Chat communication offers convenience and access to accurate clinical information.
Symptomatic and disease-modifying treatment options for multiple sclerosis.
Immunotherapy methods emerged on the oncology market as adoptive cell transfers, specifically chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapies, with clear benefits in hematologic malignancy treatment.
This study evaluates the impact of primary and secondary nonadherence to cholesterol medication on low-density lipoprotein levels, emergency department visits, and hospitalizations.
This prospective randomized study suggests that ezetimibe 2.5 mg, delivered as an ezetimibe/simvastatin tablet split into 4 parts, is clinically equivalent to a 10-mg dose.
There is a constant balancing act for health care systems to provide the newest and most up-to-date care for patients while being financially responsible.
In 2006, the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 was implemented, marking the launch of medication therapy management services under Medicare Part D.
Health care costs in the US represent nearly 20% of the GDP.
There are now 8 FDA approved medications for HCV treatment, all of which bypass the use of interferon.
New tools and platforms can help pharmacists to support patients.
Health-system pharmacists need to stay abreast of changes.
Successful outcomes with specialty pharmaceuticals depend on patient adherence—pharmacists play a vital role in educating patients prior to and during therapy.
Telehealth has become a viable niche in US health care because it lets patients and providers use technology to seek medical advice and diagnose and treat illnesses.
Although the federal government has taken steps to comprehensively regulate outsourcing facilities, many states have been slow to reform their pharmacy laws.
An opioid preferred drug list was not associated with an increase in emergency department visits or hospitalizations in a Medicaid population.
This study provides real-world evidence of a teriparatide (TPTD) patient’s characteristics, sequence of care, and healthcare resource utilization, and compares TPTD patients with non-TPTD patients.
In a retrospective analysis of the Optum database, overactive bladder patients treated with mirabegron bladder patients persisted longer with treatment than patients treated with tolterodine, and had reduced resource utilization and costs.
Diabetes management offered by an employer group in a self-funded health plan over 3 years resulted in significant cost savings and improved patient outcomes.
The contributions to patient care through the incorporation of digital clinical pharmacotherapy will help legitimize the role of pharmacists in telehealth.
A Continuing Education program, featured in the February 2018 issue of Pharmacy Times.
The authors evaluated the significance of Medicare prescription plan choice on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease maintenance medication adherence and persistence using Optum Research Database information.
Cefiderocol and IV fosfomycin are exciting new options, and further clinical outcomes data will help define their roles.
Effective specialty pharmacy patient assistance programs help patients access and remain adherent to high cost drugs.
By establishing in-house specialty pharmacies, health systems can accelerate growth while offering patients innovative therapies, an enhanced experience, and clinically coordinated care that ultimately improves outcomes.