Community Practice

Confronted by overwhelming workplace challenges, pharmacists sometimes forget they have options. It's time to step outside the limits of habitual thinking and take a look around.

Sterile compounders have voluntarily undertaken several upgrades to their processes and products. The results benefit patients, pharmacists, and the profession overall.

R&D and product manufacture are only the beginning. When the time comes to enter the marketplace, biosimilars still face numerous obstacles.

Some tips on making community connections

A look at some of the year's launches from key manufacturers.

Start your immunization practice here.

Community pharms discuss competitive options at McKesson's ideaShare.

When people are injured by pharmacy mistakes, it is a public safety issue. Where are the state boards of pharmacy?

Many people are pondering that question following the recent release of statistics from the Drug Enforcement Administration that showed Indiana led the nation in pharmacy robberies.

The Drug Enforcement Administration recently announced plans to hold its 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back on September 26, 2015.

If you're a pharmacist looking for another route to success, satisfaction, and reward, start here.

In partnership with the Virginia Department of Health, Walgreens has increased its number of locations to 32 where free HIV testing is offered.

When multiple factors are involved, the issues may not be as clear-cut as you think.

Vaccines are specialty medicines in pharmacy inventory management. Here are some tips on their proper handling, storage, delivery, and administration.

Federal and state laws impose limits on the amount of pseudoephedrine a person may buy and a pharmacy may sell. Your state's limits may be more strict than the limits imposed by the feds.

Is it really good medicine when legislators call the shots?

If you don't know what you want in a manager, you're far more likely to end up unsatisfied. Better give it some thought.

In this country, the practice of pharmacy is valued in two markedly different ways. Consequently, two different responses are necessary.

For patients, preventive services are a vital healthcare resource. For the healthcare delivery system, they produce cost savings. Pharmacists are a key link.

Statins and ED drugs lead the way, and there are plenty more on the horizon.

As sponsor of The Skin Cancer Foundation’s Road to Healthy Skin Tour, Rite Aid will offer free skin cancer screenings at locations in Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Virginia this summer.

The number of methamphetamine lab seizures in West Virginia is plummeting, and some are attributing that decline to pharmacy restrictions on pseudoephedrine products such as Sudafed and Claritin-D.

Over the course of a career, errors are inevitable. For pharmacists, who never forget that lives are at stake, the prospect is chilling. Yet close calls still happen. This was one.

The American Pharmacists Association Foundation has introduced a self-management tool designed to improve healthcare outcomes for diabetes patients and to reduce overall costs.

Despite efforts by law enforcement and increased security measures by many pharmacies, the number of pharmacy robberies across the country increased during the first five months of 2015.