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March 9, 2015
We are so grateful to Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) for being a lead Senate sponsor of the Pharmacy and Medically Underserved Areas Enhancement Act that was introduced in both the House as H.R. 592 and the Senate as S. 314.
I encourage you to read an interview with him in Pharmacy Today’s March issue…
March 2, 2015
With all of the exciting things happening in our pharmacy world this year, it’s more important than ever for you to participate in the APhA Election to select APhA’s leaders.
This slate of candidates includes APhA Board of Trustees and leadership of the APhA Academy of Pharmacy Practice &…
February 13, 2015
We mourn the loss of Jerry Halperin, who along with living a stellar career, endeared himself to his staff at the United States Pharmacopeia (USP). He received significant and well-deserved recognition over that career, including the Remington Honor Medal, pharmacy’s highest honor, in San Francisco…
February 11, 2015
This afternoon, President Barack Obama will make remarks on the progress to date and the next steps in our nation’s response to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. As we’ve noted before, our own U.S. Public Health Service pharmacists responded in force. I’ve heard that a very special guest and…
February 9, 2015
This week, most of you should be receiving the February issue of Pharmacy Today in your mailboxes. Included in this issue is Today’s annual Over-the-Counter Product Survey. This important survey helps tally the OTC product recommendations you most often offer consumers and your patients.
Self-care…
February 6, 2015
The recent measles outbreak has increased public discussion and debate around the importance of immunizations and community responsibility. It is also providing an opportunity for the profession of pharmacy to educate the public, decision makers, and other health care providers regarding the…
February 5, 2015
Recently, in the glow of the introduction of H.R. 592 and S. 314, I had a conversation that reminded me how important simple “thank you” notes are in these days of electronic communications. Following is a blinded story from one of our most active members:
Tom,
It was such a pleasure to attend the…
February 2, 2015
By now, you’d have to be living under a rock not to know that four bipartisan U.S. representatives and four bipartisan U.S. senators have introduced new pharmacist “provider status” legislation that would give patients in medically underserved areas better access to health care. S. 314 and H.R. 592…
January 29, 2015
As I hinted to you earlier this week, there was a lot of big news on the provider status front in the past few days. While many exciting activities are going on, I am proud to be writing about the introduction of provider status bills in the U.S. House of Representatives and in the U.S. Senate! We…
January 27, 2015
In every news program you watch or listen to, there’s a “tease” right before the commercial break about the next story. That’s how they keep our attention. I’m not sharing this just to tease, but to inform. The entire pharmacy profession will have big news to cheer about in the next day or two.…