Authors


Thomas Walczyk, 2017 PharmD Candidate

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Opportunistic Infections: Better Have a Pharmacist Onboard

Approximately 1.2 million individuals live with HIV/AIDS in the United States. This population is at an increased risk of opportunistic infections (OIs), an area where pharmacists have significant potential to make meaningful interventions.


Kathleen Wilson, MPH

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Etanercept and Ustekinumab Dosing for Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis

For patients with psoriasis and/or psoriatic arthritis, actual-to-expected dosing ratios and costs were lower for etanercept than for ustekinumab.



Hyungwon Kim, PharmD candidate

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Lasmiditan For the Acute Treatment of Migraine: An Opportunity For Pharmacists

Despite triptan availability as a migraine-specific rescue, the global burden of migraine morbidity remains high.


Kerry Philbeck, QS/1 Staff Writer

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Sav-Mor Pharmacy: Marketing From the Inside Out

The Illinois pharmacy chain has attained success as a result of good planning and successful marketing strategies.


Roy Goo, PharmD

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Association Between Sustained Glycated Hemoglobin Control and Healthcare Costs

Total cost of care for patients whose glycated hemoglobin levels were


Therese M. Conner, PhD

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Review of Outcomes Associated With Formulary Restrictions: Focus on Step Therapy

As healthcare spending continues to rise, more employers, managed care organizations, and pharmacy benefit managers are implementing novel pharmacy benefit designs and formulary management policies to control drug spending.



Myroslava Sharabun, PharmD Candidate

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Cancer Screening: Let's Talk About It

Over the past 2 decades, the cancer death rate has drastically declined in the United States, falling 23% from its 1991 peak. This translates to 1.7 million lives saved.


Frances R. Blevins, PA-C

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A New Monoclonal Antibody for R/R MM: Isatuximab-irfc

Isatuximab-ifrc is the third monoclonal antibody approved for the treatment of R/R MM.


Julie Slezak, MS

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A Look Into 2011 Drug Utilization Trend and Beyond

Significant factors for 2011 prescription utilization include the recession, change in employment rate, new generic and brand launches, and changes in Baby Boomers' retirement plans.


Lee Goldberg

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Managed Care Biologics and Injectables

Payer response to new entrants to the multiple sclerosis (MS) market is mixed as some believe that there remain meaningful, major unmet needs in the MS category, according to The Zitter Group's Spring 2011 Managed Care Biologics and Injectables Index.


Ayse Hursid, PharmD

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Digital Technology: An Effective Communication Tool for Pharmacy Staff During COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic made a convincing argument to employers of having a robust and sound communication strategy to their employees.


Katherine Summers, PharmD candidate

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Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter-2 Inhibitors for Treating Type 2 Diabetes

Diabetes is a complex disease affecting 29.1 million individuals in the United States.



David Cluck, PharmD, BCPS, AAHIVP

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HIV Infection: The Future of Therapy

Approximately 35 million individuals are currently living with HIV/AIDS.


John Toussaint, MD

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The Evolution of Accountable Care Organizations and the Role of Pharmacists

When an ACO succeeds in both delivering high-quality care and spending health care dollars more wisely, it will share in the savings it achieves for the Medicare program.


Niels Quist, JD

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The Use of Authorizations by Specialty Pharmacies to Provide Protected Health Information to Pharma

What are some of the pitfalls that a pharmacy needs to avoid when setting up a relationship with a pharma manufacturer to accept authorizations from individuals to release information to that manufacturer?



Brody McConnell, 2016 PharmD Candidate

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Does Phenylephrine Really Control Allergic Rhinitis Symptoms?

Allergic rhinitis is a condition that keeps noses and pharmacists running.



Alexa Boer Kimball, MD, MPH

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Malignant Melanoma: The Implications of Cost for Stakeholder Innovation

An activity-based cost accounting model of melanoma care was used to identify key cost drivers and opportunities for stakeholder innovation.


Rainu Kaushal, MD, MPH

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The Comparative Value of 3 Electronic Sources of Medication Data

Combining medication history information from multiple sources improves the completeness and accuracy of the medication information.


Celynda G. Tadlock, PharmD, MBA

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Predictive Analytics: A Case Study in Machine-Learning and Claims Databases

A state-of-the-art predictive analysis tool that finds patients with rare diseases in a complex database could be valuable to stakeholders, who would achieve savings by helping physicians prescribe the appropriate treatment sooner.


Vincent Q. Pham, MD

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Chronic Care Focus: Diagnosis and Treatment of COPD in Health Systems

Controlling chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is a priority for health systems worldwide; recently updated guidelines provide strategies for diagnosis, management, and prevention.


Michael Sovie, Executive Vice President of Sales

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Mitigating Drug Diversion Risk: More Than Just Narcotics, Specialty Needs to Look at This Growing Problem

Expensive specialty drugs are a growing concern that are traditionally overlooked in drug diversion efforts.



Kathleen Golebiewski

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Aggressive, Early Treatment Slow MS

Defining multiple sclerosis helps pinpoint what therapies work best for patients.


Robert Irene, RPh, President, Asembia

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Asembia’s 2018 Summit Continues to Enhance the Growth of Specialty Pharmacy

The largest annual US health care conference dedicated to specialty pharmacy returns April 29 through May 2, 2018.


Laurie Toich

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Lifestyle Changes Could Mitigate Thousands of Cancers Each Week

Smoking and obesity account for a significant number of cancers worldwide.