Faculty & Staff Details

	Name:	Ranee Basse, Pharm.D.
	Position:	Associate Professor, Chief, Managed Health Care Pharmacy Services, Amarillo
	Email:	ranee.lenz@ttuhsc.edu
	Bio	Dr. Basse is a founding faculty member in the Department of Pharmacy Practice. Her current position is as an Associate Professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice. She received her Pharm.D. from Creighton University and completed a residency in Pharmacy Practice at High Plains Baptist Hospital or BSA as it is now known.

Education:

Licensures:

Texas Pharmacy License 34816-1994-09/30/08
Texas Preceptor Licensure -1995-09/30/08

Awards:

Preceptor of the Year for P-4 Amarillo-2002
Innovative Collaborative Practice award from TSHP (for her dept)-2002
TSHP Research Award for a Poster Presentation “Development of a Model to Manage Credentialing, Privileging, Reimbursement, and Compliance in the Ambulatory Setting. Texas Society of Health-System Pharmacists Annual Meeting, San Antonio TX, 2000.
Presidents Award. Awarded by Panhandle Society of Health-System Pharmacists, Amarillo, TX, 2000
TSHP Award 1995 – Platform Presentation “ Neutropenic Trends”
Phi Lambda Sigma Honor Society 1993
Academy of Students of Pharmacy Vice-President 1991-92.

Research Interests:

Dr. Basse is interested in outcomes research in the area of managed care. Her current projects include: evaluating the effectiveness of interferon/ribavirin therapy in the correctional care setting and assessing the outcomes of an antipsychotic switch program. Her most recent publication centered on evaluating the effectiveness of a physician-pharmacist collaborative drug therapy management diabetes clinic that she co-developed.

Practice Focus:

Dr. Basse is one of four founding members in the Managed Health Care Pharmacy Services Division. Her practice setting is within the western sector of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) system. She has established clinics under physician supervised protocol in the areas of asthma, COPD, diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and anticoagulation. Other areas of interest include viral hepatitis and dermatology. Dr. Lenz also provides nonformulary consultations for 30,000 offenders within TDCJ System.

Professional Service:

Dr. Lenz has served on local and state professional organizations. She is a past president of the Panhandle Society of Health System Pharmacists and has served on the board for the Texas Society of Health System Pharmacists (TSHP). She is currently a member of the Educational Affairs Council for TSHP. She has recently been appointed to the ADA High Plains Council and serves as a member of their speaker bureau.

Publications:

Peer Reviewed:

•Irons BK, Anderson SL, Lenz RJ, Nelson SG, Habeger HE and Anderson HG. A retrospective case-controlled analysis of the clinical effectiveness of a physician-pharmacist collaborative drug therapy management diabetes clinic. Pharmacotherapy 2002;22(10): 1294-1300

•Anderson HG, Anderson SL, Irons BK, Lenz RJ, Nelson SG, Habeger HE. A retrospective cohort analysis of the clinical effectiveness of a physician-pharmacist collaborative drug therapy management diabetes clinic. J Managed Care Pharm. 2001; 7:355. Abstract

•Habeger HE, Anderson HG, Anderson SL, Irons BK, Lenz RJ, Nelson SG. Correlation of chronic disease management to pharmacy utilization indicators in a staff-model correctional managed health care organization. J Managed Care Pharm. 2001; 7:363. Abstract

Non-Peer Reviewed:

•Lenz RJ, Anderson SL, Habeger HE, Irons B, Nelson S and Anderson HG. Assessment of blood pressure control in diabetic patients managed by clinical pharmacists under physician supervised protocol. Abstract (Submitted and received acceptance for publication in TSHP Journal)

•Easterday L, D’Angion R, Lenz RJ, Habeger HE and Anderson HG. Designing pharmacy clinical reporting forms on PDA’s to meet patient care documentation requirements in a correctional managed healthcare organization. Abstract (Submitted and received acceptance for publication in TSHP Journal)

•Habeger HE, Anderson HG, Irons B, Lenz RJ, Nelson S and Anderson SL. Correlation of chronic disease management to pharmacy utilization indicators in a staff-model correctional managed healthcare organization. Abstract (Submitted and received acceptance for publication in TSHP Journal)

•Lenz RJ. Pharmacotherapy review of antifungal infections. Panhandle Health 2001 11 (4) 27-28.

•Anderson HG, Irons B, Anderson SL, Habeger HE, Lee J, Lenz RJ, Nelson SG. A retrospective cohort analysis of the clinical effectiveness of a physician-pharmacist collaborative drug therapy management diabetes clinic. TSHP Journal. 2001: 2:73. Abstract