Archive for December, 2009

The Politics of Healthcare Reform

NOW THAT THE BRUISING PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN is finally behind us, Americans are wondering how the new realities in Washington, D.C., might affect ... [read more]
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Dec 18, 2009

The Need for C-Suite Pharmacists

THE INCREASING COMPLEXITY and rapidly rising costs of today’s drug therapies require new levels of expertise to ensure positive patient outcomes. ... [read more]
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Dec 18, 2009

A Call to Help Elderly Patients

I SPENT MY CHILDHOOD with my grandparents. Watching them age and suffer the limitations of chronic disease made a huge impression on me. Little did I ... [read more]
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Dec 18, 2009

MUSC Residency Program Celebrates 50th Anniversary

  MARGARET BLAIR BOBO was literally in a class by herself when she enrolled in the inaugural pharmacy residency program at the Medical ... [read more]
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Dec 18, 2009

Bridging the Continuity-of-Care Gap

Young Pharmacist Melds Different Patient-Care Roles

ELAINE LADD, Pharm.D., BCPS, is a busy woman. As a clinical pharmacy specialist at Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise, Idaho, ... [read more]
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Dec 18, 2009

Stamp of Approval: ASHP Residency Accreditation Assures Quality

ASHP Accreditation Boosts Quality of Residency Programs

AS PART OF THEIR QUEST for ASHP accreditation in 2007, pharmacy leaders at Deaconess Health System in Evansville, Indiana, decided they needed to do ... [read more]
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Dec 18, 2009