William E. Fassett, Ph.D., R.Ph.
Title: Professor and Vice-Chair, Department of Pharmacotherapy, Washington State University College of Pharmacy
Education: B.S. Pharm., University of Washington, 1969; M.B.A., University of Puget Sound, 1983; Ph.D. (Leadership and Policy Studies), University of Washington, 1992.
Expertise: pharmacy law and ethics; higher education law and ethics; social and administrative sciences in pharmacy
Teaching: pharmacy law; patient safety; pharmaceutical ethics; entrepreneurship in pharmacy
Description: Dr. Fassett joined the WSU College of Pharmacy in July 1999 as Dean and Professor of Pharmacotherapy. He served as Dean for six years until May 2005 when he returned to full-time faculty work. Prior to accepting his appointment as dean at WSU, Dr. Fassett was professor and chair of pharmacy practice at Drake University in Des Moines, IA (1994-99), and was formerly associate professor of pharmacy at the University of Washington in Seattle. His academic discipline is in the Social and Administrative Sciences in Pharmacy, and his principal teaching activity is in pharmacy law and ethics.
Dr. Fassett also holds appointments as adjunct professor at the University of Washington School of Pharmacy, and at the University of Florida College of Pharmacy, where he teaches a graduate course in ethics in the UF’s masters program in pharmacy regulatory affairs.
He is a member of the American Pharmaceutical Association, the Washington State Pharmacy Association, and is treasurer of the American Society for Pharmacy Law. He is vice-president of the Spokane Pharmacy Association. Other memberships include the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, Phi Delta Kappa, Rho Chi Society, and Kappa Psi Pharmaceutical Fraternity.
Dr. Fassett is editor of the two official publications of the American Society for Pharmacy Law: Rx Ipsa Loquitur and Pharma-Law e-News. He is chair of the editorial panel on Law, Medicine and Ethics of the Annals of Pharmacotherapy, and serves on the editorial board of American Health & Drug Benefits.
He and his wife, Sharon, live on Five Mile Prairie in Spokane. They have two sons who live and work in the Puget Sound region of Washington and three grandchildren.
Recent Scholarship:
Books and Chapters.
Fassett WE. The law and the clinical practice of pharmacy. In: Stein SM, ed., Boh’s Pharmacy Practice Manual, 3rd Ed., 2009; New York: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
Stein SM, Fassett WE, Fortner J. Professionalism and pharmacy. In: Stein SM, ed., Boh’s Pharmacy Practice Manual, 3rd Ed., 2009; New York: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
Fassett WE. A technician’s guide to Washington pharmacy law. 2008; Spokane: Washington State University.
Fassett WE. Washington pharmacy law: A user’s guide. 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009; Spokane: Washington State University.
Fassett WE. An intern’s guide to Washington pharmacy law. 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008; Spokane: Washington State University.
Fassett WE and Brady LR. Medicinal drug. In: Eblen, RA and Eblen, WR, eds, The Environment Encyclopedia, Vol. 6, 2001; Tarrytown, NY: Marshall Cavendish.
Refereed Journals
Fassett WE, Phillips CR. Writing research articles on benefit design and policy. Amer Health Drug Benefits 2008 Oct; 1(8):1-3.
Fassett WE. Ethics, law, and the emergence of pharmacists’ responsibility for patient care. Ann Pharmacother. 2007;41:1264-7, Epub 26 Jun 2007. DOI 10.1345/aph.1K267. [Selected by editors to be reprinted by Medscape, http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/560058 , August 2007, and as the “Featured Article” for Medscape Pharmacists MedPulse®, week of 8/14/07.]
Fassett WE. Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005. Ann Pharmacother. 2006;40:917-24. Epub 25 Apr 2006. DOI 10.1345/aph.1G485. [Selected by editors to be reprinted by Medscape, http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/532889, June 2006.]
