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Clinical

›› Asthma continues to be major public health concern nationwide
May 16, 2012 - 2010 CDC survey data show that about 29.1 million U.S. adults have been diagnosed with asthma in their lifetimes.

›› ACIP to use GRADE approach to systematically assess vaccine evidence
May 10, 2012 - GRADE framework will allow committee to determine degree of confidence in estimating the effect of vaccination on health outcomes.

Practice/Management

›› NCPIE debuts acetaminophen safe use campaign
May 15, 2012 - Customized modules target teen influencers, college students, older adults, and caregivers.

›› Ten tips for helping caregivers, Medicare patients
May 14, 2012 - Pharmacists can use Ask Medicare website.

Policy/Advocacy

›› CMS references pharmacists in recent actions
May 15, 2012 - Expansion of medical staff concept for nonphysicians, funding for Pittsburgh care transition project among several actions taken by agency.

›› APhA supports proposed new drug paradigm in comments to FDA
May 15, 2012 - Potential to improve public health is an important opportunity for pharmacy.

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APhA News

›› The APhA Foundation Announces 2012 Pinnacle Award Honorees
May 01, 2012

›› APhA Announces Special Offerings of The Pharmacist & Patient-Centered Diabetes Care Certificate Training Program
April 17, 2012

›› APhA Announces 2012 Postgraduate Best Paper Awards
April 16, 2012

›› Adverse drug event reporting system

RxEvent includes the following features:
– A simpler, standardized report form that makes reporting easy to complete
– An electronic confirmation notice and event ID number once finalized
– Management of the triage and followup process, which reduces unexpected interruptions and “phone tag” for the user

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