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January 2012
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:
2012 Spring Meeting Information
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
web link
personnel practicing in
organized healthcare settings.
Mission Statement
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Helping our members become
better practitioners.
GSHP News
GSHP 2012 Spring Meeting Information Motto
Call for Posters- 2012 Spring Meeting Bringing pharmacy practice
GSHP 2012 Meetings Announced into focus.
GSHP 2012 Committee Day Photos
Pharmacy Day at the Capitol
Georgia Society of Health-
ASHP News System Pharmacists
New Drug and Biological Product Approvals, 2011 3015 Shannon Lakes North
2015 Initiative Yields to PPMI Suite 303
ASHP Applauds U.S. Public Health Service Report on the Role of Tallahassee, FL 32309
Pharmacists on Healthcare Teams (800) 913-4747
Drug Shortages Compromise Patient Safety, ASHP Tells Senate • e-mail link
Finance Committee • web link
Pharmacy News
Pharmacy Organizations Launch Initiative to Improve Care
Transitions
FDA Approves Shared System REMS for TIRF Products
Most Adverse Events in Hospitals Go Unreported
USC, GHS Encouraged by Progress on New Medical School
Endo Pharmaceuticals Opiate Products by Novartis Consumer
Health: Public Advisory- Potential Safety Risk About ASHP
Bar-Code Scanning Can Fix 'Black Hole' of OR Drug Safety ASHP is a 35,000-member
Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia Program at Nationwide Children's national professional
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Hospital Improves Neurodevelopmental Outcomes and Lowers association that represents
Readmissions pharmacists who practice in
Legislation Would Mandate Check Before Writing Prescriptions hospitals, health maintenance
Liquid Acetaminophen Marketed for Infants: Drug Safety organizations, long-term care
Communication - Potential for Dosing Errors facilities, home care, and
other components of health
New Prescription Monitoring Draws Complaints
care systems. ASHP is the
only national organization of
GSHP News hospital and health-system
pharmacists and has a long
GSHP 2012 Spring Meeting Information history of improving
medication use and enhancing
GSHP 2012 Spring Meeting patient safety.
March 2-4, 2012
American Society of Health-
System Pharmacists
Savannah, GA
7272 Wisconsin Avenue
Poster Session Information Bethesda, MD 20814
301-657-3000
Online Registration
• e-mail link
FRIDAY, March 2 (7 hours of CE) • web link
8:00 – 9:00 am
Calendar
Turning the Stick into a Carrot: How Pharmacy Can Help Health-
Systems Succeed in the Value-Based Purchasing Era GSHP Spring Meeting
3/02/12 - 3/04/12
Steve Riddle
GSHP Spring Meeting
9:00 – 10:00 am
Marriott Riverfront
Turning the Stick into a Carrot: How Pharmacy Can Help Health-
Savannah, GA
Systems Succeed in the Value-Based Purchasing Era continued
web link
10:00 – 11:00 am
2012 Summer Meeting
Palliative care for the hospitalized patient
and Exhibition [ASHP]
Kenneth Jackson, PharmD, CPE 6/09/12 - 6/13/12
The ASHP 2012 Summer
11:00 – 1:00 pm Meeting is your chance to
take part in four fulfilling
Exhibits (11 – 12) days of intense intellectual
stimulation, in-depth
Lunch + Exhibits (12 – 1pm) education, and hands-on
exploration. Join your peers
1:00 – 2:00 pm
in Baltimore for this unique
experience designed expressly
Drug abuse
for current and future
pharmacy leaders in hospitals
Gaylord Lopez
and health systems.
