Authors


Renee Robinson, PharmD, MPH, MSPharm

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Partnership Between Public Health and Pharmacy: Opportunities to Increase Resource Sharing, Efficiency, and Improved Health Outcomes

Additional support is necessary to ensure that infrastructure development continues and that all pharmacists have the necessary tools to continue to provide immunization services.


Dina Alsalih, PhD, MBA, PharmD

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Utilizing Contemporary Art to Transform Health Education

The perception of creativity has been limited merely to art and innovation, neglecting one of the main sectors that strives for this: education.





Nancy Cotter, PharmD

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A Linezolid Prior Authorization Program: Clinical and Economic Outcomes

This study demonstrated that a linezolid PA program did not appear to be associated with a negative impact on medical outcomes and was associated with lower costs.



Taylor A. VandenBerg, PharmD candidate

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Plethora of Clinical Trials Explore Gastric Cancer Treatments

Pharmacists can play an integral role in collaborating with physicians to manage patient therapy.


Daniel McGrath, MS

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Case Studies (January 2016)

What should these pharmacists do?


Dave Marley, founding member, Pharmacists United for Truth

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The Beginning of a Movement

If independents have any chance of survival, we need to get into the game ourselves and teach the public what they don't know about PBMs.


Gwen Holten

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Shifting Your Nutrition, Fitness Expectations During Shelter in Place

With all the factors of the COVID-19 outbreak taken into consideration, simply maintaining your current body weight and level of health and fitness is a win worth celebrating.


Nicole Brow, PharmD

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Case Studies (July 2019)

Two interactive cases are presented.




Sandra Hanna, PharmD candidate

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Entyvio by Takeda Pharmaceuticals

Entyvio, manufactured by Takeda Pharmaceuticals, was approved in May 2014 for the treatment of adult patients with moderate to severe ulcerative colitis or Crohn's disease.



Russ Procopio, MBA, BS

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LTC Pharmacists Drive Positive Clinical Outcomes

Study also highlights transitions-of-care programs that help patients avoid ED visits or acute care stays.


Ronelle E. Stevens, PharmD RPh, CACP

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Patient-Centered Care: Give Patients a Shovel

With the New Year approaching, let's resolve to decrease some of the difficulty with anticoagulant medications by welcoming patients and technology into the patient counseling dialogue.


Shelby Leheny, PharmD

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Counsel Patients About Diet and Nutrition

This therapy is critical for the treatment of common disease states, including diabetes.


Anthony Palmieri, RPh, PharmD

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Trends in Medication Utilization and the Cost of Treatment for Gout

With new drugs in the pipeline and the impact of updated FDA drug safety policies on colchicine, gout may no longer be inexpensive to treat.


Eunice O. Ansah, MD

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Potential Gender Differences of Exenatide in Outpatients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

In outpatients with type 2 diabetes mellitus, persistent exenatide treatment lowered glycated hemoglobin and hyperglycemia in both genders. Waist circumference and body weight were more reduced in women.


Patrick Lefebvre, MA

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Direct and Indirect Cost Burden of Chronic Hepatitis C

An estimation of the direct healthcare and indirect work-loss cost burden of chronic HCV using health insurance claims covering 13 million individuals.


Lee Feigert, PharmD, MSPBA

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Co-pay Accumulator Programs: Behind the Controversy

With ongoing growth across the board, plan sponsors are continuously searching for ways to minimize the impact on their bottom line.


PRNewswire

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Lilly and AstraZeneca to Collaborate on Immuno-Oncology Combination Clinical Trial in Solid Tumors

Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) and AstraZeneca (NYSE: AZN) today announced that they have entered into a clinical trial collaboration to evaluate safety and preliminary efficacy of their products.


Jeannie Ong, PharmD

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Adult Immunizations: Are Your Patients Up-to-Date?

In the health-system setting, pharmacists must often prioritize their attention to treating the most acute medical condition a patient presents with; however, it is important to also consider opportunities to prevent disease.



Sally Rafie, PharmD, BCPS, NCMP

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Pharmacy Best Practices for Contraceptive Care During COVID-19

It’s important that patients understand how their pharmacy can continue to meet their contraceptive needs during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.


Richard A. Zabinski, PharmD

Latest:

A Linezolid Prior Authorization Program: Clinical and Economic Outcomes

This study demonstrated that a linezolid PA program did not appear to be associated with a negative impact on medical outcomes and was associated with lower costs.



Dhiren K. Patel, PharmD, CDE, BC-ADM, BCACP

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Fixed-Ratio Combination of Basal Insulin and GLP-1 Receptor Agonist

Ninety percent of diabetes cases are type 2, which is a major cause of morbidity and mortality.