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Strategic AI Budgeting for Pharmacies in 2025Pharmacies can strategically invest in AI technologies to streamline operations and improve patient care while addressing cost challenges and maximizing return on investment in 2025.
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COVID-19 Booster Shots and the FutureKey opinion leaders provide some advice for the public regarding COVID-19 booster shots and look to the future of the pandemic.
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Pharmacists Are in Key Positions to Tackle Black Maternal Mortality DisparitiesTackling racial disparities among health care providers can help improve disparities faced by patients.
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Help Patients Use Inhalers ProperlyChoosing the appropriate device and using the correct technique are critical for drug delivery to the lungs.
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Clinical Overview: 2023-2024 COVID-19 VaccinesAn overview of updated CDC ACIP recommendations for COVID-19 vaccines available through commercial channels for the 2023-2024 season.
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Exploring the Landscape of Gene TherapyAn overview of how gene therapy has evolved since its inception, current applications, and emerging challenges.
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Health Care Providers and Patients Have Differing Views on Asthma RemissionRemission is a new emphasis and treatment goal for the management of asthma.
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Direct Oral Anticoagulant Use for Left Ventricular Thrombus TreatmentAn overview of the use of direct oral anticoagulants as an alternative to warfarin in the treatment of left ventricular thrombus.
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Use of PD-1/PD-L1 and VEGF Inhibition Combination Is ExpandingThe relatively new combination of PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors with VEGF inhibitors represents a promising option for patients with various malignancies.
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Expert: Alcohol Dependence Is an Epidemic, Yet Treatments ExistPharmacists play an important role in the recovery journey for patients who decide medication assisted treatment is right for them.
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Op-Ed: Nontraditional Pharmacy Career Paths Continue to Gain TractionPharmacy benefit managers offer mentorship, training opportunities, and professional advancement beyond what's available in traditional pharmacy careers.
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Has C. difficile Met Its Match?Living organisms rely on iron for survival and replication. Can new research discoveries disrupt C. difficile’s ability to maintain iron homeostasis?
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Essential Hospitals Can Redirect 2025 Medicare Part D Cap Funds to Serve Disadvantaged Patients, CommunitiesTo make the best use of these funds to improve a hospital’s services, leaders should start planning now for these changes using the 4 following strategies.
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How the Decentralization of Clinical Trials Can Transform Health CareDecentralization has already been shown to streamline clinical trials, but it also has the potential to improve the broader health care ecosystem.
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Payment Disrupters and Opportunities: Key Trends That Impacted Pharmacy in 2024PBM reforms and regulatory changes have reshaped the industry landscape.
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Updates in the First-Line Treatment of Advanced Renal Cell CarcinomaCurrent guideline recommendations include various combinations of targeted therapy with immunotherapy.
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Additional Considerations With PBC TherapiesPanelists discuss how recent FDA regulatory actions regarding obeticholic acid have raised concerns about its long-term safety profile and accessibility, leading health care teams to develop strategies for supporting patients through treatment transitions while navigating insurance coverage and access challenges for newer primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) therapies.
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Deprescribing Benzodiazepines in Older Adults: An Anesthesiology Quality InitiativeA novel collaboration between the University of Pennsylvania and US Anesthesia Partners is working to drive evidence-based change in benzodiazepine use.
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The Illusion of Relief: Rethinking Our Cold Medicine CabinetRecent FDA findings highlight that a major ingredient in popular cold fighters, phenylephrine, may not offer genuine relief.
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Lower Discontinuation Rates on Cycled Oral Antineoplastics Can Lead to Lower Medical Costs, Fewer HospitalizationsThese agents are likely to become the mainstay of cancer treatment in the very near future.
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Pros, Cons of Different Diabetes Monitoring Devices, How Pharmacies Can Support Optimal UseFor patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes, decisions around the selection of glucose meters can be difficult as there are several brands and types of meters available.
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Factor XI Inhibitors: The Future of AnticoagulationFactor XI inhibitors show promise as a safer alternative to direct oral anticoagulants for preventing and treating thrombosis, offering similar efficacy with reduced bleeding risk.
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Pediatric Weight is Crucial to Perfecting the DoseEvidence indicates that up to 25% of all prescriptions for children could be dosed inappropriately, making it the most common type of medication administration error.
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The Evolution of Therapeutic Drug Monitoring for TacrolimusTherapeutic drug monitoring is essential with tacrolimus, which is one of the key immunosuppressive agents used after solid organ transplant.
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2022-2023 Influenza Season Looks to Be SevereOutpatient treatment is primarily based on patient-specific factors, whereas oseltamivir remains the therapy of choice for inpatient settings.
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Spotting the Early Warning Signs of Diabetes and Related ComplicationsPharmacists are in a strong position to identify the early warning signs of diabetes because they are often the most accessible and frequently visited members of the health care team.
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Practical Considerations of T-Cell Engagers in the Management of Relapsed/Refractory Multiple MyelomaIntegration of these agents requires supportive care considerations for cytokine release syndrome, neurotoxicity, infection, and antigen-specific toxicities to ensure optimal care of patients with multiple myeloma receiving T-cell–engaging therapies.
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Best Practices and Guidelines in Immunoglobulin TherapyEvidence-based guidelines support the safe and effective administration of Ig therapy in clinical practice.