2:00 – 3:00 pm
Baltimore Convention
COPD: A 2012 Update Center
Baltimore, Maryland
J. Kimble Keller, PharmD, BCPS web link
3:00 – 3:45 pm
GSHP Summer Meeting
Exhibits / Break 7/20/12 - 7/22/12
Amelia Island Plantation, FL
3:45 – 4:45 pm
web link
Antimicrobial overview
Scott Kincaid, PharmD, BCPS 2012 National Residency
Prectors Conference
4:45 – 5:45 pm [ASHP]
8/16/12 - 8/18/12
Antibiotic Stewardship The National Residency
Preceptors Conference (NRPC)
Scott Kincaid, PharmD, BCPS is the only meeting purely
dedicated to pharmacy
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Jason Lin
residency training. The NRPC
covers timely topics
Geneen Gibson
important to all program
directors and preceptors of
6:00 – 7:30 pm Opening Reception:
ASHP-accredited, ASHP-
Open bar, heavy hors d’oeuvres application submitted, and
newly emerging residency
SATURDAY, March 3 (5 hours of CE) training programs. This is a
must-attend event for
7:00 – 8:00 am residency preceptors and
directors who seek quality
Breakfast programming and networking
opportunities with other
8:00 – 9:00 am preceptors across the
country.
Acute Management of Ischemic Stroke
Washington D.C.
Michael Thomas, PharmD, BCPS web link
9:00 – 11:00 am
GSHP Annual Meeting
Orthopedic VTE prophylaxis 10/19/12 - 10/21/12
Brasstown Valley Resort
Christina Deremer, PharmD, BCPS
Young Harris, GA
Mike Melroy, PharmD, BCPS
web link
11:00 – 1:00 pm
2012 Midyear Meeting
Exhibits (11 – 12) [ASHP]
12/02/12 - 12/06/12
Lunch + Exhibits (12 – 1pm)
The 47th ASHP Midyear
Posters Clinical Meeting & Exhibition
will be held in the exciting
1:00 – 2:00 pm Las Vegas, this year. ASHP's
Midyear Clinical Meeting is
Balancing and Buffering Life's Demands: A Focus on Causes of Acid- the largest gathering of
Base Disorders pharmacists in the world.
With its focus on improving
David Deen, PharmD, BCPS, BCNSP patient care, the meeting is
attended by more than
2:00 – 3:00 pm 20,000 pharmacy
professionals from 86
Signs, symptoms and treatment of Medication Withdrawal in the countries. For decades, the
hospitalized patient ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting
has provided health-system
Klugh Kennedy pharmacy practitioners with a
venue for updating their
SUNDAY, March 4 (4 hours of CE) knowledge, networking with
colleagues, enhancing their
7:30 – 8:00 am Breakfast skills, and learning about the
latest products and
8:00 – 9:30 am
technologies.
Oncology Drug update
Las Vegas, NV
Heather Pound, PharmD, BCPS web link
9:30 – 10:30 am
Pediatric Emergency Medicine Update
Karyn Taylor, PharmD
10:45 – 12:15 pm
Anti-platelet therapy in Cath lab
Christopher Paciullo, PharmD, BCPS
For more information on the agenda including learning objectives and bios on
each session, visit the GSHP webpage, www.gshp.org
Continuing Education Credits
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The Georgia Society of Health-System Pharmacists is
accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy
Education as a provider of continuing pharmaceutical
education.
The Spring Meeting will provide an opportunity for you to
earn up to 16 hours of continuing education credit.
CANCELLATION POLICY:
A full refund will be granted for refund requests received by February 11; from February 12
through February 25, a $25.00 administrative fee will be deducted from the registration fee. After
February 25 there will be NO refunds for cancellation.
Hotel Information:
$155 per night single or double. To make your hotel room reservations, call
912-233-7722 or 800-285-0398 . If you call central
reservations at 1.800.285.0398 , mention that you are
with Georgia Society Health. If they are going online, the group code is
gssgssa. Please note we have negotiated complimentary internet service in
your hotel room and self parking has been discounted to $5 per day
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Call for Posters- 2012 Spring Meeting
Call for Student & Resident Posters — GSHP Spring Meeting-Sign
up NOW !
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.
