We would like to thank everyone who took time to register with the ACCP PBRN. In addition, we would like to provide an update of our progress.

To date (as of July 31, 2012), the PBRN has 777 individual members. ACCP PBRN participants provide clinical pharmacy services an average of 6 half-days/week. This represents a total of 2934 half-days/week on the basis of individual pharmacist responses to our registry survey. For the 489 pharmacists who provide direct patient care, the median number of patients seen by our PBRN members each week is 42. This equates to 20,538 patient encounters by our PBRN clinical pharmacist members in 1 week and more than 1 million encounters annually.

Around 35% of ACCP PBRN members use scope of practice or collaborative care agreements. All the PRNs are represented. As such, the ACCP PBRN membership reflects a true cross-section of the ACCP membership, as shown in the table that follows.

ACCP PBRN Membership by PRN

Four hundred thirty-nine sites are registered in 50 states and 15 countries. About 47% of our ACCP PBRN members practice in an inpatient setting, 32% practice in an outpatient setting, and the remaining 20% practice in a managed care, community health center, long-term care, community pharmacy, government, or other setting. Eighty-five percent of practice sites are located in urban areas with populations of more than 500,000 people. Almost two-thirds of our members use electronic medical records, and virtually all have Internet and e-mail capabilities (86%).

The ACCP PBRN encourages interested investigators to contact the PBRN with their project ideas. In addition, the ACCP PBRN is available to support the practice-based research efforts of its membership. Contact us today with your comments and suggestions at [email protected].