It’s with great sadness that NJHA reports the sudden passing of NJSHP State Treasurer, Bev Wilt. Bev was the Hospital Manager of Pharmacy at Kennedy Health System where she had been an employee for over 26 years.
She devoted much energy and enthusiasm to her Kennedy family. Bev loved her career, especially her staff and her patients.
She was a first hand witness to the greater evolving role pharmacy continues
to play in the overall patient care process. She devoted her time and talents to NJSHP and gave special advice to get involved with pharmacy as much as possible to really affect a positive change.
While a writing like this cannot possibly portray the depth of a person’s life or contributions, NJSHP was fortunate to have recently featured her for the Up Close and Personal Section in the Winter 2005 Bulletin. We invite you to visit http://www.njshp.org/winter05/index1.html
The suddenness of losing a dear friend and colleague brings the sharp reality
that there are no guarantees in life and it’s a great gift to maximize joy and happiness by doing things that we love, both professionally and personally.
We believe this is the spirit Bev would like to be remembered.
NJSHP extends its heartfelt condolences to Bev’s husband, Jay, her immediate
family and her family at Kennedy Health System.
The Annual Meeting is the premiere event for NJSHP that requires intense planning throughout
the year. Thought provokingly entitled “What’s Next?” this meeting engaged NJSHP members to think critically about issues that are impacting the pharmacy profession. It’s the great planning that produced another record breaking event with 225 participants. Pharmacists and students trekked to the convenient Hyatt Regency
for a filled-to-capacity day to network, exchange information, earn continuing education
credits and see the latest on pharmaceutical products and technology.
First the Director’s Forum opened with Thomas P. Smith’s provocative discussion on technology integration and its impact on medication error reduction. With the official kick off that’s tons of learning fun, students engaged in a friendly style
First the Director’s Forum opened with Thomas P. Smith’s provocative discussion on technology integration and its impact on medication error reduction. With the official kick off that’s tons of learning fun, students engaged in a friendly style
competition, the College Bowl. Not only is this game session fun, it offers 2 CE credits. See the accompanying write up that provides more details.
Relatively new and introduced in 2004, a series of 15-minute presentations were on the docket so that attendees could earn an additional CE credit and learn new information in diverse areas. Some covered topics were:
NJSHP thanks this year’s exhibitors for their consistent support throughout the years of this valuable meeting. The exhibitor forum is always a big hit where pharmacists and students can casually
chat with pharmaceutical representatives and catch the latest happenings. Congratulations
to this year’s winners of the 2006 Annual
Meeting Poster Session. Thanks to the special
judging time and talents of Charles Arrison,
Relatively new and introduced in 2004, a series of 15-minute presentations were on the docket so that attendees could earn an additional CE credit and learn new information in diverse areas. Some covered topics were:
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effectiveness of antipsychotic drugs for chronic schizophrenia. |
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DCCT/EDIC study research group |
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Trastuzumab plus adjuvant chemothe-rapy for operable HER2- positive breast cancer |
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Controlling c.difficile following complica-tions with increased fluoroquinolone use |
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Short-term risk of death after treatment with nesiritide for decompensated heart failure. |
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Nancy Doherty, Carlo Lupano, Timothy Nguyen and George Piltz. See the separate legend for winners and poster titles.
After attendees had time to relax and network at the highly anticipated cocktail reception, John Yanoschak kicked off the Installation Dinner in which state and regional chapter officers were installed. This year’s keynote speaker, Karl Williams, RPh, Esq. presented a thought provoking session entitled “The Evolving Standards of Liability in Health-System Practice.”
As always, another evening highlight is the Awards Session in which the exceptional contributions of your pharmacy and student professionals are recognized. Don’t miss the separate write-up about the contributions of your peers!
See you next year! Mark the date for the 2007 Annual Meeting, Wednesday, April 11.
After attendees had time to relax and network at the highly anticipated cocktail reception, John Yanoschak kicked off the Installation Dinner in which state and regional chapter officers were installed. This year’s keynote speaker, Karl Williams, RPh, Esq. presented a thought provoking session entitled “The Evolving Standards of Liability in Health-System Practice.”
As always, another evening highlight is the Awards Session in which the exceptional contributions of your pharmacy and student professionals are recognized. Don’t miss the separate write-up about the contributions of your peers!
See you next year! Mark the date for the 2007 Annual Meeting, Wednesday, April 11.
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