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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Verdana><span style='font-size:
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Members,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Verdana><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:blue'>Please see the information below
regarding the HRSA Patient Safety & Clinical Pharmacy Services
Collaborative. HRSA is placing a strong emphasis on this collaborative
and is encouraging CHCs who have not already done so to consider participating.
Also, the Office of Performance Review (OPR) in Region VIII will have a
pharmacist, Dr. Christina Mead, joining their staff in June. She should
be an excellent resource for addressing pharmacy related issues.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><st1:PersonName w:st="on"><font size=1 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Shannon Kolman</span></font></st1:PersonName><font
size=1 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>, MBA<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>Clinical Programs Director<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>Community Health Association of Mountain Plains States
(CHAMPS) <a href="http://www.champsonline.org/"
title="blocked::http://www.champsonline.org/">www.champsonline.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>Ph: 303-861-5165 ext. 236<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Verdana'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>The mission of CHAMPS is to support all Region VIII (CO,
MT, ND, SD, UT, WY) federally-funded Community Health Care Centers so they can
better serve their patients.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><i><font size=4
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-weight:bold;
font-style:italic'>The Health Resources and Services Administration<br>
presents an<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></b></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><i><font size=5
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;
font-style:italic'>Invitation to Join: <o:p></o:p></span></font></i></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=5
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold'>The
Patient Safety & Clinical Pharmacy Services<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=5
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Collaborative
(PSPC) 2.0<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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<p class=MsoCommentText align=center style='text-align:center'><b><i><font
size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-weight:bold;
font-style:italic'>This is an opportunity that you don’t want to miss!!<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></b></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>You are being invited to join a national breakthrough effort that has
been underway for over a year, transforming how communities deliver care to
patient populations with poor health status and high medication risk. A year of
action learning through the Patient Safety and Clinical Pharmacy Services
Collaborative (PSPC) has produced a knowledge and implementation platform that
your community can adapt and use today. You can use it to dramatically improve
the health status and safety of your patients with multiple chronic diseases,
high risk drug therapy, complex drug regimens and multiple care delivery
sites. In this collaborative you can rapidly take major practical steps
to provide patients integrated care in a primary healthcare home with sustainable
and measureable clinical pharmacy services. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) invites
community based teams of health care providers to join Version 2.0 of the
Patient Safety and Clinical Pharmacy Services Collaborative (PSPC 2.0).
The mission of this Collaborative, which is modeled after the Institute
for Healthcare Improvement’s Learning Collaboratives, is to advance the
delivery of world class care by spreading the integration of clinical pharmacy
services and patient safety principles to improve health outcomes in safety-net
populations.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>HRSA invites you to form a team with other health care organizations in
your community to take part in this exciting and unprecedented opportunity!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>The PSPC Participation Package is NOW available at <a
href="http://www.hrsa.gov/patientsafety">www.hrsa.gov/patientsafety</a>.
More information about PSPC and FAQs on the Participation Package are also
available at this website. The Participation Package can also be found on
the HRSA Knowledge Gateway at <a href="http://www.healthdisparties.net">www.healthdisparties.net</a>.
If you still have questions, please email <a
href="mailto:patientsafety@hrsa.gov"
title="blocked::mailto:patientsafety@hrsa.gov">patientsafety@hrsa.gov</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><u><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'><o:p><span style='text-decoration:
none'> </span></o:p></span></font></u></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><u><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Don’t delay, the deadline to
submit a completed Participation Packages is July 31, 2009! <o:p></o:p></span></font></u></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>HRSA looks forward to your participation in this transformational
effort that will greatly improve the quality of health care provided to
patients served by the nation’s healthcare safety-net providers!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Krista M. Pedley, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">PharmD</st1:City>,
<st1:State w:st="on">MS</st1:State></st1:place> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Health Resources and Services Administration</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on"><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>5600 Fishers Lane</span></font></st1:address></st1:Street><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>, Room
10C-03, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Rockville</st1:City>, <st1:State
w:st="on">MD</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">20857</st1:PostalCode></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>office: 301-443-5294
fax: 301-594-4982<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><a href="mailto:kpedley@hrsa.gov"><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>kpedley@hrsa.gov</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>“Committed to
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<p class=MsoNormal><em><b><i><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
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