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NEWS BRIEF

Fall/November 2013 Inside CSHP

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**Special Feature** Poster Presentation

Dear Sherri,

It was most gratifying to see so many participants at this yearʹs Catch the Wave. The programs were terrific as was a very successful

Reverse Expo for our industry partners. Adding to the success was the keynote address given by ASHP president Gerald Meyer. My congratulations to this yearʹs award winners and our newly installed officers for 2014. I would be remiss if I did not thank my outgoing Board for all their hard work and dedication this past year. I also want to thank our Executive Director, Sherri Oken, whose efforts also

resulted in our having a successful year. My thanks also to those of you who signed up to serve on our various committees which will certainly help to make our chairpersons work easier.

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Abstracts from Catch the Wave

Inside CSHP

2014 Board of Directors 2013 Honorees

Legislative Update Compounding Bill

Passes

Education ~January 21st CE

Program ~Catch the Wave

Exceeds Expectations

Professional News of Note

CSHP is your source for professional development

Student News

News from the student chapters at USJ and

UConn

Opportunities ~Some recent postings on the CSHP web site

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In closing, I wish to thank all who supported me this past year. I look forward to serving the new Board in 2014. Please give your new officers your full support, and I will see you all at our next regular meeting. Sincerely,

Ron Abrahams, RPh, FASHP 2013 CSHP President

Inside CSHP

2014 Board of Directors Sworn in by ASHP President, Gerry Meyers, at Catch the Wave

top from left: Gerry Meyers, Nick Tessier, Ron Abrahams, Eric Tichy; seated from left: Stacy Vaeth, Molly Leber, Sarah Kelly, Lori Lee

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2013 Honorees

Paul G. Pierpaoli Award Winner Nick Tessier, PharmD, BCPS, is theClinical Pharmacy Manager in the Department of Pharmacy Services at Hartford Hospital, and an Adjunct Assistant Clinical Professor of Pharmacy Practice at UConn School of Pharmacy. Dr. Tessier has worked at Hartford Hospital for 10 years. He

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started as a clinical pharmacist rounding in the cardiology intensive care unit then shifted into a direct leadership role as the Clinical Pharmacy Manager responsible for ensuring the department provides consistent, high quality, and cost-effective clinical services. He coordinates the review of all P&T Committee protocols, guidelines, and formulary requests. He manages a staff that operates in a mixed model, including decentralized staff pharmacists and clinical specialists. He serves as a preceptor for residents on the clinical pharmacy practice rotation and for UCONN pharmacy students completing a Medication Safety rotation. Dr. Tessier earned his Doctor of Pharmacy through the University of Rhode Island and then completed a general practice residency at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. He is currently enrolled in the Master of Business Administration program through the University of Connecticut. He recently completed the ASHP Pharmacy Leadership Institute training in 2012, and will serve on the CSHP Board of Directors as Secretary in 2014. His professional interests involve improving glycemic control, medication safety, and maximizing clinical informatics. He also has contributed significantly to the planning of CSHP events including the Resident Great Eight and Pharmacy Practice Model Initiative focused meetings. Pharmacist of the Year Amber Castle, PharmD, BCPS, attended the University of Rhode Island in Kingston, RI from August 2001-May 2007. In 2007, she graduated Magna Cum Laude with Honors with a Pharmacy Doctorate and a certificate in French and Pharmacy. Immediately following graduation, Dr. Castle completed a PGY-1 residency at Yale-New Haven Hospital (YNHH) in New Haven, CT. In August of 2008, Dr. Castle became the Neurosciences Clinical Pharmacist covering the Epilepsy, Neurology, and Neurosurgery Services at YNHH. That same year, she became a board-certified pharmacotherapy specialist (BCPS). In November 2010, Dr. Castle was promoted to the Lead ICU Clinical Pharmacist position in addition to retaining her position as the Neurosciences Clinical Pharmacist. She has been an active member of the Neurocritical Care Society (NCS) since 2009, and currently serves as the NCS pharmacy website committee chair. Dr. Castle has served as adjunct faculty at the University of Connecticut School of Pharmacy since September 2010. Amber is an active member of the DMAT (Disaster Medical Assistance Team) whereby she participated in the disaster relief effort after Hurricane Sandy. She has served as the director of PGY2 critical care residency program at YNHH since July 2012 and received the CSHP Meritorious Achievement Award in 2011. Meritorius Achievement Award Wendelin Nelson, PharmD, BCOP, attended the University of California, San Francisco School of Pharmacy where she obtained her Doctor of Pharmacy. She had been a Board Certified Specialist for two decades in

