New Products for Pharmacists 03-10-2016
New drugs, formulations, generics, and devices.
Bridging pharmacy automation and EMRs
As hospitals and health systems consolidate, hospital pharmacy directors tackle interoperability between pharmacy automation and EMRs. Here are some of the issues.
Reformulate, remonetize - and let the patient beware
An entire economic ecosystem depends on pulling the wool over the eyes of prescribers. Pharmacists can tell them all about it. Or could.
Drug diversion: Collaboration is key to detection, control
In health systems, close collaboration between pharmacy and nursing results in successful interventions.
Pipeline 2016
An impressive lineup of new products is pouring into the market, and many other up-and-comers are right behind.
California mandates antimicrobial stewardship
Smaller hospitals come to grips with a requirement that is essential, unfunded, and compulsory.
When seconds count, pharmacists can make the difference
Cardiac arrest code teams need pharmacists. Here's why.
ACOs, pharmacists, and value-based healthcare
A rural hospital's director of pharmacy tells how ACO membership cut ER visits and healthcare costs - and improved patient care.
An advocate for change urges pharmacists to speak out
APhA award recipient Nicki Hilliard says step up and voice your concerns.
A real-world solution to drug diversion in health systems
Continuous monitoring is what's needed. Fortunately, there's a platform for that.
New adjunctive medication for eosinophilic asthma
FDA has approved mepolizumab for adjunctive maintenance treatment of severe asthma in patients 12 years of age and older with markers of eosinophilic asthma.
Jury awards Walmart pharmacist more than $31 million
Sex discrimination and harassment were key elements of the case against Walmart.
Antithrombotic therapy to prevent migraine attacks after ASD closure
Clopidogrel therapy can make a difference after ASD closures.
Pharmacy automation: Our silent partner in success
When it comes to filling Rxs, automation technology improves both accuracy and efficiency, giving pharmacists more time for patient care and oversight of technological functions. It's a good thing.
Drug Topics through the decades: 1920-1930
Drugstores in the '20s contended with Prohibition and powerful Washington lobbies, while customers enjoyed newfangled soda fountains and some nifty new products.
APhA names Phil Burgess its honorary President-of-the-Year
When APhA announced the candidates for board of trustees and president-elect, it had a special honor to bestow.
Physician dispensing: Convenience doesn't always equal benefit
In this month's trip down Memory Lane, Drug Topics looks back on an article from 2001 that examined the roots of a problem in full flower today.
A drugstore on every corner: Turning points in community pharmacy
How did local drugstores end up at the mercy of drugmakers, pharmacy chains, insurance plans, and PBMs? Here's a look back from someone who watched it happen.
What should be done about the oversupply of pharmacists?
For years, anecdotal evidence suggested the increase in pharmacy schools and resulting spike in new graduates, as well as the slow track toward provider status, might be creating more pharmacists than available jobs.
To sell or not to sell tobacco: Who should decide?
A New York county executive’s plan to ban pharmacy retailers from selling cigarettes and other tobacco products is garnering mixed reaction from pharmacists.
Did hospital pharmacist expose patients to HIV?
Shore Medical Center of Somers Point, N.J. recently informed 213 patients who received intravenous morphine or hydromorphine that they may have been exposed to HIV or hepatitis B or C.
Report: Supply of pharmacists outnumbers jobs
If you're after a job in pharmacy, you might want to take a look at Alaska, Arkansas, or Louisiana.
Walmart pharmacist’s award slashed by $14 million
A federal judge has significantly reduced the amount a jury recently ordered Walmart to pay a pharmacist who claimed she was wrongfully terminated.
Florida pharmacy school accepts first students
Larkin Health Sciences Institute College of Pharmacy in Miami, Fla., has accepted its first 30 students and is scheduled to begin classes this August.
State BOPs and the politics of pharmacist workloads
Don't knock your BOP till you hear the whole story.
Legislators call for transparency in generic drug pricing
Sixteen members of Congress are urging passage of the MAC Transparency Act and greater reimbursement transparency for the big federal health programs.
Futuristic pharmacy set to open next week
If you’re wondering how the “pharmacy of the future” will look and operate, an independent chain in Ohio and a medical school are set to debut their version.
Idaho considering lower age for pharmacist immunizations
Idaho has one of the lowest children’s vaccination rates in the country.
In-home pharmacist MTM program to expand
After a successful medication therapy management (MTM) pilot program involving home visits from pharmacists to reduce hospital readmissions, healthcare executives would like to expand the program.
Should pharmacists be able to deny pseudoephedrine sales?
Pharmacists see it frequently-customers making multiple purchases of ephedrine or pseudoephedrine products and seeking out the highest dosage.