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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)
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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GSHP 2012 Committee Day Photos
January 28
Eagle's Landing Country Club
Stockbridge, GA
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Pharmacy Day at the Capitol
VIP (Very Involved Pharmacist) Day
Thursday, February 9, 2012
6:00 AM - 11:00 AM
VIP Day is an opportunity for pharmacists,
student pharmacists and pharmacy technicians
to visit with legislators and advocate on behalf
of pharmacy. The day begins with a continental breakfast
and a brief overview of the pending issues that
could affect pharmacy.
Please join us at the Capitol on February 9, 2012.
For more information and to register
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ASHP News
New Drug and Biological Product Approvals, 2011
[February 1, 2012, AJHP News] Kate Traynor, BETHESDA, MD 18 January
2012 - A total of 37 new molecular entities, vaccines, and blood products won
FDA marketing approval last year, compared with 29 in the previous year.
Highlights of several of the approved medications appear below. A full list of
new products and their indications appears below.
Advances in cancer. 2011 saw the approval of nine cancer treatments,
including two-Pfizer’s kinase inhibitor crizotinib and Genentech’s vemurafenib-
that FDA officials heralded as groundbreaking developments in personalized
medicine.
Read More
2015 Initiative Yields to PPMI
[February 1, 2012, AJHP News] Kate Traynor, BETHESDA, MD 18 January
2012 - As pharmacy practice evolves, so do the strategies that help drive
those changes-including the ambitious and comprehensive Pharmacy Practice
Model Initiative (PPMI), which has supplanted ASHP's 2015 Initiative.
Launched in 2003, ASHP's Health-System Pharmacy 2015 Initiative was a
member-driven plan "structured to help us reach the ASHP vision for
pharmacy practice in hospitals and health systems," said ASHP's Douglas
Scheckelhoff, vice president of professional development.
The most recent version of the 2015 Initiative consisted of six goals and 31
related objectives. In general, the 2015 Initiative emphasized the pharmacist's
role in promoting public health and ensuring that medication use is safe,
effective, and based on scientific evidence.
Read More
ASHP Applauds U.S. Public Health Service Report on the Role of
Pharmacists on Healthcare Teams
U.S. Surgeon General Endorses Comprehensive Report on Current Pharmacy
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Practice - 1/10/2012 - The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists
(ASHP) strongly supports the concepts outlined in the recently released report,
"Improving Patient and Health System Outcomes through Advanced Pharmacy
Practice-A Report to the U.S. Surgeon General 2011."
Using examples from public and private sector practice models, the report
examines the contemporary roles of pharmacists as members of health care
teams. The authors note that although evidence demonstrates that
pharmacists who are involved in innovative care and payment models can
improve patient outcomes and reduce demands affecting the healthcare
system, policy and legislative barriers exist that impede their broad utilization.
Read More
Drug Shortages Compromise Patient Safety, ASHP Tells Senate
Finance Committee
FDA Issues Safety Guidelines For Incorrectly Packaged Pain Medication
1/9/2012 - A shutdown of the Novartis facility that manufactures Endo oral
pain medications was announced today by both Endo and the Food and Drug
Administration (FDA). The action was prompted by rare reports that one or
more doses of the wrong medication were found in bottles or unit dose
packages as well as packaging problem noted by FDA during a mid-December
inspection. Affected products include oxymorphone, oxycodone with
acetaminophen or aspirin, morphine extended release, and hydrocodone with
acetaminophen.
Read More
Pharmacy News
Pharmacy Organizations Launch Initiative to Improve Care Transitions
Modern Medicine (01/12/12)
The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) has joined forces
with the American Pharmacists Association (APhA) to improve coordination in
care transitions and reduce hospital readmissions. The Management in Care
Transitions Project is accepting submissions for care models involving
pharmacists until Jan. 18. The submissions will be reviewed by an expert
panel that will select up to six care transitions for development into case
studies. The panel will subsequently outline key elements of the best
programs and make recommendations for strategies by late spring 2012.
