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How can your health system best manage shortages? Here are some key considerations.

What if the national and state pharmacy organizations combined to get their message out? And what if they linked that message to a series of national and international events?

Since they see diabetic patients so often, community pharmacists who encourage vaccination can play a major role in boosting public health.

New treatment options range from novel insulin therapies to GLP-1 agonists, DPP-4 inhibitors, SGLT-2 inhibitors, and more.

In 2012, approximately 37% of the adults in America had prediabetes, and almost 90% of them didn't realize it. The importance of intervention/education by community pharmacists cannot be overestimated.

If you are a pharmacist who deals with patients, expect to deal with gestational diabetes.

Type 2 diabetes is associated with a two- to four-fold increase in the risk of CVD. Pharmacists can monitor and manage the risk factors.

As CGM technology evolves, pharmacists can play a key role in helping patients navigate new systems coming on the market.

If you enjoy working one-on-one with patients and have an entrepreneurial spirit, this might just be for you.

"I want it and I want it NOW" is not always your best move. Especially with the pharmacist who is filling your Rx.

How to take in the Big Picture, New Pharmacy-style.

Can you say "Risperdal," boys and girls?

Medication reconciliation, inpatient care, med safety, discharge education, transitions of care, medication adherence - these are only some of the ways pharmacists can benefit the healthcare team. There are plenty more.

Drug Topics' peripatetic pharmacist-correspondent reports from FIP 2015 in Dusseldorf.

For patients with heart failure, Entresto is the first treatment available that has been shown to decrease hospitalizations and reduce the risk of cardiovascular-related death.

CMS will now offer payers enticements to increase patient med adherence under the existing MTM model. The Part D effort is specifically focused on stand-alone Part D plans.

Venous limb gangrene can occur in cancer patients, but the clinical picture and pathogenesis aren’t clear.

A Fort Lauderdale university clinic emphasizes the connection between health, wellness, and prevention.

The pros and cons of unionizing.

New Rx, generics, OTC, devices, apps, and more.

Kaiser Permanente Northwest has greatly improved physician efficiency and medication accuracy – and saved the healthcare system millions of dollars - with a pharmacist-centered medication refill program.

ISMP outlines 10 precautions to follow in methotrexate dosing and administration.

The New Hampshire Board of Medicine rejected a set of rules proposed by Gov. Maggie Hassan designed to more closely regulate doctors who prescribe opioid painkillers.

Bashful customers may prefer not to discuss certain products, but they're still going to look for them on your shelves.

A new in-hospital Meijer pharmacy will be used to review medications with patients before discharge and to enroll patients in the retailer’s adherence programs.

Caremark has gained approval and the promise of tax incentives to expand its business operations near Orlando, Fla.

The Fairhaven Pharmacy in Bellingham, Washington closed its doors on Oct. 20, 2015.

Chain stores often require pharmacists to dispense 300 or more prescriptions a day. That's 37.5 Rxs an hour in an 8-hour shift or 1.6 minutes per prescription. You can't even get a doc on the phone in that amount of time.

Considerable confusion surrounds the new world of biosimilar drugs. Here are the top five issues connected with biosimilars that pharmacists should know about.

When pharmacists closely monitor patients taking new medications, patients do a better job of sticking to their regimens and overall healthcare costs decline, according to a study recently released by Walgreens.