Here’s a preview of the featured content to watch for this week on Drug Topics®.
MJH COVID-19 Coalition
Experts from the MJH COVID-19 Coalition examined mask mandates, data-sharing transparency, and vaccine hesitancy. Check back to DrugTopics.com for the key takeaways.
How To Tackle Reimbursement Problems in Your Pharmacy
Jeff Puetz, director, Field Business Coaching at Good Neighbor Pharmacy explains how technology can help identify potential reimbursement problems in the “Using Data to Put a Stop to Your Pharmacy’s Profit Leakage.”
Expert Interviews
An Update on Opioids
Doris Yee, supervisor, clinical pharmacist in the Consumer Drug Information Group at First Databank, discusses the FDA’s recent labeling changes for opioids, which recommend that health care professionals explain the importance of naloxone in preventing opioid overdoses to patients.
Social Determinants of Health
Tim Suther, senior vice president, data solutions at Change Healthcare, dives in to the company’s new social determinants of health (SDoH) analytics resource and its use in pharmacies that are expanding to incorporate retail clinics.
Socioeconomic Disparities Persisted Alongside Improving Vaccination Rates In US Over 11-Year Period
April 16th 2024Findings indicating that socioeconomic disparities widened gaps in vaccination timeliness signal the need for increased efforts to promote timely vaccination among children from families with lower income and those without private insurance.