Pharmacists with Bassett Medical Center and Fox Hospital Achieve Special Board Certification
Cooperstown, N.Y. – Amanda Mcfee-Winans, Pharm.D., Bassett Medical Center, and Maia Terry Decker Pharm D, Clinical Pharmacy Coordinator, A.O. Fox Hospital, have passed the board certification exam for Pharmacotherapy Specialist. Only about 7,000 pharmacy professionals world-wide have been both credentialed and able to pass the rigorous examination process to achieve this designation.
Pharmacotherapy is defined by the Board of Pharmacy Specialties as that area of pharmacy practice that is responsible for ensuring the safe, appropriate, and economical use of drugs in patient care. The pharmacist as a pharmacotherapy specialist has advanced responsibility for direct patient care, often functions as a member of a multidisciplinary team and is frequently the primary source of drug information for other health care professionals. Achieving the Board Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist (BCPS) designation is a distinct honor.
About Bassett Healthcare Network
Bassett Healthcare Network is an integrated health care system that provides care and services to people living in an eight county region covering 5600 square miles in upstate New York. The organization includes six corporately affiliated hospitals, as well as skilled nursing facilities, health centers and health partners in related fields. Bassett Medical Center, the foundation of the network, is an acute care inpatient teaching facility in Cooperstown that provides a wide range of specialty care. The medical center offers postgraduate residency training programs in Medicine and Surgery and maintains a strong academic program through its affiliation with Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. Acute inpatient care is also provided at the following Bassett-affiliated hospitals: O'Connor Hospital in Delhi, Cobleskill Regional Hospital, Little Falls Hospital, and A.O. Fox Hospital in Oneonta. A fifth affiliate, Tri-Town Regional Hospital in Sidney, provides 24/7 emergency care as well as lab and radiology services.
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