CPF Communications

CPF 2019 - 2020 Board Meetings

Upcoming Community Pharmacy Foundation board meetings are listed below.  Please make note of the grant application submission deadline dates and process:

Grants Awarded

The following applicant grant proposals were approved during the CPF November 2018 board meeting.  Make sure to follow the CPF social media sites for postings about their ongoing progress.

• A Novel Payment Model and Employer-based Wellness and Pharmacy Services Program
  • Kenneth Hohmeier, PharmD | University of Tennessee, TN
     
• Facilitating Community Pharmacist Access to Electronic Health Records in Wisconsin
  • David Mott, PhD  | University of Wisconsin, WI
     
• Evaluating Older Adult Perceptions of Community Pharmacists and Provided
  Services as an Aid to Emergency Department Transitions of Care
  • Cara Hoyt, PharmD | Uptown Pharmacy, OH
  • Additional evaluation from prior CPF Grant #169 (The Feasibility of Pharmacy and Home Healthcare Transitions of Care Services in an Emergency Department Population).  Grant Details
     

Grants Completed

The following two grants have been completed since the last newsletter. The links below for 'Grant Details' provide a project overview, and the additional links list relevant forms and tools. The bolded name is the applicant and the others are team members.

• Christina Nunemacher, PharmD; Sarah Jones, PharmD; Sha-Phawn Williams, PharmD | Realo Discount Drugs, NC
• Grant Details | CPF Synopsis | Toolkit

Addressing barriers to organizational change in NC community pharmacies implementing enhanced services

Utilize the Leading Pharmacy Change interactive website, that was created from this grant, to define stages of change and methods for value stream mapping, and to facilitate implementation of enhanced pharmacy services.

• Kea Turner, MA, MPH, PhD | UNC Chapel Hill School of Public Health, NC
• Stefanie Ferreri, PharmD, BCACP | UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, NC
• Chelsea Renfro, PharmD | University of Tennessee Health Science Center, TN

• Grant Details | Leading Pharmacy Change - Website
  

Grants In-Study

'Tis the Season' to be Mindful of Mental Health First Aid

The holiday season often brings joy, but also unique stressors.  The latest issue of the American Pharmacists Association (APhA) Pharmacy Today publication features an article titled 'On the frontlines - Equipping pharmacists with Mental Health First Aid.'  Not only does it provide valuable information about Mental Health First Aid training, but it chronicles CPF grant-related activity starting with an initial grant to the National Community Pharmacy Association (NCPA) (Kevin Day, Clarke Bishop, Hannah Fish). It also highlights ongoing activities from the Iowa Pharmacy Association (IPA) (Anthony Pudlo).





NCPA and IPA, among many others, continue to educate and train pharmacists on this very important topic.
 

• Kevin Day, PharmD; Hannah Fish, PharmD | National Community Pharmacy Association (NCPA) Innovation Center, Alexandria, VA
• Grant Details Page | NCPA News Release of MHFA Trainers | Pharmacy Today Article