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NEWS BRIEF

Early Spring 2013

Inside CSHP

Legislative Update

Continuing Education

Professional News of Note

Student News

Opportunities

Special Feature Article

Inside This Issue

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Inside CSHP

~CSHP is 65!

Learn about our history

~Membership is Power

Dear Sherri,

I hope everyone was able to survive the winter storms

comfortably, and so we welcome spring ... with a snow

storm.

We are looking forward to an exciting schedule of CE

programs at our regular meetings, and I hope you all

plan to attend. Work is currently going forward on this

year's "Catch the Wave" Conference at which time our featured speaker will

be Gerald Meyer, our current ASHP president. I think his is a real coup for our

organization so let's have a great show of support through your attendance.

The format this year will be a bit different so check the CSHP web site for all

the latest information.

The ASHP summer meeting will be the first week in June and our organization

can send up to 3 delegates. We currently have 2 delegates so if any one is

planning to attend and would like to serve as a delegate (you must be an ASHP

member), please let me know so we can get you registered.

I'm looking forward to seeing you on Thursday, March 28 at Backus Hospital

for our regular meeting, CE program and, of course, a delicious light meal.

mittee should contact either the office or myself.

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Legislative Update

2013 Update

Education

~3/28/13 CE Program

~Catch The Wave 2013:

ASHP President to speak

Professional

News of Note

~New Pharmacy

Technician

Certification Rules

Student News

~ Make the Most of

Rotations

~ News from USJ and

UConn

Opportunities

A selection of recent

postings on the

CSHP web site

CSHPHeadquarters

888-506-3784

office@cshponline.org

We don't want to lose you.

If your home or work

contact information

has changed,

please let us know.

We welcome the following

pharmacy professionals and

students, and

representatives of the

Sincerely,

Ron Abrahams, RPh, FASHP

2013 CSHP President

Inside CSHP

CSHP is 65!

by Eric Tichy, PharmD, Senior Director

CSHP is proud to celebrate the 65th anniversary of

its founding in 2013. CSHP has benefited from a

long legacy of distinguished leadership and will celebrate past and present

Connecticut pharmacy leaders with ties to CSHP throughout this 65th

anniversary year.

In November of 1948, CSHP held its first meeting at Yale-New Haven Hospital.

The meeting was presided over by John Zugich, the 1st CSHP president, 4th

president of ASHP, and Director of Pharmacy at Yale New Haven from 1947 to

1951. In the first years, CSHP meetings where held exclusively in New Haven

with meetings rotating between Yale-New Haven Hospital and the Hospital of

Saint Raphael. In the 1950s, the CSHP meeting sites began to rotate around the

state, and a joint meeting with the Massachusetts Society was held as well.

CSHP continues to hold meetings at Connecticut hospitals and schools of

pharmacy to this day.

If you would like to contribute to this section of the CSHP News Brief in 2013,

please email eric.tichy@ynhh.org.

Past Leader Profile: John J. Zugich, CSHP President 1948

Mr. Zugich was a founding member of ASHP, the 4th President of ASHP, and

1st CSHP President. He completed a residency with the distinguished Harvey

Whitney in the early 1940s and received the Whitney Award, ASHP's highest

honor, in 1987. In his Whitney Award speech, Zugich noted that "ASHP and

its practitioners have developed a noble tradition for pharmacy." We continue

to carry out to this tradition to this day.

During his time at Yale-New Haven Hospital, Zugich is credited with bringing

modern pharmacy practice to the medical center and even establishing a

residency training program. He was a prolific author of pharmacy leadership

over five decades with a body of work that is notable for its breadth as well as

its depth. As ASHP President, Mr. Zugich was credited with establishing the

first full-time staffed ASHP national headquarters in Washington, DC. In the

1950s, he returned to Michigan where he served as a hospital administrator at

the University of Michigan Medical Center until his retirement in 1975.

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pharmaceutical industry

who have joined CSHP

since early February.

