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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
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IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
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JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2013 | |
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S E N A T E R E S O L U T I O N | |
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CONGRATULATING THE UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND'S PHARMACY OUTREACH | |
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PROGRAM ON TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF COMMUNITY SERVICE | |
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Introduced By: Senator M. Teresa Paiva Weed | |
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Date Introduced: June 27, 2013 | |
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Referred To: Recommended for Immediate Consideration | |
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WHEREAS, The Pharmacy Outreach Program, located within the University of Rhode |
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Island’s College of Pharmacy, is celebrating its twenty-fifth year of continued service to Rhode |
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Island communities; and |
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WHEREAS, In 1988, the Rhode Island General Assembly awarded a grant to the URI |
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College of Pharmacy to provide pharmacy educational services on a full-time basis. This |
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Outreach Program now stands as a vibrant part of the state’s health information delivery |
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infrastructure thanks in great part to the incredible leadership and efforts of Professors E. Paul |
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Larrat and Rita Marcoux, who both helped initiate the program, as well as a cadre of talented staff |
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and energetic pharmacy students; and |
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WHEREAS, The Outreach Program has impacted the health of individuals and entire |
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communities throughout the Ocean State. With multiple sites in each county, the program reached |
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7,500 Rhode Island residents in 2012 alone, many of them members of the most medically |
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vulnerable populations. The program provides Rhode Island residents with an objective, free |
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source of information and education concerning medication, health, and financial resources. The |
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program makes available comprehensive prescription and over-the-counter reviews of |
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medications to help minimize the number of adverse drug events patients experience and increase |
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medication compliance. By involving pharmacy students, the program also helps ensure that |
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future Rhode Island pharmacists understand their patient populations and the health needs of |
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Rhode Island’s communities; and |
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WHEREAS, Since its establishment, the Pharmacy Outreach Program has resulted in |
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stronger community ties built between the staff of the College of Pharmacy and various Rhode |
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Island communities. By offering opportunities such as the signature Brown Bag Program within |
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Rhode Island’s communities and in neighborhood gathering sites, the Pharmacy Outreach |
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Program has reduced barriers to health care and eased the challenges experienced by busy |
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community practices; and |
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WHEREAS, In the face of all of the new and complex changes to our health care system, |
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it is imperative that organizations that work to improve Rhode Island’s public health and well- |
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being be commended for their selfless contributions; now, therefore be it |
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RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations |
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hereby recognizes and congratulates the University of Rhode Island’s College of Pharmacy on its |
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twenty-five years of success offering its Outreach Program. We commend all of the students and |
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staff who have supported the initiative over its existence and wish all involved many more years |
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of success in supporting better health for all Rhode Islanders; and be it further |
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RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is directed and authorized to |
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transmit duly certified copies of this resolution to Professors E. Paul Larrat and Rita Marcoux. |
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