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March 28, 2012
If you’re a practicing pharmacist, and you haven’t read the full U.S. Public Health Service Office of the Chief Pharmacist report to the U.S. Surgeon General, then take 2 minutes to read this awesome Medscape Medical News interview with Scott Giberson, who put the report together. His comments may…
March 23, 2012
Here's another interesting observation from a letter in today’s Wall Street Journal, “The DEA’s War On Pharmacies—and Pain Patients.” I know pharmacists every day deal with the challenges of wanting to take care of patients while not incurring the scrutiny, let alone ire, of regulators for…
March 23, 2012
I’d like to pass along an interesting observation from the Redheaded Pharmacist blog. An excerpt follows:
What is not as often discussed is how those changes in community pharmacy also present us with opportunities to explore new avenues of community pharmacy practice models. If dispensing is the…
March 20, 2012
As you may know, APhA is one of the founding organizations that created the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB). Our goal—with our partners since that founding—has been to advance pharmacy practice and to empower pharmacists with well-qualified technicians.
Pharmacists have worked…
March 19, 2012
As many of you read in my March 8 blog post, leaders of the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) were at APhA headquarters last month, and a central discussion point was pharmacist provision of patient-centered services under collaborative agreements with prescribers. We have now followed…
March 13, 2012
For those of you with an interest in the APhA headquarters building on the National Mall, I’d like to share a recent TV interview and accompanying article about plans to honor veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan in the future Education Center at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. The Vietnam…
March 9, 2012
The Center for Pharmacy Practice Accreditation (CPPA), a partnership between APhA and the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP), has been established to develop and implement comprehensive programs of pharmacy practice site accreditation.
CPPA is responsible for developing, maintaining…
March 8, 2012
On Valentine’s Day, we met with the leadership of the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) at APhA headquarters for an open and productive conversation about how family physicians and pharmacists can work together. We appreciated the spirit of the discussion and the constructive approach to…
March 7, 2012
The recent U.S. Public Health Service report on expanded roles for pharmacists, supported by the U.S. Surgeon General, is required reading for pharmacists who care about the future of our profession. We've known for decades that pharmacists have more to offer patients than payers and policy makers…
March 7, 2012
On the recent occasion of Larry Weaver's memorial celebration, three APhA Presidents gathered, including Lowell Anderson (#138), William F. Appel (#123), and President-elect Designate Steve Simenson (#158). Thanks to Lowell for sharing the photo!