Authors


Jillian Foster, PharmD, MBA

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Management Q&A: The Health-System Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee

How 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?


Justin Seo, PharmD

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Medicare Part D Optimization: Potential Out-of-Pocket Savings Through Plan Reexamination

Medicare 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.


Jason K. Wallace, PhD

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PharmD Students Cope With Transitions in the Wake of the COVID-19 Pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic rapidly pushed traditional face-to-face instruction within schools of pharmacy into a fully remote learning environment.


Younos Abdulsattar, P

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Economic Outcomes of Warfarin Discontinuation Among Patients with Atrial Fibrillation

This study seeks to determine the economic effects of warfarin discontinuation in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation.


Rebecca Burkholder, JD

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It's the Patient, Stupid: The Center of Value-Driven Care

Care delivery is shifting to models that reward patient engagement and ensure that their voices are heard by the health care team.



Antranig Dereyan, Associate Editor

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Pharmacy Students Provide Assistance to Clinic in Ghana

Students at Cedarville University School of Pharmacy are helping out the Cedar Medical Clinic in Ghana by raising money for equipment and creating formularies.


Jennifer Berg, PharmD, Gregory Stajich, PharmD

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Atypical Antipsychotic-Induced Type 2 Diabetes

Patients with schizophrenia and other disorders who take atypical antipsychotics should be monitored for an increased risk for diabetes.



Robert Dufour, PhD

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Understanding Predictors of Opioid Abuse: Predictive Model Development and Validation

This study developed and tested predictive models of opioid abuse using Humana commercial membership data that were subsequently tested in the Truven commercial data set.



Nivedita Kohli RPh, MPBA Candidate

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Hub Services: Help or Hindrance

With the evolution and growth of specialty pharmacies, so too did services provided by hubs and the places where they were situated.


William H. Shrank, MD, MSHS

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Outcomes of a Specialty Pharmacy Program for Oral Oncology Medications

Our research focuses on the clinical and economic outcomes of patients receiving care from a payer-designated specialty pharmacy program compared with regular retail pharmacies.


Gianna Melillo

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Italian Study Finds Cost of Migraine Treatment Higher for Women, Elderly

The authors concluded that costs were significantly higher for women with migraines than men and that costs resulting from migraine treatment increased as the patients got older.


Katie Taylor, PharmD, BCPS

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Pharmacists Can Play Key Role in Drug Repurposing

Pharmacists should be aware of what drug repurposing is and how it occurs as due to the vast amount of opportunities that exist.


Nancy Brown, Chief Executive Officer, American Heart Association

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Heeding the Warning of Childhood Obesity, a Major Health Threat to Our Youngest Generation

Today's youth risk becoming the first generation not to outlive their parents. It is not too late, however, to halt and reverse this trend.



Rusty Hailey, PharmD, DPh, MBA, FAMCP

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MTM Spotlights Pharmacy's Patient Counseling Role

Pharmacists are in the perfect position to influence patients and improve outcomes with medication therapy management.


Marc L. Leib, MD, JD

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The Appropriateness of Use of 3 Classes of Psychotropic Medications in Children and Adolescents

For the majority of children and adolescents receiving a psychotropic medication there is a valid medical diagnosis.



Dawn Knudsen, PharmD, CGP

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How Medications Impact Libido

Medications that influence libido have mechanisms that affect the biologic or hormonal processes responsible for sexual arousal, and often affect patients' quality of life.


Terri Warholak, PhD

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The Appropriateness of Use of 3 Classes of Psychotropic Medications in Children and Adolescents

For the majority of children and adolescents receiving a psychotropic medication there is a valid medical diagnosis.





Jerry Wolf, RPh

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Average Manufacturer Price: Pharmacy Reimbursement Under the Microscope

This expert analysis and rich historical perspective on AMP offers valuable insights into the new AMP Proposed Rule and how it affects specialty pharmacy.



Gordon J. Vanscoy, PharmD, MBA, CACP

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Specialty Pharmacy Today: Improving the Lives of Patients With Rare Diseases Through Orphan Drug Management

The specialty pharmacy marketplace has quickly become the primary dispenser of most therapies for orphan conditions.


Hannah Lutz, University of Wyoming, PharmD Candidates 2021, Tracy Mahvan, PharmD, MBA, BCGP

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Managing COVID-19 at Home: A Toolbox

Helpful patient education suggestions for the successful management of COVID-19 at home and when it is appropriate to seek medical attention.


Amanda Warren

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Patients with ADHD May Share Medication

Many patients with ADHD report peers seeking nonmedical prescription stimulant use.