To: PHS
Pharmacists
From: CDR Jennifer Fan and CDR Mary
Kremzner, PharmPAC Administration Section Co-Leads
Subject: PharmPAC Professional
Liaison Reports
American Pharmacists
Association (APhA)
2009 ACCP/ESCP International Congress on Clinical
Pharmacy and the Pharmacotherapy Preparatory Course
Location:
2009
Oncology Pharmacy Preparatory Review Course
Location:
Dates:
Thursday, May 14-Saturday, May 16 Official Meeting Location: Hyatt Regency
Hotel(s): * Hyatt Regency
2009 Annual
Meeting
Location:
Dates:
Sunday, October 18-Wednesday, October 21 Official Meeting Location:
Hotel(s): * Hilton
2010 Spring
Practice and Research Forum and Updates in Therapeutics:
The
Pharmacotherapy Preparatory Course
Location:
Dates:
Friday, April 23-Tuesday, April 27 Official Meeting Location:
Hotel(s): *
2010 Annual
Meeting
Location:
Dates:
Sunday, October 17-Wednesday, October 20 Official Meeting Location:
Hotel(s): * Hilton Austin (headquarter
hotel) and * Marriott Courtyard
2011 Spring
Practice and Research Forum and Updates in Therapeutics:
The
Pharmacotherapy Preparatory Course
Location:
Dates:
Friday, April 08-Tuesday, April 12 Official Meeting Location: Greater
Hotel(s): * Hyatt Regency Columbus
(headquarter hotel) and * Crowne Plaza Columbus
Downtown
2011 Annual
Meeting
Location:
Dates:
Sunday, October 16-Wednesday, October 19 Official Meeting Location:
Hotel(s): * Westin Convention Center
Pittsburgh (headquarter hotel) and * Omni William Penn
Hotel
Academy of
Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP)
AMCP 21st Annual Meeting &
Showcase, April 15-18, 2009 in
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Submissions are now being accepted for Board
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American
Society of Health System-Pharmacists (ASHP)
ASHP Midyear Clinical
Meeting is December 7-11, 2008 in Orlando,
FL
ASHP
1. National Health Information Network
Passes Live Test
A live demonstration of the Nationwide
Health Information Network prototype suggests that electronic medical data may
one day be efficiently exchanged among frontline health care providers across
the country.
http://www.ashp.org/import/news/HealthSystemPharmacyNews/newsarticle.aspx?id=2960
2. DNV Healthcare Receives Deeming
Authority
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
Services on September 26 started recognizing Det Norske Veritas Healthcare Inc.
as an organization that runs a national accreditation program for hospitals
wanting to participate in the Medicare or Medicaid
program.
http://www.ashp.org/import/news/HealthSystemPharmacyNews/newsarticle.aspx?id=2958
3. New Spotlights Shine on
Health-Care-Associated Infections
Attempts to control health-care-associated
infections have received renewed attention in recent months from government
agencies, nonprofit organizations, and academic research
groups.
http://www.ashp.org/import/news/HealthSystemPharmacyNews/newsarticle.aspx?id=2961
4. CMS Eliminates Temporary IVIG-Related
Code for OPPS 2009
Medicare's hospital outpatient prospective
payment system in calendar year 2009 will not recognize the temporary Healthcare
Common Procedure Coding System code signifying costs associated with procuring
i.v. immune globulin (IVIG). According to a prepublication version of the
government's final rule on the payment system, the Centers for Medicare and
Medicaid Services wants hospitals to report charges for IVIG
preadministration-related services in the same manner as for charges for other
drugs' preadministration-related services.
http://federalregister.gov/OFRUpload/OFRData/2008-26212_PI.pdf
(1827 double-spaced pages)
5. Medicare Continues 12 Quality Measures
for Home Health Agencies
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
Services (CMS) wants home health agencies to continue reporting 12 quality
measures, including whether patients have less pain when moving around. These
measures are part of the notice that CMS published on November 3 concerning rate
updates for Medicare's home health prospective payment system in calendar year
2009.
http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-26142.pdf
6. Transplant Pharmacists: Be Prepared To
Answer Surveyors' Questions
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
Services recently released an advance copy of the protocol that the federal
government expects state inspectors to use when surveying an organ transplant
program for compliance with Medicare's conditions of participation. Pharmacists
involved with organ transplant programs should be prepared to answer eight
general questions.
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/SurveyCertificationGenInfo/downloads/SCLetter09-09.pdf
(see page 51 for questions directed to pharmacist)
7. Nimotop Leaving
Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals announced
at the end of October that the company decided to stop marketing Nimotop
capsules, which Cardinal Health manufactures under contract. (According to FDA
databases, three firms market generic nimodipine
capsules.)
http://www.fda.gov/cder/drug/shortages/discontinuation.pdf
8. AstraZeneca To Stop Marketing Foscavir
After April 2009
The remaining inventory of Foscavir will
be gone by April 30, 2009, AstraZeneca has told FDA. (According to FDA
databases, Hospira Inc. has manufactured Foscavir under contract to AstraZeneca
for at least three years and also makes generic foscarnet sodium
injection.)
http://www.fda.gov/cder/drug/shortages/default.htm#Foscavir
9. New Online Form for Reporting
Controlled-Substance Theft, Loss
The Drug Enforcement Administration
recently announced that its updated online form for reporting theft or loss
requires registrants to state the National Drug Code for each controlled
substance reported.
http://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/21cfr_reports/theft/index.html
10. FDA Finalizes New Requirement for
Outpatient Prescription Labels
By July 1, 2009, pharmacies dispensing
prescription drug products to consumers must provide the following statement
about undesirable effects: "Call your doctor for medical advice about side
effects. You may report side effects to FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088." FDA said it
recognizes five options for distributing the so-called side effects
statement.
http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-25670.pdf
11.
