Official Newsjournal of the Illinois Council of Health-System Pharmacists
Discovery at a Local Affiliate Meeting
I attended a local affiliate continuing education (CE) meeting recently and was impressed by the quality of the speakers and Q&A that followed the presentation. There were three speakers who...
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Tech-Check-Tech: A Dream That Will Soon Come True!
I think we formed the first Tech-Check-Tech (don’t try to say that fast three times…you will fail) task force within ICHP back in the early 1990s. We even had a bill introduced in...
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Editor’s Note: The June/July Keep Posted brought readers through the history of organized hospital pharmacy in... read more...
Celebrate with us The Illinois Council of Health-System Pharmacists (ICHP) is celebrating 50 years of caring for... read more...
Hi, my name is Cassidy McDonald, and I am currently a fourth year pharmacy student at University of Illinois College of... read more...
Hi, my name is Jamie Tidaback and I’m a P-4 student at the University of Illinois at Chicago (Rockford campus). I... read more...
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING AND MEETING HIGHLIGHTS: Transplant 101 Lunch Symposium • Considerations for... read more...
Saturday, September 21, 2013 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm Held in conjunction with the ICHP Annual Meeting, September 19 - 21,... read more...
Highlights from the July Meeting
by Scott A. Meyers, Executive Vice President
The July 12th Board of Pharmacy Meeting was held at the James R. Thompson Center in Chicago. These are the highlights of... read more...
Stepwise Implementation of Total Pharmacy Medication Reconciliation
by Jenan Eileen Dailey, PharmD; Christina Sun Hwa Choi, PharmD; Yen Yvonne Duong, PharmD; Deborah Rehder, PharmD
Introduction Medication reconciliation is the process of comparing a patient's medication orders to all of the... read more...
Congratulations to ICHP President, Tom Westerkamp, and his wife, Diane, who welcomed their first grandchild in July!... read more...
The New Practice Act Rules Are Here! The New Practice Act Rules Are Here!
by Jim Owen and Scott Meyers
At the July 9th Illinois Board of Pharmacy meeting, the staff of the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation... read more...
Unmatched and Scrambled – The Story of How I Rebuilt My Residency Candidacy
by Robin Carney, PharmD, PGY-1 Resident, Franciscan Health Systems, Tacoma, WA
There I was, Match Day 2012, with my choice programs ranked and my hopes high. This was the moment I had waited for and... read more...
President, Janey Yu – This past year, I served as the President-Elect and am excited to be the incoming President... read more...
by Alex Mersch, P-2, SSHP President, Roosevelt University College of Pharmacy, and Stephen Jankovic, P-2, SSHP Vice President, Roosevelt University College of Pharmacy
The Roosevelt University College of Pharmacy Student Society of Health-System Pharmacy believes constant training in... read more...
by RaeAnn Hirschy, PS-3, SSHP Treasurer, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, College of Pharmacy
The world of pharmacy is ever changing. I, like most of the public, had little idea growing up what was included in the... read more...
by Ann Ryan, PS-2, ICHP Mental Wellness Chair, University of Illinois College of Pharmacy at Rockford
Recently, the Illinois Council of Health-System Pharmacists (ICHP) student division at the College of Pharmacy in... read more...
TOM WESTERKAMP President224-948-1528 tom_westerkamp@baxter.comCHRIS RIVERS Immediate Past... read more...
New Members Recruiter Katerina Anastasiou Nicole Rabs Alby Jacob Brenton... read more...
GENERAL ASSEMBLY GUILD - $1000 & More Scott BergmanDan CiarrachiKevin ColganEdward... read more...
Visit the ICHP Calendar for the most up-to-date events! Friday, August 9Ballots DUE! NISHP Elections Friday,... read more...
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History of Organized Hospital Pharmacy In Illinois: The 1970s
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Student Leadership Development at ASHP 2013 Summer Meeting
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ICHP Pharmacy Action Fund (PAC) Contributors
Chicago Area Pharmacy Directors Network Dinner
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Chicago Area Pharmacy Directors Network Dinner
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