Advocacy

[Correspondence] Advocacy training and social accountability of health professionals

As physicians-in-training with a keen interest in medical education and experience in advocacy, we could not agree more with the need to better align medical education with societal needs, as noted by Leana Wen and colleagues (Dec 3, p e12). However, we hope that the medical community will not only embrace the concept of social mission, but actively work on its implementation. We emphasise the need for clearly articulated outcomes, robust measures, and proper assessment of the social mission of medical schools.

Meet a Member: Sarah Whipple

Sarah Whipple, PharmD, BCPP, is a Mental Health Clinical Pharmacist at the VA Central Iowa Health Care System in Des Moines, Iowa.

Sarah feels strongly that psychiatric patients are often misunderstood and made psychiatric pharmacy a career to make a difference in the care that they receive.  Read on to learn how Sarah works to serve this population as she tries to improve their quality of life.

Candidate Performance Measures for Screening for, Assessing, and Treating Unhealthy Substance Use in Hospitals: Advocacy or Evidence-Based Practice?

The Joint Commission recently proposed candidate performance measures addressing unhealthy substance use in hospitalized patients.

AMA Responds to Concerns

As reported in previous CPNP weekly updates, seven national pharmacy organizations collaborated on analysis and response to a document published by the American Medical Association (AMA Scope of Practice Data Series: Pharmacists) for its members. The American Pharmacists Association (APhA) now reports that the American Medical Association has responded favorably to these concerns expressed in April by APhA and six other pharmacy associations. AMA wants to sit down with APhA and several representatives from the pharmacy groups in June to discuss pharmacists’ activities in the medication therapy management and collaborative drug therapy management arenas.

Health Care Reform and Pharmacy: An Update

Health Care Reform passage has resulted in new and exciting opportunities for pharmacists, which creates an urgency to act. A grant program for pharmacist-provided medication therapy management (MTM) was included in the healthcare bill. The inclusion of MTM as a required component of the medical home was also a key success for pharmacists.

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