Official Newsjournal of the Illinois Council of Health-System Pharmacists

Baby Steps

Mathieu Mottrie, CEO at CREAX, an innovation consulting and research firm, defines innovation as making changes that add business value, in terms of either revenue growth or increased operational...
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Directly Speaking

Does Your Doctor’s Office Have Its Own Pharmacist?

It should! And if they don’t, are you doing anything about it? Most academic medical centers have placed pharmacists in physician clinics to add an important component to the team that...
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Columns

Government Affairs Report

Presidential Election Shocker: Subtle Changes in the General Assembly

by Jim Owen and Scott A. Meyers

Very few prognosticators got it right. Half of America is disappointed, and the other half is excited. None of this... read more...

Educational Affairs

A Split Decision? Considerations for Splitting Tablets

by Tanja Alavanja, PharmD Candidate, University of Illinois at Chicago; Lara Ellinger, PharmD, BCPS, Drug Information / Medication Safety Pharmacist, Northwestern Memorial Hospital

Introduction The purpose of tablet splitting proposes the physical divisibility of a tablet into two equal halves.1... read more...

Leadership Profile

Clara Gary, CPhT, ICHP Technician Representative

Where did you grow up and go to school? I grew up in Chatham on the Southside of Chicago where I attended St.... read more...

Medication Safety Pearl

Intravenous Administration of Haloperidol

by Brandy Cooper-Kirby, PharmD, Health System Pharmacy Administration Resident; Matthew Dandino, PharmD, Health System Pharmacy Administration Resident; Zahra Khudeira, PharmD, MA, BCPS, CPPS, Medication Safety Officer; Sinai Health System, Mount Sinai Hospital, Chicago, IL

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an alert in 2007 revising the prescribing information for haloperidol.... read more...

Board of Pharmacy Update

Highlights from the November 2016 Meeting

by Kathryn Schultz, PharmD, BCPS, BCOP, Director of the Division of Government Affairs

The November 15th Board of Pharmacy Meeting was held at the James R. Thompson Center in downtown Chicago. These are the... read more...

Hi Tech

Introducing Clara Gary

by Clara Gary, CPhT, ICHP Technician Representative

Hi pharmacy technicians! I am Clara Gary, your new Technician Representative on the ICHP Board! I met some of you at... read more...

New Practitioners Network

Grooming Tips: SOAP for New Practitioners

by Sylvia Walsh, PharmD Candidate (2017), Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science College of Pharmacy; Milena McLaughlin, PharmD, MSc, BCPS-AQ ID, AAHIVP, (Mentor) Assistant Professor/HIV/ID Clinical Pharmacist, Midwestern University/Northwestern Memorial Hospital

As a technician with a background in community pharmacy, I have interacted with several new pharmacists. To this day I... read more...