At Wishard Hospital, Better Diabetes Care through Teamwork

Collaborative Practice Agreements Expand Pharmacy Services

DIABETES MANAGEMENT can be tricky, especially for patients who have been diagnosed and prescribed oral agents or insulin to help them control ... [read more]
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Mar 25, 2013

CPPA’s Value to Pharmacy Practice

  AS YOU MAY BE AWARE, ASHP recently joined the Center for Pharmacy Practice Accreditation (CPPA) as a governing member. We believe that ... [read more]
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Mar 13, 2013

Pharmacists Integral to Continuity of Care at Scott and White Memorial Hospital

Work to Create High-Risk Medication Team Pays Off for Patients

DISCHARGE FROM HOSPITAL TO HOME or a long-term care facility is a busy time for both patients and care providers. When administrators at Scott and ... [read more]
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Feb 25, 2013

Expansion into Prescribing at the VA

Pharmacy Team Moves into Exciting New Areas of Patient Care

A KEY ELEMENT of advancing pharmacy practice—and a recommendation of ASHP’s Pharmacy Practice Model Initiative—is the expansion of ... [read more]
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Feb 25, 2013

The Power of Policy: Pathways to the Future

SOMETIMES, WHEN PEOPLE THINK of the word "policy," they think of "red tape," bureaucracy, or an arduous process. However, when I think about the ... [read more]
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Sep 06, 2012

Innovations in Reimbursement

Pharmacists Branching Out into New Models of Patient Care

LAST APRIL, THE PHARMACY DIRECTOR of a large, multi-hospital health system in the Midwest phoned Gloria Sachdev, Pharm.D., clinical assistant ... [read more]
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Sep 06, 2012