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December 2011
Announcements
GSHP Newsletter About GSHP
Welcome to the GSHP Newsletter. We hope you will enjoy the new revised
newsletter filled with Georgia and National news and information.
In this issue are:
Call for Committee Volunteers and Committee Workday Information 2012
Call for Poster Presenters- Spring Meeting 2012
Georgia Society of Health-
GSHP 2012 Meetings Announced System Pharmacists (GSHP) is
a professional society of
pharmacists and related
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personnel practicing in
organized healthcare settings.
Mission Statement
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Helping our members become
better practitioners.
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Call for Committee Volunteers and Committee Day Information Motto
Call for Posters- 2012 Spring Meeting Bringing pharmacy practice
GSHP 2012 Meetings Announced into focus.
GSHP Facebook Page
ASHP News
Georgia Society of Health-
Provider Status Petition Gets Boost at Midyear System Pharmacists
2012 OPPS Final Rule Adopts ASP-Plus-Four Drug Reimbursement 3015 Shannon Lakes North
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Rhode Island Program Targets Care Transitions Tallahassee, FL 32309
Drug Shortages Compromise Patient Safety, ASHP Tells Senate (800) 913-4747
Finance Committee • e-mail link
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Pharmacy News
ASHP: Review by Pharmacist Cuts Discharge Errors
University of Texas To Offer Pharmacy Tech Certification Program
Bill Would Make Drug Price Gouging a Federal Crime
DHC: EHR Upgrades More Likely to Lead to Errors
New Data Demonstrating the Impact of Opioid-Related Adverse
Events on Total Hospital Cost Presented at ASHP Meeting
Emergency Hospitalizations for Adverse Drug Events in Older
Americans About ASHP
Report: Fla. Should Share Prescription Drug Data ASHP is a 35,000-member
Technology Boosts Patient Care national professional
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association that represents
pharmacists who practice in
GSHP News hospitals, health maintenance
organizations, long-term care
Call for Committee Volunteers and Committee Day Information facilities, home care, and
other components of health
care systems. ASHP is the
only national organization of
Dear Member, hospital and health-system
pharmacists and has a long
GSHP wants to invite you to serve as a member of one our committees during history of improving
the 2012 year. medication use and enhancing
patient safety.
GSHP’s mission is to help our members become better practitioners. We work
towards fulfilling our mission every year through education of our members via
American Society of Health-
district meetings, statewide meetings, newsletters, and our website; fostering
System Pharmacists
professional standards; educating the public about the role of health system 7272 Wisconsin Avenue
pharmacists; monitoring legislative issues that affect pharmacy; and by Bethesda, MD 20814
promoting health system pharmacy as a career path for future pharmacists. 301-657-3000
The majority of our Society’s work is done by member volunteers working
through our committees. You can play a vital role by serving on one of our • e-mail link
committees. • web link
What will you get out of it? It looks good on your resume. You will meet and
get to know many of the current and future pharmacy leaders in Georgia, Calendar
make new friends, and maybe make a good impression on a future employer.
Also, you will have the professional satisfaction of helping shape and advance GSHP Committee
health system pharmacy in Georgia. Workday
1/28/12
What is your commitment? It can be as little as giving your input during our Eagles Landing Country Club
upcoming Committee Day on Saturday, January 28, 2012 and
participating in conference calls, to taking on other assignments depending on Stockbridge, GA
your interests and time.
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The following is a description of the functions of each committee. If you are
GSHP Spring Meeting
interested in serving on a committee for GSHP, please click on the link below:
3/02/12 - 3/04/12
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/2012committeesignup GSHP Spring Meeting
Marriott Riverfront
If you were a member of a committee last year, please also click on
Savannah, GA
the link and confirm your participation for this year.
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Committee will meet on Saturday, January 28, 2012 from 9am to 12 noon
at Eagles Landing Country Club in Stockbridge, (directions). If you 2012 Summer Meeting
cannot attend Committee Day, you can still serve on a committee. The and Exhibition [ASHP]
Committee Chair will contact you regarding upcoming meetings or other 6/09/12 - 6/13/12
opportunities to participate.
