Independent community pharmacists continue to offer valuable patient care services, including medication therapy management, immunizations, blood pressure monitoring, and diabetes training, demonstrating the increased prevalence of heart disease and diabetes among the populations they serve as well as the need for wellness and prevention programs, according to the National Community Pharmacists (NCPA) 2014 Digest.
Frustrated with the popular dehydration products available, pharmacists Sam and Jamie Lee began searching for alternatives after their 18-month-old son became sick and was in need of rehydration.
Fifteen hospitals have been selected to participate in a quality improvement program that focuses on insulin pen safety in their practice settings, according to the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP).
Chad Leedy, director of retail compliance for ANXeBusiness Corp., discusses what pharmacies need to do to avoid data breaches like those experienced by Target and Home Depot.
Improved pain management. Reduced opioid dependency. Sounds great for chronic pain patients. So why is it a pain to everyone else?
Every eight minutes, a child less than 6 years old experiences an out-of-hospital medication error such as taking the wrong drug or taking too much, according to a study published in the journal Pediatrics.
Despite diligent efforts by a multihospital system to reduce errors associated with insulin pens, they still occur, according to a new report.
Only 6% of hospitals in the United States are well prepared to receive Ebola patients, according to a recent survey of infection prevention experts by the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology.
Purdue Pharma LP, along with the American Pharmacists Association (APhA), has created a brochure and an Initiation & Titration guide to instruct pharmacists on the proper dosing, application, rotation, disposal, and safety for its drug Butrans.
San Francisco supervisors are considering an ordinance that would require drug manufacturers to pay for the disposal of unused and unwanted prescription drugs.
Even without provider status, there's more to delivery of MTM services than some pharmacists may think. Here's a breakdown.
CVS Health recently announced that, starting next year, it may charge additional copays to patients who fill prescriptions at pharmacies that sell tobacco products.
As fears of the Ebola virus and other infectious diseases rise, pharmacists will undoubtedly be called upon to provide patients with public health information and referrals to appropriate care, according to the American Pharmacists Association.
The National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) continues to advocate for legislation that would allow community pharmacies to participate in all Medicare Part D drug plan networks, including “preferred” networks.
A recent poll found that North Dakotans are divided on the issue of abolishing a law that restricts who can operate pharmacies throughout the state.
FDA approved two new therapies for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF): pirfenidone (Esbriet, Roche) and nintedanib (Ofev, Boehringer Ingelheim). Both drugs are orally administered and will help slow the progression of IPF.
Starting next year, health plans that earn 3 or more stars will be able to continue to serve Medicare beneficiaries. Those with fewer than 3 stars will probably be eliminated from the Medicare system.
When it comes to generic drugs, does the shape, color, or size of a pill influence whether patients take the medication as advised?
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The Iowa Board of Pharmacy is forcing the owner of several pharmacies to sell or close them partially because he failed to notice that an employee stole 18,000 hydrocodone tablets over two years.
The number of opioid-prescription overdoses declined slightly in 2012, but the number of heroin deaths continued to increase, according to a new government report.
The Einstein defense applies only to Einstein. The rest of the world does not get a pass.
Some prosecutors and the state’s attorney general want to change Ohio’s lethal-injection law to shield the identities of pharmacists, physicians, and others involved in the process.
FDA last week approved Harvoni (ledipasvir and sofosbuvir), a daily pill to treat hepatitis C virus (HCV) that reportedly costs $1,125 per pill.
ConnecT2Day is designed to help healthcare providers counsel patients in managing type 2 diabetes.
In which a determined pharmacist battles the forces of ignorance and stupidity on behalf of his patient and his own sanity.
In most retail chain stores, the buck stops at the pharmacy supervisor’s desk. Here's a look at the pharmacy biz from their point of view.
Patients should decide how a pharmacy can best communicate with patients. And they can use a very American way to make their feelings known.
The OIG determined that per-fill fees are “inherently subject to abuse” because of their direct tie to the number of patient prescriptions referred to the specialty pharmacy.
Excellent anticoagulation management appears to lower the risk of dementia over the long term in AF patients.
