APhA Academy of Student Pharmacists
2013 Midyear Regional Meetings
REGION 6 – REPORT OF THE CLOSING BUSINESS SESSION
RVI.1 - Patient Care in Rural/Underserved Communities
APhA-ASP encourages pharmacists and student pharmacists to reach out to rural and/or underserved
communities, and provide general health screenings that would otherwise not be available.
RVI.2 - Pharmacist Role in Sports Medicine
APhA-ASP actively encourages the inclusion of a team pharmacist in conjunction with a team physician for
collegiate and professional sports.
RVI.3 - Pharmacy Inquiries
APhA-ASP encourages all pharmacists and student pharmacists to continue to work with prescribers in a
collaborative and collegial manner in order to insure optimal patient care.
1. APhA-ASP resolves that it is appropriate for pharmacists to verify the medical rationale behind prescriptions,
diagnoses, and treatment plans.
2. APhA-ASP supports the notion that pharmacists must be able to take the necessary action through their diligent
efforts and judgment to uphold their responsibility of ensuring that prescriptions are for legitimate medical use,
especially in light of the prescription drug abuse epidemic, in order that patients obtain the most appropriate
medication for their individual needs.
3. APhA-ASP further resolves that the future of healthcare, in order to optimize outcomes and improve patient
care, must be one where all relevant medical information, including indications and rationale for drug
treatments, should be made available to all pertinent health care providers.
RVI.4 - Education of Healthcare Reform
APhA-ASP supports the involvement of pharmacists and student pharmacists in the education of health care
professionals, patients, and the public to achieve a more comprehensive understanding of health care reform to
safeguard patients and improve their care and treatment.
RVI.5 - Inclusion of Non-Pharmacological Recommendations in Counseling Sessions
APhA-ASP encourages all pharmacists and student pharmacists to include non-pharmacological recommendations,
such as diet, exercise, and other lifestyle modifications, in all medication counseling sessions.
RVI.6 - In-Network Pharmacies Provide Preventative Health Services
APhA-ASP encourages all medical insurance companies to include all pharmacies in the reimbursement networks
for administering immunizations.
RVI.7 - Limited Population Antibacterial Drug Approval
1. APhA-ASP supports the implementation of an expedited approval process for Limited Population Antibacterial
Drugs (LPADs).
2. APhA-ASP encourages extensive monitoring of clinical outcomes in patients treated with LPADs by the FDA,
drug companies, and other stakeholders.
RVI.8 - Medication Therapy Management Promotion
APhA-ASP encourages pharmacist and student pharmacist to promote availability of Medication Therapy
Management (MTM) services to all patients who the pharmacist believes will receive benefit from these services.
Pharmacist should utilize clinical judgment to determine patients with the greater need within their specific
communities. Pharmacists should develop criteria similar to those established by CMS to effectively identify these
patients.
RVI.9 - Pharmacist Access to Diagnosis Codes on Electronic Prescriptions
APhA-ASP supports a position of allowing diagnosis codes to be viewable to pharmacists on every electronic
prescription in order to help facilitate efficient patient care.
RVI.10 - Proposed Amendment to 2008.2 - Health Literacy (Referred to the APhA-ASP Policy Standing
Committee)
Current APhA-ASP Adopted Resolution 2008.2 - Health Literacy
APhA-ASP encourages pharmacists and student pharmacists to actively incorporate health literacy assessment
into the development and implementation of each patient care plan.
Proposed Amendment:
APhA-ASP encourages pharmacists and student pharmacists to be aware of health literacy issues and actively
work to improve their patient's health literacy. This would include assessing health literacy and implementing
ways to improve health literacy in incorporate health literacy assessment into the development and
implementation of each patient care plan.