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 2009 Fall Seminar will be held Thursday and Friday, October 8th and 9th at the Holiday Inn Little Rock Airport Conference Center located at 3201 Bankhead Dr, Little Rock, AR 72206.

There will be more information available on this website after the April Board meeting

31st Annual Family Practice Intensive Review Course (IRC)

The 31st Annual Family Practice Intensive Review Course (IRC) is being held May 28 – 31, 2009. For more information, click on the links below.

IRC Flyer

IRC Brochure

The 56th MSHP Annual Meeting

The Mississippi Society of Health-System Pharmacists (MSHP) would like to extend an invitation to you to attend our annual meeting. The 56th MSHP Annual Meeting will be held at the Beau Rivage Resort in Biloxi, Mississippi. This year's meeting will last three days, beginning Thursday afternoon, July 30th, and ending by midday on Saturday, August 1st. The theme this year will be "Let the Good Times Roll". We are pleased to continue the "Technician Breakout Session" this year. MSHP encourages you to bring the entire family to the event.

2009 MSHP Annual Meeting Brochure

AAHP 42nd Annual Fall Seminar

The Arkansas Association of Health-System Pharmacists 42nd Annual Fall Seminar was held on October 9th and 10th at Grand Casino and Resort (property owned by Harrah’s) in Tunica, MS. The Fall Seminar CE programs were held Thursday and Friday and provided over 10 hours of ACPE-accredited CE. Pharmacy technicians earned 6 hours of CE on Thursday and 5 hours of CE on Friday.

The AAHP Fall Seminar provided an excellent opportunity to make statewide health system pharmacy contacts in a relaxed atmosphere, and participants were very pleased with the exposure they received.

Brandy and Leigh have been kind enough to share their photos from the seminar. To see them, click on the links below.

Pictures from Brandy Owen

Pictures from Leigh Austin (These will open in a new Window)

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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Clinical Picture of Hospitalized H1N1 Patients Is Slowly Emerging

BETHESDA, MD 19 May 2009—A study of patients who were hospitalized in California hospitals with a diagnosis of infection by the novel H1N1 influenza virus is offering clues about what might predispose patients to severe disease.

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FDA Provisions Push Growth in Clinical Trial Registry

BETHESDA, MD 15 May 2009—Provisions in the Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act of 2007 (FDAAA) that govern the federal clinical trial database, clinicaltrials.gov, have fueled a jump in the number of registered trials and should boost the amount of results data available to the public.

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Latest Leapfrog Survey Finds Hospitals Lagging in Quality Goals

BETHESDA, MD 15 May 2009—The Leapfrog Group's annual hospital survey report, released in April, found that hospitals have a long way to go to fully implement the organization's recommendations for improving the safety and efficiency of patient care.

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For Opiate Management, FDA Pledges to Balance Enforcement, Palliative Care Needs

WASHINGTON, DC 15 May 2009—FDA's March 30 decision to force from the market unapproved versions of morphine sulfate, including concentrated liquid formulations widely used to ease the suffering of hospice patients, sparked a fast reversal and a pledge from FDA to do better research before undertaking such actions in the future.

One Formulary Fits All of VA

BETHESDA, MD 14 May 2009—The employee-clinicians and approximately 8 million enrollees in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care system now deal with a single list of medications—the national formulary.

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A-S Medications Recalls Repackaged Digoxin Tablets

BETHESDA, MD 13 May 2009—Repackager A-S Medications Solutions LLC on May 11 announced it was recalling all 0.25-mg digoxin tablets the company distributed before March 31 with the National Drug Code 54569-5758-0 and an expiration date of August 2011 or earlier.

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Stop Erlotinib Therapy If Certain Adverse Events Occur

BETHESDA, MD 11 May 2009—The development of a gastrointestinal perforation, a severe skin condition, or eye pain is cause for stopping a patient's erlotinib therapy, OSI Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Genentech Inc. said in a letter (PDF) distributed May 8 by FDA's MedWatch program.

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Vomiting, Diarrhea May Be More Prevalent With New Flu Strain

BETHESDA, MD 08 May 2009—Unlike seasonal influenza, the novel 2009 H1N1 influenza virus is showing signs that it may cause gastrointestinal problems, a federal official said today.

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Treat H1N1 Influenza Like Seasonal Flu, CDC Says

BETHESDA, MD 07 May 2009—People with uncomplicated febrile illness caused by the recently detected H1N1 influenza virus generally do not need antiviral treatment unless they are at high risk for flu-related complications, according to a revised interim guidance document released last night by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

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