The Academy for Healthcare Improvement (AHI) has selected the Pharmacy Quality Alliance's Educating Pharmacists In Quality (EPIQ) Program as the winner of the 2015 Duncan Neuhauser Curricular Innovation Award in Healthcare Improvement. This prestigious award recognizes novel educational resources designed to facilitate learning in the areas of patient safety and quality improvement. The award will be presented during the AHI Annual meeting on October 29, 2015. The EPIQ program was supported by unrestricted educational grants from the Community Pharmacy Foundation, Abbvie and Merck. View the press release for more information.
Advancing Action on Access & Affordability of Pharmaceuticals & Pharmacists' Services - Honoring Stephen W. Schondelmeyer, PharmD, PhD. This daylong symposium on October 21, 2015, followed by a reception will honor Dr. Schondelmeyer's outstanding contributions to pharmacy, health care, and society. A leading expert on pharmaceutical economics and public policy, Dr. Schondelmeyer has spent his 40-year career working extensively on competition and pricing of drug products, affordability and access to drug therapy and pharmacists service, coverage and reimbursement policy under public and private third party programs, and pharmacy workforce trends and policy. His work has shaped both policy and actions related to the role of pharmaceuticals and pharmacists' services in today's society. He has contributed to several CPF grants over the years.
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