For Immediate Release

Contact: John M. Martino
Phone Number:  (215) 895-1186
Date: 08/08/02

USP Names New Director of Clinical Quality and Research For Advanced Concepts USP

University of the Sciences in Philadelphia recently named Diana Papshev as the new director of clinical quality and research for Advanced Concepts USP, the strategic business unit of the University.  Dr. Papshev will be responsible for the clinical quality of all Advanced Concept's work product and deliverables to clients, for overseeing research initiatives, managing student clerkships and internships and for developing strategy for growth and participating in new business development.

For the past year she has served as Fellow in eBusiness and has proven to be an invaluable part of our team. Dr. Papshev, along with Michael Ross, Vice President of Strategic Business, has successfully launched a significant research project in ePrescribing that intends to evaluate the impact of ePrescribing on prescribing behavior from a perspective of a national managed care organization. In 2001, she completed a Managed Care Pharmacy Practice Residency at USP.  She has been published in the American Journal of Managed Care and the Journal of Managed Care Pharmacy, and presented posters at AMCP, ASHP, and PSHP. 

She received a Pharm.D at USP.

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