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Self-Care Measures Can Help Prevent and Treat HeadachesPharmacists can make clinical recommendations tailored to patients’ individual needs.
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Factors Associated With Employee Participation in a Value-Based Insurance Design InitiativeWe describe enrollment in a voluntary VBID initiative. Uptake was suboptimal, suggesting that barriers to enrollment may have significant implications for the overall effectiveness of VBID.
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Transitions of Care for Patients with Atrial FibrillationAtrial fibrillation, the most common cardiac arrhythmia, is strongly associated with increased morbidity and mortality and has become a major global public health challenge.
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A Sustainable Approach to DSCSA Compliance for the Long TermSpecialty pharmacies must plan carefully to ensure compliance with new supply chain rules.
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Payers' Views on the Heterogeneity of Treatment Effect in OncologyWhen making coverage decisions in oncology, payers find difficulties in translating evidence on treatment effect heterogeneity into coverage policies.
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Extremely Virulent Strain of Klebsiella pneumoniae Reaches United StatesAn extremely virulent (hypermucoviscous) strain of Klebsiella pneumoniae (K pneumoniae) that is resistant to carbapenem and colistin has been isolated for the first time from a patient in the United States.
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Democrats Push to Address and Restrain Rising Prescription Drug PricesPrior to the president's final State of the Union address, Democrats announced new plans to investigate drug prices in 2016.
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Community-Based HIV Care As Effective as Hospital-Based Care for Certain PopulationsThe findings of the retrospective cohort study were presented in a poster at IDWeek 2019.
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How to Treat Common Skin InfectionsHelpful advice for your patients on treating bacterial skin infections.
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Postoperative Pain ManagementPostoperative pain management presents a major challenge to patients and health care providers.
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Management of Inflammatory Bowel DiseaseAn Effective Treatment Plan Is Crucial for Patients with Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis.
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Combating Advancing Cancers With CAR T-Cell TherapyImmunotherapy 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.
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Management of Community-Acquired Pneumonia in AdultsHere is an overview of the key Issues for hospital pharmacists.
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MedPAC Recommends Congress Cut Part B Reimbursement for 340B EntitiesA proposal to reduce Medicare Part B payment rates for hospitals participating in the 340B Drug Pricing Program has been approved 14-3 by the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission.
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CLERKSHIP: A WINDOW TO THE PHARMACY WORLDDr. McCarry is a pharmacist with Rite Aid in Philadelphia, Pa.
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Setting Prices for Generic Medications: A Survey of Patient's PerceptionsThe greater use of generic prescription medications has been widely advocated as a policy solution to rising healthcare costs.
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Increased Health Care Provider Education Needed to Reduce Opioid Prescribing for Juvenile FibromyalgiaThe findings demonstrated that female gender, older age, and Caucasian race were the most likely predictors of opioid use in patients with JFMS.
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Prevent Potential Liability to State and Federal Agencies for "Excluded Providers"Health care and pharmacy practices must regularly verify that their employees are not excluded from participation in Medicare, Medicaid, or other federal health programs.
