After being a founding member and having more than twenty years of active involvement in the LTPAC HIT Collaborative, Shelly Spiro, RPh, FASCP received the Collaborative’s Emeritus member designation. As an Emeritus member, we recognize her significant achievement and impact on the LTPAC sector. 

Shelly has advocated on behalf of her fellow pharmacists, and represented the Collaborative’s perspectives in testimony with federal partners. Her work with the leadership of the US Department of Health & Human Services’ (HHS’) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy/ Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ASTP/ONC), HIMSS, HL-7 and NCPDP, in particular, has advanced health IT and data standards. In 2024, she received the NCPDP Champion Award for this work. She remains our most vocal advocate on topics such as interoperability, standards, e-prescribing and other pharmacy issues.

Shelly has shared valuable policy insights from her roles as Executive Director of the Pharmacy HIT Collaborative and Co-Chair of NCPDP’s Work Group 14 – LTPAC. Through her leadership and mentorship, others have been inspired to join NCPDP workgroups providing crucial expertise to these efforts, and ensuring that the needs of long-term and post-acute care were addressed in that work.  Overall, Shelly’s incredible expertise in medication management, pharmacy, and data standards has shaped policies and regulations that define and promote consistent use of standards across the continuum of care.

The Collaborative is proud to designate Shelly Spiro, RPh, FASCP as Emeritus Member of the LTPAC Health IT Collaborative and we are grateful for her ongoing involvement and  leadership. 

Read more about Shelly’s work in the Collaborative here:

https://www.ltpachit.org/about#MemberReps

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