Kwasi Akowuah, Student

Alia Baughn, Student

Sabrina Caico, S tudent

Amanda Cramer, Student

Yusuf Elminshaw , S tudent

Bonnie Fafard, Student

Jessica Faiteau, Student

Eileen Frazzetta, MBA

Danielle Galotti, S tudent

Michael E. Guerra, S tudent

Paulina Jankowska, Student

Gregory Jaszczur, S tudent

Michele Kervick, Student

Scott Thomas May, Student

George Meslogites, S tudent

Farie Mohamed, Student

Catherine Morris, S tudent

Daniel Oh, Student

Freda Osei-Parker, S tudent

Shrina Patel, S tudent

David Pritchard, PharmD

Amy Qiu, Student

Richard Quercia, RPh

Benigno Reyes, Industry

Partner

Ralph John Riello III, S tudent

Ashley Riendeau, Student

Sarah Sinnott, S tudent

Kristen Storer, S tudent

Emily Tiglio, PharmD, MPH

Manna Wu, Student

USEFUL LINKS

CSHP Membership

Application

ASHP Website

CT Dept. of Public Health

Your Legislative

Contacts

CT Dept. of Consumer

Protection

Modern Leader Profile: Lisa Stump, MS, FASHP, CSHP President 2007

Mrs. Stump served on the CSHP Board of Directors and was CSHP President in

2007. She is a graduate of the University of Connecticut School of Pharmacy

and a graduate of The Ohio State University, where she earned a Masters

Degree in Hospital Pharmacy Administration. In 1993, Mrs. Stump also

completed a 2-year pharmacy residency training program accredited by the

American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP).

Mrs. Stump was recognized by the New Haven Business Times in 2003 as a

recipient of the Forty Under 40 Award and completed Six Sigma Leadership

Green Belt Training in 2002. She is the co-author of numerous peer-reviewed

publications and has been the recipient of several awards for leadership and

quality in healthcare, including the Best Practices in Hospital Pharmacy

Management Award in 1999 from the American Society of Health System

Pharmacists, the Abbott Pharmaceuticals Health System Quality Award in

2000, the Meritorious Achievement Award from the CT Society of Health-

System Pharmacists (CSHP) in 2001, the 2005 John D. Thompson Award for

Excellence in Healthcare, the Voluntary Hospitals of America (VHA)

Leadership Award for Supply Chain Management in 2005, and in 2009 was

installed as a Fellow of ASHP. In 2010, she was awarded the College of Health

Information Management Executives (CHiME) CIO Bootcamp Women's

Scholarship.

Mrs. Stump has held a series of management and leadership positions

beginning at Grant Medical Center, Columbus Ohio in 1993 and moved to

Yale-New Haven Hospital in 1996 in the position of Clinical Coordinator, Drug

Use Policy. She served as the Director of Pharmacy Services at Yale-New

Haven Hospital from 2000 until 2008 when she assumed the position of

Administrative Director, Clinical Informatics. She served on the University of

Connecticut School of Pharmacy Advisory Board from 2006 to 2012.

Currently, she is Vice President at Yale New Haven Health System responsible

for the implementation of Epic™ EMR and Revenue Cycle applications at the

Yale New Haven Health System Hospitals, Northeast Medical Group

practices, The Yale Medical Group faculty practices, and affiliated community

practices.

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Membership Matters!

Remember that as an active member of CSHP, you play a crucial role in

professional pharmacy advocacy. Our Society has grown significantly over

the past few years, and in 2013, we hope to continue growing our

membership. We hope you will be an active member of the CSHP team!

New members are always welcome!

Legislative Update

CSHP Focus for 2013by Tom Buckley, RPh, MPH

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US Food and Drug

Administration

May 7th, 2013 Deadline

for submissions to the

next issue of

News Brief

E-mail to our editor,

Salia Farrokh

News Brief is a service

for and about CSHP and

its current members.

We invite you to send us

information to share as

well as your comments

on the information

contained in this issue.

Member News/Kudos

CSHP is an association of

individual members.

Send us information

to help celebrate

your professional

and personal

accomplishments

and milestones.

Examples: promotions,

degrees or certificates,

new jobs, awards,

grants, presentations;

marriage, birth, special

anniversary, volunteer

activity; book review,

case study, new

technique

PLAN AHEAD

Upcoming CE Programs

May 21st, 2013

Hartford Hospital

CSHP Legislative Committee Chair

The 2013 legislative session continues full steam, and

CSHP continues to screen dozens of bills that are raised

each week. The session adjourns at midnight June 5th.

