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Pharmacist Skills Support Mental Health Services
The broad range of skills pharmacists possess can improve medication adherence and antipsychotic polypharmacy among patients with mental disorders
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Most Patients Aren't Actually Allergic to Penicillin
Many patients who claim to have penicillin allergies may not actually be allergic to the antibiotic.
Pharmacists Underreport Adverse Drug Reactions Due to Inadequate Training
A lack of training on pharmacovigilance likely leads pharmacists to underreport adverse drug reactions (ADRs).
Generic Drugs Increase Adherence to Life-Saving Breast Cancer Treatment
Dispensing generic hormonal therapies instead of their brand-name counterparts increases breast cancer patients' life-saving medication adherence by 50%.
Proximity to Healthy Food Stores Supports Better Dieting
The closer obese patients live to a grocery store with a decent selection of healthy foods, the more likely they are to have better diets.
Pharmacist Interventions Optimize Pediatric Cancer Care
In the pediatric hospital setting, pharmacists most frequently perform drug therapy changes on the cancer ward.
Pharmacists Demonstrate EpiPen Use More Accurately Than Doctors
Pharmacists generally demonstrate proper epinephrine auto injector use to anaphylaxis patients.
Four Drugs Comprise Half of All Inpatient Antimicrobial Treatment
Roughly half of all patients hospitalized between May 2011 and September 2011 received at least 1 antimicrobial drug.
Pharmacy Policy Changes Needed to Increase Pharmacists' Mobile Apps Use
Company policy changes across regional and national chain pharmacies are needed to expand the use of mobile health care apps among pharmacists.
HPV Awareness Does Not Increase Vaccination Rates
Parents who know about the human papillomavirus are not more likely to get their adolescent daughters vaccinated.
Pharmacist-Run Pill Box Clinics Improve Adherence to Antihypertensive Medications
Pill box clinics conducted by pharmacists improve drug adherence among patients with uncontrolled hypertension.
Pharmacist Intervention Improves Osteoporosis Medication Compliance
Pharmacist-led drug use evaluation programs improve osteoporosis management in general practice.
Live MTM Outperforms Chart Review on Reducing Cholesterol
Live medication therapy management (MTM) reduces low-density-lipoprotein cholesterol significantly more than standard, chart-review MTM.
Pharmacy Shopping for ADHD Medications Similar to Opioids
ADHD medications are prone to the same abuse, misuse, and diversion as opioids.
Polypharmacy Hinders HIV Drug Adherence
Among HIV-positive patients, concurrent use of medications is associated with nonadherence to antiretroviral therapy.
Pharmacists Reduce Anti-Epileptic Drug Prescription Errors
Clinical pharmacists can reduce anti-epileptic drug (AED) prescription errors that commonly result from incomplete or poor documentation.
Physician-Pharmacist Collaboration Keeps Asthma Patients Out of Hospitals
Implementing physician-pharmacist collaborative management methods reduces asthma-related emergency department visits.
Pharmacist Review of ER Visits Reduces Prevalence of Inappropriately Prescribed Antimicrobials
Up to one-fifth of adult patients discharged from emergency departments may require antimicrobial prescription revisions.
Pharmacist ICU Involvement Reduces Hospital Costs, Adverse Events
Involving pharmacists in the intensive care unit reduces adverse events and costs for patients who receive continuous veno-venous hemofiltration.
Clinical Pharmacists Catch Medication Discrepancies More Often Than Nurses
Given a structured method for medication reconciliation, clinical pharmacists identify more medication discrepancies than nurses.
Pharmacists Overestimate Patients' Understanding of Medical Terms
Pharmacists gauge patients' recognition of medical terms higher than doctors do.
Gestational Diabetes Exposure Contributes to Obesity in Adolescents
Adolescents exposed to gestational diabetes in utero have a higher risk of developing impaired glucose tolerance.
Self-Monitoring Blood Pressure Lowers Cardiovascular Risk in Hypertension
Self-monitoring is an effective method for hypertensive patients who are at risk for cardiovascular comorbidity.
Heart-Related Mortality and Hospitalizations on the Decline Since 1999
Hospitalization rates for heart disease and stroke have dropped significantly over the past decade.
Pharmacist Interventions Significantly Improve Clinical Outcomes in HIV Outpatients
Study suggests pharmacists are more than qualified to navigate outpatients with HIV through treatment options.
HPV Vaccination Still Low Among Adolescents
Roughly one-third of teen girls' clinicians and almost half of teen boys' clinicians did not recommend HPV vaccination in 2013.
Popular Prescription Medications May Contribute to Falls, Injuries in Elderly Patients
Fall and injuries in the elderly may be attributed to many popular prescription medications.
Parkinson's Drug Triggers Spontaneous Orgasms in Woman
A woman taking Parkinson's disease drugs was admitted to a hospital for excessive, unwanted orgasms related to the drug.