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Investigators set out to evaluate how medication access for certain rheumatic conditions has changed since June 2022.
Haylea Hannah, MSPH, PhD, discusses her research on the barriers to medications for opioid use disorder that people who are incarcerated can face and what pharmacists can do to address the barriers.
When it comes to practicing pharmacy, do titles and degrees actually matter?
New pathways of care are needed to improve health care spending.
By offering resources such as free samples and generic alternatives, pharmacists can help patients lower costs.
High-Impact Measurement for Chronic Conditions Helps Avoid Excess Care Costs
June 17th 2024The 2024 National Impact Assessment of CMS Quality Measures Report found that adherence to medications for cholesterol, hypertension and diabetes helped Medicare beneficiaries avoid up to $29.2 billion dollars in health care costs from 2016-21.
Increasing Prevalence of T1D Calls for Age-Specific Clinical Guidelines of Management
June 17th 2024Clinical recommendations for the management of type 1 diabetes (T1D) in older adults are urgently needed as the global population ages and as improved diabetes care and management of complications have extended the life expectancy of the patient population.