Volume 19, No.3 May/June 2010 Editor: Dana Jamero djamero@xula.edu www.lshp.org

FROM THE DESK OF THE PRESIDENT

This is the last column that will be written by me as the President of LSHP for the year 2009-2010. Unfortunately for our editor, I am writing it slightly beyond the deadline and am now in the position of the Past-President. The past year has been very rewarding year in many aspects. I have truly enjoyed working with each of you, and I look forward to my continued work with and for you in the future as the Past-President and as an ASHP Louisiana Delegate. For those of you who were able to attend the LSHP Annual Meeting last month, I would like to personally thank you for your support. We had over 150 members in attendance with over 40 vendors and many students from both the University of Louisiana at Monroe and Xavier University of Louisiana. We owe a great deal of thanks to Jay Schwab (Committee Chair), Helen Calmes (Committee Co-Chair), and Marianne Billeter (Committee Member) who have worked with their team in delivering a well-planned event. There were a significant number of vendors who continue to support the aims of the Society, and we were fortunate to offer them an arena in which to showcase their products in spite of the challenges that they face. During our board meeting, prior to

LSHP New Members…………………………… LSHP Annual Meeting Highlights & Photos..…. Membership & Marketing Committee Report…..

Membership Survey Results……………………. Pharmacy Student Recruitment Handout………..

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the Annual Meeting, we were also able to take care of some important business mainly centered around the LSHP survey and new ideas to better the organization and increase membership. Keep your eyes open in the future for changes. As LSHP works on new and innovative changes within the organization I encourage you, the members, to get more involved. There are many opportunities available for you to serve within LSHP and all of you are welcome. On an end note, I want to express again how indebted I am to the officers, board of directors, committee chairs, executive staff and members in assisting me throughout the year. I wish our new officers continued success and I openly offer any support. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to serve as President of LSHP. Kindest regards, Keturah Reid Robinson, PharmD, BCPS LSHP Immediate Past-President

Pharmacist Immunization Bill Update by William Kirchain, PharmD

LSHP Public Policy Chair

The pharmacist immunization bill, authored by our colleague Representative Mills, has passed and has been signed into law. It will be effective as of August 15, 2010. The bill allows pharmacists who are registered with the Board as qualified to administer injections to immunize patients for influenza (and influenza only) without a Collaborative Drug Therapy Management (CDTM) agreement in place. Pharmacists wishing to administer other vaccinations, including pneumococcal vaccinations, will need to complete a CDTM agreement.

If a pharmacist wishes to participate he or she will need to complete a basic cardiac life support training program accepted by the Board; complete an immunization certification

program accepted by the Board; and register with the Board as an immunizing pharmacist. Current rules mandate that pharmacists wishing to continue providing immunizations obtain 1 hour of continuing education each year focused on immunizations. There are very helpful documents along with the required forms on the Board of Pharmacy’s website.

Pharmacy departments wishing to provide immunizations will want to coordinate with the infectious control staff and hospital administration. The actual provision of the service requires certain OSHA compliant policies and procedures, sharps disposal, vaccine administration record keeping and availability of emergency care for anaphylaxis and other allergic reactions.

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Louis iana Society o f Heal th-System Pharmacists

LOUISIANA SOCIETY OF HEALTH-SYSTEM PHARMACISTS

2010-11 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

PRESIDENT Teresa Nash, PharmD New Orleans (504) 842-3119 PAST PRESIDENT Keturah Robinson, PharmD, BCPS New Orleans (504) 520-5049 krobinson1234@bellsouth.net TREASURER Tommy Mannino, RPh Baton Rouge (225) 765-8441 tommann40@aol.com

PRESIDENT-ELECT To be elected SECRETARY Michael Cockerham, MS, PharmD, BCOP Shreveport (318) 632-2007 mcocke@lsuhsc.edu