The ASHP 2012 Summer
Meeting is your chance to
take part in four fulfilling
COMMITTEE FUNCTIONS AND CHARGES: days of intense intellectual
COMMUNICATIONS COUNCIL: The Communications Council and Editorial stimulation, in-depth
Board is responsible for the direction, development, and quality control of all education, and hands-on
GSHP publications, including the GSHP web site. exploration. Join your peers
EDUCATIONAL AFFAIRS: The Educational Affairs Committee is responsible in Baltimore for this unique
for planning, coordinating, and evaluating educational content of the 3 experience designed expressly
statewide GSHP meetings. for current and future
INDUSTRY RELATIONS: The Industry Advisory Committee shall act as a pharmacy leaders in hospitals
liaison between GSHP and members of the pharmaceutical industry to further and health systems.
enhance relationships and foster an environment of mutual understanding
Baltimore Convention
through communication and feedback.
Center
LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS: The Legislative Committee is responsible for
Baltimore, Maryland
informing the GSHP membership and Board of Directors of important
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legislation and regulations and how they will impact pharmacy practice in
organized health care settings in Georgia.
ORGANIZATIONAL AFFAIRS: The Organizational Affairs Committee reviews GSHP Summer Meeting
and analyzes the GSHP organization and make recommendations to increase 7/20/12 - 7/22/12
its effectiveness. It also serves as a liaison between GSHP and other
Amelia Island Plantation, FL
professional organizations.
PROFESSIONAL AFFAIRS: The Professional Affairs Committee provides web link
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recommendations to the Board of Directors on policies and actions to be taken
by GSHP on issues of professional practice. 2012 National Residency
PUBLIC RELATIONS: The Public Relations Committee provides the public Prectors Conference
with information and awareness of GSHP's mission and values through a [ASHP]
variety of forums and media. GSHP's publics include, but are not limited to: 8/16/12 - 8/18/12
patients/consumers and their families, industry, other healthcare The National Residency
professionals, organized healthcare executives, academia, pharmacists, Preceptors Conference (NRPC)
technicians and other pharmacy support staff, and other pharmacy is the only meeting purely
professional organizations. dedicated to pharmacy
STUDENT and RESIDENTS COMMITTEE: The Student and Residents residency training. The NRPC
Committee provides input to GSHP on how to get students interested in covers timely topics
health-system pharmacy practice and how to get them interested and involved important to all program
in GSHP. directors and preceptors of
Make a commitment to get involved with a GSHP Committee. ASHP-accredited, ASHP-
application submitted, and
newly emerging residency
training programs. This is a
must-attend event for
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residency preceptors and
directors who seek quality
Call for Posters- 2012 Spring Meeting programming and networking
opportunities with other
Call for Student & Resident Posters — GSHP Spring Meeting-Sign preceptors across the
up NOW ! country.
Washington D.C.
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GSHP Annual Meeting
10/19/12 - 10/21/12
Brasstown Valley Resort
Young Harris, GA
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Did you present a poster at the ASHP Midyear Meeting? Complete an
interesting project on a rotation? This is your opportunity to share your
results with pharmacy colleagues from around Georgia at the GSHP
Student and Resident Poster Session at the Spring Meeting at the
Marriott Riverfront in Savannah on Saturday, March 3rd.
Poster presenters will receive free meeting registration. Space is limited
and the deadline for submission of abstracts is February 15th.
Abstracts should be no more than 400 words and include a brief title,
authors and the following headings: Purpose, Methods, Results and
Conclusions. To submit your poster, or for questions, contact Marjorie
Phillips, GSHP Poster Session Coordinator at:
mphillip@georgiahealth.edu .
Please include your full name and contact information with the
submission (as well as full listings for any co-authors)
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Poster presenters must be GSHP members. Looking forward to seeing
you there.
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GSHP 2012 Meetings Announced
Mark your calendar for the GSHP Meetings in 2012
March 2-4, 2012 Marriott Savannah Riverfront (GSHP Spring Meeting)
July 20-22, 2012 Amelia Island Plantation, FL (GSHP Summer Meeting)
October 19-21, 2012 Brasstown Valley Resort (GSHP Annual Meeting)
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ASHP News
Provider Status Petition Gets Boost at Midyear
12/15/2011 A petition initiative to recognize pharmacists as providers under
Section 1861 of the Social Security Act, led by ASHP member Sandra Leal,
received a significant boost during the ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting last
week in New Orleans.