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Welcome New Members

Many took advantage of the Catch the Wave Special

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nutrition and oncology during that time. Her professional practice has most recently focused as a Clinical Specialist in adult and pediatric oncology at Yale-New Haven Hospitalʹs Smilow Cancer Center where she has emerged as a national practice leader. In 2012, Dr Nelson was the lead author for a pivotal paper titled: Analysis of Measured and Estimated Creatinine Clearance Rates in Normal Weight, Overweight and Obese Patients with Gynecologic Cancers. This paper was published in the Journal of Oncology Pharmacy Practice and she received national recognition for this publication from the Hospital Oncology Pharmacy Association (HOPA) as the recipient of HOPAʹs Basic Science and Clinical Research Literature Award earlier this year. Dr. Nelson has mentored a generation of oncology pharmacy trainees at YNHH and continues to lead as a clinician and researcher.

Legislative Update

Congress Passes Compounding Pharmacy Bill in Wake of Deadly Meningitis Outbreak After months of negotiation, the U.S. Senate just approved H.R. 3204, the Drug Quality and Security Act, which is designed to improve the safety of compounded drug products. The bill clarifies federal oversight for the practice of compounding by reaffirming current law under Section 503A of the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act and by creating a new section, 503B, that provides FDA oversight of large compounding entities known as ʺoutsourcing facilities.ʺ The following is reprinted from ASHPʹs Nov. 19th issue of ʺDaily Briefingʺ In continuing coverage of the ʺbill that would give the Food and Drug Administration more power to police compounding pharmacies,ʺ the New York Times (11/19, Tavernise, Subscription Publication) reports it passed Congress on Monday, after clearing ʺthe Senate in a unanimous vote.ʺ The bill does not give the FDA absolute authority over compounders, but it does create significant safeguards that have been praised by public health advocates nationwide. Passage of the Drug Quality and Security Act ʺcomes just over a year after tainted injectable drugs from a compounding pharmacy in Massachusetts caused a meningitis outbreak that killed 64 people across the country.ʺ The Wall Street Journal (11/19, Burton, Subscription Publication) reports the bill now heads to President Barack Obama, who is expected to sign it into law. The bill will allow compounders to identify themselves as

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BCPS Jeffrey Rosenblatt, RPh

EricArlia, RPh, MBA Juliette Castongeay, PharmD Linsey A. Courtney, PharmD

Ginger L. Croxall, RPh Michele Rinaldi, PharmD

Michelle Vo, PharmD Elizabeth Ann Cohen, PharmD

Gail Kushner, PharmD Cheryl Walker, RPh Kelly Bach, PharmD

Colleen Teevan, PharmD, BCPS

Stanley Eugene Checko, RPh Robert Guynn, PharmD

Kirandeep Kaur, PharmD Thomas M. Burke, BS/Pharm,

MBA Steven Hurchala, BS/Pharm

David J. Snyder, PharmD Sehjan Bhura, PharmD Michelle Then, PharmD Christina Marie Guerra,

