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]]> Wed, 12 Mar 2025 15:33:00 GMT 2024 Fall Newsbrief https://membership.mashp.org/news/news.asp?id=689197 https://membership.mashp.org/news/news.asp?id=689197

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]]> Fri, 13 Dec 2024 19:00:00 GMT 2025 Resident Clinical Pearls Program https://membership.mashp.org/news/news.asp?id=688706 https://membership.mashp.org/news/news.asp?id=688706 MSHP would like to extend an invitation to residents to submit a clinical pearl abstract for the Resident Clinical Pearls program on Thursday, April 17, 2025. The top submissions will be selected to present a brief clinical pearl originating from a patient case. The top three submissions will be offered the chance to present their pearl at the MSHP Annual Meeting (April 3-4, 2025).

 

Submissions for the clinical pearl presentation should include one learning objective and an abstract of 150 words or less and are due January 17, 2025. All residents (PGY1 and PGY2) and fellows are encouraged to participate! Click the following link https://forms.microsoft.com/r/q5Bbc8x3aS for information on how pearls will be evaluated and to submit a pearl.

 

If you have any questions, comments, or concerns, please contact Raul Santiago at rasantiago@bwh.harvard.edu. Please forward this invitation to any programs or preceptors who may benefit from this information. Thank you for your continued support of the annual Resident Clinical Pearls program.

 

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2023 Pearls

2024 Pearls

A Painful Discovery: Bumetanide Induced Severe Pain Syndrome

Honey Budesonide in Eosinophilic Esophagitis

Keep Calm and Mist On: Intranasal Dexmedetomidine for Pediatric Procedural Sedation

Don't Weight: Metformin Use in Pediatric Antipsychotic Induced Weight Gain

Methylene blue to the rescue: treatment of metformin induced lactic acidosis

Something’s in the Water: Tackling Metallo-Beta-Lactamase Producing Aeromonas hydrophila

It's all monkey business: herpes B virus post-exposure prophylaxis to macaque monkeys

Not Drab at All: The Use of Dronabinol for Agitation and Aggression in Alzheimer’s Disease

A Fungus Among Us: Treatment alternatives for disseminated histoplasmosis

What’s Required for Acquired: The Use of Emicizumab for Acquired Hemophilia A

CCB for VCD: Nimodipine after intubation injury

Ertapenem Dosing Considerations in a Postpartum Patient with Hypoalbuminemia

I'm a Barbi(turate) Girl in a Benzo World: Utilizing Phenobarbital for Benzodiazepine Withdrawal

Nip it in the Pheni-but: Appropriate Management of Phenibut Withdrawal

Success for PVS? Imatinib and bevacizumab as targeted therapies in pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS)

I Can See Clearly Now: Use of Tissue Plasminogen Activator for the Treatment of Central Retinal Artery Occlusion

 

Tocilizumab for anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA)-associated vasculitis

 

Safety and Efficacy of Etanercept in Management of Stevens-Johnson Syndrome/Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis

 

Intraoperative Heparin Resistance After Andexanet Alfa Administration

 

SGLT2 Inhibitors: An Approach to Managing Hypomagnesemia

]]> Mon, 9 Dec 2024 19:22:00 GMT Now Accepting Submissions for Posters and Clinical Pearls for 2025 Annual Meeting https://membership.mashp.org/news/news.asp?id=687115 https://membership.mashp.org/news/news.asp?id=687115
MSHP is seeking submissions for two distinct opportunities at the 2025 Annual Meeting on April 3 and 4, 2025: professional posters and clinical pearls! Read below for more information on each. Attendees are encouraged to submit to one or both categories.
 
Professional Posters

 

We invite you to showcase your work at the MSHP Annual Meeting Poster Session on Day 1 of the meeting April 3rd, 2025

Submission abstracts must be limited to 400 words (excluding the title, authors, and section headers) and include the following sections: Introduction, Methods, Results, and Conclusions. Authors are asked to ensure their institution is de-identified (e.g., XXX Hospital) within the abstract to avoid unblinding the reviewer. While completed research is favored, ongoing research may be submitted if finalized results are available prior to the meeting and included on the poster. Selected presenters would be required to attend the in-person session (i.e., one author per poster must register for the meeting and be present for the poster session).

