NABP Helps Pharmacy Personnel Keep Up With Their CPE Requirements
CPE Requirements for Pharmacy Professionals If you are a pharmacist or pharmacy technician, you know that you need to complete specific Continuing Pharmacy Education (CPE) credits for your licensure renewal, but did you know this wasn’t always the case? From 1972-1974, American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) and American Pharmacists Association (APhA) convened the […]
Read More ›NABP Compounding Pharmacy Inspections Identify Common Deficiencies
After years of development, revised compounding standards from United States Pharmacopeia (USP) became effective on November 1, 2023. USP Chapter <795> focuses on nonsterile compounding, with updates aimed at improving quality, safety, and consistency. These voluntary standards provide clear guidelines on personnel, equipment, training, and documentation, ensuring that patients receive medications that are safe and […]
Read More ›Transformative Technologies Present Opportunities for Pharmacy Practice and Regulation
From new uses and strategies related to central fill to improvements in telepharmacy, transformative technologies continue to empower pharmacists to deliver more efficient and effective services. So, what new tools are in the adoption phase today? What pharmacy practice innovations are on the next horizon? What legislative and regulatory efforts are currently in progress that […]
Read More ›Embracing Innovative Technologies for the Future of Pharmacy
In the years since the pandemic, recent NABP Presidents Reginald B. “Reggie” Dilliard, DPh, and Lenora S. Newsome, PD, focused their energies on addressing changes and challenges we face as pharmacists and as regulators. This important work included adapting and continuing pharmacy workplace changes that were put in place during the pandemic and working towards […]
Read More ›Revolutionizing Health Care: The Evolving Path of E-Prescriptions
Medication errors cause avoidable harm in approximately 1 in 30 patients, with 25% of these patients experiencing severe or life-threatening harm. Aiming to prevent these errors, Drug Enforcement Administration. provided prescribers with the option to use e-prescriptions for controlled substances (CS) based on an interim final rule published in 2010. Since this rule became effective, […]
Read More ›New Look, Same Great Features on CPE Monitor
Recently, CPE Monitor, NABP’s continuing pharmacy education (CPE) tracking tool, was updated to provide a more modern interface that offers a better, more streamlined experience. And if you subscribe to the Plus plan, navigating your requirements for license renewal and staying compliant—whether you have 1 license or 15—is now even easier with the improved platform. […]
Read More ›Tactics Criminals Use to Sell Drugs Online
The United States is home to one of the most secure drug supply chains in the world, but criminals still find pathways to buy and sell prescription drugs—including controlled substances—often using websites and social media platforms to do so. We compiled information from experts about how criminals use online platforms to sell these drugs illegally […]
Read More ›The Changing Pharmacy Landscape and its Effects on Patient Safety
Though the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) public health emergency declarations have officially come to an end, the effect of the pandemic and changes to professional roles and workplace standards will be felt by pharmacists and workers across many industries for years to come. In the post-COVID-19 context, the pharmacy landscape continues to evolve. Noteworthy demographic […]
Read More ›Rise of Digital Pharmacy: How Emerging Technologies Are Changing the Practice
Change has been a near-constant companion to pharmacists and pharmacy regulators over the last decade, with many of those changes accelerated by the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. As pharmacist duties and responsibilities have increased, many have experienced greater demand for their services. The resulting strain has made well-being and burnout one of the most concerning […]
Read More ›CPE Monitor Streamlines Louisiana Renewals
The Louisiana Board of Pharmacy now uses our CPE Monitor service to automatically audit pharmacists’ continuing education records during the license renewal process – and starting in May, the Board will use it for pharmacy technicians’ records as well. Since the program began in 2011, our strong relationship with the boards of pharmacy has enabled […]
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