The petition on change.org has nearly 10,000 signatures. Members are
encouraged to sign the petition as a way to demonstrate the importance that
provider recognition for pharmacists can play in ensuring safe and effective
medication use to the patients they serve.
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2012 OPPS Final Rule Adopts ASP-Plus-Four Drug Reimbursement
Rate
[January 1, 2012, AJHP News] Kate Traynor BETHESDA, MD 12 December
2011 The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) estimates that it
will pay $41.1 billion to hospitals for outpatient services provided to Medicare
beneficiaries in 2012.
This figure was released November 1 upon the finalization of the 2012
Medicare hospital outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS). The OPPS
payments apply to equipment, supplies, and hospital staff but not the services
of physicians and nonphysician practitioners paid under the Medicare physician
fee schedule.
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Rhode Island Program Targets Care Transitions
[January 1, 2012, AJHP News] Kate Traynor BETHESDA, MD 12 December
2011 University of Rhode Island College of Pharmacy Associate Professor
Stephen Kogut has combined home pharmacy services and technology to
secure funding for medication reviews and, he hopes, show the value of
pharmacists' community care services.
"The idea is to couple pharmacists' home visits with electronic personal health
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record technology to try and address medication-related problems during the
care transition from hospital discharge back to the community," Kogut said.
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Drug Shortages Compromise Patient Safety, ASHP Tells Senate
Finance Committee
12/7/2011 Many drugs that are fundamental and essential to patient care are
in scare supply, which compromises providers’ ability to care for vulnerable
patients, Kasey Thompson, vice president of ASHP’s office of Policy, Planning
and Communications, told legislators today during a Capitol Hill hearing
looking into the drug shortages crisis.
Thompson represented ASHP at a hearing held by the Senate Finance
Committee, whose jurisdiction includes health programs under the Social
Security Act, including Medicare and Medicaid. Thompson cited research from
the Institute of Safe Medication Practices and the American Hospital
Association that described suboptimal care brought on by drug shortages,
including adverse drug events, delayed treatment, and cancelled procedures.
He also pointed to research by ASHP and the University of Michigan that
described the additional hours spent by hospital pharmacists to deal with
shortages. "Every minute spent dealing with a drug shortage is time taken
away from patient care," he said.
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Pharmacy News
ASHP: Review by Pharmacist Cuts Discharge Errors
MedPage Today (12/08/11) Walsh, Nancy
Researchers reporting at the ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting have found that
the inclusion of pharmacists in the discharge process can significantly reduce
medication errors at a medical-surgical unit. A review conducted before and
after the institution of the pharmacist-led program showed medication errors
decreased from 180 to 95, according to Christina Wadsworth, PharmD, and
Renee Striker, PharmD, of Huron Hospital in East Cleveland, Ohio. The number
of patients discharged with medication errors also fell from 76 percent to 47
percent. The program instituted by Wadsworth, Striker, and colleagues allows
pharmacists to verify all continuing prescriptions at discharge and bring any
errors to the attention of the prescribing physician. Hospital pharmacists also
counselled patients about the correct use of their medications.
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University of Texas To Offer Pharmacy Tech Certification Program
Drug Store News (11/30/11) Dearment, Alaric
The University of Texas' Professional Development Center (PDC) is launching a
certification program for pharmacy technicians. The 14-week program will
begin in February 2012. It includes a 120-hour internship. "As our population
ages and health care becomes more and more important, I anticipate there
will be increased employment opportunities in all areas of health care,
including pharmacy workers," PDC director Liliya Spinazzola said.
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Bill Would Make Drug Price Gouging a Federal Crime
Associated Press (12/06/11)
Legislation in Congress would make price gouging prescription drugs that are
in short supply a federal crime. Senator Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., is
proposing a bill that would enable U.S. Department of Justice to go after
"unscrupulous drug distributors" who sell hospitals life-saving prescription
drugs in short supply at steep price increases. Such problems have been
growing this year, with shortages worsening significantly for normal cheap
generic injected medications that are critical to the treatment of cancer, pain,
and infections, as well as liquid nutrition and anesthesia for surgery. The
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Associated Press reported that at least 15 patient deaths have occurred since
the middle of 2010 due to shortages. In a case in Alabama, nine patients died
after getting inadvertently contaminated liquid nutrition that had to be hand-
mixed from a powder because the usual liquid nutrition was not available.
