The President's Message

The Gifts of Talent, Knowledge, and Time

By: Joel Hennenfent, MSHP President

What are your special talents?  How can an individual’s skills change the practice of pharmacy in Missouri?  One way to utilize your unique talents and skills is by volunteering your time on an MSHP committee or running for a MSHP office.  Over the past 9 months many MSHP members have taken the organization to the next level with major recent successes including the new website and a very active Public Policy Committee.  MSHP continues to be a great organization!

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KCHP-MSHP 2010 Spring Meeting

The Missouri Society and Kansas Council of Health-System Pharmacists are pleased to announce a preview of their biennial Joint Spring Meeting, Crossing the Divide. Attendees may earn a minimum of 12 hours of continuing pharmacy education credit.

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MSHP Research and Education Foundation Update

By: Jane Tennis, Research and Education Foundation Board Member

WOW!  Welcome to the first MSHP Newsletter on the new, revised and updated MSHP website.  Please congratulate Diane McClaskey, who chaired this revision, for a job well done.  Be sure to surf the website and come back often for news and updated information about MSHP.

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Maryland, Missouri Affiliates Join Technician Initiative

Representatives of the ASHP state affiliates in Maryland and Missouri earlier this week signed formal agreements to join the Society’s Pharmacy Technician Initiative.

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Affiliate News

Greater Kansas City Society of Health-System Pharmacists (GKCSHP)

At the recent GKC affiliate meeting Tyler Dodson, GKC president and Heather Herr, GKC immediate past president, presented Travis Love with the Technician of the Year Award and Patrycja Wilczynska with the Student of the Year Award. Congratulations to Travis and Patrycja on their recognition!

MSHP Supports the Missouri Pharmacy Coalition and MPA’S Legislative Day

By: Nancy Konieczny, MSHP Coalition Liaison

Pharmacists representing health system, community, academic, nuclear, and consulting pharmacy practices met in Columbia on January 11th hosted by the University of Missouri to continue the dialogue facilitating alignment among pharmacy organizations.

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The MO-HITECH Initiative:
Planning and Implementation of a Statewide Health Information Exchange (HIE)

By: Steve Calloway, Public Policy Committee Vice Chair

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 included the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act to provide some stimulus for enhancing health care delivery through the use of technology. The HITECH Act calls for the implementation of electronic health records (EHR’s) and the necessary infrastructure for secure exchange of health information, with the goal of improving the quality of care and establishing a foundation for health care reform.

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MSHP National Clinical Skills Competition Award Winners

StLCOP and UMKC students competed at ASHP Midyear Meeting Clinical Skills Competition.

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Man versus Bug:  Antimicrobial Stewardships - Another Score for Man

By: Paul H. Tran, Jr., PharmD

In an era of rapidly emerging drug-resistant bacteria, antibiotic development has stalled and antimicrobial stewardship programs have come into full swing. The goals of antimicrobial stewardship programs are to optimize safe and appropriate use of antibiotics, enhance clinical outcomes while minimizing unintended consequences of antimicrobial use, and reduce healthcare costs without adversely affecting quality of care.

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Missouri Board of Pharmacy News

February, 2010 Newsletter

MSHP Welcomes New Members