“Utilizing pharmacists' expertise is key in reducing the number of hospital
readmissions, many of which are the result of medication-related problems,”
says ASHP Executive Vice President and CEO Paul W. Abramowitz, PharmD,
FASHP. “Pharmacists' medication therapy management services can help
prevent overuse, underuse, and inappropriate use of healthcare services that
might otherwise lead to costly readmissions.”
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FDA Approves Shared System REMS for TIRF Products
FDA.gov (12/29/11)
The FDA has approved a single shared Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy
(REMS) for transmucosal immediate-release fentanyl (TIRF) products, called
the TIRF REMS Access Program. This new shared system will replace the
individual REMS for each of these products, allowing prescribers and
pharmacies to enroll into just one system. The program will be officially
launched in March, 2012. Health care professionals who prescribe TIRF
medicines that will only be used in an inpatient setting (hospitals, hospices, or
long-term care facilities) will not be required to enroll in the TIRF REMS Access
program. Similarly, patients who receive TIRF medicines in an inpatient setting
are not required to enroll in the program. Long term care and hospice patients
who obtain their medications from outpatient pharmacies must still be
enrolled.
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Most Adverse Events in Hospitals Go Unreported
Medscape (01/06/12) Lowes, Robert
A new report released by the Department of Health and Human Services
(HHS) indicates that approximately 86 percent of adverse events that occur in
hospitals are not submitted to centralized reporting systems designed to
improve patient safety and quality of care. For 62 percent of these events,
staff said they did not believe they were reportable. Unreported incidents--
some of which were fatal-- included hospital-acquired infections and four cases
of excessive bleeding due to the administration of anticoagulants. Study
authors recommend that the HHS develops a master list of potentially
reportable adverse events to eliminate any confusion. They have also called
for guidance for organizations that survey or accredit hospitals on assessing
incident reporting systems and the use of the master list. None of the three
organizations that currently accredit hospitals have standardized lists of
reportable adverse events.
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USC, GHS Encouraged by Progress on New Medical School
Greenville Online (12/17/11)
The University of South Carolina has announced that more than 800 students
have already applied to be part of the first class at its new School of Medicine
in Greenville. The school has also received 300 applications for basic faculty
positions, six of which have been filled thus far. The medical school is
scheduled to open in summer 2012 with a first class of 50 students. The
school will also support the South Carolina College of Pharmacy.
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Endo Pharmaceuticals Opiate Products by Novartis Consumer Health:
Public Advisory- Potential Safety Risk
Medwatch (01/09/2012)
The FDA has issued a safety advisory regarding opiate products manufactured
and packaged for Endo Pharmaceuticals by Novartis Consumer Health at its
Lincoln, Nebraska manufacturing site. Due to problems that occurred when
these products were packaged and labeled at the site, tablets from one
product type may have carried over into packaging of another product. This
could result in a stray pill of one medicine ending up in the bottle of another
product. Medications affected by the advisory include oxymorphone
hydrochloride (Opana ER), oxymorphone hydrochloride (Opana), oxycodone
hydrochloride and acetaminophen (Percocet), oxycodone hydrochloride and
aspirin (Percodan), morphine sulfate, and hydrocodone
bitartrate/acetaminophen tablets (Zydone).