Schumer's bill would allow penalties of up to $500 million for each case of
price gouging. "Forcing hospitals to buy life-saving medications at
outrageously inflated prices is unquestionably unethical, and with this
legislation it would be illegal, too," says Schumer in a statement. The number
of new drug shortages each year has tripped since 2006, and as of November
30th of this year there had been 251 different new drug shortages in 2011.
Causes for shortages include manufacturing deficiencies leading to production
shutdowns, companies stopping production on some drugs will small profit
margins, consolidation in the generic drug industry, and limited supplies of
some ingredients. At the end of October, President Obama signed an executive
order instructing the Food and Drug Administration to expand its reporting of
potential drug shortages, quicken reviews of proposed production changes for
drugs facing shortages, and give the Justice Department more information on
possible collusion or price gouging.
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DHC: EHR Upgrades More Likely to Lead to Errors
MedPage Today (12/04/11) Petrochko, Cole
Weill Cornell Medical College researchers have found that upgrading electronic
health record (EHR) systems can lead to an increase in e-prescribing errors.
Their study, presented at the New York eHealth Collaborative's Digital Health
Conference, showed that the initial shift to EHR from paper-based prescribing
decreased errors by 85 percent. However, when sites already using e-
prescribing upgraded to a new EHR system, the error rate increased from a
baseline of 8.6 errors per 100 prescriptions to 18 errors after three months,
and 10.9 errors after one year. The error rate only dropped below the
baseline, to 3.8, after two years of using the new system.
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New Data Demonstrating the Impact of Opioid-Related Adverse
Events on Total Hospital Cost Presented at ASHP Meeting
PR Newswire (12/05/11)
Pacira Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced new data at ASHP's Midyear Clinical
Meeting that indicates opioid-related adverse events (ORAEs) are associated
with an average $1,000 increase in hospitalization cost and more than a day
increase in the length of the patient's hospital stay. These findings were
gleaned from a retrospective analysis identifying adult patients who received
opioids between Sept. 2008 and August 2010. Approximately 20 percent of
surgical patients were identified as experiencing an ORAE.
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Emergency Hospitalizations for Adverse Drug Events in Older
Americans
New England Journal of Medicine (11/24/11) Vol. 365, No. 21, P. 2002;
Budnitz, Daniel S.; Lovegrove, Maribeth C.; Shehab, Nadine
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) researchers have found that
certain diabetes medications and anti-coagulants are associated with two-
thirds of the 99,628 older adults who are hospitalized annually because of
drug-related adverse events. The study's findings are based on information
from 58 hospitals nationwide. All patients involved in the study came from the
CDC's National Electronic Injury Surveillance System-Cooperative Adverse
Drug Event Surveillance project. The research did not include hospitalizations
associated with drug abuse, withdrawal, or deliberate self-harm. Of the
hospitalizations the study tracked, 33 percent were associated with warfarin,
14 percent were associated with insulin injections, 13 percent were associated
with antiplatelet medications, and 11 percent were associated with oral
hypoglycemic agents.
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Report: Fla. Should Share Prescription Drug Data
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A Florida Health Department report says the state should share data from its
new prescription drug monitoring system with other states. The tracking
system began operating Sept. 1 as part of efforts to crack down on "doctor
shopping" and "pill mills" that supply drug dealers and addicts. The report
notes 223,700 prescriptions written in Florida were filled in other states in
2009. The report says changing state law to allow for an exchange of data
would help out-of-state doctors, pharmacists and law enforcement officials
determine whether prescriptions came from Florida.
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Technology Boosts Patient Care
American Press (La.) (11/22/11)
Innovative uses of technology, such as the Louisiana Health Information
Exchange, can improve care for individual patients. The exchange uses a Web-
based platform to link various healthcare branches, including primary-care
doctors to hospitals and pharmacists. Through a $10 million federal grant, the
exchange hopes to get more providers to join the network to make it self-
sustaining through subscription fees from medical enterprises. The system's
goal is to ensure patient's medical records are on hand at the time of care,
and it will link not only larger systems but rural hospitals and doctors as well.
Other benefits of the program include enabling analysis of patient data and
outcomes and comparisons of hospitalization rates for certain categories of
patients.
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