Lobby Day a Success!30 Pharmacists and VCU Student Pharmacists attended Lobby Day on February 15th. We were privileged to have new Pharmacist Delegate Keith Hodges (R) 98th District speak to us about current issues affecting Pharmacy.
2012 VSHP Calendar - Save the dates!
Tramadol SurveyMegan Stoiber, a Virginia Commonwealth University School of Pharmacy Resident, would like to invite you, as a Member of the Virginia Society of Health-System Pharmacists, to participate in the research project, A Comparison of Pharmacists’ Perceptions on the Safety of Tramadol. The purpose of this project is to assess pharmacists’ perceptions and past experiences with dispensing tramadol to their patients. This will be accomplished by an online questionnaire, which should take no more than 10 minutes of your time. To be a pharmacist participant in this research, please click the following link to open the web-based questionnaire:
http://vcupharmacy.us2.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_25ZK6UftU8iGPIw Upon completion of the web-based questionnaire, you can be entered into a raffle to win a $100 VISA gift card! If you have any questions, please contact Dr. Megan Stoiber (mstoiber@vcu.edu) or Dr. Kelly Goode (jrgoode@vcu.edu). Thank you for your interest and participation. Recognize Pharmacists as Healthcare Providers!Despite overwhelming evidence of the positive impact pharmacists can have on patient health, pharmacists are not recognized as healthcare providers under the Social Security Act and, therefore, cannot be paid by Medicare for therapy management and patient consultation services. The Social Security Act does recognize other healthcare professionals such as dieticians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, nurse midwives, and clinical social workers.
By changing the compensation structure allowed under Medicare, we can ensure that patients have access to the medication expertise of pharmacists. Studies have shown that when a pharmacist is directly involved in patient care, patients have fewer adverse drug reactions, experience improved outcomes, and healthcare costs are reduced. The perils of adverse effects from taking multiple medications affect all age groups. According to a recent survey, just over half of all Americans take at least 2 medications each day and nearly one-third take 4 or more medications each day. For the Medicare population, medication use is even higher — nearly half of Americans aged 65 and older take at least 4 medications each day. This is a critical safety issue!! Follow the link below to add your name to the petition requesting that pharmacists be recognized as healthcare providers! http://www.change.org/petitions/the-president-of-the-united-states-recognize-pharmacists-as-health-care-providers NABP CPE Monitor
CPE Monitor is a national, collaborative effort by NABP and the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) to provide an electronic system for pharmacists and pharmacy technicians to track their completed continuing pharmacy education (CPE) credits. It will also offer state boards of pharmacy the opportunity to electronically authenticate the CPE units completed by their licensees, rather than requiring pharmacists and technicians to submit their proof of completion statements upon request or for random audits.
Click here for more info. Changes in Pharmacy Technician CE
The Pharmacy Technician's Letter has a nice summary of the changes to pharmacy technician CE. The summary can be found here.
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