MEMBER AT LARGE David Loftin, RPh Shreveport (318) 746-0578 david.loftin@christushealth.org MEMBER AT LARGE Roxie Stewart, PharmD Monroe (318) 342-1703 rstewart@ulm.edu MEMBER AT LARGE Scott Dantonio, RPh Prairieville (985) 651-1574 MEMBER AT LARGE Vacant

BOARD MEMBER ELECT To be elected BOARD MEMBER ELECT To be elected

CENTRAL-LSHP Kelly Beurlot (318) 445-3453 kkbeurlot@bellsouth.net

NORTH-LSHP Amanda Ranzino, PharmD (318) 632-2007 aranzi@lsuhsc.edu NORTHEAST-LSHP Jessica Brady, PharmD (318) 342-1697 brady@ulm.edu

SOUTH CENTRAL-LSHP Brice Mohundro, PharmD (225) 219-9793 Labruzzo@ulm.edu SOUTHEAST-LSHP Ariane Conrad, PharmD (504) 520-5327 aoconrad@xula.edu SOUTHWEST-LSHP VACANT

LSHP Bimonthly Newsletter LA HEALTH-SYSTEM PHARMACIST Publisher Information

The LA Health-System Pharmacist is published 6 times a year by the LSHP, 8550 United Plaza Blvd., Suite 1001, Baton Rouge, LA 70809. Subscription to the LA Health-System Pharmacist is a benefit of LSHP membership. All articles published represent the opinions of the authors and do not reflect the policy of the LSHP unless so specified. All student submissions must be reviewed by a pharmacist mentor whose name will be included on the article.

Copy, advertising and nonmember subscription inquiries should be directed to the Copy Editor, Kati Craig, at (225) 922-4520. Advertising rate sheets and deadlines are available upon request.

Please send article submissions to the newsletter editor, Dana Jamero, via email at djamero@xula.edu.

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Welcome to the following new members who joined

LSHP this year! Dalia Abdelhalim Ellen Ardoin Ira Austin Peter Bathum Savannah Benge Coy Bergeron Erin Bethea Micah Bounds John Bradley Anika Bridgewater Thomas Bush Frank Butirro Tamara Byrd Sarah Caldarera Cory Collins Lauren Davis Olivia Dong Tommy Dortch Dorenda Edwards Mandy Fillingame Kristian Fruge Jude Fuselier John Hite Whitney Johnson Makeba Jones-Campbell Crystal Kelley Pamela Knight Todd Knight Juli Larry Joseph LeBlanc

Linda LeBreton Justin Lui Candice MacDaniels Tarun Mandal Renell Manning Britni McBroom Hayley Melancon Christy Morales Belinda Morel Troy Neck Donald Nguyen Tien Nguyen Jared Ocmand Darren Oufnac Kasey Ragase Jennifer Ragusa Meghan Richards Jennifer Riley Christopher Riviere Jessica Robinson Alicia Simmons Arie Spitzfaden Leslie Summers James Thibodeaux Christopher Thiels Melissa Tingler Mertes Troullier Trey Turner Charles Wascom Edward Wright Liza Zambito

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  Thank you to all who attended the 2010 Annual Meeting!  We had great attendance this year by attendees and exhibitors alike!   The meeting kicked off with a welcome reception at the New Orleans Pharmacy Museum. Attendees ate, drank and socialized while perusing the museum’s collection, located at the site of the apothecary of America’s first licensed pharmacist.     LSHP was fortunate to welcome several national speakers who presented on a variety of topics including: Quality Improvement and Patient Safety; Sedation; Osteoporosis; Anemia; and Pain Management.  We were also privileged to hear from several LSHP members who shared their knowledge of specialties ranging from automation and immunizations  to public policy and tobacco cessation.  Thanks to all of our speakers!   The Awards Luncheon on Saturday featured an address by newly‐installed ASHP President Diane Ginsberg.  The results  from Friday’s Poster Session were announced at the luncheon and are listed below. Also, the following LSHP award  winners were honored at the luncheon.  Congratulations to all winners! 