PharmD Stacy Vaeth, PharmD, MS

ʺoutsourcers,ʺ which would place those pharmacies under regulation by the FDA. However, the legislation does not make a clear delineation between what pharmacies need to be FDA regulated. The pharmacies that remain outside of the FDAʹs regulatory authority are to undergo state pharmacy board monitoring. An FDA spokesman said, ʺWhile this bill does not provide FDA with all the additional authorities it sought related to compounding pharmacies, it provides a regulatory framework for certain compounders who register with FDA.ʺ The AP (11/19, Perrone) notes the bill ʺalso creates a national system for tracking prescription drugs from manufacturers to retail pharmacies, first through serial numbers on bottles and later through electronic codes.ʺ Under the new track and trace system, ʺdrugmakers will be required to add serial numbers to all drug packages within four years,ʺ and within ʺ10 years the industry must upgrade to electronic codes that can be used to track medicines from the factory to the pharmacy.ʺ Verified distribution histories of shipped products will also be required of all drug distributors, packagers, and wholesalers. Reuters (11/19, Krasny) adds the tracking system is designed to help prevent fake medications from being introduced into the nationʹs drug supply. Though states across the US have various regulations for the tracking of drugs, the laws are inconsistent. The bill is an attempt to resolve the patchwork of regulations by developing a uniform nationwide standard. Dr. Michael Carome, director of the health research group at the think tank Public Citizen. According to Carome, ʺIt makes no sense to have two different tiers of drug manufacturers - one that has to meet all the manufacturing guidelines and one that only has to meet some of them.ʺ However, supporters ʺhope that compounding pharmacists will want to register with the FDA because doctors will prefer to use compounding pharmacists perceived as safer.ʺ The Baltimore Sun (11/18, Fritze) reports that supporters have hailed the passage of ʺthe Drug Quality and Security Act as an important step in clarifying federal authority to inspect and regulate the drug makersʹ facilities.ʺ According to the Pew Charitable Trustsʹ Allan Coukell, the legislation ʺwill help protect lives ... by ensuring that prescription drugs are safe, effective and of the highest quality.ʺ The Denver Post (11/19, Sherry) notes that at a recent Senate hearing, deputy director of the FDAʹs Office of New Drugs, Dr. Sandra Kweder, addressed the billʹs impact on potential drug shortages. Kweder said that the bill would not solve all the problems created by drug shortages, ʺbut it would allow hospital pharmacies and the agencies to have a better idea of whether a product is a legitimate product.ʺ

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Politico (11/19, Norman) reports that in a statement, Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA), said, ʺAmericans must have the confidence that their drugs - whether obtained at a hospital, at a doctorʹs office or at the pharmacy counter - are safe, and that is exactly what this bill does.ʺ Harkin led the legislation effort in the Senate along with Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN).

Continuing Education

CSHPʹs Next CE Program

Management of Community-Acquired Bacterial Pneumonia:

The Pivotal Role of the Pharmacist from Admission though Discharge

Tuesday, January 21st, 2014 Fantasia, North Haven

Complimentary registration for current CSHP members

$35 for non-members

Community-acquired bacterial pneumonia (CABP) leads to significant morbidity, mortality, and cost burden to the healthcare system. Providing evidence-based care according to guidelines, such as the Joint Commission (JC) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Core Measures, leads to improved patient outcomes and decreased healthcare costs. The pharmacist plays a critical role as a member of both the patient management team and the team charged with managing JC/CMS and reimbursement issues within the hospital. This program will address several challenges faced by pharmacists on a daily basis and discuss possible solutions.

Click this link for more details and on-line registration http://www.cshponline.org/continuingedandevents/upcomingconted.html

******************************************************************************** Catch the Wave 2013

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Exceeds Expectations by Eric Tichy, PharmD, BCPS, FCCP, 2013 Senior Board Member The Connecticut Society of Health-System Pharmacy had a tremendously successful Catch the Wave Meeting this fall with record attendance and a high level of enthusiasm. This year, the Society celebrated the 65th anniversary of its founding and were privileged to have Gerald Meyer, PharmD, FASHP and current President of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacy as our honored guest. This yearʹs meeting offered historical reflections on the Societyʹs distinguished past as well as programming that met the educational needs of members in all phases of their career. Thank you for supporting the Society and to all planning committee members for developing a great meeting! We look forward to working with the members in planning the 2014 meeting which will be the 25th anniversary of Catch the Wave. If you are interested in participating in the planning of the 2014 Catch the Wave Meeting, please contact Molly Leber ([email protected]), Program Planning Chair, Catch the Wave and 2014 Senior Board member.

