11/21/2002

GREBE RECEIVES AWARD

Heidi Grebe of Traverse City was awarded the Michigan Society of Health-System Pharmacists (MSHP) Professional Practice Award at the MSHP Annual Meeting Nov. 8 in Lansing, Mich. The award consists of a plaque, a $300 stipend and a one-year paid membership in MSHP.

With this award, MSHP recognizes and honors a deserving pharmacist for his or her involvement and participation in an innovative pharmacy project that contributes to professional practice.

Grebe was given the award for her work with the development and running of a pharmacy anticoagulation clinic at Munson Medical Center in Traverse City. This clinic has been in existence for approximately three years. The clinic currently has about 150 patients and with the recent addition of a pharmacy technician, expects to grow to about 350 patients within the next year. In addition to seeing patients in her clinic, Grebe has counseled hundreds of patients over the phone about anticoagulation issues.

Grebe's caring attitude, endless patience, skill as a pharmacy practioner and willingness to take a chance on an innovative pharmacy program have enabled her to touch the lives of a significant number of northern Michigan patients. She has contributed greatly to the health awareness of those patients and their caregivers. In doing so, she has not only made their lives better, but has shown patients and other healthcare professionals the value of pharmacy and the value of a clinical pharmacy practioner.

MSHP is a practice section that consists of more than 500 of MPA's 3,600 members. Since its founding in 1883, MPA has been a leader in the professional and scientific advancement of pharmacy and in safeguarding the well-being of the individual patient in Michigan.

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