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A Medical Director Perspective on Specialty PharmacyThis article reviews current drug therapies for heart failure and therapy integration into a patient care framework improving patient adherence and quality of life and decreasing risk of readmission to acute care facilities.
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Does Medication Persistence in Diabetes Affect the Risk Of Hospitalization In The Short-Term?An evaluation of the impact of persistence to oral antidiabetic medication on reducing the risk of hospitalization in adult patients with type 2 diabetes.
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The Comparative Value of 3 Electronic Sources of Medication DataCombining medication history information from multiple sources improves the completeness and accuracy of the medication information.
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Pharmacists in ACOs, Part 1: Accountable Care Basics Every Pharmacist Should KnowWhile trying to explain his work on quantum mechanics, physicist Richard Feynman famously quipped, If anybody says they understand it, they don't understand it." The same could be said about the speed-of-light changes occurring within our nation's health care system.
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Implementation Strategy to Bring Medication Therapy Management Into High-ÂVolume Community PharmaciesThis study shows how medication therapy management can be integrated into challenging pharmacy work flow, and also assesses the resulting benefits, both clinical and financial.
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Just Half of HIV Patients on ART Receive Recommended RegimenHIV patients not on recommended regimens are less likely to achieve viral suppression and more likely to report side effects.
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New Study Shows that E-Cigarette Use Is an Independent Risk Factor for Respiratory DiseaseAs vaping continues to grow in popularity, it becomes increasingly critical to correct misconceptions about its safety and long-term effects.
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Persistence With Antiarrhythmics and the Impact on Atrial Fibrillation–Related OutcomesRetrospective analysis of claims data showed that persistence with amiodarone and sotalol was generally poor.
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Metastatic Breast Cancer UpdatesIncremental gains in survival and new targeted agents in the pipeline offer promise.
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Technology Innovations: Empowering the PatientHealth care is speeding toward a fast-paced future rooted in technology, design, and human behavior.
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Pharmacy Crime Watch Reduces Robbery and Rx FraudMr. Fagerman is president of the St. Joseph County (Indiana) Pharmacy Association. Sgt Ross is with the Crime Prevention Unit of the South Bend (Ind) Police Department.
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Increasing National Naloxone Access: Kentucky Is First to Open Online Naloxone RegistryWith mortality rates continuously climbing due to drug overdoses, the Kentucky Office of Drug Control Policy now provides an active online registry that allows patients to locate pharmacies that supply naloxone without a patient-specific prescription.
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Statins and Macrolide Antibiotics: Defining the RiskThe potential severity of these uncommon interactions warrants measures to avoid them.
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Theratechnologies Inc's EgriftaThe FDA approved Egrifta (tesamorelin) to treat lipodystrophy in HIV-infected patients.
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Potentially Inappropriate Prescribing of Direct-acting Oral Anticoagulants in the Veterans Health AdministrationThis study examines variations in overall use, and potentially inappropriate use, of non-warfarin direct-acting oral anticoagulants across sites within the Veterans Health Administration.
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Web Exclusive: Pharmacist Glycemic Control Team Associated With Improved Perioperative Glycemic and Utilization OutcomesImplementation of a pharmacist-led glycemic control team was associated with improved glycemic control and utilization outcomes in a population of noncritically ill surgical patients.
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New Oral Anticoagulants: Implications for Health SystemsThe new oral anticoagulants that have become available in recent years have added significant complexity to the prevention of stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation.
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Training Pharmacists to Support Their CommunitiesThe purpose of a postgraduate year one community-based residency program is to build upon a PharmD and help develop residents into community-based pharmacist practitioners with diverse patient care, leadership, and education skills.
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Pharmacist Collaborative Management of Poorly Controlled Diabetes Mellitus: A Randomized Controlled TrialDiabetes mellitus affects 23 million people in the United States. Adjusting for population age differences, survey data between 2004 and 2006 indicate that 6.6% of non-Hispanic whites, 7.5% of Asian Americans, 10.4% of Hispanics, and 11.8% of non-Hispanic blacks have diabetes mellitus.1 Totaling $174 billion in 2007, diabetes care accounts for 19% of total healthcare costs.
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Meeting the NeedThe tide of deaths due to unintentional prescription opioid toxicity must be stemmed.
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Impact of Drug Therapy Duration in Patients With Hepatitis CAdherence to drug therapy in hepatitis C increased total costs in year 1 relative to nonadherent patients, then decreased total costs in year 2.
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Large-Scale, Community-Based Trial of a Personalized Drug-Related Problem Rectification SystemA controlled trial of a system for rectifying and preventing drug-related problems was conducted to evaluate improvement in the efficiency of resource utilization.
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Medicare Part D Optimization: Potential Out-of-Pocket Savings Through Plan ReexaminationMedicare Part D plans can change their cost-sharing structure and formularies every year. As such, beneficiaries should annually reevaluate plan offerings to minimize their out-of-pocket costs.
