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Is Pharmacy Compounding Headed for Its Own Cherry Mine Disaster of 1909?
Official Newsjournal of the Illinois Council of Health-System Pharmacists
Is Pharmacy Compounding Headed for Its Own Cherry Mine Disaster of 1909?
If We Only Knew?
At the keynote address at the recent MSHP/ICHP Spring meeting, Scott Knoer, the Chief Pharmacy Officer at the Cleveland Clinic, shared an inspirational video that portrayed patients, visitors, and...
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Is Pharmacy Compounding Headed for Its Own Cherry Mine Disaster of 1909?
In late April, my wife scheduled a family field trip (She and I and both of my parents) to Malden, Illinois and a supposedly cute restaurant with great food. Well the restaurant was cute in a...
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Editor’s Note: This is the next installment in the History of Organized Hospital Pharmacy in Illinois, “The... read more...
Come join us for some family fun at Dozer Park watching the Peoria Chiefs play against the West Michigan Whitecaps on... read more...
Travis Hunerdosse, PharmD, ICHP Director of Educational Affairs
Where did you go to pharmacy school? Drake UniversityTrace your professional history since graduation: where have you... read more...
Highlights of the May 2013 Meeting
by Trish Wegner, Vice President of Professional Services
The May 14th Board of Pharmacy Meeting was held at the James R. Thompson Center in Chicago. These are the highlights of... read more...
Are We There Yet? Spring Session Winds Down
by Jim Owen and Scott Meyers
We’re not home yet but we continue to fight off the bad bills and push for the good ones (if there are any!). The... read more...
Lessons Learned with CPOE Implementation
by Katherine Allen, PharmD, PGY-1 Pharmacy Resident at Presence Health
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Meaningful Use incentives have influenced hospitals nationwide to adopt computerized... read more...
Congratulations to ICHP members Anna Nowobilski-Vasilios, Barb Limburg, Diane Nitzki-George, and ICHP past-president,... read more...
by Gordana Milosevic, PS-3 SSHP Professional Development Chair; Alex Mersch, PS-2; Stephen Jankovic, PS-2, Roosevelt University College of Pharmacy
On February 22, 2013, the Roosevelt University College of Pharmacy’s professional student organizations organized... read more...
Editor's Note: These images were submitted by the Midwestern University (MWU) College of Pharmacy Student Chapter... read more...
by Jennifer Aguado, PS-2, ICHP-SSHP Chapter President, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science
The American Diabetes Association hosts an annual diabetes expo in Chicago, IL. This event is centered around patients... read more...
TOM WESTERKAMP President224-948-1528 tom_westerkamp@baxter.comCHRIS RIVERS Immediate Past President Chairman, Nominations... read more...
New Members Recruiter Angela Powell Jan Keresztes Lisa Ball Megan Metzke Roger Ball Megan Metzke Joshua... read more...
GENERAL ASSEMBLY GUILD - $1000 & More Scott BergmanDan CiarrachiKevin ColganEdward DonnellyAndrew... read more...
Tuesday, June 4Sangamiss CPE Live Program: The “Ins” and “Outs” of an Inpatient Pharmacy Care... read more...
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History of Organized Hospital Pharmacy in Illinois: 1966-1968
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