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Convergence: Is Bigger Better?The power of the payer in the specialty space continues to grow in the era of health care consolidation.
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Acute Bronchitis and Rhinosinusitis: Perspectives From Antimicrobial StewardshipThe overuse of antimicrobials is associated with antimicrobial resistance, which is now a global crisis.
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Putting Pharmacies in Clinics: An Innovative Approach to Improving Medication AdherenceThe Practice Advancement Initiative from the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists seeks to transform how pharmacists care for patients by empowering the pharmacy team to take responsibility for medication-use outcomes."
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The Value of Integration in a Health System Specialty Pharmacy Hepatitis C ProgramIntegrated, coordinated care and access to the electronic medical record provide many unique opportunities to enhance overall care and decrease costs associated with hepatitis C therapy.
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The Challenge of Specialty Pharmacy: Mitigating Costs While Providing Quality CareThe cost of complex therapies is soaring, and the challenge is to deliver access to these medications in the most cost-effective and clinically appropriate site of service.
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Managing Complexity in OncologyRecently published data from a survey of commercial health plans reveal the latest trends and emerging strategies in oncology management.
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Bispecific Antibodies: The Next Generation of ImmunotherapyAdvances in biotechnology have improved the production and recombination of antibodies, leading to improvements in monoclonal antibody therapies.
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Adherence-Aiding Solutions: Scalable, Meaningful, and AffordableHealth care organizations harness technology in their quest to boost medication adherence.
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Diabetes: New and Emerging TherapiesApproximately 29.1 million individuals in the United States have diabetes, and an estimated 8.1 million cases are undiagnosed.
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Pharmacist Burnout: A Cry for a Transformative Approach to Traditional Pharmacy PracticePharmacists must juggle the delicate balance of integrating clinical services into traditional dispensing environments, while being forced into performance metrics set forth by corporate entities.
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Tech Duties Increase in Health SystemsTechnicians pick up administrative tasks so pharmacists can spend more time on direct patient care.
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Antimicrobial Stewardship: A Primer for Hospital PharmacistsThe CDC has reported that 20% to 50% of all antibiotics prescribed in US acute care hospitals are either unnecessary or inappropriate, resulting in avoidable adverse effects, bacterial resistance, and an increased incidence of infection.
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Repatha: A Lipid-lowering Monoclonal AntibodyEvolocumab, when used with diet, can be used as monotherapy or in combination with other lipid-lowering agents for the prevention of cardiovascular events.
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Buprenorphine Treatment Linked to Depression, Sleep DisruptionOpioid therapies are often prescribed for sleep disturbance due to their effect on multiple neurochemical pathways associated with sleep.
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Electronic Prescribing of Controlled Substances: A Tool to Help Promote Better Patient CareThis study presents the first information available regarding enablement and use by state and area characteristics of electronic prescribing of controlled substances by prescribers and pharmacy systems in from an e-prescribing network.
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Together Beyond COVID-19: A Look at the Future of the Pharmaceutical IndustryIn a short time, COVID-19 has increased our dependency on technology and pharmaceutical companies are actively investigating this digital transformation.
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340B Compliance: The Medicaid Exclusion File and Prevention of Duplicate DiscountsHealth care providers participating in the 340B program are prohibited from contributing to duplicate discounts, or the scenario that exists when a manufacturer provides a discounted 340B price and a rebate to Medicaid for the same drug.
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Antimicrobial Stewardship at the Tipping PointAntimicrobial stewardship programs have been around for some time. However, a tipping point has yet to be achieved where most hospitals and long-term care facilities have effective programs.
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Trends Associated with Implementing and Lifting a Pregabalin Step Therapy PolicyThis study examined the impact of a pregabalin step therapy policy on utilization and medical costs in Humana’s Medicare and commercial plans.
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Seven Essential Points to Position Specialty Pharmacies for Limited-Distribution AgentsPosition your specialty pharmacy to access limited distribution drugs.
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Growth Hormone Therapy Guidelines: Clinical and Managed Care PerspectivesCurrent treatment guidelines utilized by healthcare provider organizations and managed care organization insurance coverage policies for growth hormone therapy are reviewed.
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Jumping Through Hoops and Over HurdlesGaining approval from insurance companies for highly effective new hepatitis C virus treatments is fraught with challenges for patients.
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Acute Coronary Syndrome: How to Empower PatientsPatients with a new diagnosis of acute coronary syndrome often do not know a great deal about their disease, its treatment, or the lifestyle changes needed to prevent recurrence.
