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Self-Administration of Intravenous MedicationsWith proper instruction from specialty infusion therapy providers, self-administration in the home setting is a feasible option for many patients and can greatly improve quality of life.
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Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors in Head and Neck Cancers Offer Different Treatment ApproachesGuidelines indicate that there are a number of treatment options for head and neck cancers.
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The Accreditation Difference: Excellence in Specialty Pharmacy Patient CarePharmacy accreditation programs can improve health care by providing standards by which to evaluate the quality of patient care services and by setting requirements for patient consultation, education, and documentation.
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How Automated Compounding Can Reduce Hospital CostsThe $200 million fund created to compensate victims of the 2012 meningitis outbreak tied to tainted drugs is an extreme example of how expensive compounding errors can be.
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US Cost-Effectiveness of Saxagliptin in Type 2 Diabetes MellitusSaxagliptin, in combination with metformin, provides a durable, well-tolerated, and cost-effective treatment option for patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus, from a US payer perspective.
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Driving Affordability, Patient Experience Across Practice SettingsMore than 25% of US patients have not filled a prescription or have reduced their prescribed dose because of high costs.
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Help Patients Manage HypertensionHigh blood pressure reduces heart function and worsens comorbidities such as diabetes, kidney disease, and vascular disorders.
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Precision Medicine and the Pharmacist’s Role as a Trusted Counselor in Specialty PharmacyThe placement of clinical pharmacists at the nexus of functional pharmacogenomics and in specialty pharmacy care makes good sense.
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Palliative Care: The Role of the PharmacistPharmacists are essential in developing an individualized treatment regimen for each patient.
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To D or Not to D: That Is the QuestionVitamin D encompasses a group of fatsoluble secosterols that are found in certain foods and supplements and can also be produced when synthesis of vitamin D is triggered after the sun’s ultraviolet rays touch skin.
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Local Health Care Partnerships Are Strongly Associated With Successful Enhanced Community Pharmacy ServicesIncorporating community pharmacists into team-based care models is recommended as a strategy for improving health care access and quality while reducing health care costs.
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Medication Use in Bariatric Surgery: Evaluation of Perioperative AdjustmentsA retrospective evaluation to assess whether medications for patients undergoing bariatric procedures are effectively optimized to ensure safe medication transitioning.
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Advocacy: An Essential Skill for the Modern Pharmacy StudentPeople have many reasons for wanting to become a pharmacist, ranging from personal encounters with pharmacists and witnessing experiences of friends and family members to stories they have read online about the profession.
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A Bright Future for Hospital PharmacyFor hospital pharmacies, the COVID-19 pandemic sparked an abrupt and intensive reevaluation of nearly every aspect of their operations.
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2010 Patient Advocate of the Year: Lisa Strucko2010 Patient Advocate of the Year Lisa Strucko makes patient care a top priority, expanding the clinical services of her pharmacy and counseling patients.
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Formulary Coverage for Antihypertensive Drugs Used in ChildrenDifferences in formulary coverage of antihypertensive medications for children between private and public insurance plans may impact physician prescribing practices and patient outcomes.
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Potential Gender Differences of Exenatide in Outpatients With Type 2 Diabetes MellitusIn outpatients with type 2 diabetes mellitus, persistent exenatide treatment lowered glycated hemoglobin and hyperglycemia in both genders. Waist circumference and body weight were more reduced in women.
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Hypertension: Promoting Adherence When a Condition Is "Silent"Educating patients about lifestyle changes, strict medication adherence, and home blood pressure monitoring can help them to avert complications from this often silent condition.
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How Will the Trump Administration Impact Specialty Pharmacy?The United States is in desperate need of an overhaul to the current health care system.
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Diabetes and Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter-2 InhibitorsDiabetes is a disease that affects a person's life each day by having a negative effect on quality of life and creating a financial burden for patients and families.
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Opioid Overdose and Naloxone Delivery Devices in the Community SettingAlthough naloxone delivery devices are proven to reduce opioid overdoses, challenges persist in increasing the use of these devices in the community setting.
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Utilization Impacts of New Oral Substitutes for Parenteral Cancer-Related TherapiesExamination of changes in utilization, dose adequacy, and duration associated with market entry of the oral chelator deferasirox as a potential substitute for parenteral deferoxamine.
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Management Q&A: The Health-System Pharmacy and Therapeutics CommitteeHow can a multisite health system create a system pharmacy and therapeutics committee (P & T) that is meaningful for its acute care hospitals and infusion centers?
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Medicare Part D Optimization: Potential Out-of-Pocket Savings Through Plan ReexaminationMedicare Part D plans can change their cost-sharing structure and formularies every year. As such, beneficiaries should annually reevaluate plan offerings to minimize their out-of-pocket costs.
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PharmD Students Cope With Transitions in the Wake of the COVID-19 PandemicThe COVID-19 pandemic rapidly pushed traditional face-to-face instruction within schools of pharmacy into a fully remote learning environment.
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Economic Outcomes of Warfarin Discontinuation Among Patients with Atrial FibrillationThis study seeks to determine the economic effects of warfarin discontinuation in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation.
