Our Mission

To represent our members by providing leadership and support in the promotion of pharmaceutical care.  

AAHP serves its membership by pursuing common goals; through representation to private and public agencies and to the other health care organizations; and by promoting pharmacy as an essential component of the health care team.

AAHP Listserver Now Available

The AAHP Listserver is a service that's provided by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists .

INSTRUCTIONS (See the attachment to Subscribe)

1. Messages are sent as they're contributed, but if you'd prefer to receive one message a day (digest mode), please see the attachment.

2. To post a message, simply send it to ar_assoc_hlth_sys_pharm@list.ashp.org.

ASHP POLICY FOR LISTSERVER PARTICIPATION

This Listserver is intended only for enrollees to communicate about pharmacy practice-related issues. It is NOT intended for commercial purposes or for recruiting or private uses. Antitrust laws prohibit competitors from making decisions together regarding the prices they charge, the suppliers they use and the customers to whom they sell. Therefore, users of this Listserver shall not post any information concerning market share, salary, sales territory and/or profit margins, and further, shall not post any material encouraging or discouraging the selection or rejection of customers and/or suppliers. Confidential or sensitive information should NOT be posted on this site. Information or materials that are copyrighted by parties other than the posting party shall not be posted on this Listserver unless the posting party has express permission to do so. ASHP is not responsible for the content of the postings on the Listserver. ASHP reserves the right to monitor all messages and disenroll any participant who uses this communication site in an improper, inappropriate, or illegal manner. Posting improper, inappropriate, or illegal messages will result in the suspension of participation by the enrollee. The Listserver shall not be used for the distribution of general announcements, advertising, commercial releases, political or social advocacy, chain letters, jokes, personal or other non-practice related messages. ASHP reserves the right to disenroll any enrollee without notice.

ASHP assumes no responsibility for the content, quality and/or accuracy of the statements and opinions posted by individual enrollees. The views expressed in the Listserver are the personal statements and opinions of the sender and do not reflect official ASHP policies or positions unless clearly labeled as such. By posting or attaching material, the posting party warrants and represents that it owns the copyright with respect to such material or has received express permission to post or attach the material to the Listserver from the copyright owner. In addition, the posting party grants ASHP and users of this Listserver the non-exclusive right and license to display, copy, publish, distribute, transmit, print and use such information or other material. All messages become the property of ASHP, and users should not expect any messages posted in the Listserver to be private. ASHP does not guarantee the accuracy or completeness of any information in the Listserver. The Listserver is provided with no warranty, express or implied, and all such warranties are hereby disclaimed, including the warranties of merchantability and fitness, with regard to information posted on this site, whether posted by ASHP or any third party. In no event shall ASHP be liable for any special, indirect, or consequential damages or any damages whatsoever resulting from loss of use, data, or profits arising out of or in connection with the use or performance of any information posted on this site, including damages caused by computer viruses.

User's Guide for Affiliates

AAHP 2009 Annual Fall Seminar

The Arkansas Association of Health-System Pharmacists (AAHP) 43rd Annual Fall Seminar was held on October 8th and 9th at the Holiday Inn Airport Conference Center in Little Rock, Arkansas.  AAHP was proud to offer 13 hours of continuing education (CE) for this year’s seminar.  Continuing education programs were held Thursday and Friday along with the newly introduced Thursday evening CE session.  The evening CE session was provided to allow pharmacists and pharmacy technicians an additional opportunity to obtain CE especially if they were unable to participate in morning and afternoon sessions.  Pharmacy technician and student sessions were held on Friday and offered programming specifically tailored to their needs. 

The exhibitors session on Thursday was a great opportunity to network with other pharmacists and technicians from around the state and visit with many industry representatives while the Thursday evening Meet and Greet reception provided a relaxed, informal atmosphere to catch up with old friends and colleagues and meet new ones.  The Awards and installation banquet was held on Friday.  We congratulate this year's winners:
Manager of the year:  Rhonda Kvetko
Clinician of the year:  Emily Wallis
New Practitioner of the year:  Elise Sutton
Staff Pharmacist of the year:  Jason Eakin
Technician of the year:  Holly Katayama

Please mark your calendar for the AAHP 44th Annual Fall Seminar to be held on October 7th and 8th, 2010 at the Holiday Inn Airport Conference Center in Little Rock, Arkansas!

