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NANTICOKE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL PHARMACIST DESIGNATED FELLOW OF ASHP
Nanticoke Memorial Hospital Pharmacist, Kimberly A. Couch, PharmD, MA, FIDSA, FASHP, has been given the title “Fellow” by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) in recognition of the excellence she has achieved in pharmacy practice. Ms. Couch, also a fellow of the Infectious Disease Society of America (FIDSA), was honored on Tuesday, June 8, 2010, during the ASHP Summer Meeting in Tampa, FL.
The ASHP Practitioner Recognition Program recognizes excellence in practice and promotes public awareness of outstanding pharmacists. Each applicant’s credentials are assessed against rigorous criteria that include contributions to the scientific literature, research, education, and active involvement and leadership in professional activities. Applicants also must have practiced in health-system pharmacy for at least 10 years. The program has recognized 652 Fellows since it began in 1988.
For more than 60 years, ASHP has helped pharmacists who practice in hospitals and health systems improve medication use and enhance patient safety. The Society's 35,000 members include pharmacists and pharmacy technicians who practice in inpatient, outpatient, home-care, and long-term-care settings, as well as pharmacy students. For more information about the wide array of ASHP activities and the many ways in which pharmacists help people make the best use of medicines, visit ASHP's Web site, www.ashp.org, or its consumer Web site, www.SafeMedication.com.
Nanticoke Health Services features a full-service community hospital and an award-winning, long-term care facility. The hospital has emergency services ranked #1 in Delaware for heart emergencies, a comprehensive cancer center, a Nationally Accredited Stroke Center and Nationally Accredited Sleep Center, the only Delaware health care facility to have an Outpatient Pulmonary Rehabilitation program certified by the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation, and a growing physician network that includes physicians in over 37 different specialties. For further information, please call 302-629-6611 or visit www.nanticoke.org. |
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