 Annual Meeting Highlights 

President’s Award Keturah Robinson 

 Outstanding Service Award 

Dana Jamero  

Pfizer Health‐System  Pharmacist of the Year 

Scott Dantonio 

Industry Award Tommy Tingstrom,  Amerisource Bergen 

 Tommy Himel Award Mike Cockerham 

 Outstanding Chapter President 

Jessica Brady 

Outstanding Committee Chair Ann Wicker 

 Pharmacy Technician of the Year 

Jonathan Bost  

Albert P Lauve Kristian Fruge, ULM Geoffrey Gros, XU 

Poster Winners Clinical Poster Improving Treatment and Reinfection Rates of Chlamydia Trachomatis and Genitourinary Gonococcal Infections in High Risk Patients in Louisiana Outpatient Clinics Mohundro BL1, Weidman‐Evans E2, Wicker AM1, Jacobs TF2, Manor S3, Ranzino AL3; University of Louisiana at Monroe College of Pharmacy  (1Baton Rouge General Family Health Center, 2LSUHSC‐Shreveport Dept. of Family Medicine, 3LSUHSC‐Shreveport Dept. of Internal Medicine) 

Administrative Poster Educating Xavier’s College of Pharmacy Regarding H1N1 and Influenza Awareness Borghol, Amne, Pharm.D., Ho, Camtu, Pharm.D., Incaprera, Mia, BS, Pharm.D. Candidate,  Haslauer, Maxwell, Pharm.D. Candidate. 

Research Poster Evaluation of the Rate of Laboratory‐Confirmed Influenza A H1N1 in Patients Receiving Antivirals Nguyen KD, Wicker AM; LSUHSC Earl K Long Medical Center, Baton Rouge, LA and University of Louisiana at Monroe College of Pharmacy, Monroe, LA  

Technician Poster Intravenous Room Process Improvement within a Hospital Setting Dong, O; Nicolay, K; Ochsner Medical Center, Pharmacy Department, 1516 Jefferson Highway, New Orleans, LA 70121 

2010 Annual Meeting 

Award Winners 

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Special thanks to our sponsors! Educational Sponsors 

 

The France Foundation  

Medical Education Resources/PleXus Communications Supported by an unrestricted educational grant provided by Amgen Inc. 

 

Vemco MedEd/Massachusetts College of Pharmacy Supported be an educational grant from Ortho‐McNeil, Inc 

 

Event Sponsors       Amerisource Bergen          Vemco Med Ed  

      Morris & Dickson        PleXus Communications 

A few  snapshots from this year’s  Annual Meeting 

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Report of the Committee on Membership and Marketing By Lisa Ross, Committee Chair

The LSHP Membership and Marketing Committee, led by Lisa DiGioia-Ross (chair) and Richard Ponder (co-chair) was involved in many activities over the past year to enable us to increase and retain our membership. One of our biggest tasks was to prepare and administer a survey via SurveyMonkey to market LSHP, gauge member satisfaction, gather demographics on our current LSHP member population and assess membership needs. The survey questions were prepared primarily by Richard Ponder. The survey was sent out and participation was encouraged by having a drawing of all survey participants for free LSHP Annual meeting registration as a prize. Survey results can be found beginning below this article. Other activities the Membership and Marketing Committee were involved in are as follows:

• A comparison of the number of “virtual” or Facebook fan LSHP members to “actual” real life LSHP members was conducted. This revealed that 50% of the “virtual” or Facebook fan LSHP members are students. We had no list of current student members; therefore, we were unable to analyze this population further. The other 50% of the “virtual” or Facebook fan LSHP members were not students. Of this remaining 50%, 26% were paying members of LSHP, the remaining 24% were NOT. It was suggested, based on these observations that we need to use the Facebook LSHP page as a tool to promote joining LSHP as a paying member.