A federal audit revealed that
http://oig.hhs.gov/oas/reports/region3/30700203.pdf
12. Joint Commission Gets Conditional
Approval for CAH Deeming Authority
The federal government on October 24
announced conditional approval of the Joint Commission's request for continued
recognition as a national accreditation program for critical access hospitals
seeking to participate in the Medicare or Medicaid
program.
http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-25193.pdf
13. Prescription Drug Costs Higher in Some
Poor Neighborhoods
A recent study in
http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSTRE49R7ZR20081028
14. Generic Diabetes Drug May Help Reduce
Risk of Heart Disease
A meta-analysis in the current issue of
Archives of Internal Medicine suggests that the generic drug metformin, compared
with other oral diabetes medications including rosiglitazone, reduces the risk
of death from heart disease in patients with diabetes mellitus, according to a
Houston Chronicle article on rising drug costs.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/health/6081479.html
(Houston Chronicle)
http://archinte.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/168/19/2070
(abstract)
15.
With funding from the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention, the Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical
Sciences at the University of California, San Diego, will develop PharmGenEd—an
educational curriculum that focuses on basic pharmacogenomic concepts and
clinical applications. The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists,
American Pharmacists Association, and American Association of Colleges of
Pharmacy will collaborate with the pharmacy school to promote the educational
campaign.
http://media-newswire.com/release_1076810.html
16. Become a Midyear Resident Poster
ASHP is trying out a program to provide
live feedback to pharmacy practice residents presenting posters at the Midyear
Clinical Meeting. Residents have told us that they seek this type of input on
their projects. Becoming a Midyear resident poster mentor is a great opportunity
to make a real difference for some of the health-system pharmacy profession's
newest members.
http://www.ashp.org/midyear/EducationCE/Posters/Residents.aspx
17. Medication Safety Team Grant
Applications Now Available
The ASHP Foundation's Medication Safety
Team Grant Program is now accepting applications. The program, which is
sponsored by Omnicell Inc., supports research related to the use of bar-code
scanning technology at the point of medication administration to enhance the
safe use of medications. This grant program is available to research teams
composed of a combination of pharmacists, physicians, nurses, and informatics
experts. The research teams must include a pharmacist as a co-principal
investigator, and the proposed research must involve the use of bar-code
scanning technology at the point of medication administration. Two $40,000
grants will be awarded. The deadline to submit completed applications is April
1, 2009.
http://www.ashpfoundation.org/MainMenuCategories/ResearchResourceCenter/FundingOpportunities.aspx
18. It's Right Where You Belong—Join an
ASHP Section
Make the most of your membership with ASHP
and become a member of an ASHP Section! There's a Section for everyone, from the
Section of Clinical Specialists and Scientists to the Section of Home,
Ambulatory, and Chronic Care Practitioners, the Section of Inpatient Care
Practitioners, the Section of Pharmacy Practice Managers, and the newest—the
Section of Pharmacy Informatics and Technology. Section membership provides many
benefits, including access to up-to-the-minute practice-related news, NewsLink
messages pertaining only to a Section, educational programs tailored
specifically to a Section, and special networking activities at ASHP meetings.
Each Section even has their own Web site that contains a wealth of information,
resources, and tools.
http://www.ashp.org/sections
ASHP
Foundation
ASHP Foundation Offers
Flu Vaccinations at Midyear
The ASHP Foundation and ASHP have joined
forces to offer free flu shots to attendees at the 2008 ASHP Midyear Clinical
Meeting. Visit the
ASHP Foundation Donor
Matching Program Now Through December 31st!
The ASHP Foundation’s Annual Donor
Matching Program began November 1st and will continue through December 31st.
Thanks to the generosity of the ASHP Foundation Board of Directors, this year’s
donor matching sponsor, all gifts made to the Foundation by individual donors
now through the end of the calendar year will be matched dollar for dollar. This
is a wonderful way to maximize your donor dollars and support your
profession.
There are three ways to
give:
1. Attend the ASHP Foundation’s Donor
Matching Reception during the 2008 Midyear Clinical Meeting in
2. Visit the ASHP Foundation’s exhibit
booth #1273 any time during the ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting to make a
donation.
3. If you are not attending the Midyear
Clinical Meeting, complete a donation form and send it to the ASHP Foundation!
Foundation-funded researchers will also be
on hand to share the results of the work that you have helped to support! Please
stop by, join us for a drink, visit with the researchers and renew your
commitment to the Foundation. All donations are tax deductible and assist the
ASHP Foundation in achieving its mission.
