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Partnerships Between Medicaid Programs and PBMs Will Shape Future of Health CareValue-based contracts can lower costs for payers, offer pharmaceutical companies valuable feedback about their therapies, and, ultimately, improve the quality of health care.
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Lawsuit by Deceased Man’s Estate Focuses on Opioid DispensingHad the pharmacy established safe opioid prescribing policies?
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Improving Transitions of Care for Patients With Acute Coronary Syndromes: A Focus on the Role of the Health System and Community Pharmacists on AdherenceThe intended audience for this activity consists of medical directors, pharmacy directors, pharmacy benefit managers, and other managed care professionals who are involved with the treatment of patients with acute coronary syndrome.
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Health-System Specialty Pharmacy Built to EvolveGrowing demand for specialty care, shifting prescriber habits, and new reimbursement models have forced stakeholders to adjust practices to optimize patient outcomes.
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Behavioral-Based Communication Improves Patient OutcomesNonadherence is linked to poor health outcomes, including a decreased quality-of-life, disease progression, and increased hospitalizations.
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Statin-Fenofibrate Combination Therapy in an ACCORD Population: A Retrospective AnalysisRetrospective analysis of a population meeting criteria for the ACCORD lipid trial supported adjunct fenofibrate in patients with reduced low-density lipoprotein cholesterol and elevated triglycerides.
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Pharmacosynchrony: Road Map to Transformation in Pharmacy Benefit ManagementPharmacosynchrony is the application of innovative clinical, analytic, and technologic pharmacy solutions to drive improved care coordination and higher-quality, more patient-centered care.
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How to Finance a Pharmacy AcquisitionGood credit, a minimal amount of cash, and the skill set to manage a small business are all it takes to purchase/finance a pharmacy.
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Simplify Discharge Education in 2018Patients are commonly discharged from acute rehabilitation units with many more medications than they were admitted with. This is an excellent opportunity for pharmacists to perform medication reconcilliation.
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Pharmacists Reaching Out in Diabetes: Optimizing Insulin Therapy Through Patient Engagement and ManagementThis Continuing Education activity is supported by an educational grant from Novo Nordisk.
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Statin-Fenofibrate Combination Therapy in an ACCORD Population: A Retrospective AnalysisRetrospective analysis of a population meeting criteria for the ACCORD lipid trial supported adjunct fenofibrate in patients with reduced low-density lipoprotein cholesterol and elevated triglycerides.
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Successful Implementation of Student-Driven Virtual Transitions of Care Model During the COVID-19 PandemicVirtual transitions of care services are a valuable and viable opportunity for students to progress to graduation and gain valuable experience in preparation for professional employment.
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Pharmacists Provide Contraception for Zika PreparednessTo protect more women from unintended pregnancy during the Zika crisis, pharmacists should be fully engaged and enabled to provide much-needed contraceptive services.
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OTC Case Studies: Respiratory HealthFour cases are presented for patients with respiratory conditions.
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Identifying and Properly Treating Hepatitis C Are Keys to a CureEducate patients about infection control, lifestyle changes, signs and symptoms, and ways to prevent transmission
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Rx Product News Profile: A Closer Look at New FDA Actions: GlaxoSmithKline's CervarixCervarix (human papillomavirus bivalent [types 16 and 18] vaccine, recombinant) was approved by the FDA for use in girls and women aged 10 to 25 for the prevention of cervical precancers and cervical cancer associated with oncogenic human papillomaviras types 16 and 18.
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What Are the Latest COVID-19 Treatment Recommendations?Guidelines, updated in nearly real time, recommend use of remdesivir, dexamethasone.
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Rx Product News Profile: A Closer Look at New FDA Actions: Novo Nordisk's VictozaNovo Nordisk's Victoza (liraglutide), the first glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist subcutaneous injection, received FDA approval for the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus.
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Edwin's Prescription Pharmacy: Servicing the Specialty Medication Needs of Long-Term Care PatientsOvercoming the challenges to meet the special needs of long-term care patients, this pharmacy provides a careful approach that provides positive results.
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Improving Compounding Safety: New Regulations and Options for Institutional InsourcingWith increasing regulatory oversight for sterile compounding and a limited ability to assure the quality of compounded sterile products obtained from external sources, many hospital pharmacies are moving to insource these products.
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Concepts in Acute Migraine Management: Clinical and Managed Care PerspectivesPatients, payers, providers, and employers are affected by misdiagnosis, undertreatment, and inappropriate management of migraine.
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Raising the Bar Through Education and Quality InitiativesFrom its creation, Diplomat University at Diplomat Specialty Pharmacy has been structured around its primary objective to provide a high-level of ongoing education to enable staff and partners to take the best possible care of patients.
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Urinary Tract Infections Affect Men as Well as WomenPharmacists can help male patients prevent, identify, and treat these bacterial conditions.
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Barriers to and Facilitators of Medication AdherenceThis study reports on barriers to and facilitators of medication adherence for asthma and diabetes patients who were both adherent and nonadherent to their medication regimen.
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Pain Management: A Review of Tramadol and Associated SeizureSeizures triggered by tramadol have been observed with higher and lower doses, and co-ingestion of alcohol, tricyclic antidepressants, antipsychotics, and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors.
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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.
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Dental Overprescribing of Opioids for Pain ManagementIn a recent study analyzing US commercial dental visits between 2011 and 2015, 29.3% of dental visits included opioid prescriptions that exceeded the recommended amount of less than 80 morphine milligram equivalents.
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Focus on Smoking Cessation During COVID-19: Review of Varenicline PharmacogenomicsPatients with current or former smoking status may be at an increased risk of severe illness due to COVID-19.
