With the current focus on healthcare reform in the United States Congress, it is important to
celebrate the impact that colleges and schools of pharmacy are making on public policy …

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act has created significant traction for the
delivery of team-based, interdisciplinary care. New care delivery models such as medical …

The AACP Argus Commission is comprised of the past five presidents of the American
Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP). Its purpose is to scan the environment for the …

Future health care professionals need to be well acquainted with the structure of the
American health care system and options available for its reform. To address that need, a …

The Janus Commission was established by 1995-96 AACP President Mary-Anne Koda-
Kimble to scan the health care environment and to identify, analyze, and predict those …

Given the public and political challenges and issues beyond academia (the end of
expansionism. managed care and academic health centers, and new information …

One of the responsibilities of the AACP President is to represent our Association at the
meetings of our sister professional organizations. This was an especially challenging task …

There is no question of the need for advocacy within pharmacy and the health professions.
Collective voices need to be heard, and those for whom pharmacists provide care and …

Since 1990, the mission of pharmacy education has been to educate pharmacists capable of
providing pharmaceutical care so that a patient's quality of life is improved through the …

The world of pharmacy and pharmacy education is small and so very interrelated. Issues
that impact the academy in one region of the world resonate elsewhere to a significant …