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It’s Time for Something New
Paul W. Abramowitz, Pharm.D.,Sc.D. (Hon.), FASHP Today, ASHP introduced our new logo and tagline to our members during the opening session of our Summer Meetings. This new visual identity is a...
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The Constant in the Patient Care Equation
Christene M. Jolowsky,M.S., R.Ph., FASHP Editor’s Note: The following inaugural address was given by new ASHP President Christene M. Jolowsky, M.S., R.Ph., FASHP, at ASHP’s Summer Meetings in Las...
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Can Volunteering for a Political Campaign Help Your Patients?
Kathryn Schultz and Sen. Al Franken take a moment to pose for a picture. THE EXPERIENCE THAT KATHRYN R. SCHULTZ, Pharm.D., MPH, FASHP, has had in the advocacy realm proves the old adage that all...
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Provider Status Bill Reintroduced in Congress
Paul W. Abramowitz, Pharm.D., Sc.D. (Hon.), FASHP HAPPY NEW YEAR! As we enter 2015 we can reflect on the success we had with last year’s introduction of pharmacists’ provider status legislation, H.R....
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ASHP Student Pharmacists Visit Capitol Hill to Support Provider Status
Paul W. Abramowitz, Pharm.D., Sc.D. (Hon.), FASHP On February 3 and 4, 2015, ASHP hosted more than 40 student pharmacists from all around the country to meet with lawmakers in the U.S. House of...
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Know What’s in Airplane’s Emergency Medical Kit, Two Pharmacists Say
AS TWO PHARMACIST LEARNED ON A RECENT TRIP, domestic passenger-carrying airplanes with a flight attendant also have onboard an emergency medical kit with a small assortment of medications and supplies....
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VA Pharmacist-Led Diabetes Clinic Dramatically Improves Patient Outcomes
Candis M. Morello, Pharm.D., CDE, FCSHP, FASHP BACK IN 2009, when the VA San Diego Healthcare System wanted to help its primary care physicians meet performance measures for diabetes as well as help...
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Building Bridges to Pharmacy’s Future: Optimizing Patient Outcomes
John A. Armitstead, M.S., R.Ph., FASHP Editor’s Note: The following inaugural address was given by new ASHP President John A. Armitstead, M.S., R.Ph., FASHP, at ASHP’s Summer Meetings in Denver, June...
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Provider Status: Moving Forward, Major Push by Practitioners Still Needed
Paul W. Abramowitz, Pharm.D., Sc.D. (Hon.), FASHP AS OF TODAY there are 185 co-sponsors in the House of Representatives and 28 in the Senate for the Pharmacy and Medically Underserved Areas Enhancement...
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Transforming AJHP
Paul W. Abramowitz, Pharm.D., Sc.D. (Hon.), FASHP HAPPY NEW YEAR! As CEO of ASHP, one of my goals has been to help guide the continuing evolution of AJHP, ASHP’s peer-reviewed scientific journal. Over...
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Pharm.D.-M.D. Team Successfully Enacts Opioid-Free ED Shift
A pharmacist-physician team at Maimonides ED successfully substituted non-opioid pain meds for its patients in a recent IRB-approved study. OPIOIDS ARE OFTEN THE GO-TO ANALGESICS in the emergency...
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2+2 Curriculum Ensures Broad Patient Care Experience
Touro pharmacy students worked with patients during the Harlem Healthy Soul Festival in September 2015. A NON-TRADITIONAL “2+2” CURRICULUM at the Touro School of Pharmacy in Harlem, N.Y., is paying big...
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Medicare Project Helps Put Pharmacists in Primary Care
AN ONGOING MEDICARE demonstration program with a medication management component shows some hope of reducing healthcare costs through the use of team-based primary care services. An analysis of...
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Residency Match Day 2016
Paul W. Abramowitz, Pharm.D., Sc.D. (Hon.), FASHP CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL who matched during the first of two residency Matches! For those who did not match in the First Match, please plan to...
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Breaking the Glass Ceiling: Women Pharmacy Leaders Changing Practice
ASHP created a Women in Pharmacy Leadership Steering Committee to help guide ASHP’s efforts in providing services and support for women pharmacists as they seek leadership positions. Editor’s Note:...
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From Teaching to Oncology Pharmacy: A Winding Path to a Fulfilling Career
Editor’s Note: This is the second story in a series examining the growing number of women in pharmacy leadership and ASHP’s work to support them. Jill Bates, Pharm.D., M.S., BCOP JILL BATES, PHARM.D.,...
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New ASHP Critical Care and Pediatric Pharmacy Review Courses Expand...
Board certification is becoming increasingly important to pharmacists in their careers. To help pharmacists prepare for the Board of Pharmacy Specialties (BPS) certification examinations, ASHP has...
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Advancing Pharmacists’ Prescribing
Paul W. Abramowitz, Pharm.D., Sc.D. (Hon.), FASHP AJHP, ASHP’s PEER-REVIEWED SCIENTIFIC JOURNAL, continues to support our members’ efforts to provide optimal patient care with its second theme issue,...
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Pharmacy Academia Star Urges Other Women to Follow Their Passions
Editor’s Note: This is the third story in a series examining the growing number of women in pharmacy leadership and ASHP’s work to support them. Marie Chisholm-Burns, Pharm.D., M.P.H., MBA, FASHP,...
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Code Sepsis Initiative Leads to Fast Response, Better Survival
ON THE SIXTEENTH DAY of his hospitalization at Wake Forest Baptist Health (WFBH) in Winston-Salem, N.C., a 50-year-old man admitted for serious injuries from a car wreck was in trouble. His oxygen...
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