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April 22nd 2025
A holistic approach emphasizing lifestyle modifications is essential to maintain weight loss after and while stopping medication.
Invasive pneumococcal disease trends have fluctuated greatly over the last 2 decades, with older adults remaining at the center of disease burden.
April 21st 2025
An oral dose of 0.6 mg per 5 ml of colchicine could aid individuals that have trouble with swallowing pills.
By implementing work practices alongside administrative and engineering controls, a safe and healthy work environment can be achieved.
Walmart to Provide Prescriptions at No Upfront Cost to Enrollees in Public Health Insurance Marketplace
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CVS Caremark Prepared to Help Customers Access Care With New Affordable Care Act Coverage
Walgreens to Provide Up to 30-Day Prescription Supply at No Upfront Cost for Public Health Insurance Marketplace Enrollees Who Have Not Been Assigned an Identification Number
Pharmacy Fears: Misfilled Prescriptions and Robberies
Among the greatest pharmacist fears is harming a patient through a misfilled prescription and being the victim of a pharmacy robbery.
Another Pharmacist Success: Improved Adherence After ACS Admission
A trial found that in the year after hospitalization for acute coronary syndrome, patients who received personalized attention from a pharmacist had higher levels of medication adherence.
Year-End Financial Considerations
As the New Year approaches, you should set aside some time to make sure you aren't paying more in taxes than you have to and that you have a financial plan in place for 2014.
Monthly Pharmacy Visits Improve Adherence
A program in which patients taking medication for multiple chronic conditions picked up all their medications on the same day of the month and regularly met with a pharmacist led to increased adherence.
Lung Cancer and Hyponatremia: Improved Management
The vasopressin-2 receptor antagonist tolvaptan was effective at treating hyponatremia in 10 patients with small cell lung cancer, according to a prospective case series report.
NACDS: Empower Patients with Information during ACA Insurance Roll-Out
Coupons and Discount Copays: Benefits for Pharmacists and Their Patients
Pharmacists can help their patients access searchable coupons for prescription and OTC products and discount copay programs through Cou-Coâ„¢, a first-of-its-kind mobile-optimized website.
Pennsylvania Pharmacists Seek Legislative Relief from Abuses by Drug Plan Middlemen
Minimum Standards in Pharmacy
When a profession sets standards for itself, it allows the profession to advance, raises overall quality, and helps to assure greater practice uniformity.
The Inside Story on Obamacare
Opioid Abusers Prefer Hydrocodone, Oxycodone for Different Reasons
Opioid abusers who prefer oxycodone cited the quality of the high as the primary reason behind their choice, while those who prefer hydrocodone were more likely to cite its accessibility, a new study finds.
Generic Pharmaceutical Savings Reach $217 Billion in 2012
How Data Analytics Can Help Health-System Pharmacies
Robert Granko, PharmD, MBA, explains how data analytics can help health-system pharmacies help plan their business more strategically.
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CVS Caremark Provides Long-Term Enterprise Growth Strategy and 2014 Guidance at Annual Analyst Day
Pharmacists Among Most Widely Trusted Professionals, Gallup Poll Finds
Pharmacists tied for second in the annual poll of the public's trust in various professions, placing in the top 3 for the 11th year in a row.
Reflections on the ASHP Midyear
The ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting offers an opportunity to take the pulse of the profession and learn about new trends and concerns in health-system pharmacy.
Medicare Reveals Seniors' Mail Order Pharmacy Nightmares
Top Pharmacy News of 2013
Our review of the year's most popular and important stories in pharmacy-from the push for pharmacist provider status to the ongoing fight against prescription drug abuse.
The Affordable Care Act and Health-System Pharmacists
Stephen F. Eckel, PharmD, MHA, discusses how the ongoing implementation of the Affordable Care Act will affect health systems generally and health-system pharmacists in particular.
Speedy Antiviral Treatment Improves Outcomes for Kids with Flu
Children hospitalized with severe cases of flu were more likely to survive if they received antivirals within 48 hours of symptom onset than if they received the medications later, a new study finds.
Pharmacists Retain High Honesty Ranking in Gallup Poll
Pharmacists Rank Second in Gallup Integrity Survey, Earn Top-Three Placement for 11th Consecutive Year
Marilyn K. Speedie Receives Remington Honor Medal, Highest Honor in Pharmacy
Preventing Stroke
Understanding stroke is the first step in knowing how to prevent it.
Considerations for Constructing a Specialty Pharmacy Service Business Plan
Specialty pharmacy presents itself as both a challenging business model and a significant financial opportunity under the right circumstances, especially for health systems.
Flu Vaccination Up Among Asthma Patients, But Still Short of Targets
A new report from the CDC finds that almost 50% of asthma patients received a flu shot in the 2010-2011 season, compared with 36% of asthma patients in the 2005-2006 season.
NACDS Urges Patient Access, Choice of Pharmacy in ACA Implementation