ASHP Foundation Events
at 2008 ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting
In addition to the Annual Donor Matching
Reception, the ASHP Foundation will be hosting many activities during the 2008
ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting in
Federal Services Junior
Investigator Research Grant Accepting
Applications
The ASHP Foundation is now accepting
applications to the Federal Services Junior Investigator Research Grant Program,
which is sponsored by Abbott. Grants will be awarded to junior investigators for
practice-based research related to medication adherence and persistence studies
in individuals with either HIV/AIDS, dyslipidemia, autoimmune diseases,
psychiatric disorders or stages 3 and 4 renal disease who receive care in a
Federal healthcare facility. Two $25,000 grants are available. The deadline to
submit applications is January 9, 2009. Applications and other information about
this program can be found in the ASHP Foundation’s online
Apply for Junior
Investigator Research Grant by February 13th
The ASHP Foundation’s Junior Investigator
Research Grant Program is accepting applications through February 13, 2009. This
grant program, sponsored by the Joseph A. Oddis Endowment, supports
practice-based research in medication use conducted by pharmacist new
investigators. Practice-based research affects a wide range of medication-use
topics, including program evaluations; patient education; patient outcomes and
effectiveness of medication therapy; health care quality; medication use in
minority, elderly and other special populations; medication costs and financing;
program evaluations; and access to medications.Two $20,000 grants are available.
Applications and other information about this program can be found on our Web
site.
Medication Safety Team
Grant Applications Now Available
The ASHP Foundation’s Medication Safety
Team Grant Program is now accepting applications. The program, which is
sponsored by Omnicell, Inc., supports research related to the use of barcode
scanning technology at the point of medication administration to enhance the
safe use of medications. This grant program is available to research teams
composed of a combination of pharmacists, physicians, nurses and informatics
experts. The research teams must include a pharmacist as a co-principal
investigator, and the proposed research must involve the use of barcode scanning
technology at the point of medication administration. Two $40,000 grants will be
awarded. The deadline to submit completed applications is April 1, 2009. For
more information and to download an application, please visit the ASHP
Foundation’s Web site.
AJHP Series on Research
Fundamentals
The American Journal of
Health-SystemPharmacy is publishing “Research Fundamentals,” a series of
articles that covers important topics in pharmacy research. These include valid
research design, appropriate data collection and analysis, application of
research findings in practice, and publication of research results. Articles in
this series have been solicited and reviewed by guest editors Lee Vermeulen,
M.S., and Almut Winterstein, Ph.D. Visit the ASHP Foundation’s online
ASHP Foundation
Announces 2008 Awards Recipients, Finalists
The ASHP Foundation has selected the 2008
recipients for the Literature Awards and the Pharmacy Residency Excellence
Awards, and has named the finalists for the 2008 Award for Excellence in
Medication-Use Safety.
The Literature Awards recognize
important contributions to the literature of pharmacy practice in hospitals and
health systems. Click here for more information about the articles selected and
their authors.
The Pharmacy Residency Excellence
Awards honor
leading practice facilities and mentors in pharmacy residency training. For
details on the recipients of the Program, Preceptor and New Preceptor Awards,
click here.
The Award for Excellence in Medication-Use
Safety is the
only award program to honor a pharmacist-led multidisciplinary team for its
significant institution-wide system improvements relating to medication use. The
2008 recipient will be announced on December 7th at the Excellence Awards
Presentation & Luncheon, which takes place during the ASHP Midyear Clinical
Meeting. For information on the finalists, click
here.
American Association of
Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP)
AACP Announcements (http://www.aacp.org/):
AACP is issusing a Call for Authors for
White Papers to serve as the basis for the 2009 Curricular Change
This program will focus
on:
American Public Health Association (APHA)
:
APHA members are being encouraged to use the Association's
Strategic Map in their public health work, both within and beyond APHA.
The Strategic Map charts the way APHA can strengthen its work as the voice of
public health, lists overall strategic goals, and outlines priorities. The
map is designed to guide APHA members, Association staff and member component
groups such as Sections as they carry out their work on behalf of
APHA.
Win a free membership renewal. Just
send APHA the name and contact data of colleagues who might be interested in
joining APHA. For every name submitted, you'll be entered into a raffle
drawing and your colleagues too. Fifteen lucky winners will be chosen when
the contest ends December 31. Send names to yvonne.kazim@apha.org or call
her at 202-777-2484 for more details.
Win an APHA membership renewal through Each One, Reach
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Association of Military
Surgeons of the
The theme for the
114th Annual Meeting in
For Registration
go to: http://www.amsus.org/convention/attendees/courses.shtml
Please contact LCDR
Diem-Kieu Ngo, Pharmacy Section Chair, 2008 AMSUS Annual Conference Planning
Committee at diem.ngo@fda.hhs.gov if you will be attending the
conference.
If you have any
questions about the Leadership Development Seminar, please contact
CDR Jim Simpson at
james.simpson@fda.hhs.gov
or
301-796-2514.
Excellence in Pharmacy
Practice Award:
Andrew Craigie
Award:
Commissioned Corps of
the
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