Making the jump from retail to specialty pharmacy.
Pharmacists should develop treatment plans with an active interdisciplinary team and patient involvement.
This Continuing Education activity is supported by an educational grant from Philips Respironics, Inc.
Several efforts are underway nearly a year after the Trump administration released its blueprint to lower drug prices in May 2018, but tracking their outcomes depends on what metric is used to define drug prices, according to a session at the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy Managed Care & Specialty Pharmacy Annual Meeting, held March 25-28 in San Diego, California.
Mental illness affects tens of millions of people in the United States each year. However, overall, only about half of those affected receive treatment.
Vaccination with trivalent live attenuated versus inactivated influenza vaccine in children aged 2 to 17 years is cost saving or cost-effective depending on the severity of the influenza season.
With national brand recognition and expert support, pharmacy franchise owners reach more patients.
A controlled trial of a system for rectifying and preventing drug-related problems was conducted to evaluate improvement in the efficiency of resource utilization.
This study reports on barriers to and facilitators of medication adherence for asthma and diabetes patients who were both adherent and nonadherent to their medication regimen.
Pharmacists and physicians can now use pharmacogenomic test results to help choose safer and more effective medications for their patients.
There are many benefits to adopting and integrating new technological methods for hosting pharmacy organization events.
A patient with CLL relies on his pharmacy team for support.
Adherence to risperidone long-acting injection (RLAI) therapy in the outpatient setting was poor. Degree of discharge planning from inpatient hospitalization was not associated with RLAI adherence.
But meeting regulatory requirements may entail a great deal of financial expertise and time.
Antimicrobial stewardship programs (ASPs) are often tasked with addressing a wide scope of antimicrobial misuse with limited resources.
The impact of the community pharmacist on insulin therapy is explored.
Community Health Network of Indianapolis and Walgreens are leveraging each other’s strengths to design and implement programs.
Despite universal recommendations for clinicians to routinely immunize 11-to-12 year olds against human papillomavirus (HPV), Healthy People 2020 reports that only 28% of girls and 7% of boys complete the series.
Two interactive case studies for the October 2020 issue of Pharmacy Times.
The hepatitis B virus (HBV) is spread through contact with infected blood or bodily fluids, usually passing into a host via damaged skin (eg, lesions, needlesticks) or mucous membranes, such as the eyes or genitalia.
With expanding pharmacy practice, it is time to explore conflict management, and its necessity in this current climate.
According to the results of a nationwide survey conducted among clinical pharmacists, too many working hours is the major factor causing burnout, followed by inadequate management.
Breakthrough pain estimates vary, but as many as 50% of patients diagnosed with cancer and chronic pain have pain levels that are not adequately controlled
This article reviews current drug therapies for heart failure and therapy integration into a patient care framework improving patient adherence, quality of life, and decreased risk of readmission to acute care facilities.
This study assessed the impact of initiating hyaluronic acid injections on pain management pharmacotherapies utilization patterns in patients with knee osteoarthritis.