Winter 2009 [pdf] - University of Kentucky - College of Pharmacy

UK PharmacistCARE Receives 2008 ASHP
Best Practices Award
UK PharmacistCARE, a medication
therapy management program at the
University of Kentucky, was selected to
receive the 2008 American Society of
Health-System Pharmacists’ (ASHP) Best
Practices Award.
The national competition recognizes
innovative and outstanding practitioners
in health-system pharmacy. Recipients
of the ASHP Best Practices Award are
recognized and present posters of the
implementation of an innovative program,
which improved the quality of patient
care in their health system, at the ASHP
Midyear Clinical Meeting being held
Dec. 7-11 in Orlando.
UK pharmacists Holly Divine, Pharm.D.,
CGP, CDE, Carrie Johnson, Pharm.D.,
CDE, and Amy Nicholas, Pharm.D., CDE,
received the award for PharmacistCARE,
a unit of the UK College of Pharmacy and
part of UK HealthCare.
The UK College of Pharmacy, in
partnership with the University’s
benefits department, created the
pharmacist-administered disease
management service for health plan
members who include UK employees,
retirees and their families.
Currently the program is a free-standing
pharmacist-managed clinic located in the
Kentucky Clinic, the primary ambulatory
care facility owned by UK HealthCare.
The nationally recognized program has
become a model for employers facing
the increasing challenge of providing
affordable healthcare benefits that enable
employees to maintain good health at a
reasonable cost.
As a result of the success of the
PharmacistCARE program at UK, clinical
outcomes have improved for persons with
diabetes and inpatient and emergency
department costs have been significantly
reduced.
PharmacistCARE has proven to be an
ideal training site for pharmacy residents
and students as well as a model for
other health care systems that want to
create pharmacist-run clinics to benefit
their employers and their employees.
In addition, the November/December
2008 issue of Journal of the American
Pharmacists Association (JAPhA) recently
PharmacistCare pharmacists (seated) Carrie
Johnson, (standing) Holly Divine and Amy Nicholas.
included three articles published by
the UK pharmacists that describe the
development, implementation, and
outcomes of the UK program.
Maddox Receives 2008 Parker Award
Ray R. Maddox, Pharm.D., a 1977
graduate of the University of Kentucky
College of Pharmacy and R#44 in the
UK Pharmacy Residency program, was
honored with the 2008 Paul F. Parker
Award at a luncheon on Dec. 9, held
in conjunction with the American
Society of Health-System Pharmacists in
Orlando.
Each year, the Paul F. Parker Award
is given to a former resident of the UK
Pharmacy Residency Program or an individual associated with
the success of the program. It recognizes someone who has
displayed a contribution to the profession, teaching or research.
The recipient has a commitment to high ideals and excellence in
their chosen field and encourages the personal and professional
growth of others. The award honors the legacy of Paul F. Parker
who came to UK in 1960 and was essential in the establishment
of the UK Hospital, first serving as its Director of Pharmacy and
Central Supply. Parker developed the nation's first hospital-wide
unit dose system and drug information center. He was also
instrumental in the development of clinical pharmacy practice
and teaching programs in the UK College of Pharmacy.
Dr. Maddox received his bachelor’s degree in pharmacy at the
University of Georgia and completed a postgraduate residency
in hospital pharmacy practice at the Medical University of South
Carolina before completing the doctor of pharmacy degree and
clinical pharmacy residency program at UK.
Currently, Dr. Maddox is director of Clinical Pharmacy, Research
& Pulmonary Medicine for the St. Joseph's/Candler Health System
in Savannah, Ga. In this capacity, he directs the clinical pharmacy
and pulmonary medicine departments as well as the research
program for the health system and is principal investigator on
numerous studies conducted with collaborating physicians.
He remains active in clinical service program development
and research and has been an advocate and innovator in the
implementation of hospital medication safety technology.
He is extensively involved in professional practice and
educational organizations and has served in leadership positions
of committees of the American Society of Health-System
Pharmacists and Board of Pharmaceutical Specialties.
He also serves in various capacities in state and local
professional societies and is a past-president of the Georgia
Society of Health-System Pharmacists. He was recognized as a
Fellow, American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (FASHP)
in 1998.
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