Professional News of Note CSHP is the professional development source for CT pharmacists Itʹs time to renew your CSHP membership support. Whether you are looking for opportunities to Spotlight your expertise (writing for the News Brief, presenting a poster, speaking at a program) Grow as a leader in your profession (serving on a task force, committee or the Board) Advocate for your professional interests Build or maintain your professional network Maintain your professional credentials ... and more... CSHP is your Society. CSHP has successfully worked to secure a favorable practice environment in CT through our advocacy efforts. We offer excellent, complimentary CE programs throughout the year as well as an exceptional annual conference. We will again present ʺThe Great Eightʺ, a resumé building showcase for residents, and continue to keep you informed through our News Brief, broadcasts and web site. Personal invoices will arrive by mail in early December -- except for those who already renewed taking advantage of the Catch the Wave Special. We offer several renewal options: 1. Mail your amended form and check to the CSHP office. 2. Renew on-line at www.cshponline.org using Mastercard,

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Visa or American Express. 3. Fax (or scan/email) your amended from and call in credit card

information (9 - 5 on weekdays).

Student News

Our organization has been pretty busy this Fall semester. We recently completed our first annual Clinical Skills Competition,

and I would like to congratulate Yusuf Elminshawy and Danielle Galotti on winning the school wide competition and representing our school at the national midyear competition this December! Many P1 and P2 students are very interested in the event and are eager to compete next year. We recently hosted Dr. Frank Boskello as a guest speaker to talk to students about clinical consulting pharmacy practice. This was a very informative event that opened our eyes to another clinical area in the field of pharmacy. Our monthly journal club also has been productive and will continue being so. We have just finished critiquing a recent article as well as showing the new members how journal clubs work in our organization. We held our monthly member meeting in October and discussed many events that we would like to complete in the near future. We plan on holding a P&T committee challenge to instill a fun and rewarding competition into our organization. A P&T committee challenge also will expose students to formulary management in a health care setting. In addition, we are planning to collaborate with our schoolʹs APhA and NCPA chapters to organize a Pharmacy Health Fair in the local area.

The UConn CSHP Chapter is off to a busy start this fall! A group of members participated in the American Liver Foundationʹs Liver Life Walk in September. Prior to the walk, we tabled to raise awareness of liver

disease and raised funds for the Foundation. Through donations and a bake sale ,we raised over $350 for the ALF. Also, earlier in the semester we had a guest speaker, Dr. Colleen Teevan, speak to our group about her experiences as an emergency department pharmacist at the Hospital of Central Connecticut. Also a UConn Alum, she touched on the path she took to get to her current position. She completed two years of residency, one specializing in critical care.

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Other activities we had were a site visit to the UConn Health Center, Clinical Skills Competition, Halloween Poison Prevention, and attending Catch the Wave. Next week, we are having a Family Feud night to raise funds for the Covenant Soup Kitchen in Willimantic just in time for Thanksgiving. In a few weeks, we will have a holiday toy drive for the kids at CCMC.

Special Feature Enhance your resume by submitting an article (case study, book review, clinical pearl, etc.) to editor Salia Farrokh by January 17th, 2014. Catch the Wave Poster Abstracts Pharmacist Driven Reduction of Bulk Medication Waste presented by Cynthia T. McCarthy, RPh, The Hospital of Central Connecticut Purpose: In effort to decrease dollars lost due to medication waste, The Hospital of Central Connecticut (THOCC), a 414-bed acute care facility, implemented a pharmacist driven bulk medication waste reduction program. It was realized that the same bulk medication is requested for refill several times over the same number of days. It became evident that the pharmacy could decrease dollars lost due to bulk medication waste if these products were singled out and a recovery project were implemented. Methods: A group of individuals including pharmacists and pharmacy technicians determined that a way to save dollars associated with pharmacy waste was to decrease the dollars associated with re-dispensing bulk medications that were communicated as missing or needing refill but should have still been available for patient administration. A data collection sheet was created and the project was communicated to the pharmacy staff. When a bulk medication was requested to be refilled, the pharmacy technician verified the last mediation dispensing. If there should still be medication available for administration, the pharmacy technician made an additional phone call to the nurse requesting an additional look for the medication. If the nurse stated the medication could not be found, the pharmacy technician went to the nursing unit looking for the medication. Each time this process was implemented, it was documented. The documentation was tabulated and totals for dollars saved when medication was located or dollars lost due to medication not being to be located was calculated. Pharmacy representatives then met with nursing administration from many of the hospitalʹs nursing units. It was determined that information with the total dollars recaptured and lost

