What is AMCP all about?

[SeekerofTruth]

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What do pharmacists involved in AMCP do? Is it all business oriented because that is my initial impression. What is the difference between AMCP and SSHP?

 

[croquemonsieur]

What they do is formulary management. Hope that means something to you.

 

[Rockinacoustic]

AMCP looks at medication management from the cost effective perspective- so yes, formulary management is a valuable tool that utilizes this principle. The organization takes a very "macro" look at patient care- advocating for MTM reimbursement, healthcare reform, etc.

Pharmacists in AMCP range from those working in MCOs & PBMs to MSLs working for Pharma. So yes, managed care is "business" oriented, but very clinical and as well.

 

[SeekerofTruth]

I read in a pamphlet from AMCP that they also take part in outcomes research. I thought that that had to do with clinical trials for drugs.

 

[SeekerofTruth]

What are the thoughts on paying for a professional organization membership? Why not simply join the pharmacy school chapter and be active in that?

 

[BidingMyTime]

I read in a pamphlet from AMCP that they also take part in outcomes research. I thought that that had to do with clinical trials for drugs.

That refers to following up to see if the treatment therapy/protocol had the intended/beneficial effect and how compliant the patient is being with the treatment therapy/protocol. The idea is to have "standardized" treatment protocols with proven efficacy.