If there is any specific bill you wish to follow, the easiest

way to track it is to go onto the general assembly

website (http://www.cga.ct.gov) and insert the bill

number at the top of the page.

In addition to bill screening in the legislature, CSHP is convening discussions

with the Pharmacy Commission and hospital pharmacies on the subject of

"tech-check-tech" as a PPMI initiative. This topic was discussed during a

recent state legislative chairs' conference call convened by ASHP, and CSHP is

collecting information from other states that are currently in this debate or

have recently changed their practice act. Further updates on this topic will be

communicated as it becomes available.

A very successful Pharmacy Day at the Capitol occurred on March 12th,

attended by many pharmacists and pharmacy students, and probably the

greatest number of legislators and staff the event has had in many years.

Legislators were engaged in many discussions with pharmacists and students

that evening, and follow-up communication has been exchanged between

legislators and attendees since the event. The small size of our State means

that simple face-to-face communication followed up by a single call or e-mail

can be very impactful.

Continuing Education

Continuing Education

Register today for our next CE Program

Leveraging Pharmacy InformaticsHosted by Backus Hospital

Thursday, March 28th, 2013 beginning at 5:30 p.m.

Complimentary registration for

current CSHP members and Backus Hospital pharmacy staff

For all the details, please visit

http://www.cshponline.org/continuingedandevents/upcomingconted.html

On March 28th, please visit the exhibits of

Octapharma and Omnicell Inc.

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Catch the Wave

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June 18th, 2013

Yale New-Haven

Hospital

September 17th, 2013

St. Joseph University

School of Pharmacy

Hartford

More details to be

announced and posted on

the CSHP web site

Friday, November 1, 2013

Crowne Plaza, Cromwell, CT

2013 Speakers and Topics

More to Come!

Special Keynote Speaker

Gerald Meyer, MBA, PharmD, FASHP, ASHP President-Elect

Director of Experiential Education, Jefferson School of Pharmacy, Thomas

Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA

Preparing for Biosimilars: Balancing the Promise with the Reality of Practice

Steven Lucio, PharmD, BCPS; Director, Pharmacy Clinical Solutions,

Novation

Educational Objectives

Explain critical principles that govern the manufacture of biologics,

including biosimilars;

Summarize key elements of the US biosimilar approval pathway;

Describe the differences in the marketing of biosimilars as compared to

generic small molecules;

Differentiate true safety and efficacy considerations of biosimilars from

commonly referenced misperceptions.

Are Your Purchasing Practices Safe?

Tips to keep counterfeit, stolen, tainted and diverted drugs from entering

your supply chain

William H. Woodward MS, RPh; Senior Director Sourcing Operations,

Novation LLC

Educational Objectives

Develop a plan to prepare their organizations for the introduction of

this new product category;

Participants will be able to describe weaknesses in current drug

acquisition and distribution practices;

Participants will be able to describe the weaknesses in current pedigree

laws and regulations;

Participants will be able to describe steps they can take at their own

institutions to reduce the likelihood of acquiring tainted, stolen, or

counterfeit pharmaceutical products.

Immune Globulin Intravenous: Product Evaluation and Formulary

Considerations

Eric M. Tichy, PharmD, BCPS; Senior Clinical Pharmacy Specialist; Solid

Organ Transplant Director, PGY-2 Residency - Transplant, Yale-New

Haven Hospital

Educational Objectives

Review the clinically relevant differences between Immune Globulin

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Intravenous (IGIV) products;

Describe operational considerations when converting between IVIG

products;

Compare and contrast the common adverse events associated with

different IGIV projects and strategies for mitigating these events;

Explain the role of the pharmacist in choosing an ideal IGIV agent for

hospital or health-system formulary.