Finally, this seminar marked the end of an era with Dennis Moore stepping down as Executive Director.   We would like to thank Dennis for his years of service.  During his tenure as AAHP Executive Director, Dennis worked with the UAMS College of Pharmacy to secure a paid assistant to help with administrative duties and promoted improving the AAHP website.  Dennis also had the financial foresight to get us on the right track with by assisting with reevaluation of the expense guidelines for the organization and helped to start the ASHP – AAHP joint email list serv process for Arkansas health-system pharmacists.  Dennis has served as a role model and mentor for so many pharmacists and he has a special passion for promoting hospital pharmacy with Arkansas.  His leadership will be missed.

AAHP is also proud to announce that Susan Newton was chosen our new Executive Director.  We welcome her to the position and look forward to her leadership in the upcoming years.  Congratulations Susan!

ASHP Pharmacy Leadership Academy(PLA)

From: Rob L Christian [mailto:rob.christian@baptist-health.org]
Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 1:20 PM
To: Arkansas Association of Health-System Pharmacists
Subject: FYI on the ASHP Pharmacy Leadership Academy(PLA) that is offered by the ASHP Foundation...

At the last AAHP Board meeting, I was asked to post some info on this. This is a fairly new program that was started by ASHP to help meet the need for future Leaders in our profession. This is a year long program, comprised of 9 month long modules, each containing reading assignments, a web based presentation by the faculty, and then a conference call of all the current PLA students. This is not only a great learning and networking experience, but also a way to obtain 84 hours of ACPE approved C.E. This year's class has already been selected, so check the site below later in the Spring for info on signing up for 2011.

Please go to this site for any further information:
ASSP Foundation Pharmacy Leadership Foundation

Thanks, Rob Christian, PharmD
Pharmacy Supervisor
Baptist Health Medical Center - North Little Rock
3333 Springhill DriveNorth Little Rock, AR 72117 cell - 501-351-4306 wk - 501-202-3042 fax - 501-202-3018 rob.christian@baptist-health.org

John W. Webb Lecture Award-Call for Nominations

The John W. Webb Lecture Award recognizes a hospital or health-system pharmacy practitioner or educator who has distinguished herself or himself through extraordinary dedication to fostering excellence in pharmacy management.

This annual award was first established as the John W. Webb Visiting Professorship in Hospital Pharmacy by the Northeastern University College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions, Boston, Massachusetts, in 1985. In 2006, a memorandum of understanding between ASHP and Northeastern University transferred responsibility for administration of the award to ASHP. Beginning in 2007, the recipient delivered the award lecture at the ASHP Conference for Leaders in Health-System Pharmacy and presented a lecture as Visiting Professor in Hospital Pharmacy at the Northeastern University. The ASHP Section of Pharmacy Practice Managers was officially honored with the responsibility for conducting the selection process in 2007 and beyond.

Candidates for the award should be hospital or health-system pharmacy practitioners or educators who have distinguished themselves through extraordinary dedication to fostering excellence in pharmacy management. Although this award does not have specific minimum criteria that must be met, candidates for the award will often have demonstrated inspiring team leadership that yielded nationally significant innovations in pharmacy practice; they may have made noteworthy contributions in mentoring new practice leaders; or they may have inspired a large number of pharmacy students or practitioners to make a commitment to professionalism and innovation in practice management through their teaching, speaking, or publications.

A Selection Committee was established with representation from past recipients, the current Executive Committee of the Section of Pharmacy Practice Managers and Northeastern University. William Churchill, 2009 recipient, serves as Chair.

This memorandum will serve as an official call for nominations for this important award to be presented at the ASHP Conference for Leaders in Health-System Pharmacy in Chicago, Illinois, October 2010.

Nominations should be accompanied by a one to three page statement about why the individual is qualified for the award along with a copy of the nominee’s curriculum vitae. Nominations should be e-mailed to:
William Churchill, Chair
John W. Webb Lecture Award Selection Committee
ASHP
sections@ashp.org

Submissions of nominations must be received no later than April 6th, 2010. For more information please visit http://www.ashp.org/Import/ABOUTUS/Awards/WebbAward.aspx

Your help in selecting a most deserving 2010 John W. Webb Lecture Award Recipient is much appreciated.

Automated Dispensing Machine Policies

Below are two examples of Automated Dispensing Machine policies as they relate to discrepancy logs. Before a hospital can adopt policies like the ones listed here, they must be reviewed by the State Board of Pharmacy and the State Health Department.

Controlled Substance Diversion Prevention

Discrepancy Resolution

Employment Opportunities Web Page

The AAHP website is sponsoring an a free employment opportunities page. Prospective employers can click on the link below and send the details, not to exceed the equivalent of 1 double-spaced typewritten page. Notices will be retired and removed in 30 days unless a 2 week extension is requested.

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