Lauren Ford Earns Ambulatory Care Pharmacist Certification

Congratulations to Lauren Ford, PharmD BCACP, a clinical pharmacist at the Infirmary, on becoming a Board Certified Ambulatory Care Pharmacist.

The purpose of the BPS Board Certified Ambulatory Care Pharmacist (BCACP) program is to validate that the pharmacist has the advanced knowledge and experience to optimize patient outcomes by:

  • Providing team-based, patient-centered ambulatory care to integrate prevention and care of both acute illnesses and chronic conditions, and to optimize medication and health-related outcomes;
  • Identifying, evaluating, and applying key ambulatory literature to ensure optimal patient-specific and population-based health; and
  • Supporting ambulatory care practice through collaboration, education, and practice transformation.