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Website Marks First Year
The new ISHP website marked its first anniversary this month and we have done pretty well. According to the “WebGrader,” the ISHP site ranked in the 78th percentile, meaning that the ISHP site is better than 77% of the websites on the planet (estimated at 250 million). Here are the first year statistics:
- Total Page Views: 27,933
- Total Visits: 7,605
- Total Visitors: 2,281
- From 477 different cities
- Average page views per visit: 3.67
- Average time on site: 3:40
For a detailed report with graphics from Google Analytics, click here.
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ISHP 2009 ANNUAL FALL MEETING
Sun Valley, Idaho
September 25-27, 2009
ACPE Accredited Continuing Pharmacy Education
PLUS:
Separate Technician Program (6 hrs Tech CE)
Golf Tournament – Exhibitor Sessions
Poster Presentations – Receptions - Awards
Free Time Saturday Afternoon
Topic: Men's and Women's Health
Confirmed speakers include:
Brian Overhulser, Purdue University — Gender Based Pharmacotherapy
Connie Kraus, University of Wisconsin — Updates in Contraception
Teddie Gould, ISU — Osteoporosis Update: Focus on Men
Glenda Carr, ISU — PCOS & Endometriosis
Also 2 Pharmacy Law sessions
Online Registration Opens in July
Sun Valley Reservations Online
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New drugs could transform cancer treatment
PARP inhibitors appear to destroy disease, according to a small but stunning study just published in the NEJM. Read more here.
Past ISHP President Sister Mechtilde Curti Dies
Sister Mechtilde Curti, Franciscan Sister of Perpetual Adoration, 88, died at Villa St. Joseph on Thursday, June 4, 2009.
Sister Mechtilde was born July 22, 1920, to Anthony and Elizabeth (Malin) Curti near Genoa. She entered St. Rose Convent in 1940 and professed vows in 1943.
Entering the field of health care, Sister Mechtilde earned a degree in chemistry and pharmacy from Fordham University, New York. She served as a pharmacist for St. Francis Hospital, La Crosse, for 19 years before moving to Idaho Falls, Idaho. Sister Mechtilde ministered as pharmacist at Sacred Heart Hospital (later Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center) from 1965-97. She was the President of the Idaho Society of Hospital Pharmacists in 1967. She retired in Idaho Falls in 1997 and moved to St. Rose Convent in 2008.
Sister Mechtilde is survived by her Franciscan Community, including her sister, Sister DeSales Curti of La Crosse; two brothers, William (Joan) Curti of Bloomington, Minn., and Charles (Jean) Curti of Onalaska; sister-in-law Lorraine Curti of Genoa; and nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents and her brothers, Anthony and Francis.
Memorials may be sent to Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration, 912 Market St., La Crosse, WI 54601-4782.
Oklahoma Pharmacist Charged for Killing Robber
(AP 05/29/09) OKLAHOMA CITY — Confronted by two holdup men, pharmacist Jerome Ersland pulled a gun, shot one of them in the head and chased the other away. Then, in a scene recorded by the drugstore's security camera, he went behind the counter, got another gun, and pumped five more bullets into the wounded teenager as he lay on the floor. Read more here. What woud you do? Comment on this story in our blog, click here.
DEAN STEINER RESIGNS FROM ISU COLLEGE OF PHARMACY
Paul Cady Appointed Interim Dean
Boise (05/02/09). Dean Joe Steiner announced his resignation as Dean of the ISU College of Pharmacy after 8 years of service. He has accepted the position as Dean of Health Sciences at the University of Wyoming, and will start August 1.
During his tenure with ISU, Dean Steiner led the College of Pharmacy through an aggressive change in curriculum and increased the number of students accepted into the pharmacy program. He has escalated fundraising efforts for the University's expansion at the new ISU Meridian Health Sciences Center, slated to open in July. Read more here.
Pocatello (06/09/09) President Vailas appointed Associate Dean Paul Cady as Interim Dean of the College of Pharmacy pending the search for a new Dean. “Paul and I have worked closely together to move the College forward these past eight years and I cannot think of anyone better qualified to become the dean and provide a seamless transfer. Paul is an excellent administrator, teacher, scholar and pharmacist; exactly what the College needs in these uncertain times,” Steiner said. Read more here.
Clinical Pharmacist Reduces Drug-Related Hospital Readmissions and Costs, Study Shows
A clinical pharmacist performing medication therapy management (MTM) services for patients ages 80 and older on a hospital ward reduced readmissions and lowered patient costs, according to a study in the May 11, 2009, Archives of Internal Medicine.
Among patients receiving care from a clinical pharmacist, all hospital visits fell by 16%, emergency department visits were reduced by 47%, and drug-related readmissions dropped by 80%. After including intervention costs, the costs per patient were $230 lower for those patients receiving the pharmacist's care than for patients receiving usual care from physicians and nurses.
A summary of the study is available here. The study abstract is available here.
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