Authors


John Meehan, PharmD, MSPBA Candidate

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What Differentiates Effective Core Services from Enhanced Services in Specialty Pharmacy?

Specialty pharmacies have multiple decisions to make for clinical programs that accompany a contract with a manufacturer.


John Choi, PharmD Candidate

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The Winding Paths of Pharmacy

Throughout their years in pharmacy school, almost all students have been asked, “What do you want to do after graduation?”



Steven A. Scott, PharmD, RPh

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"In Your Element": Finding the Right Pharmacy Career

I have just begun my 41st year as a pharmacy educator, and I can truthfully admit that I enjoy what I do as much as or more today than at any other time during my professional career.


Yasmin Grace, PharmD

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The Evolving Treatment Landscape in Heart Failure: Applying Pharmacists in the Hospital and Retail Setting

This Continuing Education activity is supported by educational funding provided by Amgen and Novartis Pharmaceuticals Inc.


This article was sponsored by Eisai Inc. The 2012 Eisai Oncology Digest was commissioned

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Trends in the 2012 Eisai Oncology Digest: Insurance and Cost Obstacles in Cancer Treatment

Results from Eisai Inc's online national survey of cancer patients, published in the 2012 Eisai Oncology Digest, highlight financial concerns of cancer treatment and their impact on treatment adherence.


Adam J. Fein, PhD

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7 Reasons Why Specialty Drug Dispensing Will Boom

Competition is heating up in the specialty marketplace as investment capital is drawn in and the pharmaceutical industry shifts from traditional brand-name drugs to specialty drugs over the next few years.


Michael R. Hess

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Use Asembia to Take Stock Before Going to Market

Asembia is great not only for networking conversations that can lead to transactions but also for taking stock of your organization.



Saira A. Jan, PharmD, MS

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Impact of Medicare Part D on Utilization and Expenditures

Examination of pharmacy behaviors before and after implementation indicated that restrictions in pharmacy benefits may not deter utilization for Part D.


Andrew Lyle

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Launch Misalignment and the Anticipated Mail-Order Pharmacy Market Shift

The mail-order pharmacy marketplace has significantly changed since the year 2000.


Adam Furman, PharmD

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Importance of Receptor Status in Long-Term Management of Patients With Breast Cancer

Specialty pharmacists are uniquely positioned to help with the treatment of breast cancer.


By Heather Brand, PharmD, MSPBA

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The Hunger for an Integrated, All-Inclusive Specialty Pharmacy Management System

Current platforms are not designed for the dynamic needs of today’s specialty pharmacy providers.


Kelly C. Rogers, PharmD

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The Road Less Traveled: Nontraditional Work Arrangements in Academia

According 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.



CEO

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Evolving Career Paths Offer Variety to Pharmacists

As the role of the pharmacist in health care continues to evolve and expand, pharmacy careers are adapting to meet modern needs and challenges.



Thomas Morrow, MD

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"Good Enough" Is Not Good Enough

The use of a virtual health assistant provides an ongoing measurement of patient outcomes and a precise picture of disease activity, allowing clinicians to better tailor medication therapy to a patient's needs.


Rob Standridge

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Adequate Reimbursement: A Tipping Point for Pharmacy

The health of the profession of pharamacy depends upon pharmacists being fairly reimbursed for products and services provided.


Robert Brunault, PharmD

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Case Studies (July 2015)

What should these pharmacists do?


Catherine Defino, PharmD, RPh

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Atezolizumab and Nab-Paclitaxel for the Treatment of Triple-Negative Breast Cancer

Compared with other breast cancer subtypes, TNBC is more likely to be diagnosed in younger women and is more likely to have metastases present at the time of diagnosis.



Dan Pollard, PhD, MBA

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A Pharmacy on Every Corner or Prescription Drug Costs on Every Phone?

Changes in purchasing behavior have immediate and long-term effects on health care costs for both individuals and employers.


Kelly Ratliff, President, US Bioservices

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Achieve Gold Standard Oral Oncology Drug Adherence Through Collaboration

Health care providers—including physicians, oncologists, and specialty pharmacists—must leverage their collective resources and expertise to work together to address adherence on a larger scale. 


Robert Hiscock, MA

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Psoriasis Treatment Patterns: Phototherapy, Oral Nonbiologic, and Biologic Therapies

Among psoriasis patients initiated on oral nonbiologic or on biologic therapy, most patients undergo at least 1 therapy change within 4 months of treatment initiation.



Tanmayi Gupta, PharmD, Clinical Manager of Quality

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Patient-Centered Multidisciplinary Care Key to Value-based Care

2019 Pharmacy Quality Alliance Annual Meeting included discussions on measures to improve medication services and how pharmacists can play a larger role in the multidisciplinary care team.


Ashley Mains Espinosa, PharmD, MS, CPHIMS, FASHP

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Partner With 340B Executive Stakeholders

At minimum, they should engage in compliance risks; financial opportunities; key advocacy efforts; and program resources, structure, and value.


Daniel Holland, PharmD

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What Patients On a Vegan Diet Need to Know About Medications

Animal products are prevalent in pharmaceuticals manufacturing, including in some unexpected places.


Anna Kaltenboeck, MA

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Daily Dose and Costs of Therapy With Topical Testosterone Agents

We assessed time to maintenance dose attainment in commercially insured men initiating topical testosterone agents and compared daily maintenance doses and costs of this therapy.