Nivedita Kohli RPh, MPBA Candidate

With the evolution and growth of specialty pharmacies, so too did services provided by hubs and the places where they were situated.

The work and expertise of a drug utilization pharmacist should be empowered and integrated earlier into a recall process.

The intention of risk evaluation and mitigation strategy programs is to ensure that the patient gets potentially dangerous drugs that are monitored appropriately.

Over the past 20 years, the specialty pharmacy channel has been the fastest growing segment of pharmacy practice.

In recent history, drug shortages became somewhat of a phenomenon, tripling from 61 shortages in 2005 to 178 in 2010.

To streamline the way opioid treatments are administered and to successfully treat addicts, a pharmacist’s clinical expertise is maximized in a medication-assisted treatment setting within opioid treatment programs.

Specialty pharmacists are well positioned to manage the opioid epidemic because they are in regular contact with their patients who trust them.