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High-Touch Specialty Pharmacy Services Improve Migraine Medication Access and AffordabilityThe underlying purpose of a study presentation that won the Top Poster Award at the 2019 National Association of Specialty Pharmacy Annual Meeting and Expo in Washington, DC, was to assess whether high-touch, clinic-based specialty pharmacy services could positively affect the affordability of self- and provider-administered migraine medications for patients.
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Community Retail Pharmacy: An Evolving and Rewarding CareerIf your perception of life as a community retail pharmacist is that it is simply time spent counting by 5s, nothing could be further from the truth.
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Clinicians, Pharmacists Should Work to Ensure Safety Compounded GLP-1 MedicationsPharmacists can educate patients about how to recognize unsafe online sources of medications and ensure patients are properly educate on how to administer their medications.
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Workplace Wellness: Promoting a Culture That Benefits Companies and EmployeesApproximately 155 million people in the United States under the age of 65 years receive employment-based health benefits.
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Implementing Critical Pathways of Clinical Care at Moose PharmacyWhy are we implementing critical pathways for care delivery? Because I want Moose Pharmacy to be around another century and a half.
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Antimicrobial Stewardship Efforts Advance in US Health SystemsRecently released action plans detail procedures to combat antimicrobial resistance.
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Should Pharmacists Refill a Prescription if the Prescriber's License is Inactive?Most state pharmacy regulations do not specifically require verification of the prescriber’s license prior to dispensing.
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Enhancing the Strategy for Specialty PharmaceuticalsStrategies for controlling use of specialty pharmaceuticals should focus on situations where these agents are used inappropriately and on improvement of the complex billing process.
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Medicare Part D Insulin Tiering Change: Impact on Health OutcomesThis study explores the impact of a Medicare Part D formulary tier change, specifically with respect to branded insulin products, on insulin adherence, hemoglobin A1C, and diabetes-related events in elderly diabetic beneficiaries strategies for selection of appropriate and cost-effective therapy will also be discussed.
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Medicare Claim Processors' Reimbursement and G-CSF Choice Among Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma PatientsUsing the SEER-Medicare database, we found negative association between Medicare claim processors“related physician's chemotherapy reimbursement and their prescription of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor for non-Hodgkin lymphoma patients.
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Specialty Pharmacy Management of GoutNew drugs and drugs in the pipeline for gout have changed the treatment for this painful disease, one of the oldest documented diseases. Here's an update on what's new and what specialty pharmacists need to know as they counsel patients for gout.
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Increases in Utilization Management of Oncology Medicines by US PayersRecent increases in the number of therapies indicated for a given oncology subtype has resulted in heightened utilization management stringency.
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Smoking Cessation: Overcoming Nicotine DependencePharmacists can learn about the available interventions for smoking cessation.
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The Missing Link: Care Management’s Ability to Improve Specialty Pharmacy’s Value PropositionA real-life look at pharmacist-led care management's ability to overcome barriers to care and adherence in HIV treatment.
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Summary of Current SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine TrialsMany clinical trials are underway in a race to develop a safe and effective vaccine against severe acute respiratory SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
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Diabetes and Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter-2 InhibitorsDiabetes is a disease that affects a person's life each day by having a negative effect on quality of life and creating a financial burden for patients and families.
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16 New Investigators Awarded AACP GrantsSixteen new investigator award (NIA) winners are receiving up to $10,000 in grants from the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy.
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Cost Impact of Switching From Metoprolol to Nebivolol for HypertensionA large single-payer administrative claims database was used to assess the economic impact of switching from metoprolol to nebivolol for the treatment of hypertension.
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Medication Underuse: The Most Underappreciated Quality-of-Care GapA patient-centric approach to medications is the key to identifying drug therapy problems.
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Maintaining Compliance in the Global Pharmacovigilance LandscapeA satisfactory system for the collection and reporting of adverse events is increasingly important as manufacturers place additional requirements on their specialty pharmacy and health care provider partners, and these needs go beyond the United States.
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Impact of Patient Cost Sharing on Multiple Sclerosis TreatmentThis study evaluates the impact of patient cost sharing on the probability of receiving disease-modifying therapies and treatment compliance among patients with multiple sclerosis.
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Pharmacists Can Help Assess New FDA-Approved IV OpioidOliceridine (Olinvyk) expands options for managing moderate to severe acute pain, but cost, drug-drug interactions, and other factors come into play.
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The Potential for Telehealth Within the Pharmacy SpaceTelehealth is a cost-saving solution that uses telecommunications technologies to expand health care outside the walls of a retail pharmacy while complementing and enhancing existing retail pharmacy services.
