2013 Midyear Conference June 13-15 The Brown Hotel Louisville American Society for Automation in Pharmacy 492 Norristown Road, Suite 160 Blue Bell, PA

2013 Midyear Conference

June 13-15 • The Brown Hotel • Louisville

American Society for Automation in Pharmacy

492 Norristown Road, Suite 160 • Blue Bell, PA 19422

www.asapnet.org • 610/825-7783 • Fax:610/825-7641




ASAP Midyear Report

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ASAP Midyear Report– Membership

600 individuals– 190 corporations and organizations

– Finances Generally consistent and sufficient

ASAP Midyear Report ASAP Board Members Vendor Category

Tammy Devine (QS/1) President

Clarence Lea, R.Ph. (Lagniappe) Vice President

Tim Tannert, R.Ph. (SoftWriters)

Chuck Welch (Speed Script) Secretary/Treasurer

Chain Category

Fred Floyd, Pharm.D. (Costco)

Institutional Category

Jim Moncrief (Advanced Pharmacy)

Independent Category

Tim Davis, Pharm.D. (Beaver Health Mart Pharmacy)

American Society for Automation on Pharmacy






ASAP Midyear Report ASAP PMP Activities

– XML version of v4.2 has been developed

– A Few Facts About the ASAP Standard (Every State Uses) It does not change frequently — last update Sept. 2011

No changes anticipated in foreseeable future

Changes made over the years to improve data quality

Done at request of PMPs

Very little difference between 4.1 and 4.2

Vast majority of states now using either 4.1 or 4.2

Several states are moving to 4.2 in order to get BJA grant money

4.1 and 4.2 can be used for real-time transmission

ASAP Midyear Report ASAP PMP Activities (continued)

– Web Service standard for bidirectional electronic connectivity between Pharmacies, Prescribers, and PMPs

Includes Ad Hoc Query and Automated Poll Query

Addresses use of “Pick Lists” to ensure correct Person of Interest

Includes sample program to implement

All stakeholders represented in the development process

States want to increase usage of the data. Convenient access should increase usage — this is what the standard addresses

Low cost to implement should appeal to state PMPs

Rounds out suite of standards: 4.2, Error Reports, Zero Reports

– Bill and Will will be attending the Harold Rogers PMP meeting in September (Washington, D.C)




ASAP Midyear Report Other Activities

– Bill serves as co-chair of Workgroup 4 for the Pharmacist Collaborative (formerly Pharmacist Services Technical Advisory Coalition PSTAC)

– Collaborative actively involved in AMA CPT code development

– Workgroup 4 developed three implementation guides for the HL7 Functional Profile: Community Practice, LTC, and Hospital

– Community Practice IG to be published shortly

– IG makes a single logical health record, as defined by HL7, more realistic and less ambiguous — scaled back for a more reasonable effort to implement

– ASAP MTM Information Exchange Standard published in 2009 to be reviewed for updating (OutcomesMTM now uses this standard)

– Value of Technology Analysis, published in 2009, to be reviewed for updating







ASAP Midyear Report Next Conference

2014 Annual Conference

The Ritz-CarltonAmelia Island

January 16 - 18

Documents

2013 Midyear Conference June 13-15 The Brown Hotel Louisville American Society for Automation in Pharmacy 492 Norristown Road, Suite 160 Blue Bell, PA