The Consultant Pharmacist is published by the
American Society of Consultant Pharmacists.

Features

Patient Confidentiality and Pharmacy Practice
Jack Justice
Pharmacists are facing growing challenges to balance the need to share information with patients' rights to privacy.

Taking the Lead in Pharmacist Education
Caren McHenry Martin
The ASCP/Eli Lilly and Company Leadership in Education Award recognizes the unique educational efforts of practicing consultant pharmacists.

Long-Term Care and Automated Pharmacy Systems: A Work in Progress
Kathleen Riley
The impressive capabilities of today's automated pharmacy systems are balanced by some difficult problems in implementation.

Long-Term Care Pharmacy Practice Standards
ASCP's Long-Term Care Pharmacy Practice Committee has developed a comprehensive set of "best practice" standards long sought by the nation's long-term care pharmacy providers.

C O N T E N T S
November 1997/Volume 12, Number 11
About the artist: This month's cover painting, an evocative autumn still life, is the work of Vanetta Parrett. Ms. Parrett is a resident of Leisure World, a retirement community in Silver Spring, Maryland.

Research and Reports

Consultant Pharmacist Assessment and Reduction of Fall Risk in Nursing Facilities
James Cooper
The author examines the effect of pharmacotherapy change recommendations by a consultant pharmacist on the risk of falls in a nursing facility population.

Consultant Pharmacist Assessment of Psychoactive Fall Injury Incidence and Costs Within the Nursing Facility
James Cooper
The author examines the costs of psychotropic and psychoactive medication-associated fall injuries in nursing home residents.

D E P A R T M E N T S
Bylines
Ralph Kalies

Letters
Deemed Status

Health Trends

ASCP Reports
Bayer Pharmaceuticals Chosen to Receive 1997 ASCP Hall of Fame Award

Calendar

Consultant Pharmacist Forum
"The Chronologically Gifted" Medication Errors Freedom from Pain

Close to Home
ASCP Helps to Educate Lawmakers on Pharmacists' Growing Role in Health Care

Federal Perspectives
Shalala Offers Guidance on Medical Records Privacy Legislation

Helpful Ideas
Recognizing and Rectifying Prescribing Errors

Instructions for Authors

Late Additions
Strong Showing for First Geriatric Pharmacy Certification Exam