Community Practice

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

Can you say "Risperdal," boys and girls?

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

Tired of all those 12-hour days? If nothing else, a union will get you paid.

Earlier this month, CVS Health began offering free health screenings in 20 markets across the country as part of its annual Project Health campaign.

Could some pharmacists be the victims of their own misplaced expectations?

President Barack Obama has called for doctors and nurses employed by the federal government to receive training on prescribing opioids.

California Gov. Jerry Brown has signed legislation into law that will require pharmacists throughout the state to provide prescription drug labels or medical instructions in five languages besides English.

Sharing electronic health records (EHRs) access between physicians and pharmacists can improve workflow efficiencies for both, according to a new study.

Pharmacists who provide remote monitoring of three chronic disease states can help patients improve health targets

The Florida Board of Pharmacy recently approved a new rule mandating additional training for pharmacists in connection with the dispensing of controlled substances.

You're in the home stretch, and now's the time to go all out.

Here's the latest on where the Star Measures will go next.

Three-quarters of the time, meds prescribed for many common conditions don't work. When the day comes that meds are routinely personalized to the patient, this will cease to be an issue.

Why don't pharmacists get no respect? Here's why, right here.

In Part 3 of "The New Pharmacy," Mark Burger takes you through the daily checklist of a successful practice.

Mom always said, "You kill more flies with honey." She may have had something there.

Community pharmacy residency programs are springing up across the country. Here's what they have to offer.

What makes for successful pharmacy implementation of tobacco-cessation programs? A study of 20 Safeway stores delivers some answers.