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Busting Barriers: Improving Adult Immunization RatesIn a survey of 512 people, 15.2% said they believed that adults do not need to be vaccinated.
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Many Platforms Offer Rapid Detection in Bloodstream InfectionsInstitutions should consider optimal targets, testing volumes, and notification and reporting practices when making their choice.
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Managing Pain While Minimizing Risk: The Growing Role of Specialty Pharmacy in Pain ManagementPhysician and pharmacist collaboration is key within the complex pain management prescribing landscape.
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Comparing Direct Medical Costs of OnabotulinumtoxinA With Other Common Overactive Bladder InterventionsThis cost analysis demonstrated that onabotulinumtoxinA is one of the least-costly treatment options for inadequately managed overactive bladder syndrome.
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Pharmacogenetics in Psychiatry: Misconceptions, Challenges, and SuccessesPharmacogenetics has the potential to radically change the practice of psychiatry.
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The Specialty Pharmacy's Role in Ensuring the Effectiveness of New Hepatitis C DrugsBreakthrough hepatitis C drugs promise cure rates upwards of 90%, and specialty pharmacy can play an important role in their success by addressing obstacles to adherence.
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Association Between Sustained Glycated Hemoglobin Control and Healthcare CostsTotal cost of care for patients whose glycated hemoglobin levels were
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How to Make the Most of Your Community RotationHere are 3 ways to make the most of your community rotation experience.
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Once-Daily COPD Triple Therapy Gets FDA ApprovalFluticasone furoate/umeclidinium/vilanterol (Trelegy Ellipta) is a single-inhaler triple therapy for the long-term, maintenance treatment of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
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How a Bucket of Chicken Can Help Achieve Any Goals We Have (Part 3)Committing to each part of this principle and following these guidelines will help achieve success.
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Medication Therapy Management: What is the Best Model?Will medication therapy management become a routine part of most dispensing pharmacists' activities, or will a select group of pharmacists handle this role?
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Pharmacists Play a Crucial Role When Addressing Health LiteracyProviders who are sensitive to health literacy have contributed to positive quality improvement across various institutions.
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What to Do About the Personalized Medicine Knowledge GapA personalized medicine knowledge gap currently exists between many healthcare providers in the United States, and around the globe.
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Flash Continuous Glucose Monitoring Utilization in Type 2 DiabetesContinuous glucose monitoring has revolutionized the way patients with diabetes can monitor their glucose.
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A Payer Has Expressed Interest in Our Enhanced Services Network: Now What?A paradigm shift is occurring within the health care system, moving from quantity-driven to quality-driven.
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How to Set Yourself Apart in Community PharmacyThe vast majority of graduating pharmacists are willingly destined for community pharmacy, which certainly has its rewards.
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Value-Based Insurance Design and Antidiabetic Medication AdherenceAmong the commercially insured, pharmacy benefits define the availability, accessibility, and cost of prescription drugs.
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Attorney-Client Privilege: What It Covers, What It Doesn’t Cover, and How to Maintain ItGuidelines and tips that can help specialty pharmacies keep communications related to day-to-day operations, contract negotiation, and mergers and acquisitions privileged.
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The Impact of COVID-19 on Oncology Pharmacy and Patient Care, Part 1Medication reconciliation is a critical component of the oncology pharmacistʼs duties that has been performed safely over the phone with the patient, caregiver, and pharmacy with the assistance of electronic health records.
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Rx Product News: Profile: A Closer Look at New FDA Actions: AmitizaThe FDA recently approved Amitiza for the treatment of irritable bowel syndrome with constipation in women aged 18 years and older.
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Are We There Yet? 340B: It Is a Journey, Not a DestinationThe Federal 340B Drug Pricing Program: For more than 25 years, it has provided hospitals with vital cost savings to help them to continue providing comprehensive care to underserved patients.
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May a Plaintiff Get Access to Medication Error Reports?In a wrongful death suit, the son of a woman who died in an assisted living facility seeks evidence of negligence and malpractice.
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Vendor Integration: Focus on Customer and Cost Leads Manufacturers to Novel ApproachSpecialty pharmaceuticals, and the supporting patient and physician ancillary services, have emerged as a focal point for the majority of manufacturers. The increasing number of specialty drugs available in the United States, coupled with the heightened research and development focus of major pharmaceutical manufacturers on biotech therapies, has resulted in an unprecedented shift in dynamics across the prescription drug industry.
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The Pharmacist's Roles With FDA Advisory CommitteesIn 2012, over 800 individuals fell ill and 76 died as a result of fungal meningitis that originated from contaminated steroid injections compounded by the New England Compounding Center.
