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The 2018-2019 president of the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists (ASCP), has been involved in ASCP for the last 30 years. Her perspective is that all senior care pharmacists are "consultant" pharmacists because they give advice and don't just dispense, whether they work at a chain drug store or a nursing facility. Her highest priority is to meet the educational needs for the members and give them the tools they need to practice their profession.
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Pharmacists , Professional RoleABSTRACT
It was four months in Alaska, in the middle of winter, that changed Joseph Marek's view of what it means to be a pharmacist. Marek was on his last rotation in pharmacy school when he experienced the kind of practice that he wanted for himself. He found that kind of practice as a consultant pharmacist, and next month, Marek, 49, will become the 2016-2017 president of the American Society of Consulting Pharmacists. Working at the Public Health Service (PHS) in the Arctic Circle in 1990, he dispensed and carried out clinical duties with the chief pharmacist and provided care to the native Inuit population through the Indian Health Service. "PHS had a walk-in clinic where the physicians worked closely with the pharmacist to do medication management for the patients," he said. The pharmacists also provided medications to the surrounding villages (50,000 square miles) and had to coordinate the dispensing/delivery of these medications when the physicians visited them. "The doctors highly valued the pharmacists' clinical knowledge, and it was a great environment to learn how to collaborate with the medical/health care team to benefit the Inuits," he said. "Everyone worked together and you could see the outcomes quickly."
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Pharmacists/history , Alaska , Community Pharmacy Services/organization & administration , Consultants , History, 20th Century , History, 21st Century , Humans , Inuit , Pharmaceutical Services , Professional Practice , Societies, Pharmaceutical , United StatesABSTRACT
Incoming 2015-2016 ASCP President Nicole "Nicki" Brandt juggles a demanding schedule: She teaches at the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy, participates in research at the Peter Lamy Center on Drug Therapy and Aging, consults at the Baltimore Veterans Affairs Medical Center's geriatric assessment and Alzheimer's disease and dementia clinic, and works as a consultant pharmacist at the Pickersgill Retirement Community Center in Baltimore. In recent years, she has also become active in a new sphere: health policy.
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Consultants , Pharmacists/organization & administration , Societies, Pharmaceutical/organization & administration , History, 20th Century , History, 21st Century , Humans , Pharmaceutical Services/organization & administration , United StatesABSTRACT
Sharon F. Clackum, incoming 2014-2015 ASCP president, will be tackling the down-to-earth priorities facing consultant pharmacists every day: improving medication therapy for older adults, increasing public awareness of the services they provide, and achieving recognition by Medicare as health professionals who need to be paid.
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There are very few pharmacists who were there when modern day consultant pharmacy was formed, but Samuel W. Kidder, PharmD, MPH, who died October 14, 2012, at the age of 76, was one of them. As a government regulator, he helped create the role of the consultant pharmacist by developing regulations for drug regimen review and standards for detecting medication errors. Because of Kidder's ongoing involvement in nursing facility survey and certification, he also was a key resource for ASCP. He was a strong supporter of consultant pharmacists and championed reimbursement for their services. Considered a visionary in the field, he was known as an advocate both for pharmacists and for patients.
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Consultants/history , Pharmaceutical Services/organization & administration , Pharmacists/organization & administration , History, 20th Century , History, 21st Century , Humans , Pharmaceutical Services/economics , Pharmaceutical Services/history , Pharmacists/economics , Pharmacists/history , Professional Role , Reimbursement MechanismsABSTRACT
Next month, Albert R. Barber, PharmD, CGP, FASCP, becomes the president of the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists for 2010-2011. What distinguishes his career is his wide-ranging experience in almost every pharmacy setting: retail, long-term care pharmacy, independent consultant pharmacist, clinical administrator for a large health care company. His goals as president are to directly involve more ASCP members and to reach out to pharmacists serving seniors beyond the nursing facility setting.
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Pharmacists/history , Societies, Pharmaceutical/history , Consultants/history , History, 20th Century , History, 21st Century , United StatesABSTRACT
Mark H. Beers, MD, revolutionized the way medications are prescribed for the elderly. The list that bears his name, the "Beers criteria," became the watchword for practitioners, particularly consultant pharmacists, who oversee drug therapy for the elderly in nursing facilities and in outpatient settings. An honorary lifetime member of the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists, his cross-disciplinary approach was crucial to the success of his efforts.
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Drug Therapy/standards , Practice Patterns, Physicians'/standards , Prescription Drugs/therapeutic use , Aged , Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions , History, 20th Century , History, 21st Century , Humans , Male , Prescription Drugs/adverse effectsABSTRACT
Rachelle "Shelly" Spiro, RPh, FASCP, incoming president of the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists (ASCP), believes sharing information electronically will greatly benefit pharmacy practice. In recent years she has been an expert in health care technology, helping establish standards for reporting health care data on outcomes, reimbursement, and electronic medical records--all areas that affect consultant pharmacists. One of her goals as president is to help mentor potential leaders by having a grassroots campaign to reach out to students in schools of pharmacy. In addition, she wants ASCP's leadership to move to a more regional structure and get members more involved locally at state levels.
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Societies, Pharmaceutical/organization & administration , Technology, Pharmaceutical , Consultants , Humans , Leadership , Pharmacists/organization & administration , United StatesSubject(s)
Geriatrics , History, 20th Century , History, 21st Century , Pharmacy , Societies, PharmaceuticalABSTRACT
Lee Meyer, PharmD, CGP, incoming president of ASCP, has devoted his life to geriatric pharmacy. He is known as a leader who can get things done. Meyer says he will use his term as president to publicize ASCP's unique brand of pharmaceutical care, both to payers and to seniors in the community.
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Societies, Pharmaceutical/trends , Geriatrics/trends , History, 21st Century , PharmacistsABSTRACT
Joseph Gruber, RPh, CGP, FASCP, incoming president of ASCP, has devoted his career to proving that pharmacists provide critical clinical information--not just dispense medications. His goal as president is to focus on implementation of the new Medicare prescription drug program, Medicare Part D, which includes a provision for payment for medication therapy management services.
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History of Pharmacy , Societies, Pharmaceutical , Geriatrics , History, 21st Century , United StatesSubject(s)
Health Services for the Aged/legislation & jurisprudence , Home Care Services/legislation & jurisprudence , Medicare/legislation & jurisprudence , Aged , Consultants , Cooperative Behavior , Health Services for the Aged/economics , Health Services for the Aged/organization & administration , Home Care Services/economics , Home Care Services/organization & administration , Humans , Medicare/economics , Medicare/organization & administration , Pharmacists/legislation & jurisprudence , Pharmacists/organization & administration , Professional Role , Societies, Pharmaceutical , United StatesABSTRACT
Jeffrey C. Delafuente, MS, FCCP, FASCP, associate dean for academic affairs and professor of pharmacotherapy, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Pharmacy, Richmond, Virginia, will assume the office of 2013-2014 president of the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists at the Society's 2013 Annual Meeting & Exhibition in November.