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June 2015
Welcome back to the 2nd issuance of the CPF Newsletter. Thanks for the feedback last month and let us know what you would like to read about in future issues, as your feedback is appreciated!
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Announcements - what's new & notable to the CPF Community |
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CPF is busy preparing for the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) Annual Meeting in National Harbor, Maryland. Phil Burgess - President; Randy Myers - Director; and Anne Marie (Sesti) Kondic - Executive Director will be in attendance at Exhibit Booths 306, 308 on July 12 &13th as well as the early morning table top session on Monday, July 13th. We are also looking forward to a brief engagement with the Council of Deans, as over 80% of CPF grants involve collaboration with Colleges/Schools of Pharmacy.
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Board Chatter - what Board Members are FYI'ing and FWD'ing |
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WPQC - Wisconsin Pharmacy Quality Collaborative Newsletter – "Patient stories, MTM tips and CMMI grant; initial grant funding from CPF enabled this tremendous progress."
CPT Code 99490 - Innovation Pulse: Meet the new CMS code worth $17 billion annually – "Any pharmacist experience? Join the discussion on LinkedIn."
Telehealth - Walgreen Joins MDLive To Access Doctors Via Telemedicine – "Fascinating article from Forbes."
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Grantees in the News - recognition and accolades to CPF grantees |
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Karl Hess - via a recent LinkedIn update, Karl is now the Editor in Chief of the California Pharmacist Journal. He is also an Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice and Administration at Western University of Health Sciences (WesternU), College of Pharmacy in Pomona, CA and the Director of Community Practice Experiences and the PGY1 Community Pharmacy Residency Program Director for the College. [CPF Grant Info]
Marv Shepherd - Dr. Shepherd has officially retired from The University of Texas at Austin after serving as a researcher and teacher of the Center for Pharmacoeconomic Studies, College of Pharmacy, The University of Texas at Austin for 33 years! He remains the President of the Partnership for Safe Medicines, an organization dedicated to combating counterfeit prescription drugs and substandard drugs world wide. [CPF Grants Info]
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Send us an alert if you're a grantee with news to share! |
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Social Snippets - popular content from Facebook & LinkedIn |
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Upcoming Deadlines and Events |
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CPF Board Meeting - June 30 - July 1, 2015
AACP Annual Meeting - July 11-15, 2015 (Visit booths 306, 308 at the exhibit hall!)
Grant Applications Deadline - August 18, 2015 |
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