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would be communicated to all nurses via a routine monthly employee engagement program. A poster was created to highlight the bulk medications most likely to be requested and the dollars saved and lost associated with the medications. Results: From April 1, 2013 until August 26, 2013, pharmacy located bulk medication that had been requested as missing or needing refilled for a total of $9.080. These dollars were a decrease in pharmacy bulk medicine waste. An additional $5,460 in bulk medications requested as missing or needing refilled could not be located. Conclusions: A process was developed to decrease waste and increase dollars saved associated with finding missing bulk medications. If the dollars saved so far are annualized, a total of $21,800 can be saved.

Impact of Prolonged Magnesium Infusion on Serum Magnesium Level

presented by Eric M. Tichy, PharmD, BCPS, FCCP, Yale-New Haven Hospital Purpose: To assess the effect of infusion duration on magnesium serum levels (MSL) by comparing 4 hour and 1 hour magnesium sulfate infusions. Methods: Patients receiving 2 gram magnesium infusions were included in this retrospective observational study. Patients were excluded if baseline or repeat MSL were not drawn or if they received multiple courses of magnesium. Demographic and laboratory data collected included age, gender, serum creatinine, and baseline MSL. Duration of infusion and time between end of infusion and repeat MSL were recorded. The primary outcome was the net change in MSL for 1 vs. 4 hour infusion. Studentʹs t-tests and chi-square tests were used to assess differences between groups. Bivariate and multivariate linear regressions were performed to assess the increase in MSL associated with each covariate. Results: A total of 176 patients (96 male, 80 female, mean age 61 years) were included. The group receiving the 1 hour infusion was significantly younger (58 vs. 64 years, p = 0.038). Mean increase in MSL was 0.42 mg/dL vs. 0.35 mg/dL for 4 vs. 1 hour infusions (p=0.098). Unadjusted analyses

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revealed no significant difference in the change in MSL for age (p = 0.594), gender (p = 0.915), or selected concomitant medications (p= 0.906). In the multivariate analysis, there was no significant difference in the change in MSL between the 4 hour and 1 hour infusions (mean difference 0.041 mg/dL; p = 0.300). Baseline MSL, serum creatinine, and time between the infusion and the repeat MSL were significantly correlated with changes in MSL (p < 0.001, p = 0.022, p = 0.002). Conclusions: Prolonging infusion time of magnesium does not result in a significantly higher increase of MSL.

Medication Reconciliation Technician Program at The Hospital of Central Connecticut Presented by Colleen Teevan, PharmD, BCPS; The Hospital of Central Connecticut Purpose and Background: In May 2012, The Hospital of Central Connecticut (THOCC) went live with Project ONE and implementation of CPOE and the EHR. The hospitalʹs previous, paper-based medication reconciliation process was a known source of difficulties, including incomplete information regarding outpatient medications, unclear medication directions for discharged patients, and an unclear medication reconciliation process at care transitions. The implementation of Project ONE was an opportunity to develop an improved medication reconciliation process, beginning at the time of each patientʹs admission with electronic documentation of home medications by pharmacy technicians. Methods/Procedures: THOCC has 7 medication reconciliation technicians (MRTs) and an ED pharmacist who begin the medication reconciliation process by obtaining an accurate home medication list for patients in the Emergency Department. The home medication list is obtained through patient interview, external pharmacy records, W-10 forms from outside facilities, and calls to retail pharmacies or physicians. A standardized checklist ensures every team member is following the same process and helps to reduce errors or omissions. MRTs also verify the patientʹs allergies, height and weight, preferred pharmacy, and primary care physician. Following standardized guidelines, medications are electronically entered into the patientʹs chart, making them readily available for the admitting physician to reconcile when writing admission orders. Between the New Britain and Southington campuses of THOCC, there are 110,000 ED visits and 22,000 admissions each year. The MRTs provide 24/7 coverage in the ED at the New Britain campus, with overlap during the busiest times. Findings: Within the first 6 months of the program, MRTs saw over 8,000 patients in the Emergency Department at THOCC, averaging 275 patients each week. Technicians spend an average of 20 minutes per patient

