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The Evolving World of Pharma MarketingPharma companies that shift their attention to what providers, payers, and patients are asking for will profit from the growing worldwide market on preventative care.
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Devices Made Easy: A Review of Inhaler Technique and Patient Adherence in COPDThis Continuing Education activity is supported by educational grants from AstraZeneca LP and Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
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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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Health Information Technology: Supporting Pharmacy Trends in 2014Four major trends will dominate the health information technology landscape during the coming year.
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Health-System Specialty Pharmacies Address Social Determinants of HealthIntegrating specialty pharmacy staff into oncology, neurology, rheumatology, and other specialty clinics within their health systems is a growing trend with a range of beneficial outcomes.
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Techs Taking More Active Role in Preventing PoisoningsPharmacy team members can provide educational resources, strategies to kids to promote safety.
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Comparison of Pharmacists and Primary Care Providers as ImmunizersPharmacist-administered vaccination services were found to be more efficient, productive, and cost-effective than primary care visits or mass vaccination clinics.
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Viability of a Dose Optimization Program Within a Specialty PharmacyDose optimization strategies offer a potentially valid, clinically based intervention in which payers can realize a direct drug cost savings, and indirect medical cost avoidance.
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Vaccines: There Is an App for ThatThese 8 apps, offered by organizations such as the pediatric infectious diseases society and the CDC, feature vaccine schedules, risks, and more.
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Second Look at Utilization of a Closed-System Transfer Device (PhaSeal)The Phaseal closed-system transfer device can extend the beyond-use date of pharmaceuticals, thereby reducing waste.
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Access to PCSK9 Inhibitors Still RestrictedAt the American College of Cardiology Scientific Session, a study of prescriptions for PCSK9 inhibitors confirms what doctors say about trying to get their patients access to the cholesterol drug.
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A Case for Biosimilar Use: 5 Things You Need to KnowBiosimilars are a potential solution to the ever-growing problem of high specialty drug costs.
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Introduction: Reducing Our Nation's Health Care CostsA revealing GPhA research report on brand name and generic prescription drug sales demonstrates how much generic medicines have saved consumers, as well as state and federal governments, over the past decade.
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Attitudes, Barriers, and Perceptions Influence Naloxone Prescribing by PharmacistsEvidence suggests that they are not actively using their prescriptive authority, but a new study aims to identify factors affecting their related behaviors.
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Cost of PrEP May Inhibit Widespread AdoptionAlthough the use of preexposure prophylaxis against HIV has increased across the United States in recent years, the rise in costs across the health care system has yet to be fully catalogued.
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Low Reporting of Medicaid Diabetes Quality Measures: Room for Improvement?In a review of publicly reported diabetes quality measures for Medicaid fee-for-service, overall reporting was low and reports of outcomes measures were rarely available.
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New Ointment Found Effective in Eczema TreatmentImprovements in pruritus were achieved earlier with crisaborole for eczema.
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The Role of Specialty Drugs in Private Sector Healthcare SpendingThis study characterizes the role of specialty drug utilization in aggregate private sector healthcare spending in the United States from 2000 to 2009.
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GI Cancers: Neuroendocrine Cancer UpdateClinical trial results show that several new combination therapies offer great promise for the treatment of challenging neuroendocrine tumors in the gastrointestinal area.
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Behavioral-Based Communication Improves Patient OutcomesNonadherence is linked to poor health outcomes, including a decreased quality-of-life, disease progression, and increased hospitalizations.
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Improving Transplant Care OutcomesFor transplant patients, the difference between a successful and an unsuccessful outcome can be made by medication adherence.
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Efficacy of Ezetimibe 2.5 mg With a Novel Tablet-Splitting StrategyThis 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.
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Technology Equals Opportunity: Seize the MomentWhether its robots, microbots, smartphones, or 3-dimensional printing, the potential for technology to impact health care and pharmacy excites and motivates Dan Benamoz, RPh, founder and chief executive officer, Pharmacy Development Services.
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The Road Less Traveled: Nontraditional Work Arrangements in AcademiaAccording to the 2014 National Pharmacist Workforce Study, approximately 18.7% of women and 16.4% of men actively engaged as pharmacists reported working part-time.
