Rite Aid drugstores across the country.

Activities and Societies: American Pharmacists Association (APhA) American Society of Health System Pharmacists (ASHP)