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Roses and Thorn Bushes
“We can complain that a rose bush has thorns, or we can rejoice that a thorn bush has roses” - Abraham LincolnI love that quote. It resonates in my brain as I drive along I-55 and...
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Compounded Sterile Preparations: What’s in Your Pharmacy?
Compounded sterile preparations continue to make the news these days with more recalls from small outsourcing pharmacies around the country, a grand jury determining if criminal charges are...
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by Trish Wegner, ICHP Vice President Professional Services
What is the mantra of each healthcare provider? It is to do what’s right for the patient. In pursuit of that vision... read more...
Editor’s Note: Last month’s Keep Posted brought readers through the history of organized hospital pharmacy in... read more...
by Phil Burgess, RPh, Chairperson, Illinois State Board of Pharmacy
The title of this article may be somewhat of a new term to you, but I assure you that it will be a concept that you will... read more...
Amy Lodolce was a University of Illinois at Chicago College of Pharmacy faculty member who touched the lives of pharmacy... read more...
New Practitioner Leadership Award Nominees Sought
by Scott A. Meyers, Executive Vice President
The Illinois Council of Health-System Pharmacists established the New Practitioner Leadership Award to recognize an... read more...
So Far, So Good on the Legislative Front!
by Jim Owen and Scott Meyers
We may have just jinxed ourselves with the title of this issue’s column but it is, so far, so good! The 7th... read more...
Carol Heunisch, PharmD, BCPS, ICHP Secretary-Elect
Full name and Credentials:Carol Heunisch, PharmD, BCPSWhere did you go to pharmacy school?The University of Illinois at... read more...
Brief Abstracts of the Winning Poster Presentations and the Selected Platform Presentations for the ICHP / MSHP 2013 Spring Meeting
ICHP Original Poster Winner TITLE: Management of Clostridium difficile infections and the effects of protocol regulated... read more...
Congratulations to ICHP member Connie M. Larson whose publication (with co-author Deb Saine), Medication Safety... read more...
by Alexandra Habanek, P2 Student, ICHP Student Representative, University of Illinois at Chicago College of Pharmacy
We iron our white coats, review our legislation notes, and step into the spotlight in Springfield, Illinois. Such an... read more...
by Megan Herman, P2, SSHP Fundraising Chair, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Pharmacy
At our last meeting, we had a guest speaker come to talk to us about the Pharmacy Practice Model Initiative. The speaker... read more...
by Elizabeth Philip, P-2, SSHP Webmaster, Chicago State University-College of Pharmacy
Like many other pharmacy students, I really did not know much about the Indian Health Service (IHS). When I heard that a... read more...
TOM WESTERKAMP President224-948-1528 tom_westerkamp@baxter.comCHRIS RIVERS Immediate Past President Chairman, Nominations... read more...
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GENERAL ASSEMBLY GUILD - $1000 & More Scott BergmanDan CiarrachiKevin ColganEdward DonnellyAndrew... read more...