Center for Innovative Pharmacy Solutions

SOP Collaborates with emocha to Offer Comprehensive Clinical Adherence Solution

October 16, 2019

Leaders in technology and pharmacy collaborate to offer the first technology-enabled adherence solution to fight the country’s deadliest chronic diseases.

Associate Dean Honored with National Creativity in Practice and Education Award

April 5, 2019

Dr. Magaly Rodriguez de Bittner recognized for her dedication to fostering interdisciplinary team programs, projects, and models that focus on the improvement of health care.

SOP Joins Community Initiative to Advance Health Care in West Baltimore

February 26, 2019

Pharmacists in the School’s e-Health Center will leverage state-of-the-art telehealth technologies to provide in-home, comprehensive medication reviews to patients.

SOP Joins UM Quality Care Network on Telehealth Grant

February 5, 2019

Grant from the Maryland Health Care Commission leverages cutting-edge telehealth technologies to improve health outcomes for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

SOP’s Rodriguez de Bittner Installed as Trustee for American Pharmacists Association

April 11, 2018

New role offers opportunity to help the association achieve its mission to lead the pharmacy profession and equip members for their role as the medication expert in team-based, patient-centered care.

UMB Opens Interprofessional Clinic in Prince George’s County

December 12, 2017

The schools of pharmacy, nursing, social work, and law at the University of Maryland, Baltimore are collaborating at a clinic that improves continuity of care for patients discharged from UM Prince George’s Hospital Center.

SOP Partners with UM Quality Care Network to Expand Pharmacy Services

May 16, 2017

Collaboration will allow pharmacists from the School to provide services and medication management support to approximately 125,000 patients.

Rodriguez de Bittner Named Inaugural UMMS Population Health Fellow

August 19, 2016

Year-long fellowship will focus on the evaluation of new health care delivery systems and factors that affect decision making by health system leadership.

Rodriguez de Bittner Receives APhA’s Pinnacle Award for Career Achievement

September 18, 2015

Award honors pharmacy practitioners who have demonstrated exceptional leadership in enhancing health care quality and medication use among patients throughout their careers.

School of Pharmacy Hosts UMB’s First CER-PCOR Summer Institute

September 17, 2015

Week-long workshop featured presentations, panel discussions, and other activities designed to broaden participants’ knowledge of comparative effectiveness research and patient-centered outcomes research.

SOP Names An Associate Dean for Clinical Services and Practice Transformation

September 8, 2015

Dr. Magaly Rodriguez de Bittner will work with the School’s leadership to cultivate and advance innovative clinical practice and practice-based research initiatives across the University and beyond.

New CE Partnership with MedChi Focuses on Physician Dispensing in Maryland

February 3, 2015

To help satisfy requirements of new state law, the School’s Center for Innovative Pharmacy Solutions will provide continuing education for physicians who wish to dispense medications at their practices.