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Articles, Pharmacy Associations and Legislative Links:

ASSOCIATION WEB LINKS:

American Society of Consultant Pharmacists: http://www.ascp.com/

American Society of Health-Systems Pharmacist:

http://www.ashp.org/s_ashp/index.asp

American Pharmacists Association:  http://www.pharmacist.com/

American Society for the Automation in Pharmacy:

http://www.asapnet.org/?hbsrx.com

Long Term Care Pharmacy Alliance: http://www.ltcpa.org/

National Association of Chain Drugstores: http://www.nacds.org/ 

National Community Pharmacists Association: http://www.ncpanet.org/

National Council for Prescription Drug Programs:

http://www.ncpdp.org/

Pharmacy e-Health Information Technology Collaborative:

http://www.pharmacye-hit.org

Pharmacist Services Technical Advisory Coalition:

http://www.pstac.org/

PHARMACY RELATED LINKS:

Pharmacy Technology Resource: www.pharmacytechnology.net

HAVE AN ISSUE WRITE YOUR REPRESENTATIVE:

1) Write your Senator
http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm

2. Write your Congressman
http://www.visi.com/juan/congress/

Articles/Presentations of interest:

"Consultant pharmacists: Let nurses be doctors' agents for pain medications in nursing homes" , McKnight's Long Term Care News, Sep 2, 2010 http://www.mcknights.com/consultant-pharmacists-let-nurses-be-doctors-agents-for-pain-medications-in-nursing-homes/article/178175/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
 

"Incentives Are Available For LTC E-Prescribers Now" by Sherry Boschert. An interview with Rachelle Spiro. "Caring for the Ages", June 2010 edition, Page 2. http://download.journals.elsevierhealth.com/pdfs/journals/1526-4114/PIIS1526411410601473.pdf

"Health information technoloty: A new world for pharmacy" by Lisa Webster and Rachelle Spiro. Published in Pharmacy Today, Health-System Edition, February 2010, Volume 16, Number 2 HSE, p. 32-44.

http://www.pharmacytoday.org

"Session 5: Integrating MTM Workflow into the Electronic Health Record through Harmonization of Standards", presented by Shelly Spiro During the APhA Mapping the Route to Medication Therapy Management Documentation and Billing Standardization and Interoperability within the Health Care System.  Meeting Proceedings, October 7-8, 2008, as published in JAPhA, May/Jun 2009, 49:3, JAPhA, e46.

http://japha.metapress.com/media/pgwf2q5lfp7ruhbf5q06/contributions/a/4/2/3/a423l746612q728x_html/fulltext.html
 

"Five Questions On: Trends in Technology for the Consultant Pharmacist" COMPUTER TALK FOR THE PHARMACIST, an interview with Shelly Spiro, and Carla Sexton. http://www.computertalk.com/content/v

"The Relationship of e-Prescribing to the Electronic Health Record". Shelly Spiro will be providing this presentation during the NVSHP Annual meeting, on October 18,2008 at 333 S. Valley View, Las Vegas, NV 89102. 

The American Society of Consultant Pharmacists will be holding their Annual meeting in New Orleans, LA from 19-22 November 2008. http://www.ascp.com 

"Electronic Prescribing in Long-Term Care:  An Overview of Five Pilot Projects. 

Published in "The Consultant Pharmacist" January 2008 edition, Volume 23, Number 1. http://www.ascp.com 

Project Studies the Effects of E-Prescribing Standards in Long-Term Care Settings: Effectiveness established despite concerns about electronic prior authorization. http://www.caringfortheages.com/article/PIIS1526411408600268/fulltext

E-Prescribing in Assisted Living: Keys to Success:  http://www.assistedlivingconsult.com/issues/01-05/ALC1-5_eprescribing.pdf

Overview of Technology Approaches of Medication Management in Long-Term-Care (slide presentation presented during AHRQ 2007 annual conference): http://healthit.ahrq.gov/portal/server.pt/gateway/PTARGS_0_4287_800765_0_0_18/Spiro AHRQ Presentation 9-27-07.ppt

"Essential but Not Sufficient:  Information Technology in Long-Term Care as an Enabler of Consumer Independence and Quality Improvement".  BearingPoint’s report  (with insight provided by Spiro Consulting) on IT in Long-Term Care, which was presented to the National Commission for Quality Long-Term Care (co-chaired by Bob Kerry and Newt Gingrich) by Ross Martin and David Brantley on September 24th, 2007 is now available athttp://www.ncqltc.org/pdf/BearingPoint_Report_for_NCQLTC.pdf.