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documenting home medications, which includes interviewing the patient and/or family, calling pharmacies or physicians, and entering information into the electronic health record. Prior to implementation of the MRT program, paper-based medication histories were only ~54% complete, often missing medication strengths or frequencies. Ongoing review of the work done by MRTs has found a 96% accuracy rate in documenting home medication lists. In comparison, the overall accuracy and completeness of home medication lists documented by other healthcare providers, including nurses, physicians, and mid-level practitioners, at THOCC since the go-live of Project ONE is approximately 66%. Conclusions: Utilizing a medication reconciliation program, staffed by pharmacy technicians and a pharmacist, is an effective way to obtain accurate, complete home medication lists for patients admitted to the hospital.

Patient-centered Practices to Increase Medication Adherence in Un-insured Patients with Multiple Hospital Visits

presented by Christine Toni, RPh, (left) Hope Dispensary of Greater Bridgeport pictured here with Karen Scinto Purpose: A small but significant segment of patients assigned to the St. Vincentʹs Medical Center outpatient clinic, Family Health Center (FHC), continue to use the Emergency Department (ED) routinely instead of the FHC. There are many factors involved, one of which has been determined to be medication nonadherence. To address this issue, select patients are referred to Hope Dispensary of Greater Bridgeport to develop a plan to aid in medication adherence. Methods: Reasons for medication nonadherence vary among patients therefore requiring individual plans. Affordability is a visible factor that is addressed. Language, intellectual and literacy barriers required more patient specific tools. A specific patient-centered plan was developed to help educate and empower each patient regarding their medication management. Tools included therapeutic interchange, pictograms and

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simplifying dosage regimens as well as multiple conversations to determine personal motivation factors and fill in educational gaps. Results: Patients that participated in this patient-centered medication therapy management not only increased their medication adherence but also increased the number of days between hospital visits (ED or admissions.) Refill of medications became more appropriate. A relationship of trust grew between the patients and the pharmacist and pharmacy assistants. Conclusion: Though time consuming, developing a patient-centered medication therapy management approach can not only increase patient adherence to medications but also aid patients to utilize health services more appropriately.

Opportunities

CSHP receives information about educational, award and grant opportunities, and other professional development news of note and posts them on our web site. Here are samples of recently posted ʺOpportunitiesʺ Provide Relevant CE Opportunities for Your Pharmacy Technicians Ensure technicians receive quality education and professional development opportunities. Learn more about a new budget-friendly subscription continuing education service exclusively for pharmacy technicians. The new website www.PharmacyTechCE.org has complete information on topics, formats, and volume discounts. Prepare for BPS Spring 2014 Exam With ASHPʹs Dec. 7-8 Live Course The Board of Pharmacy Specialtiesʹ first-ever spring testing window occurs April 24 to May 10, 2014. Prepare for the Pharmacotherapy specialty exam by taking ASHPʹs Pharmacotherapy Review and Recertification Course at The Midyear. This course provides a robust preparatory curriculum for the high-level pharmacy professional preparing to take the exam in 2014 and looking for a practical review course. Pharmacy Leadership Institute 2014 Now Accepting Applications The 2014 Pharmacy Leadership Institute is now accepting applications. This program is for experienced pharmacists to broaden their business skills, managerial versatility, and extraordinary leadership-all skills demanded of todayʹs health-system pharmacy leaders. The 2014 Institute will be held April 27-May 2 and is supported by the Cardinal Health Foundation. Please apply by January 10. Read more

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