Submissions are due by Friday, January 17th, 2025

Submissions will be evaluated for content in a blinded fashion and decisions will be sent to authors by Friday, February 14th, 2025.

Any questions can be directed to Emily Collis and Erica Houseman

 

Click here to submit a poster
Clinical Pearls

 

MSHP will be hosting a clinical pearl session on Day 2 of the Annual Meeting on April 4, 2025! A clinical pearl is a focused presentation on one particular aspect of medical management, incorporating the clinical conundrum, presentation of literature, and data conclusion - all in the span of 7-8 minutes. There is a 150-word limit for the abstract, which does not include the title and learning objective. Selected presenters would be required to be present at the session (i.e., register for and be present at the Annual Meeting).

Submissions are due by Friday, January 17th, 2025

Submissions will be evaluated for content in a blinded fashion and decisions will be sent to authors by Friday, February 14th, 2025.

Any questions can be directed to Margo DeLisle, and Rob Dannemiller.

 

Click here to submit a clinical pearl

 

Submission Deadlines
Submissions are due by Friday, January 17th, 2025

Submissions will be evaluated for content in a blinded fashion and decisions will be sent to authors by Friday, February 14th, 2025.

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]]> Tue, 25 Jun 2024 14:57:00 GMT 2024 Winter Newsbrief https://membership.mashp.org/news/news.asp?id=666718 https://membership.mashp.org/news/news.asp?id=666718 2024 Winter Newsbrief 

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]]> Wed, 6 Mar 2024 14:36:00 GMT Now Accepting Submissions for Posters and Clinical Pearls for 2024 Annual Meeting https://membership.mashp.org/news/news.asp?id=662874 https://membership.mashp.org/news/news.asp?id=662874
MSHP is seeking submissions for two distinct opportunities at the 2024 Annual Meeting on May 22 and 23, 2024: professional posters and clinical pearls! Read below for more information on each. Attendees are encouraged to submit to one or both categories.
 
Professional Posters

 

We invite you to showcase your work at the MSHP Annual Meeting Poster Session on May 23, 2024.

Submission abstracts must be limited to 400 words (excluding the title, authors, and section headers) and include the following sections: Introduction, Methods, Results, and Conclusions. Authors are asked to ensure their institution is de-identified (e.g., XXX Hospital) within the abstract to avoid unblinding the reviewer. While completed research is favored, ongoing research may be submitted if finalized results are available prior to the meeting and included on the poster. Selected presenters would be required to attend the in-person session (i.e., one author per poster must register for the meeting and be present for the poster session).

Submissions are due by Thursday, March 14, 2024.

Submissions will be evaluated for content in a blinded fashion and decisions will be sent to authors by Thursday, March 28th, 2024.

Any questions can be directed to Brianne Mosley and Melanie Goodberlet
Click here to submit a poster
 
 
Clinical Pearls

 

MSHP will be hosting a clinical pearl session on Day 2 of the Annual Meeting on May 23, 2024! A clinical pearl is a focused presentation on one particular aspect of medical management, incorporating the clinical conundrum, presentation of literature, and data conclusion - all in the span of 7-8 minutes. There is a 150-word limit for the abstract, which does not include the title and learning objective. Selected presenters would be required to be present at the session (i.e., register for and be present at the Annual Meeting).

Submissions are due by Thursday, March 14, 2024.

Submissions will be evaluated for content in a blinded fashion and decisions will be sent to authors by Thursday, March 28, 2024.

Any questions can be directed to Jeff Pearson, Margo DeLisle, and Rob Dannemiller.
Click here to submit a clinical pearl
 
Submission Deadlines
Submissions are due by Thursday, March 14, 2024
 
Submissions will be evaluated for content in a blinded fashion and decisions will be sent to authors by Thursday, March 28, 2024.

