Purpose
The Pharmacy Society of Wisconsin Health System Pharmacy Advisory Committee seeks to advise the PSW Board of Directors on the educational and practice needs of health-system pharmacists & technicians, ensure health system representation in PSW strategic planning, serve as a professional resource for PSW members, and advocate with PSW on a state and national level to continually advance health-system pharmacy practice. The Health System Pharmacy Advisory Committee seeks to advance the strategic goals and initiatives of the Pharmacy Society of Wisconsin.
The Health System Pharmacy Advisory Committee chartered the Practice Advancement Leadership Team (PALT) and continues to provide collaboration, mentorship and practice-based insight to this group of Health-System Pharmacy Administration and Leadership residents.
Members of the Health System Pharmacy Advisory Committee also provide feedback and input to the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) Wisconsin House of Delegates (HOD) representatives, as to the health-system issues affecting Wisconsin practice sites, the barriers that health-system pharmacy practices in Wisconsin face, and provide a sounding board for ASHP based policy and practice topics that the HOD Representatives share.
Target
Pharmacy practitioners working in, supporting, and leading health-system pharmacy practices across Wisconsin, in various sites of practice, including academic teaching centers, critical access hospitals, rural/independent hospitals, veterans’ affairs practices, health-system based community/retail pharmacies and specialty pharmacies, and more.
Structure
The Health System Pharmacy Advisory Committee is comprised of 15 general members, each serving a two-year term and eligible to serve two terms, a chair-elect/secretary serving a two-year term, a chair also serving a two-year term, and a past-presiding chair serving a one-year term. The committee is supported by a PSW staff member. Term years begin in September and continue through August.
Meetings
The Health System Pharmacy Advisory Committee meets three times each calendar year, spring, summer and autumn. All meetings are held at the PSW Headquarters in Madison and are typically on Wednesdays beginning at 10:00 AM and concluding at 3:00 PM. A virtual option is offered to those members traveling great distances or with unique work needs, however, in-person meeting attendance is strongly encouraged. Members are also encouraged to invite student learners and resident learners, when applicable. PALT members and ASHP HOD Wisconsin delegates may attend meetings, as necessary, throughout the year.
The Health System Pharmacy Advisory Committee members are encouraged to attend PSW conferences and events and support the PSW Strategic Mission to provide a unified voice, resources, and leadership to advance the pharmacy profession and improve the quality of medication use in Wisconsin.