Friday, June 6, 2014

Welcome to MPA's The Advocate

Michigan Pharmacists Association is Proud to Introduce The Advocate!

The Advocate is an online blog publication open to pharmacy professionals who are interested in receiving up-to-date information on current pharmacy issues that affect the practice of pharmacy in Michigan.

The Advocate is a perfect opportunity for us to engage each other and to learn more about your thoughts on issues affecting the pharmacy profession. We care about your feedback and want you to feel like your voice is heard!

Our goal at MPA is to keep you up-to-date on all current pharmacy issues. It is also our goal to ensure that you have a safe place to express your opinions on how issues and bills will impact or are impacting your practice.

Before we get started, it is important to note the type of community we hope to create through this blog. This online forum is a perfect opportunity for us to unite all members of the pharmacy profession with different interests and experiences. The beauty of engaging pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and all other pharmacy professionals across all practicing disciplines is the vast array of opinions. It’s not often that experts in pharmacy across practice areas are provided with an opportunity to engage with each other, which is the beauty of a blog. In order to make sure that The Advocate is a productive forum for opinion, we must first outline the expectations of the community:

Our Community, Our Commitment
Please join us in maintaining a professional, safe and respectful community by limiting commentary pertaining to the focus of our united effort, which is to support policy that keeps the patients we serve and the communities we serve safe while improving health care for all residents in Michigan.

MPA’s commitment to you:

  • All blog posts will be informative and respectful.
  • Through frequent monitoring, we will ensure that the communication exchanged on the blog is also informative and respectful.
  • We will post topics related to upcoming events, however, the focus of the content will be educational.

Please keep the content and comments posted within these guidelines:

  • Reply to blog features with respectful and informative comments.
  • Keep feedback appropriate, positive and open-minded.
  • Respect copyright and fair use policies.
  • Provide links to sources whenever necessary.
  • Be aware of patient privacy and confidentiality laws (HIPAA).
  • Avoid answering patient-specific questions publicly

Healthy discourse is important, as it helps us understand the motivations and intentions of others. However, we need to ensure that comments and posts are upstanding and preserve the distinguished profession of pharmacy. We reserve the right to remove any post or comment that violates any of the above guidelines, including:

  • Any content that is crude, rude, offensive , disrespectful or unprofessional
  • Any content that includes spam or sales information

We are so happy to have you join our online advocacy community. We hope that you find this opportunity as exciting and beneficial as we do. We look forward to advancing the profession through our advocacy efforts as united pharmacy professionals! Please let us know if you have any comments or concerns by contacting a member of our legislative team:


By sharing comments on our blog posts, you agree to abide by the terms and conditions stated above.

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