CLINICAL ROLE -
Bullied into Extinction
Government involvement may be required in order to keep corporate entities from bullying specialty pharmacies out of business.
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It's Time for a Patient's Bill of Rights
Who will stand up for the rights of patients when specialty pharmacy benefit decisions based on cost savings and profits negatively affect patient care?
Who Really Knows Best?
Why are limited distribution networks found only in the United States? Does pharma know best?
The Impact of ACOs
If the biggest impact of the ACA will be on Medicare and one of the biggest changes in Medicare is the accountable care organization (ACO) model, then one could argue that ACOs will have the biggest impact on our health care system.
The Mercedes Approach: Sharing Best Practices
All of the stakeholders agree that patient outcomes is a priority. Why do we allow fragmented patient care, payments, and delivery systems?
A Day in the Life: Dealing with Cancer
Day in the Life: Adherence
Audits: Necessary Tools or Big Business?
Life in a Specialty Pharmacy
A Double-Edged Sword
Audits are a powerful tool for health care and should be used to measure outcomes and performance. Our columnist share his personal view on what he sees in the current climate.
Working together to contain the cost of expensive specialty medications and provide patients with what they need is the challenge we face in the world of specialty pharmacy.
The challenges for specialty pharmacists that offer comprehensive services in oncology are great. Here's how our columnist sees the problems and opportunities for community specialty pharmacists.
Medication management programs rely on communication between the pharmacy, the patient, and the prescriber. Here are one specialty pharmacist's thoughts on adherence.