]]> Fri, 19 Jan 2024 18:10:00 GMT 2022 Winter Newsbrief https://membership.mashp.org/news/news.asp?id=599170 https://membership.mashp.org/news/news.asp?id=599170 2022 Winter Newsbrief 

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]]> Wed, 16 Mar 2022 14:09:00 GMT 2021 Fall Newsbrief https://membership.mashp.org/news/news.asp?id=590359 https://membership.mashp.org/news/news.asp?id=590359 2021 Fall Newsbrief 

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]]> Thu, 16 Dec 2021 20:09:46 GMT Read About the Impact of St. Elizabeth Medical Center's 24/7 AMS Service https://membership.mashp.org/news/news.asp?id=583412 https://membership.mashp.org/news/news.asp?id=583412 Read publication by St. Elizabeth Medical Center pharmacist Salwa Elarabi, highlighting the impact of a 24/7 AMS Service.  ]]> Thu, 14 Oct 2021 19:41:41 GMT Joel Seth Aronson, MSHP Individual Member, Recognized as Industry Leader https://membership.mashp.org/news/news.asp?id=583410 https://membership.mashp.org/news/news.asp?id=583410 Joel Seth Aronson retired in 2019 Working as a clinical pharmacy specialist at the VAMC hospital in Providence, RI for 15 years.  He was recognized by Marquis Who's Who in America 2020-2022.  He received the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award in 2020.  He was recognized by Marquis Who's Who as an industry leader in 2021 and as a Distinguished Humanitarian in 2020.  Aronson was featured in American Way magazine in December 2020, Hemispheres magazine in April 2021, and the Wall Street Journal in September 2020.  In August 2021 he got interviewed by Star Jones for the Star Treatment Show.  

 

]]> Thu, 14 Oct 2021 19:33:39 GMT VA Boston's Homebased Primary Care Program https://membership.mashp.org/news/news.asp?id=583405 https://membership.mashp.org/news/news.asp?id=583405 Erin Emonds, PharmD, Clinical Pharmacist at VA Boston and her team have been hard at work in the home based primary care (HBPC) program.  During the COVID-19 pandemic, home visits were challenging to do.  Erin and her team worked hard to develop a med pill packing program at the VA Boston for home based patients.  Prior to the pandemic, the VA did not offer any pill packing for Veteran patients.  This program is now going into year two of a successful pill packing program which has benefited hundreds of Veteran patients are VA Boston.  

  
Pictured from left to right Pharmacist Linda Niesner, PharmD, Symin Charpentier, PharmD, Erin Emonds, Pharm D 

 

]]> Thu, 14 Oct 2021 19:13:39 GMT MSHP Members Assist with the COVID-10 Vaccination Effort https://membership.mashp.org/news/news.asp?id=583402 https://membership.mashp.org/news/news.asp?id=583402 MSHP Members were hard at work this year assisting the Commonwealth with the COVID-19 vaccination effort.  Whether it was providing vaccine education, participating in mobile clinics in the community, or volunteering at mass vaccination sites, MSHP members rose up to meet the challenge of getting Massachusetts residents vaccinated against COVID-19.  

 

Lowell General Hospital

Throughout the pandemic mass vaccination effort, pharmacists at Lowell General Hospital have taken a key role in administering over 175,000 vaccine doses to the members of the greater Lowell Community.  From planning and execution of a mass vaccination site and process, to managing supply, and staffing mobile clinics to get vaccines into underserved areas within the community, the Lowell General Pharmacy Department reached out and vaccinated over 2000 community members who would otherwise have had difficulty accessing vaccinations.  

 

St. Elizabeth's Hospital

Pharmacist Salwa Elarabi was featured in a Boston Globe article around COVID-19 vaccine education.  Salwa had the opportunity to provide vaccine education to Cardinal O'Malley who received the vaccine at St. Elizabeth's Medical Center, and encouraged others to get vaccinated themselves.  Read more. 

 

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center 

Pharmacist Monica Mahoney gives pharmacist Rob Deveau his COVID-19 vaccine.  

 

 

]]> Thu, 14 Oct 2021 18:34:18 GMT 2021 Summer Newsbrief https://membership.mashp.org/news/news.asp?id=581672 https://membership.mashp.org/news/news.asp?id=581672 2021 Summer Newsbrief 

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]]> Wed, 29 Sep 2021 03:36:07 GMT Call for Speaker Proposals https://membership.mashp.org/news/news.asp?id=576319 https://membership.mashp.org/news/news.asp?id=576319 MSHP Speaker's Bureau by Friday, September 17, 2021.