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Bar-Code Scanning Can Fix 'Black Hole' of OR Drug Safety
Anesthesiology News (01/01/12) Vol. 38, No. 1, Frandzel, Steve
Dr. Ludwik Fedorko, anesthesia provider at the University Health Network’s
(UHN) Toronto General Hospital in Canada, has referred to the operating room
(OR) as a "black hole of medication safety." Fedorko discussed the problem
during a session on OR drug safety at the 2011 American Society of Health-
System Pharmacists December meeting. The OR and the post-anesthesia care
unit disproportionately accounted for 81 percent of all medication error reports
compared to the rest of the hospital. More than 60 percent of drug-related
errors from anesthesiology providers involve the removal of incorrect vials
from anesthesia drug trays, incorrect syringe labeling after admixing, and
syringe swaps during surgery. UHN established a pharmacy-anesthesia
collaboration to explore a point-of-care, computer-aided syringe labeling and
verification process. In January 2010, all 20 ORs at Toronto General
implemented the system. The process requires the scanning of every drug
ampoule and syringe label for accuracy verification during dispensing,
premixing, administration, and documentation. After 23 months of use in more
than 20,000 surgical cases, no medication error incidents related to mistaken
drug identity were reported when bar-code scanning was used. One critical
drug error occurred when the bar-code scanning process was bypassed,
however.
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Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia Program at Nationwide Children's
Hospital Improves Neurodevelopmental Outcomes and Lowers
Readmissions
HealthCanal.com (12/27/2011)
An interdisciplinary team approach can improve health outcomes for infants
with bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD), a common complication of
prematurity. At Nationwide Children's Hospital in Ohio, a team of experts
established the Comprehensive Center for Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia
(CCBPD) in 2004. For this study, researchers looked at the outcomes for more
than 100 neonatal intensive-care unit infants with the most severe forms of
BPD treated at the CCBPD. These infants' developmental scores were
significantly higher than the national average; readmission rates also dropped
from 29 percent to 5 percent after the CCBPD was established. The center's
interdisciplinary BPD team included experts such as nurse practitioners,
neonatologists, pulmonologists, social workers, pharmacists, and pediatricians
to address the infant's individual needs. Despite the highly individualized care
of each infant in the CCBPD, several key principles apply: prevention of
infection, prevention of right heart failure, optimal nutrition, intensive
neurodevelopmental assistance, and minimal-impact respiratory support. The
study is published in the Journal of Perinatology.
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Legislation Would Mandate Check Before Writing Prescriptions
Knoxville News-Sentinel (TN) (12/25/11) Humphrey, Tom
Tennessee state Sen. Ken Yager has proposed legislation that would require
doctors and pharmacists to check a state database before issuing or filling
prescriptions for potentially addictive pain medications. The Republican
lawmaker, who chairs the Senate State and Local Government Committee,
said he is also drafting a bill that would require persons picking up a
prescription for designed medications to present photo identification.
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Liquid Acetaminophen Marketed for Infants: Drug Safety
Communication - Potential for Dosing Errors
Medwatch (12/22/2011)
The FDA has issued a notification that additional concentrations of liquid
acetaminophen marketed for infants are now available. This change in the
concentration will affect the amount of liquid given to an infant, and the
agency has called on healthcare professionals to advise caregivers of the
change to prevent errors, particularly if they are accustomed to using 80
mg/0.8 mL or 80 mg/mL concentrations.
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New Prescription Monitoring Draws Complaints
Seattle Times (01/02/12) Ostrom, Carol M.
Pharmacies in Washington state have been sending information into a giant
computer database, detailing every prescription they've dispensed for
controlled substances since October. Beginning this week, pharmacists, doctors
and other prescribers will be able to see all such drugs a patient is getting
anywhere in the state, even if the person pays with cash. The state's new
Prescription Monitoring Program will list all the doctors prescribing the pills and
includes a color-coded map showing every place the patient got drugs. The
program is funded by the U.S. Department of Justice, but the department has
warned the state not to expect ongoing funding. So state health officials came
to lawmakers last month to ask them to rescind the provision banning
provider fees. The program is estimated to cost $530,000 per year, according
to state Department of Health Secretary Mary Selecky. Prescribers would
share those costs under the proposal. Julie Akers, a pharmacist who testified
at a recent hearing on the matter, supports the program. But pharmacists,
who are required to enter data, do that without reimbursement. Some must
pay for data entry, she says, so for the state to tack on more expense "just
doesn't make sense."
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