Haddad AM, Berger BE, Fassett WE, Ranelli PL, Buerki RA. Leading students to care: the use of clinical simulations in ethics -- reaction panel. Journal of Pharmacy Teaching 2005;12(1): 81-109.
Fincham JE, Harris CE, Fassett WE, Richards W. The over-the-counter availability of Plan B® emergency contraception: further discussion and commentary. The Annals of Pharmacotherapy 2005; 39(2):346-351.
Fassett WE. Single-patient trials, extemporaneously compounded products and pharmaceutical care. International Journal of Pharmaceutical Compounding 7(6):441-447, November/December, 2003.
Christensen DB, Neil N, Fassett WE, Smith DH, Holmes G, and Stergachis A. Frequency and characteristics of cognitive services performed by pharmacists in response to a financial incentive. Journal of the American Pharmaceutical Association 2000; 40(5): 609-618. [Paper awarded the 2002 Wiederholt Prize, APRS-ESAS section, American Pharmaceutical Association.]
Smith DH, Fassett WE, and Christensen DB. Washington State CARE Project: downstream cost changes associated with the provision of cognitive services by pharmacists. Journal of the American Pharmaceutical Association 1999; 39(5): 650.
Christensen DB, Holmes G, Fassett WE, Neil N, Andrilla CH, Smith DH, Andrews GA, Bell EJ, Hansen R and Stergachis AS. Influence of a financial incentive on cognitive services: CARE Project design and implementation. Journal of the American Pharmaceutical Association 1999; 39(5):629.
Abstracts and Reports
Fassett, WE. Impact of Washington’s Death with Dignity Act on pharmacy practice. Submitted to WSPA Board of Managers, November 7, 2008.
Fassett WE. Review of draft mandatory reporting rules (WAC 246-16-200), prepared for WSPA, November 19, 2007.
Fassett WE. The battle for patient access: the Washington state experience (abstract). J Am Pharm Assoc. 2007;47(2):271.
Fassett WE. Chain store policies and legal issues concerning legend drug transfers between pharmacies (abstract). J Am Pharm Assoc. 2006;46(2):276.
Fassett W, Hazlet T. Washington’s Uniform Health Care Information Act: a strong example of state laws that are not pre-empted by HIPAA (abstract). Journal of the American Pharmacists Association 44(2):300, March/April 2004.
Fassett WE, Asher-Thompson J, Boehmke K, Couture B, Dengerink H, Greenberg R, Savage S, Tate M. Achieving our Vision: World Class, Face to Face – Strategic Plan for Washington State University. Pullman, WA: Washington State University, January, 2002.
Hagel H, Bjornson D, Currie J, Fassett W, McDonough R, Rovers J, and Sobotka J. Development and Evaluation of a Pharmaceutical Care Implementation Model for Hospital Pharmacies: Final Report. West Des Moines, IA: Iowa Pharmacy Foundation, February, 1999.
Sponsored Projects
“AACP Special Session Support,” with L. MacLean (National Community Pharmacists Association, 2007).
“Continuing Professional Development State Pilots,” (PI for WSU portion of Washington State pilot) with Linda Garrelts MacLean and others (TEVA Neuroscience, Merck, Boeheringer Ingelheim, 2006-2008).
“Establishment of a Nuclear Pharmacy Graduate Certificate Program at WSU Tri-Cities,” with R. Quock (principal investigator) and L. James (selected for funding, USDOE, February, 2001).
" WSU/University of Chile Advance Practice Experience Exchange Program for Pharmacy Students,” (Internationalizing the Curriculum Mini-Grant Program, International Affairs, WSU, 2000).
" Estimation of Severity of Illness from Drug Claims Data,” with D. Bjornson (principal investigator), L. Larson, C. Phillips and K. Plake (Merck Human Health, 1999-2000).
" Drake/American Drug Stores Community Care Laboratory,” with S. Hoag (project director), R. Rospond and B. Tice. (American Drug Stores, Inc., 1998-2000).
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