Kimberly McKeirnan, PharmD, BCACP

Idaho, Rhode Island, and Utah allow them to perform this task. Which states are next?

As demands for pharmacy services increase, including COVID-19 point-of-care testing, pharmacy technician roles must continue to evolve to fill gaps in care and shortages of labor capital.

Academic detailing is an educational approach intended to create sustainable practice change and improve decision making. Through academic detailing visits, health care providers share tailored material with each other, with the goal of encouraging the use of evidence-based guidelines.

Balancing guidelines with providing individualized patient care can be a challenge for pharmacists.

Measles, although highly contagious, can be prevented altogether through widespread vaccination.

There are multiple treatment options for an overactive bladder.

A 2014 article in the American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education called for the development of academic pharmacy practice fellowships to address the challenge of evolving pharmacist roles.

Herpes zoster, also known as zoster or shingles, is caused by the reactivation of the varicella zoster virus. After an individual has been exposed to the varicella virus through chickenpox or via vaccination, the virus remains dormant in the dorsal root ganglia.

As the role of the pharmacist continues to evolve into expanding clinical services, pharmacy technicians have been called upon to help fill in the gaps.