729. Impact of An Electronic “Antibiotic Time Out” on Provider Prescribing Patterns Sui Kwong Li, MD; James S. Lewis II, PharmD, FIDSA; Graeme N. Forrest, MBBS, FIDSA; Miriam R. Elman, MPH and Jessina C. McGregor, PhD; Division of Infectious Diseases, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, Department of Pharmacy, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, Division of I...

INTRODUCTION Understanding how pharmacy technicians and other pharmacy support workforce cadres assist pharmacists in the healthcare system will facilitate developing health systems with the ability to achieve universal health coverage as it is defined in different country contexts. The aim of this paper is to provide an overview of the present global variety in the technician and other pharmac...

Executive Summary: The National Association of Board of Pharmacy's (NABP) Model State Pharmacy Act and Model Rules (Model Act) serves as a resource to the state boards of pharmacy to promote uniform regulatory standards. As the number of our nation's seniors has grown, so to have the demands and challenges placed upon the pharmacists serving those seniors who live in long-term care facilities. ...

This paper describes the goals of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists' Pharmacy Practice Model Initiative (PPMI) and its recommendations for health-system pharmacy practice transformation to meet future patient care needs and elevate the role of pharmacists as patient care providers. PPMI envisions a future in which pharmacists have greater responsibility for medication-related ou...

OBJECTIVES To operationalise the concept of 'advanced practice roles' in pharmacy within the new integrated regionalised palliative care service model outlined in the Palliative Care Services Plan 2009-2016, SA Health. METHODS A working group was established under the auspices of the Palliative Care Clinical Network to progress the development of advanced practice pharmacist roles for regiona...

UNLABELLED As colleges of pharmacy prepare a new generation of practitioners, it is important that during practice experiences students learn the impact of clinical interventions. For over ten years, pharmacy students have been a vital part of the multidisciplinary team at the military treatment facility. The overall impact of the student interventions on patient care has not been evaluated. To...

All of us in the gathering today and the other members of our Academy who are not here for various reasons are united by one common goal, one common bond, one common aim, and that is the health and well-being of the children of our country. Whether it is the rural pediatrician who selflessly sacrifices the city life, the full time teacher who foregoes the financial lures of private practice, th...

Authors: David Gravette, Pharm.D. Candidate, Harrison School of Pharmacy, Auburn University; Morgan Luger, Pharm.D. Candidate, Harrison School of Pharmacy, Auburn University; Jay Moulton, Pharm.D. Candidate, Harrison School of Pharmacy, Auburn University; Wesley T. Lindsey, Pharm.D., Associate Clinical Professor of Pharmacy Practice, Drug Information and Learning Resource Center, Harrison Schoo...

The use of specialty pharmacies is expanding in oncology pharmacy practice. Specialty pharmacies provide a channel for distributing drugs that, from the payor perspective, creates economies of scale and streamlines the delivery of expensive drugs. Proposed goals of specialty pharmacy include optimization of pharmaceutical care outcomes through ensuring appropriate medication use and maximizing ...