Essential Guidelines for Hospital Pharmacists in Acute Coronary Syndrome

Paul P. Dobesh, PharmD, FCCP, BCPS (AQ Cardiology)

Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice, College of Pharmacy,

University of Nebraska Medical Center

Omaha, NE

Educational Objectives: pending

Professional News of Note

PTCB Announces Pharmacy Technician

Certification Program Changes2/27/2013 Washington, DC

The Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB) has announced future

changes to the PTCB Certification Program that will advance pharmacy

technician qualifications by elevating PTCB's standards for national

certification and recertification. During the next seven years, PTCB will phase

in the changes, including mandatory background checks, accredited education

requirements, and changes in acceptable continuing education (CE) programs

for recertification.

"PTCB is elevating our certification requirements in order to meet the

demands of the evolving healthcare system," said PTCB Executive Director and

CEO Everett B. McAllister, MPA, RPh. "We have made bold decisions on what

will be required for candidates to become certified pharmacy technicians

(CPhTs). Our Board of Governors is sharply focused on ensuring that the PTCB

Program prepares CPhTs for the integral roles they play in supporting

pharmacists in all practice settings." PTCB's requirements have remained

largely unchanged since the organization's founding in 1995.

The PTCB Board of Governors decided that new candidates for PTCB

certification will be required to complete criminal background checks,

beginning in, or around, 2014. Many employers already require background

checks as a condition of employment, and PTCB plans to collaborate with

stakeholders to synchronize with the existing systems.

As part of the 20 hours of CE required for recertification, individual CPhTs will

need to complete one hour of medication safety CE, effective in 2014, in

addition to the one hour of law CE already required. By 2015, PTCB will

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require all 20 recertification CE hours to be pharmacy technician-specific.

Many existing CE offerings already fit this definition. The allowable CE hours

from college courses will be reduced from 15 to 10 by 2016, and allowable in-

service hours will be phased out by 2018.

By 2020, PTCB will require candidates for the initial PTCB certification to

successfully complete an American Society of Health-System Pharmacists

(ASHP)- accredited education program. ASHP-accredited programs include

didactic course work and practical experience, thereby providing well-

rounded training for technicians.

Beginning today (2.27.13), PTCB is conducting a 90-day open, online comment

period at www.ptcb.org to allow members of the pharmacy community to

share best practices for implementing the new requirements. PTCB intends to

begin releasing the policies and procedures regarding the implementation of

these decisions later this year.

These program changes are the result of a PTCB initiative which began with a

2011 summit focused on five areas related to pharmacy technicians: Consumer

Awareness, Resources, Education, State Policy and Testing (C.R.E.S.T.). Summit

attendees included pharmacists, certified pharmacy technicians (CPhTs),

educators, major employers, state boards of pharmacy, and others. Summit

findings, combined with results from two profession-wide surveys, called for

PTCB and the pharmacy profession to make decisive changes in certification

standards.

Visit www.ptcb.org for more information on the certification program

changes.

Student News

Maximize Your Rotations Experience

In February, Maximize Your Rotations: ASHP's Student Guide to IPPEs, APPEs, and

Beyond, will be released. It covers the skills students need to excel and the

competencies unique to some rotations. To preorder from ASHP:

http://store.ashp.org/Default.aspx?TabID=216&ProductId=34546482

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USJ

Greetings from the University of Saint Joseph

submitted by Sharmon Osae, USJ Student Chapter President

After completing a recent general member meeting, we have a ton of exciting

things underway. We would like to welcome new leaders within our

organization including Gregory Jaszczur, Historian, and Farie Mohamed,

Student Government Association Liaison and Chair of Organ Donor

Awareness Committee. We truly appreciate them stepping up into these roles

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to help further our organization.

In a continuing effort to obtain national recognition as a Student Society of

Health-System Pharmacy (SSHP) from ASHP, we have arranged for Dr. Tichy

and Dr. Sam from Yale-New Haven Hospital to come in and be guest speakers

for our April general member meeting. Our members enjoyed representing

USJ at Pharmacy Day at the Capitol on March 12th in Hartford. Looking ahead,

the warm spring weather is not far off and we are hoping to hold a number of

Organ Donor Registration Events at various locations throughout the Greater

Hartford area. Lastly, members have decided on their first fundraising project

and will soon be creating order forms to put them on sale for all USJ School of

Pharmacy friends and family. Be on the lookout for more exciting news from

the USJ student chapter!

