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CEO Partners HealthCare SP, Inc

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Takeaways from NASP: The State of Pricing Reform Efforts and AI Decision Support in Specialty Pharmacy

The National Association of Specialty Pharmacy's annual meeting is one of the industry’s only conferences where all stakeholders can fully participate.



Raymond J, Hanson, Jr

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Homeopathic Products: A Growing Segment in OTC?

Homeopathy is becoming increasingly complementary to allopathic medicine.




Sabyasachi Ghosh, MS

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Predictors of Healthcare Costs After Initiating Dabigatran Versus Warfarin

The study found no mean difference in all-cause healthcare costs for patients with newly diagnosed nonvalvular atrial fibrillation initiating treatment with dabigatran versus warfarin.


Steven C. Anderson, IOM, CAE

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Students' Engagement Key to Making an Rximpact for Pharmacy

We know that the future of pharmacy rests in large part in the hands of pharmacy students.




Matthew Gitlin, PharmD

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Schizophrenia Costs for Newly Diagnosed Versus Previously Diagnosed Patients

Previously diagnosed schizophrenia patients have lower inpatient and higher drug costs compared with newly diagnosed patients, possibly indicating better control of their disease.


Pierce Gowan

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The Impact of Coronavirus on Pharmacy Students Beginning APPE Rotations

Student pharmacists across the country have had to adjust their expectations of what P4 year will look like.


Caitlin Malone, PharmD

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What Is the Pharmacist's Continued Role in Preventing Herpes Zoster?

Community pharmacists have become an integral part of the fight to prevent herpes zoster (shingles).


Elizabeth Shuster, MS

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Web Exclusive: Pharmacist Glycemic Control Team Associated With Improved Perioperative Glycemic and Utilization Outcomes

Implementation of a pharmacist-led glycemic control team was associated with improved glycemic control and utilization outcomes in a population of noncritically ill surgical patients.




Steve Adkins, PharmD

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Niche Services and the Road Less Taken

It's not enough to commit to change, you must commit to always changing: a life rule that this pharmacist has embraced.



Sarah Allen, PharmD Candidate

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Selecting Your APPE Rotations to Better Prepare for Residency Training

Selecting your Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experiences (APPEs) rotations can be both exhilarating and overwhelming.


Gregory R. Morris, General Manager, VirMedica, a CareMetx Company

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Case Study: Technology Provides Solution to Challenge with Annual Benefit Verifications

The ability to automate a medical benefit investigation is bringing new efficiencies to the hub and delivering better outcomes for providers, patients, and manufacturers.


Anna Chen, PharmD Candidate

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Weave Pharmacogenomics Drug-Gene Interactions Into MTM

Keep a critical eye on whether precautions should be taken or a change in therapy is warranted.


Stacey Maravent, PharmD, CPh, Andrea Murzello, PharmD

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Perspectives From Pharmacists, Educators on the Frontlines of COVID-19 Immunizations

As a majority of advanced pharmacy practice experiences need to include direct patient care, immunizing provides students an opportunity to provide this care along with consultation around the COVID-19 vaccine and adverse effects.


Julia A. Adams, PharmD Candidate

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Shared Decision Making Reduces Post-Hysterectomy Opioid Prescribing

Shared decision making is a tool used by health care professionals to educate more thoroughly, and communicate with their patients.


Caryn Belisle, RPh, Alka Patel, PharmD

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Shionogi Pharma's Kapvay

The FDA approved Kapvay (clonidine hydrochloride extended -release) as a monotherapy and adjunctive therapy for the treatment of attention- deficit/hyperactivity disorder in children and adolescents aged 6 to 17 years.



Erin M. Burns, PhD, MSPH

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How Pharmacies Can Improve Reimbursement for Oncology Drugs

Pharmacists can play a role in the drug reimbursement process for oncology products, which are among the most expensive of all pharmaceuticals.


Sara C. Erickson, PharmD

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Trends in High-Cost Generic Drug Utilization and Spend

The prevalence and proportion of spend on high-cost generic drugs is examined.


Stefanie Ferreri, PharmD, BCACP

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Nonprescription Medication Trends

Nonprescription medications provide $102 billion in value to the US health care system annually.


Pierce Gowan PharmD Candidate 2021

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Evaluating the Efficacy of Adjunctive Therapies Used to Treat COVID-19: The Role of Famotidine, Melatonin, and Thiamine

H2-receptor antagonists, melatonin, and thiamine are some of the adjuvant treatments being evaluated for patients with COVID-19 due to their various immune-enhancing properties and possible antiviral effects.


Lisa Scholz, Head of Industry Relations, Sentry Data Systems

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The Brave New World of 340B: Where Do We Go From Here?

It's been nearly a year since the new 340B payment rule implemented by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services went into effect.