• A student reception and breakout session was set up and held by the Membership and Marketing Committee chairs immediately after the 3PM student education session on Friday May 28th, 2010 during the LSHP Annual meeting. The event was sponsored by a corporate sponsor (Robert D. Ross, MD, APMC) who purchased the pins and ice cream. We had about 20 students in attendance and served ice cream bars and passed out LSHP pins and a recruiting

handout. A copy of the recruiting handout is also available in the newsletter for your review on page 7.

• The committee asked that the two student liaisons of Xavier University and University of Louisiana Monroe (both student liaisons are members of the Membership and Marketing Committee) briefly discuss and promote LSHP at the honors and awards ceremonies of their respective universities held just prior to graduation. Roxie Stewart was able to do this at ULM’s farewell lunch on graduation day and effectively signed up several LSHP student members. LSHP membership is offered free to students upon graduating.

• Richard Ponder put together a presentation that can be presented during hospital pharmacy staff meeting to help recruit new pharmacist and technician members to LSHP.

• Lovie Lewis researched setting up a Paypal account linked to LSHP’s website to enable members to renew or join online in this manner . The cost is not prohibitive and she felt it may attract tech-savvy younger pharmacists and technicians to join LSHP.

• During the LSHP Board Meeting on Thursday May 27, 2010 the Membership and Marketing Committee discussed with the LSHP Board of Directors the possibility of implementing improvements in LSHP’s existing website. A detailed discussion ensued and the Membership and Marketing Committee was commissioned to submit to the Board of Directors and LSHP Office links to several websites that they would like the LSHP website to be modeled after. The idea was that if improved the LSHP website could serve as an effective marketing and recruiting tool for LSHP. The committee is still working on this final task.

LSHP 2010 Membership Survey Results By Lisa Ross, Committee Chair

The membership survey went out in spring of 2010. The survey had 24 questions and was estimated to take participants 15 minutes to complete due to it’s predominantly multiple choice format. Of the total 720 LSHP members (member categories include active, retired, supporting, student, national and technician) at that time, only 618 members were sent the survey link as LSHP lacked contact information/email addresses on the 102 student members. Of the 618 members that received the survey, 129 responded (about a 20% response rate). The survey responders were 50/50 male/female, mostly 56 years old and older and had been in LSHP over 15 years. The vast majority is satisfied or very satisfied with their LSHP membership. Other survey results are as follows: • The top 3 responses for the motivating factor for joining LSHP were advocacy for the profession, CE/educational offerings and networking opportunities.

• An overwhelming majority (over 90%) of those who responded said they pay for 100% of their LSHP membership themselves. • An overwhelming majority (over 96%) of those who responded said they had plans to renew their membership next year. • When asked whether or not they participated in their local chapters (i.e. SELSHP, NELSHP), close to 75% said they are participants in their local chapters. • When asked to rate 4 different statements about LSHP, the majority of participants agreed or strongly agreed that LSHP provides the member with the tools and resources necessary for self promotion and gaining recognition within the organization, is recognized as a leading voice of their profession and is essential

Survey results continued on page 6.

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to their career success. See table 1 below. • When asked to rate the value of various LSHP programs and member benefits (ie. advocacy of the professions of pharmacist and technician). The results were varied but positive overall as the majority felt that LSHP’s various programs and benefits were at least valuable or very valuable if not essential. See table 2 on page 8 for the full results. • Close to 62% or 72 people said they did participate in an LSHP annual or midyear meeting in the past 2 years. When asked why they have not attended, the 3 most popular responses were schedule conflicts, lack of time and prohibitive cost. Eighty-two percent (82%) pay to attend LSHP conferences themselves. • Most people who replied attended between 1 and 3 educational programs in the past 2 years sponsored by other professional organizations (not LSHP). Unfortunately, the names of these other sponsoring organizations were not provided to me for my survey analysis at this time. We will investigate this further. • Over 55% of those who responded agreed the website was valuable as a source of information. Over 16 % said they did not know if the website was valuable. The comments written when asked about how to increase functionality on LSHP’s website in the future have not been provided to me for my survey analysis. We will obtain and consider those comments later. When asked what social networking sites they participated in if any, an overwhelming 75 people skipped this question. As the majority of the study participants were older LSHP members,

