Authors


General Manager, Specialty Pharmacy Solutions, McKesson Specialty HealthÂ

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Value-Based Care Requires Specialty Pharmacy Scale With Broad Capabilities to Deliver Enhanced Patient Services

Within the evolving value-based care environment, there is great opportunity for specialty pharmacies to help support this new payer transformation.


Robert Oscar, RPh

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mHealth Emerges as the New Essential Strategy for Specialty Pharmacies

Health care providers can utilize mobile health technology to provide patients with targeted adherence reminders and disease management guidance.



Kevin Odell, PharmD

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Impact of Co-Payment Discounts on Antidepressant Medication Adherence and Costs

A unique co-payment discount program for antidepressants was associated with higher antidepressant medication adherence, lower likelihood of discontinuation, and lower healthcare costs.




Brigitte Azzi, PharmD Candidate

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Did It Make a Sound? Becoming Leaders in an Era of Quality Care

For a positive impact to be made, the results of our research must be accessible to those who stand to benefit from it.


Katherine Heller, PharmD

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Unlikely Allies: Community Collaborations Galvanize the Asheville Project

Dr. Heller is an assistant professor of pharmacy practice and administration at Lloyd L. Gregory School of Pharmacy, West Palm Beach, Fla.


Chika Obi, PharmD Candidate

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Kcentra by CSL Behring

Kcentra is the first nonactivated 4-factor prothrombin complex concentrate for the urgent reversal of acquired coagulation deficiency induced by vitamin K antagonist therapy.



Louis Ledan, PharmD

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Navigating Paxlovid Interactions With Anticoagulants

Interactions between nirmatrelvir/ritonavir and direct oral anticoagulants is complicated, and a point of contrasting views between the US and EU medical communities.



Matthew K. Pickering, PharmD, RPh

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Gaps in Immunization Measurement

In the United States, vaccine-preventable diseases cause tens of thousands of deaths each year.


Lina Poindexter, PharmD Candidate

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The Community Pharmacist: Frontline Care Provider for Vaping

As more vaping cases are reported, patients may desire answers from their trusted providers.


Adam M. King, CPhT

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Understanding the Veterinary Patient

Currently pharmacists and pharmacy technicians have little to no formal education regarding our veterinary patients, although our responsibility to them is the same as our human patients.


Jennifer Benevicz, RPT

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Specialty Oncology Pharmacy Practices

A SORx CCS Program is the touchstone for all other SORx operations, and for clients, it is the face of the pharmacy. An efficient, personalized CCS staffed by highly motivated, registered pharmacy technicians results in very satisfied clients.


Danielle Haskins, PharmD Candidate

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Community Pharmacist Services: The Missing Link to Optimizing Medication Adherence

Failure to follow through on prescribed drug regimens is a common—and costly—problem: Of the 32 million adult Americans who take 3 or more medications daily, 75% are nonadherent.


Glenn Schulman, PharmD, MS, BCPS, BCG, BCIDP

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Prevention is Key for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Despite numerous treatment advances, early detection, public education, and smoking cessation are the best bets.


Jared Vineyard, PhD

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Attitudes, Barriers, and Perceptions Influence Naloxone Prescribing by Pharmacists

Evidence suggests that they are not actively using their prescriptive authority, but a new study aims to identify factors affecting their related behaviors.


Keri Hurley-Kim, PharmD, MPH

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Tackling Vaccination Hesitancy Unrelated to Medical Exemption

Ironically, it is often during times when vaccine-preventable disease rates are lowest that public opposition to them is most pervasive, and this certainly seems to be the case with contemporary antivaccination movements in the United States.


Todd Berner, MD

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Persistence With Mirabegron Versus Tolterodine in Patients With Overactive Bladder

In a retrospective analysis of the Optum database, overactive bladder patients treated with mirabegron bladder patients persisted longer with treatment than patients treated with tolterodine, and had reduced resource utilization and costs.


Sylvia R. Brown, 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.


Erin Thompson, PharmD, BCPS, BCACP

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Drug for Relapsing Forms of Multiple Sclerosis Pulled from Market

Biogen and AbbVie recently announced a voluntary, worldwide withdrawal of daclizumab (Zinbryta®).



James Blackmer, PharmD, MPA, MS

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Fostering Rapid Innovation During a Time of Crisis

Promoting an environment that allows for rapid problem-solving and execution under high stress is essential to face problems that are poorly understood and yet require rapid change.



Erin Albert, PharmD, JD, MBA

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The Career Game Changers of Pharmacy

Which game will your pharmacy career resemble: Risk, Cranium, Chutes and Ladders, or Candy Land?


Daksha Potnis, PharmD

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Drug-Induced Liver Injury in Children: Atomoxetine and Nonstimulants for ADHD

Mechanisms of drug-induced liver injury in children, case reports of atomoxetine-induced liver injury in children, and nonstimulant options for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.


Alexandra Coults, PharmD Candidate

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Prescriptions for Man, and Man's Best Friend

Veterinary pharmacy is a difficult field. Pharmacists must judge if the prescribed dose is appropriate for the pet, based upon age, gender, species, and indication.


Joseph Adelufosi, PharmD Candidate

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Breast Cancer: the Clinician's Involvement

For many women, the fear of breast cancer is always present.