At a recent happy hour, a young colleague described a situation where several staff in her area did their jobs well but were not being promoted. This led to a very interesting discussion among several of us more “senior” folks at the table and a few of our younger colleagues. I...
The national debate over escalating drug costs continues to be front page news with no end in sight. New “specialty” drugs increasingly have per patient costs in the tens of thousands of dollars for a course of therapy. But it’s not just new therapies that have seen escalating...
This issue of AJHP is a theme issue featuring numerous papers on provider status. I applaud the Journal for featuring more theme issues such as this one that bring us more in-depth focus on important topics facing our profession. What struck me most as I read these papers is that a common...
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Last August in this blog I asked if it was time for pharmacy to reassess its licensure model ( http://connect.ashp.org/blogs/david-witmer/2015/08/21/does-pharmacy-need-to-modernize-its-approach-to-licensure ) . Only a couple of you responded with comments. At the time I shared a report from...
Bringing the Practice Advancement Initiative (PAI) to Life for Students A body of research demonstrates that pharmacy practice advancement is for the good of our patients. PAI is also beneficial for all of us – both pharmacists and student pharmacists. To bring students to PAI, and to...
America has evolved. Politics used to be “local.” Businesses were also local. My parents’ generation knew their grocer, the milkman, and the owner of the hardware store. There was even a bread truck and a milk truck that delivered to our house. And of course healthcare was a local phenomenon....
The year 2015 has been very productive in our efforts to improve access to the patient care services of pharmacists. ASHP and the Patient Access to Pharmacists’ Care Coalition now have bipartisan support of 245 members of the U.S. House of Representatives and 37 members of the U.S. Senate for...
Educating the Public on What Pharmacists do IS Part of Providing Healthcare Contributed by Danielle Beltz & Angela Goodhart, Northeast Ohio Medical University Coming this Fall, a new trio of medical drama: Chicago Hope the Pharmacy Edition, ER Pharmacist, and Dipiro’s...
How to Create a Provider Status Wall Contributed by Danielle Beltz, ASHP Policy and Legislative Advocacy Advisory Group Member and Melody Smith, ASHP Student Society Advisory Group Member Northeast Ohio Medical University Pharmacy Class of 2016 Why...
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Contributed by: Northeast Ohio Medical University SSHP P4 members Danielle Beltz, Amy Saculla, Sasha Walton Three Student Perspectives on ASHP Student Advocate Training and Legislative Day In January, Northeast Ohio Medical University (NEOMED) SSHP with Dr....