this question may have been directed toward the wrong people. Of the 54 people who answered this question, over 92 % used Facebook. Our Facebook page for LSHP is just over a year old now and in late May had about 72 fan members. Linked In was the second social networking site used by LSHP members at approximately 15 %. No members who responded used Twitter.

Although the overall results of this survey were favorable, there is possible participant bias as those LSHP members willing to take the survey are likely to be those who value or feel strongly in favor of LSHP. In addition, this survey demonstrates that our LSHP members that responded are aging and we need the student and new graduate generation to join LSHP. Recruiting activities for the organization should continue to focus on this population. The lack of student member participation in the survey is a very unfortunate and unexpected flaw of this survey. Another shortcoming of this survey analysis is the written comments that currently have not been provided. The Membership and Marketing Committee and the Board of Directors of LSHP plan to survey the student members and analyze those results as well as review the comments not provided at the time of this analysis and compile the final results. Further decisions will be based on those final results. Comments and suggestions about our survey and the preliminary results discussed here should be directed to Kati at office@lshp.org. Thanks for your participation.

Survey results continued from page 5.

Table 1 Participants were asked to rate the following statements.

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Pharmacy Students -We Need You! Your Membership! Your Voice! Your Input!

The Louisiana Society of Health-System Pharmacists (LSHP) is actively recruiting new members and recently conducted a membership drive/survey to retain and attract Pharmacist, Technicians, and Students into the Society. The mission of LSHP is to represent its members and provide leadership and support to pharmacist and pharmacy technicians practicing in health-systems and other healthcare settings to achieve positive patient outcomes and improved patient quality of life through the provision of pharmaceutical care. LSHP has something for everyone as Louisiana's association of progressive pharmacy practitioners, technicians, faculty, students, and industry representatives. LSHP strives everyday for the advancement of patient care in Louisiana, but LSHP can not do it alone! …. Pharmacy needs all of its practitioners and all of its supporters to participate in the growth and development of the profession. LSHP needs you - your involvement - your commitment - to advance pharmacy's position in the new healthcare environment. With your membership LSHP offers: • Advocacy for the profession of pharmacy: -Involved in Collaborative Practice legislation between pharmacists and physicians in Louisiana as of August 15, 2006 as Act 627 although it did not get put into practice until mid 2007. -Developed Disaster or Emergency Preparedness Guide/Medication Reconciliation Form and helped to develop a Louisiana Pharmacy Master Plan for disaster preparedness in Fall 2006. - In 2006 LSHP lobbied LA Senators and Representatives on Medication therapy management services, 340B status to hospitals and medication safety. - Pharmacy Technician Certification (PTCB) advocacy in 2008. - Challenged board of pharmacy over number of hours for pharmacy students post graduation and won in 2008. • American Council of Pharmacy Education (ACPE) approved continuing education programs • Bimonthly newsletter (via e-mail), LA Health-System Pharmacist, your information network to

Louisiana Pharmacy • Discounted registration for LSHP's Annual and Midyear Meetings which offer ACPE credit • Drug company sponsored dinners • Live continuing education opportunities sponsored by local chapters • Professional recognition through involvement and we do need YOU! • Opportunities for professional practice development • Opportunities for Committee participation • Networking opportunities More information about LSHP can be found at www.lshp.org including membership applications.

By Richard Ponder and Lisa Ross, LSHP Membership and Marketing Committee Chairs 2010

Table 2 Participants were asked to rate the value of the following programs and member benefits.