Academic Pharmacy NOW
Fall/Winter 2013 Volume 6 Issue 4
Departments 5 News Briefs 8 Academy in Action • MOOC Helps Consumers
Decode Drug Development
• A Gift That Keeps On Giving
12 Around the World • Breaking Down Borders
24 Members Working for You • Managed Care Pharmacy Makes the Grade
25 Faculty News
Columns 3 Maine Message By Lucinda L. Maine 7 Will on the Hill
Congressional Q&A
By William G. Lang
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ACADEMIC PHARMACY NOW Fall/Winter 2013
Features 16 A Complex Score With a Simple Outcome By J. Michael Brown, Ph.D. University of Florida College of Pharmacy researchers hope a new scoring system will better allocate pharmacy resources to reduce adverse drug events in hospital patients.
20 Restocking the Women’s Health Toolbox By Maureen Thielemans AACP and the FDA Office of Women’s Health are giving colleges of pharmacy new tools to tackle the unique challenges of teaching women’s health issues.