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Pharmacists Play a Key Role in Patient Self-Medication
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Should Pharmacists Be Able to Compound?
Quantity of product and the training of the pharmacy professional are factors to consider in this question.
State Pharmacy Meetings: A Valuable Investment
Meetings at the state level are a bridge between grassroots ideas and the national stage.
Globalization in Pharmacy Practice
Turning an eye to the international stage can be informative and rewarding.
Medication Adherence: Taking Responsibility
Pharmacists can help break the cycle of nonadherence, which has a huge impact on patient safety and is a significant financial burden.
The True Meaning of MTM
Taking responsibility for drug therapy outcomes is a critical part of medication therapy management.
Pharmacists and the Patient-Centered Medical Home, A New Way of Thinking
Health Care Reform...Disruptive Changes?
Pharmacists can prepare for change by taking careful stock of the services they want to provide now and in the future.
Megatrends in Pharmacy: What the Future Holds
A look at the top 10 trends in pharmacy that promise to change the profession in the coming years.
Pharmacy Workload Standards... What's the Solution?
As the pharmacist's scope of practice continues to expand, excessive workload is a major concern for pharmacists in all practice settings.
Enhancing the Role of the Pharmacist...and Taking the Lead
As technology and science advance, pharmacists have the opportunity to take on new responsibilities, expand their role in health care, and meet society's needs.
The Patient-Centered Medical Home and ACOs...What Should Be the Pharmacist's Role?
New health care models offer collaboration and risk sharing among health care professionals.
Medication Therapy Management: What is the Best Model?
Will medication therapy management become a routine part of most dispensing pharmacists' activities, or will a select group of pharmacists handle this role?
Can Biologic Drugs Be Trusted?
Is the furor over biologic drugs more of the same-or is the science of biologic drug production such that the quality of generic products entering the market can't be trusted?
Will the Pharmacy Job Market Self-Correct?
Resolutions Anyone?
What lofty projects are you planning to undertake in 2011?
Has the Pharmacy Practice Transformation Started?
The pharmacy profession is on the cusp of major changes, but individual pharmacists must be willing to step up to the plate.
Health Care Reform: Changes in Washington?
How will changes brought by the election affect the future of health care reform?
The Diabetes Epidemic: An Opportunity for Pharmacy
Does the explosion of diabetes in the United States provide a special opportunity for pharmacists?
Editor's Note: The End of the Beginning
Graduating from pharmacy school marks the final step in a lifelong process of learning.
Redesigning the Health Care Delivery System
Is society ready for pharmacists to fulfill their potential as doctoral trained medication experts?
Editor's Note: Thoughts on Pain Management...Are We Doing the Right Things?
Should Pharmacists Promote Patient Medication Adherence While We Wait for the Ideal Solution?
Medication adherence is an important process that leads to appropriate outcomes for patients,and pharmacists should be at the center of that process.
Editor's Note: America's Digestive Health...An Opportunity for Pharmacists
Some food for thought for pharmacists and their patients-is there a relationship between the obesity epidemic and the prevalence of gastrointestinal disorders?
When Things Aren't Done Right
Can external oversight, in the form of a voluntary accreditation program, prevent the pharmacy industry's equivalent to the Gulf oil spill?
Editor's Note: Expanding the Role of Technicians...Two Sides to the Story
Should well-trained pharmacy technicians assume more responsibility for nonjudgmental activities in the pharmacy?
Editor's Note: Medication Therapy Management: What is the Best Model?
Health Care Reform: Has Pharmacy's Message Been Heard?
Pharmacy has a united voice during the health care reform debate, and now that HR 3590 has passed, pharmacy groups must continue to be heard.
Editor's Note: The Pharmacist and OTC Products
As an increasing number of drugs make the Rx-to-OTC switch, an opportunity exists for pharmacists to take a more active role in the recommendation of OTC products.
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