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By Stephen F. Eckel, PharmD, MHA, BCPS, FASHP, FAPhA

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Making the Most of the ASHP Midyear

The editor of the Pharmacy Times Health-System Edition offers pointers on getting as much as you can out of the 2013 ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting.


Jerry Meece, RPh, FACA, CDE

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Overcoming Barriers to Insulin Therapy

Pharmacists have an important role to play in dispelling myths about the use of insulin in effectively treating diabetes.



Nirmal K. Ghuman, PharmD, MPH

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Trends in Medication Utilization and the Cost of Treatment for Gout

With new drugs in the pipeline and the impact of updated FDA drug safety policies on colchicine, gout may no longer be inexpensive to treat.


Dorothy Maziarz, PharmD

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Community Pharmacist Shortage: Fact or Fiction?

What is being done to address current and projected shortages of community pharmacists?


Sarah Tobin, PharmD Candidate

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Advanced Pharmacy Practice Rotation Experience During a Global Pandemic

COVID-19 has not stolen my final year of pharmacy school from me, but rather, has given me once in lifetime learning opportunities unique to this time in my life and in the world.



Jay Visaria, PhD, MPH

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Specialty Pharmacy Improves Adherence to Imatinib

The authors examined trends in the utilization of prescription opioid medication following introduction of abuse deterrent technology for Oxycontin.


Peggy Salvatore, MBA

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Exploring the Versatility of Azelaic Acid in Facial Acne, Truncal Acne, Photoaging, and Melasma

Continuing education activity featured in the March 2018 edition of Pharmacy Times.


Alexis Smith, PharmD Candidate

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Neuropathic Pain: A Glimpse Inside the Unabating Affliction

Originating from damage within nerve cells themselves, neuropathic pain is often complex, with many treatment challenges.


T. Joseph Mattingly II, Juita-Elena (Wie) Yusuf, MBA, PhD

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Turning that Great Idea into a Thriving Business

Do you have an entrepreneurial idea that could be commercialized? This article describes steps to take to develop your business plan.


O’Mally Monahan

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Driving Affordability, Patient Experience Across Practice Settings

More than 25% of US patients have not filled a prescription or have reduced their prescribed dose because of high costs.


Sethu Reddy, MD, MBA

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Patient Understanding and Improved Adherence

Merck's Adherence Estimator survey can help health care professionals counsel patients more effectively.


Brandon Samson, PharmD, MPW

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Lessons Learned: How Health-System Pharmacy Technicians Are Tackling COVID-19

The California Board of Pharmacy has authorized multiple waivers of specific provisions of pharmacy law, several of which have had major implications for pharmacy technicians and their scope of practice.


Jay Sochoka

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All Things Must Pass

A regular blogger bids farewell for now.


Chuck Shih, PhD, MHS

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The New Paradigm: Capturing Value, Improving Access, and Maximizing Outcomes

Quality measures generate vital information on outcomes and can help ensure that medications are used appropriately and effectively.


Seth A. Seabury, PhD

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The Role of Specialty Drugs in Private Sector Healthcare Spending

This study characterizes the role of specialty drug utilization in aggregate private sector healthcare spending in the United States from 2000 to 2009.


Aileen Li, BSc Phm

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Private-payer Costs for Employees with Treatment-resistant Depression

Individuals with treatment-resistant depression do not achieve and sustain remission after multiple pharmacotherapies, with an unknown impact on employment. This study investigates the expenditures of TRD from a private-payer perspective in Canada.



Kelly R. Reveles, PharmD, PhD

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Identification and Management of Recurrent C Difficile Infection

Shared insight on the prevalence of recurring Clostridioides difficile infection and management strategies.


Lindsey Valenzuela, PharmD

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Digital Tools Can Minimize Guesswork

Automation helps pharmacists increase their role in patient care by promoting adherence.


Diana Quach, PharmD, CGP

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Interoperability: Plugging Community Pharmacy into the Clinical Data Superhighway

In this age of emerging technology, it more important than ever for community pharmacists to get plugged into clinical data sharing.


Kayla M. Hansen, PharmD, MS, BCPS,

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Leadership and Growth Opportunities for Clinical Pharmacists

The role of lead pharmacist provides a pathway to leadership.


Nicole Kruczek, RPh, MPBA

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Easy Reading: Direct and Indirect Remuneration Fees

How a pharmacy performs with respect to specific measures can be associated with a DIR fee.





Jerika Lam, PharmD

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Pharmacists Play Role in Pharmacogenomics Clinical Services

They should consider many factors and use clear guidance on predicting phenotypes from genotypes to intervene optimally based on specific drug-gene interactions.


Marcus N. Sredzinski, PharmD

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Predictive Analytics: A Case Study in Machine-Learning and Claims Databases

A state-of-the-art predictive analysis tool that finds patients with rare diseases in a complex database could be valuable to stakeholders, who would achieve savings by helping physicians prescribe the appropriate treatment sooner.