Minnesota Pharmacists Foundation Wine Tasting Dinner
The Minnesota Pharmacists Foundation Annual Wine Tasting is Saturday, February 11, 2012, at the Plymouth Crown Plaza.
Sign up today take your sweetie to celebrate Valentine’s Day!
Sponsor Opportunities
MPhA MidWinter Conference: Vascular Diseases: The Strategic Approach
Sunday, January 29, 2012 | Double Tree Bloomington
REGISTRATION and more information.
Sponsor/Exhibitor Opportunities
2012 MPhA Pharmacy Legislative Day
Tuesday, February 21, 2012 | University Club, St. Paul
CE for Pharmacists AND Pharmacy Technicians!
REGISTRATION and more information.
Pharmacy Technician Resources Available!
MPhA offers two Pharmacy Technician Resources.
PHARMACY CERTIFIED TECHNICIAN - 11th Edition TRAINING MANUAL
$47.00 or $35.00 Member Price ($12 savings!)
Published by the Michigan Pharmacists Association, this book attempts to capture the important responsibilities that pharmacy technicians will experience. The manual provides the pharmacy technician with a tool that is both useful and practical. It provides details surrounding competencies of technician duties and provides knowledge in a way that encourages pharmacist/technician interaction.
PHARMACY CERTIFIED TECHNICIAN - CALCULATIONS BOOK
$32.00 or $20.00 Member Price ($12 savings!)
This workbook has been designed to be used in conjunction with the Pharmacy Certified Technician Training Manual (listed above) and other pharmaceutical calculations textbooks. It provides explainations regarding pharmaceutical calculations as well as handouts of sample questions and answers.
Order Technician Resource books now!
Save the DATE!
The 2012 MPhA Annual Meeting will be held June 8-10, 2012 at Madden’s Resort! The Herbie Cup Golf Tournament will be held Friday, June 8, 2012, also at Madden’s! Be there!
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U.S Public Health Service Report Outlines Mechanisms to Optimize the Role of
Pharmacists on the Healthcare Team
U.S. Surgeon General Supports Critical Concepts in Report
WASHINGTON, DC – A new report released by U.S. Public Health Service provides a resource to advance beyond discussion of pharmacists in expanded roles and move toward implementation. The report has also earned support for the recognition of pharmacists as health care providers and clinicians. The report, Improving Patient and Health System Outcomes through Advanced Pharmacy Practice – A Report to the Surgeon General 2011, produced letters of support from prominent members of the medical community including the U.S. Surgeon General, Dr. Regina Benjamin, MD, MBA.
“The report demonstrates through evidence-based outcomes, that many pharmacy practice models improve patient and health system outcomes and optimize primary care access and delivery,” stated Benjamin in her letter of support for the report. “It also provides the evidence health leaders and policy makers need to support evidence-based models of cost effective patient care that utilize the expertise and contributions of our nation’s pharmacists as an essential part of the healthcare team.”
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A Healthy New Year’s Resolution from Your Pharmacist: Clean Out Your Medicine Cabinet
WASHINGTON, DC – As the New Year begins, and healthy resolutions are made, the American Pharmacists Association (APhA) is encouraging Americans to clean out their medicine cabinets. Pharmacists recommend patients clean out their medicine cabinets once a year to dispose of all the unused and expired medications that accumulated over the previous year. This once a year tradition will help keep everyone safe and healthy. Unused medications have the potential to be abused and misused and expired medications can lose their potency thus reducing or providing no value to the condition being treated.
“Over the course of a year, we can accumulate many medications to treat colds, headaches and infections, as well as more serious conditions,” stated Thomas Menighan, CEO and Executive Vice President, APhA. “These medications play an important role in helping patients obtain better health and wellness, but if we do not store and dispose of them properly, they can become a hazard. When they fall into the wrong hands, these medications have the potential to be abused, and if improperly disposed of, they can harm wildlife, pets and other people. Make sure to talk to your pharmacist about the best storage of medications in your household, the length of time a medication should be kept and the efficacy of that medication past its expiration date.”
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Are You AWARxE Minnesota?
 AWARxE was founded by the Minnesota Pharmacists Foundation in 2009. MPF strongly believes that pharmacists have a critical role in providing medication safety information and helping raise awareness of the dangers of abusing and misusing medications. Read more
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