@article{2cba2fc2137346a0880ee0640efb50d9,
title = "Aligning the AACP strategic engagement agenda with key federal priorities in health: Report of the 2016-17 argus commission",
abstract = "The Argus Commission identified three major federal priorities related to health care, including the precision medicine initiative, the Cancer Moonshot and the opioid abuse epidemic. Current activities at the federal level were summarized and an analysis of activities within the profession, and academic pharmacy specifically, was prepared. The implications for pharmacy education, research and practice are compelling in all three areas. Recommendations, suggestions and two policy statements aim to optimize the attention to these priorities by the academy. Further, aligning the AACP Strategic Engagement agenda with the opportunities and threats acknowledged in the analysis is essential.",
keywords = "Cancer, Curriculum, Opioid abuse, Opioid misuse epidemic, Pharmacogenomics, Precision medicine, Research collaboration, Substance abuse disorder",
author = "Brian Crabtree and Bootman, {J. Lyle} and Boyle, {Cynthia J.} and Patricia Chase and Peggy Piascik and Maine, {Lucinda L.}",
note = "Funding Information: According to the 2015 AACP Faculty Research Grant Database, over $45 million in National Cancer Institute (NCI) grants had been awarded in current year funding to cancer researchers at colleges and schools of pharmacy. Their research spanned the array of Cancer Moonshot priorities, from prevention to new treatment modalities and managing adverse effects of cancer treatment. While other agencies make awards for cancer-related research, those funding sources pale in comparison to the $5 billion dollar budget for extramural and intramural awards plus the administrative costs of running the NCI. Funding Information: The pharmacy profession is responding to the epidemic through national pharmacy organizations, state and national advocacy, and front-line patient care. The American Pharmacists Association (APhA) hosts the Opioid Use, Abuse, and Misuse Resource Center24 on www.pharmacist.com which is supported by a grant from Purdue Pharma, L.P. Community-based pharmacists know all too well the need to balance access to opioids for those who need them to control pain with the legal requirements and nonpharmacologic strategies which may offer relief. Funding Information: The College of Psychiatric and Neurologic Pharmacists (CPNP) offers pharmacists the guide “Opioid Use Disorders: Interventions for Community Pharmacists” which is supported by the American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry under a grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.25 There are many other examples of worthwhile projects and initiatives, but largely missing are the coordinated efforts, front-page impact, and consistent leadership to leverage pharmacists{\textquoteright} expertise in patient health and safety, community health, legislative advocacy, and pharmaceutical supply chain logistics. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2017, American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy. All rights reserved.",
year = "2017",
doi = "10.5688/ajpeS15",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "81",
journal = "American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education",
issn = "0002-9459",
publisher = "American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy",
number = "8",
}