The American Diabetes Association (ADA) is calling for all patients with diabetes who are at high risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD) to be treated with statins and lifestyle therapy, according to its recently published guidance in the January issue of Diabetes Care.
How is it that entire clans can get hooked on the profession of pharmacy? This time, we read about a family in North Carolina that was bitten by the bug.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently informed Louisiana that it’s been using an improper reimbursement formula to pay pharmacists through its state Medicaid program.
Agents from the Drug Enforcement Administration recently searched records at a Virginia hospital pharmacy in connection with stolen narcotics with an estimated street value close to $1.4 million.
A Walgreens store in Ferguson, Mo., which was damaged during the protests over the Michael Brown case, reopened right before Christmas.
During one six-month period, one West Virginia doctor wrote prescriptions linked to six drug-overdose deaths; nine other doctors wrote prescriptions linked to two or more overdose deaths.
A judge has reinstated the pharmacy license of a former Rhode Island state senator who mistakenly gave morphine to an infant and a toddler.
Even as cynicism grows about the pharmaceutical industry, Americans continue to view pharmacists as among the most honest and ethical professionals.
David Webster, associate director of pharmacy operations, University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC), explains URMC’s decision to transition to in-sourced IV compounding.
What stories got the most attention from Drug Topics readers in 2014? Here are the top 10.
Pharmacists and other healthcare professionals have more work to do before consumers understand the dangers of misusing acetaminophen.
Between 2010 and 2013, a significant decline in medical errors at U.S. hospitals reduced hospital-acquired conditions, saving an estimated 50,000 lives and billions of dollars.
Ohio legislators have approved a bill that would shield the identities of pharmacies and pharmacists that compound lethal injection drugs used in executions.
The committee is comprised of 14 members-12 voting and two non-voting-who will provide advice on scientific, technical, and medical issues concerning drug compounding under sections 503A and 503B of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
The owner and head pharmacist of the now-defunct New England Compounding Center (NECC), based in Framingham, Mass., and the supervisory pharmacist were charged with 25 counts of second-degree murder in seven states, more than two years following a nationwide fungal meningitis outbreak, according to December 17 statement by the U.S. Justice Department.
Health system implements on-site specialty pharmacy, connects it with healthcare team members through EMR; clinical pharmacist gets out from under a mountain of paperwork; everybody wins.
The state Board of Pharmacy here decided not to vote on a policy that would bar the manufacture of lethal drugs by pharmacists for use in executions.
That’s according to Forbes, which picked pharmacist as the top healthcare job for 2015 because of average annual salaries of more than $116,000 and a projected growth rate of 14% by 2022.
Walgreens has lost the latest round in a legal fight involving a Fresno, Calif. pharmacist who said he was fired after blowing the whistle on alleged billing fraud.
Ninety percent of primary care doctors recently surveyed said they are concerned about prescription drug abuse-and nearly half of those surveyed said they are less likely to prescribe powerful painkillers than just a year ago.
Now that pharmacists are being recognized as full members of the healthcare team, we don't have to worry about payment any more, right? Not quite.
The V-Go delivers CSII by means of a disposable patch device and provide insulin for 24 hours.
This patient's birthday was the happiest day of her life. But that's only half the reason the hospital pharmacist has never forgotten her.
A brilliant maneuver puts one drugstore chain ahead of the pack.
Exploding patient numbers mean that insulin use will increase - as will varieties of insulin, methods of administration, and dosage algorithms.
With pressure on pharmacists constant and intense, integrity is your best safeguard. Don't let it slip away.
What was pharmacy practice like before it went corporate? Here's a snapshot from Drug Topics contributor Truman Lastinger.
Until now, DEA has interpreted the Controlled Substances Act in its own special way. Now two senators launch legislation geared to the needs of everyone else.
With medication shortages now a fact of life in U.S. healthcare, it is imperative for facilities and organizations to have a pharmacist-driven action plan in place and in use.
An error in the package insert and clinical guidelines may contribute to the high rates of patient harm associated with methadone.