UConnGreetings from the University of Connecticut

submitted by Chris Flores, UConn Student Chapter President

Our new semester at UCONN has gotten off to a very exciting start. The

UCONN-CSHP chapter recently finished our successful annual poison

prevention presentations in which we visited three elementary schools and

educated over 400, 1st and 2nd graders on the differences between candies and

poisons. In February, Teena Sam, PharmD, BCPS (YNHH) visited the

University of Connecticut to present on the fundamentals of the Pharmacy

Practice Model Initiative (PPMI) and on ways in which it can be implemented

into future clinical pharmacy practice within the health system.

Currently our student chapter has planned a wide variety of events to end off

the school year:

1) At the end of March we will be conducting a residency speaker event in

which a handful of PGY1 residency directors, P4 students, and residents

throughout the state will be visiting the University of Connecticut to talk

about their experiences and ways to stand out when pursuing a hospital

residency or fellowship.

2) To expand upon the Operation Donate Life Campaign that we established

at the University of Connecticut last year, (organ donor recruitment) this year

we have planned a full week long advocacy event (for the first week in April)

in which Kari Mull, a New England donate life representative, will be visiting

UCONN to talk about the importance of becoming an organ donor and ways

to spread the initiative. In addition to this presentation, a handful of students

will be going on a site visit at YNHH to learn more about Transplant

Pharmacy with Dr. Eric Tichy.

3) In support of ALS Connecticut, the UCONN CSHP chapter will be hosting a

6v6 dodge ball (sponsored by Rite Aid) tournament in which all the proceeds

from the event will directly benefit those affected by ALS. If anyone is

interested in putting together a team please contact myself or

kha-the.du@uconn.edu

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Member News

Eric Tichy joins AJHP Editorial Board

AJHP welcomes one returning and four new editorial board members whose

term of service begins January 1, 2013. Editorial board members are

responsible for reviewing articles submitted to AJHP, recruiting authors and

reviewers for the journal, and providing expert advice to AJHP editors about

important and emerging issues in pharmacy practice.

Eric Tichy, a Senior Clinical Pharmacy Specialist in Solid Organ

Transplantation at Yale- New Haven Hospital in Connecticut and a member of

the heart, kidney, and liver transplant teams. Tichy's practice interests

include gastroenterology, immunology, nephrology, and, especially,

transplantation. His practice accomplishments include the creation of a

postgraduate year 2 residency program in transplantation pharmacy at Yale-

New Haven Hospital. Tichy coauthored a white paper that defines the

pharmacist's role in multidisciplinary teams that care for transplant

recipients. He is chair-elect of the American Society of Transplantation's

Transplant Pharmacy Community of Practice, with his term beginning in

2013. Tichy has held leadership positions in state and national pharmacy and

medical organizations and has been recognized for outstanding service at

Yale-New Haven Hospital. During his tenure on AJHP's editorial board, Tichy

would like to encourage the publication of research and position papers that

increase pharmacists' awareness of the transplant pharmacist practice model.

KUDO

Teena Sam, PharmD, has received a 2013-2014 appointment to the ASHP

New Practitioners Forum Executive Committee. She is a Transplant

Pharmacist at Yale-New Haven Hospital.

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 "Opportunities"

PTCB announced that Certified Pharmacy Technicians (CPhTs) due to recertify

before March 31, 2013 will automatically receive an additional 30 days to

submit their applications. Affected candidates must complete their

recertifications online at ptcb.org by April 30, 2013. PTCB has asked

employers to consider their employees with a March 31 deadline as remaining

"active" for an additional 30 days. No fees will be charged to employers in

association with the deadline extension.

Present a Poster at 2013 National Pharmacy Preceptors Conference

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Now's your chance to share your work on pharmacy residency programs

with peers on a national level. ASHP is seeking poster proposals for

presentation at this year's National Pharmacy Preceptors Conference, August

21-23 in Washington, D.C. Deadline for submission of proposals is June 3 11:59

p.m. PDT.Read more

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clinical pearl, etc.) to editor Salia Farrokh by May 7th.

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