Contributed by Danielle Beltz (Past President), Heather Deem (Past Policy Chair) Ashton Unger (Past Legal Affairs Chair) and Heather Deem (Policy Chair): NEOMED Class of 2016 A body of research demonstrates that pharmacy practice advancement is for the good of our patients. PAI is also...
The Doctor of Pharmacy curriculum has prepared pharmacists to provide front-line, patient-centered care since its inception in 1950. Sixty-four years later, the Social Security Act still does not include pharmacists as providers under Medicare Part B, and thus does not recognize pharmacists as...
I’m the type of person that LOVES conferences. I learn a ton from the offered continuing education, I attempt to beef up my CV and share my knowledge either through a poster or presentation, I thrive on the networking opportunities with old and new colleagues, receptions and dinners, and I...
One of my other stops on my recent trip across the pond was to the country of Denmark. Now Denmark in December is a pretty dark place; the sun rose every day before 9 AM and generally set at or around 4 PM. Of course, I got very little time to sightsee. Nonetheless, it is worth it to...
I recently had the opportunity to attend the ASHP Leadership Conference in Chicago. This is an annual event; I have been going now for over 5 years. Part of what attracted me to this year's meeting was the recognition of Toby Clark via the John W. Webb Lecture Award. Toby is one of my...
Are you interested in relating better to other generations given that currently there are four generations in the work place. I stumbled across a great book Y-Sizing Your Business by Jason Ryan Dorsey. Jason is a GenYer/Millennial himself, consults with corporations and has interviewed...
This morning I read an op ed piece in my local newspaper by Cal Thomas talking about the British Health System. Now, like me, Cal comes down somewhere to the slightly right of Ghengis Khan politically, so it was no surprise that he mentioned 'death panels'. But the information he presented is...