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Outlook for Health System-Based Specialty Pharmacy in 2022 and BeyondWith integrated specialty pharmacies enabling health systems to improve patient outcomes and lower total medical costs, every hospital will need a solution to support the growing number of patients on outpatient specialty medications.
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Treatment-Free Remission in Chronic Myeloid LeukemiaTargeted therapies have greatly improved patient outcomes over the past 20 years.
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Improving Hypertension Management: Home Blood Pressure Monitoring and Medication AdherenceOne of the most important drivers of a patients’ uncontrolled hypertension is medication nonadherence.
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Behind the Counter Codeine Preparations Require Diligent CareIt is the role of the pharmacist to ensure patients are adequately counseled on the adverse effects and potential harms of codeine.
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Pharmacy Technician Role ExpandsThe COVID-19 pandemic has created challenges and opportunities, and this requires agility and flexibility.
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Integrating Biosimilars Into Retina and Neurology Practices Requires Careful PlanningSuccessfully integrating biosimilars into practices requires careful planning and execution, as they impact virtually all aspects of a practice.
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Are Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria the Next Global Health Crisis?The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the importance of managing infections properly globally and the need for stewardship networks among partners.
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HSV Offers Promising Target for Preventive, Therapeutic VaccinesVaccination provides an opportunity to prevent and treat herpes simplex virus infection.
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California Requires State Universities to Offer Access to Medication Abortion on Campus32 public colleges with combined enrollment of more than 700,000 students must comply with law by January 2023.
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Addition of Tremelimumab-actl to Durvalumab-Based Regimen May Broaden Clinical Activity in uHCC, mNSCLCBoth indications for the CTLA-4 inhibitor were approved by the FDA in 2022.
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The Not So New Role of Pharmacists: No Longer an Overlooked Health Care ProviderPharmacists are critically important in care delivery in their ability to influence patient success, patient-reported outcomes, and quality of life while reducing the burden on physicians and their clinical support teams.
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Making Residency Research Projects Patient Centered: How Retrospective Research Can Significantly Impact Cancer CareThrough recognizing the importance of research in the scope of pharmacy practice by national pharmacy organizations, research can become a prominent role and responsibility of pharmacy.
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Managing AEs With BTK Inhibitors in CLLLisa Nodzon, PhD, ARNP, AOCNP; Katie Tobon, PharmD, BCOP; and Javier Pinilla-Ibarz, MD, PhD, share insight on strategies for the monitoring and management of BTK inhibitor–associated toxicities in CLL and review the importance of a multidisciplinary approach to treatment.
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Understand Links Between RSV, Pediatric Asthma, and COVID-19RSV can exacerbate asthma development by causing damage to the tissue in the airways, promoting inflammation and increasing airway hyper-responsiveness
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There Is a Need for Better CIN Therapies to Prevent Cervical CancerMethods of treating cervical intraepithelial neoplasia are limited and invasive. The need for better treatments is clear; however, there are several promising therapies under development.
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Fourth-Year Pharmacy Students Help Patients and Practitioners in Transitional CareStudents are being exposed to new patient experiences through collaboration with practitioners.
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Pharmacists Can Make a Difference in Antibiotic Stewardship at DischargePharmacist-led discharge stewardship initiatives have shown promising results.
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Drugflation Is Soaring, But It Can Be TamedUnbridled drugflation, or a point-in-time measure of the rising cost of pharmacy benefits, is taking its toll on corporate bottom lines and household budgets.
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Effects of IVIG Treatment and Neurofilament Light Chains as Prognostic Indicators of Guillain-Barre SyndromeResponse to intravenous immunoglobulin treatment and analysis of neurofilament light chains in patients could be used as prognostic indicators of Guillain-Barre syndrome.
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Case Study: Pharmacist Management of Inappropriate Prednisone Dosing Triggered By AsthmaHolistic and compassionate counseling by a pharmacist and pharmacy-interns on-duty over weekends could positively impact patient lives, especially for older adults and economically disadvantaged patients.
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Postnasal DripExperts answer questions to help provide relief for those suffering with postnasal drip.
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Sonidegib, a Hedgehog Signaling Pathway Inhibitor for Locally Advanced Basal Cell CarcinomaSonidegib binds to and inhibits a transmembrane protein to disrupt hedgehog pathway signal transduction and leading to antitumor activity in patients with locally advanced basal cell carcinoma.
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Cell Separation is a Catalyst for Transforming Cancer Therapies, AccessibilityMicrobubble cell separation can make next generation treatments, such as CAR T-cell therapy, more accessible.
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Pharmacist-led Primary Care Team Improves Clinical Outcomes in Severe Mental IllnessThis approach may help prevent premature deaths attributed to preventable or treatable cardiovascular disease.
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In-Office Infusion Offers OpportunityPatient financial/co-pay assistance is usually a component of providing infusion services and practices need to make sure it’s carefully managed to prevent financial hardship to patients.
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Multidisciplinary Approach is Critical for Biosimilar Implementation, OptimizationHealth systems must have a flexible workflow in place to allow the use of non-preferred agents to accommodate payer demands and reduce financial toxicity.
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Recognizing the Important Work of Pharmacists as Immunizers During World Immunization WeekEach time a pharmacist immunizes a patient against one of the 27 infections for which a safe and effective vaccine exists, the profession continues to protect communities against diseases that wreaked havoc on generations.
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Help Patients Understand Drug Expiration DatesUse basic knowledge of medications to be the first line of defense in ensuring safety and maintaining pharmacy workflow.
