History of Organized Hospital Pharmacy in Illinois: Membership Organization

Editor’s Note: The October Keep Posted brought readers through the history of organized hospital pharmacy in... read more...

Meet Renata Sutter

by Renata Sutter, 2014 PharmD candidate, UIC-Rockford

“I promise  to devote myself to a lifetime of service to others through the profession of pharmacy …... read more...

Celebration of Caring

by Trish Wegner, BS Pharm, PharmD, FASHP, Vice President-Professional Services

The 2013 Annual Meeting marked a milestone in ICHP’s history – “50 years of Caring for Patients, the... read more...

ICHP 50th Anniversary Gala – A Night to Remember and to Celebrate

by Maggie DiMarco Allen, PhD, Director of Operations

ICHP President Thomas Westerkamp and the Board of Directors hosted the ICHP 50th anniversary celebration Gala on Friday... read more...

Attention ASHP Pharmacist Members

ICHP is looking for Delegate Nominations to ASHP’s House

by Scott A. Meyers, Executive Vice President

The ASHP Summer Meeting for 2014 will be held in Las Vegas, NV and in 2015 it could be anywhere! For 2015, ASHP... read more...

Corresponding Responsibility

by Phil Burgess, RPh, Chairperson, Illinois State Board of Pharmacy

You may have heard that at the June meeting of the American Medical Association (AMA) in Chicago, the House of Delegates... read more...

The GAS from Springfield

Time to gear up for the elections of 2014!

by Jim Owen and Scott Meyers

The last few months have not been pretty both at the state and federal levels. The pension fight or rather the paycheck... read more...

ICHP Champions Program

by Jennifer Ellison, PharmD BCPS, Director, Marketing Affairs

Are you looking for new ways to stay informed? Want to get more involved with ICHP? The ICHP Champions Program is a great... read more...

New Practitioners' Network

“Everyone Shines, Given the Right Lighting”

by Jennifer Arnoldi, PharmD, BCPS

This article’s title is a quote from Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking, by Susan... read more...

ICHPeople

ICHP staff member, Jo Haley, welcomed her first grandson, Elijah William Zissler, on October 18 at 2:35 pm. Baby was 6... read more...

Educational Affairs

As MedWatch turns 20, what is the role of pharmacists in adverse drug event reporting?

by Swapna Chakrabarti, BS, RPh

The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is celebrating the 20th year anniversary of the launch of its... read more...

Medication Safety Pearl

Implementation of Patient Specific Doses of Intermediate and Long-Acting Insulins

by Kathy Tang, UIC-P3 Student, Rebecca Lee, UIC-P3 Student and Zahra Khudeira, PharmD, BCPS, CPPS

Introduction Medications that have the highest risk of causing patient harm when misused are known as high-alert... read more...

Plan, Do, Study, Act – A Rotation in Quality Improvement

by Josephine Aranda, PS-4, Midwestern University Chicago College of Pharmacy

Although I am in my final year of pharmacy school, I still look back at the time I volunteered at a hospital assisting a... read more...

Reflecting on Fifty Years of Caring

by Ann Ryan, PS-3, ICHP Mental Wellness Co-Chair; Reviewed/co-authored by: Nadiyah Chaudhary, PS-3, ICHP Co-President, University of Illinois College of Pharmacy - Rockford

I don’t know where to begin describing an incredible evening shared on September 20, 2013 with my classmates along... read more...

Residency Preparation for Students in a Three-Year Accelerated Pharmacy Curriculum

by Alex Mersch PS-3, SSHP President, Roosevelt University College of Pharmacy

With the advent of new pharmacy schools, expansion of pharmacy services, recovering economy, and interest in clinical... read more...

American Pharmacist Month

by Jennifer Rispens, P-3, ICHP Secretary, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science-College of Pharmacy

As members of a nascent, but quick-developing college of pharmacy, students at Rosalind Franklin have embraced the... read more...

Officers and Board of Directors

MIKE FOTIS President michael.fotis@northwestern.edu  TOM WESTERKAMP Immediate Past... read more...

Welcome New Members!

New Member Recruiter Mary Pfister Ghadeer Abdelrahman Elba Sertuche David... read more...

ICHP Pharmacy Action Fund (PAC) Contributors

GENERAL ASSEMBLY GUILD - $1000 & More    Scott BergmanKevin ColganEdward DonnellyDave HicksFrank... read more...

Upcoming Events

Visit the ICHP Calendar for the most up-to-date events! Monday, November 4 Clinical Practice and Research... read more...