The education sessions are typically 1 hour in length and at this time all programming is planned for in-person attendance. We will also be offering technician CE so please consider technician-related topics as well.

If you are not selected to speak at the annual meeting, you may still be contacted for additional speaking opportunities with our monthly programming.
 
]]> Tue, 10 Aug 2021 18:10:21 GMT 2021 Spring NewsBrief https://membership.mashp.org/news/news.asp?id=575936 https://membership.mashp.org/news/news.asp?id=575936 2021 Spring Newsbrief 

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]]> Thu, 5 Aug 2021 18:46:12 GMT 2021 Winter Newsbrief https://membership.mashp.org/news/news.asp?id=555771 https://membership.mashp.org/news/news.asp?id=555771 The 2021 Winter Newsbrief is Here!

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]]> Thu, 11 Mar 2021 03:25:13 GMT Now Accepting Submissions for Posters and Clinical Pearls for 2021 Annual Meeting https://membership.mashp.org/news/news.asp?id=550744 https://membership.mashp.org/news/news.asp?id=550744
MSHP is seeking submissions for two distinct opportunities at the 2021 Annual Meeting on May 19 and 20, 2021: professional posters and clinical pearls! Read below for more information on each. Attendees are encouraged to submit to one or both categories.
 
Professional Posters
Back for another year, MSHP will be hosting a poster session on Day 2 of the Annual Meeting on May 20th. This is a great forum to showcase the excellent work you do at your institution on a daily basis. Selected presenters would be required to attend virtually during the May 20th session (i.e., one author per poster needs to register for and be present at the meeting). Abstracts should be limited to the following sections - Introduction, Methods, Results, and Conclusions. Authors are asked to ensure that their institution is blinded/de-identified (e.g. XXX Hospital) within the Introduction/Methods/Results/Conclusions sections of the abstract. Failure to do so poses the risk of an unblinded review. There is a 400-word limit excluding the title, authors, and section headers. Completed research is favored while ongoing research may be submitted as long as the project is completed prior to the meeting and results are included on the actual poster.
 
Poster questions? Please contact Dr. Adam Woolley.
Click here to submit a poster
 
 
Clinical Pearls
Back by popular demand, the MSHP Annual Meeting will be returning with a one-hour CE session on clinical pearls again this year! A clinical pearl is a focused presentation on one particular aspect of medical management, incorporating the clinical conundrum, presentation of literature, and data conclusion - all in the span of 7 minutes. This is a great opportunity for both new and seasoned presenters to get involved in the Annual Meeting. New practitioners and residents or fellows (with preceptor guidance) are encouraged to submit. There is a 150-word limit for the clinical pearl abstract, excluding the title and learning objective. 
 
Clinical pearl questions? Please contact Dr. Jeffrey Pearson.
 
Click here to submit a clinical pearl
 
Submission Deadlines
Submissions are due by Friday, February 26, 2021
 
Submissions will be evaluated for content in a blinded fashion and decisions will be sent to authors by Friday, March 19th, 2021

]]> Thu, 4 Feb 2021 23:01:07 GMT Now Accepting Nominations for Awards! https://membership.mashp.org/news/news.asp?id=550739 https://membership.mashp.org/news/news.asp?id=550739 Honors & Awards

MSHP will recognize outstanding pharmacists, technicians and students based on member-driven nominations during the virtual Annual Meeting. 

Please nominate your fellow members to be recognized. 

A complete list of MSHP Awards and their respective nomination forms can be found here.

Click here to see last year's 2020 award winners.

 

MSHP Service Milestone Submissions

Please let us know if there are any MSHP members celebrating service milestones! If you wish to submit a member for this recognition, please complete the Service Milestone Submission Form by clicking here.

]]> Thu, 4 Feb 2021 22:54:01 GMT 2020 Fall Newsbrief https://membership.mashp.org/news/news.asp?id=541934 https://membership.mashp.org/news/news.asp?id=541934
The Tributes Newsbrief is now available! Catch up on important updates with MSHP.

 

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