Resources

Associations and Societies

American Society of Consultant Pharmacists (ASCP)
www.ascp.com/

American Health Care Association (AHCA)
www.ahca.org

Assisted Living Federation of America (ALFA)
www.alfa.org

Long-Term Care Pharmacy Alliance (LTCPA)
www.ltcpa.org

Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy
http://www.amcp.org/home

 

Education

Free CE Credits
www.freece.com

 

Evidence Based Medicine

The Cochrane Collaboration
http://www.cochrane.org/

The Centre for Evidenced Based Medicine
http://www.cebm.net/index.aspx?o=1157

 

Government Web Sites

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
www.cdc.gov

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
www.cms.hhs.gov

Food and Drug Administration
www.fda.gov

Generic Approvals
http://www.fda.gov/Drugs/DevelopmentApprovalProcess/HowDrugsareDevelopedandApproved/DrugandBiologicApprovalReports/ANDAGenericDrugApprovals/default.htm

Office of Generic Drugs
http://www.fda.gov/AboutFDA/CentersOffices/CDER/ucm119100.htm

Drug Approvals
http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cder/drugsatfda/index.cfm

Drug Enforcement Administraton
http://www.justice.gov/dea/index.htm

 

Medicare D

CMS tools for Enrollment
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/center/openenrollment.asp

CMS Part D Reference Guide for Pharmacist
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/Pharmacy/downloads/Pharmacy%20Reference%20Document_021208.pdf

Formulary Finder for Prescription Drug Palns
http://www.medicare.gov/MPDPF/Shared/Include/Formulary/FormularyFinder.asp?language=english

Part D Reference Guide for Pharmacists
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/Pharmacy/downloads/Pharmacy%20Reference%20Document_021208.pdf

 

News and Events

McKnight
http://www.mcknights.com/

Drug Topics
http://drugtopics.modernmedicine.com/

Pharmacy Week
http://www.pharmacyweek.com/

Long Term Care Advance
http://long-term-care.advanceweb.com/  

Drug Digest
http://www.drugdigest.org/wps/portal/ddigest

Pharmacy Times
http://www.pharmacytimes.com/

 

References

Brand to Generics Reference Guide
http://www.watson.com/assets/brand_generic_reference.pdf

Virtual Library Pharmacy
http://www.pharmacy.org/

US Pharmacopeia
http://www.usp.org/

WebMd
http://www.webmd.com/mobile