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Medication Use in Rural America conference handouts

To conserve resources, session materials for the Medication Use in Rural America Conference will not be distributed at the event. Instead handouts will be available online as they are received.

Wednesday, Sept. 9

1:15-1:45 p.m.
Outlining a vision for medication use in rural America

1:45-2:45 p.m.
Keynote session: Health care reform update

3-3:30 p.m.
Sole community pharmacies and their role in maintaining access to medications and pharmacy services in rural communities

3:30-4 p.m.
Pharmacy closures in one pharmacy town: Identification, implications and solutions - Traynor

4-4:45 p.m.
CMS's role in accelerating the adoption of health IT systems to modernize the nation's health care system

Thursday, Sept. 10

8:30-9:15 a.m.
Pharmacy medication therapy management: A community-based approach to improve medication use and chronic disease outcomes in an underserved region

9:30-10:30 a.m. (concurrent sessions)
1A. Preparing pharmacy students for rural pharmacy practice

1B. Implementing clinical pharmacy services in the absence of a pharmacist

1C. 1C - You did what? Toxic exposure in rural America 

1D. Antitrust and the community pharmacist

11 a.m.-noon (concurrent sessions)
2A. Pharmacy practice experiences: Support for establishment or expansion

2B. Rural hospital pharmacy: The balancing act

2C. Developing disease state management guidelines for rural health care

2-3 p.m. (concurrent sessions)
3A. REACH IN (Resources to Enhance the Achievement of Community Health for Indiana)

3B. Launching your telepharmacy program: It's not about the technology

3C. Association policy updates

3:30-4:30 p.m.
340B drug pricing program and rural health providers: Chris Hatwig and Mary Ellen England

HRSA's patient safety and clinical pharmacy services collaborative: Jimmy Mitchell and Krista Pedley

Federal update: PSSC: Lisa Scholz, part 1

Federal update: PSSC: Lisa Scholz, part 2

Friday, Sept. 11

9-9:30 a.m.
NRHA policy update

9:30-10:15 a.m.
Policy panel discussions

Partnership for success: ASHP and rural health care practitioners - Anthea Francis