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Improving Transitions of Care for Patients Receiving Bispecific Therapies and Final RecommendationsPanelists discuss how key recommendations for optimizing bispecific therapy care focus on establishing robust communication protocols between academic and community centers while ensuring community centers develop comprehensive infrastructure including staff training, emergency protocols, and care coordination pathways.
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Examining the True Cost of Carve-out Savings: Quality Clinical CareAs the price tags for therapies coming to market have soared into the hundreds of thousands and even millions on occasion, paying for them has become an ever-greater cause of concern and focus area.
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AAN 2025: Patient Voices Key to Understanding Broader Benefits of Xywav in Sleep DisordersLogan Schneider, MD, highlights the importance of integrating patient-reported outcomes into clinical trials to better capture the full therapeutic impact of low-sodium oxybate (Xywav) beyond traditional sleep metrics.
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Navigating Weight Loss Medications: Long-Term Use, Discontinuation, and Maintaining Weight LossA holistic approach emphasizing lifestyle modifications is essential to maintain weight loss after and while stopping medication.
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Influx of Patients Seeking COVID-19 Boosters and Flu Shots on the HorizonThe availability of bivalent mRNA COVID-19 boosters, which provide broader protection, will likely increase vaccine demand in the fall
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APhA 2025: Pharmacy Automation and Medication Management InsightsAutomation can enhance medication management and support pharmacists' critical clinical roles.
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Help Patients Use Inhalers ProperlyChoosing the appropriate device and using the correct technique are critical for drug delivery to the lungs.
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Pharmacists Can Identify, Prevent, and Treat Viral HepatitisThey play an indispensable role in the vaccination and management of complex regimens.
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Weighing In on the Recommendations for Oral Anticoagulant Use Following Bariatric SurgeryAnatomical alterations result in many downstream changes, such as changes in pH, gastric volume, food intake, surface area for absorption, gastric emptying and transit times, and intestinal enzymes and efflux pumps, among others.
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Illegal Online Pharmacies Are Putting Patients at RiskThe growing volume of drugs sold through illegal online pharmacies are estimated to generate 10 times higher adverse event rates than drugs sold through legal pharmacies.
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Recognizing and Overcoming Barriers in the Transition of Care SettingA multidisciplinary team of nurse practitioners and pharmacists can work together to address patients at an increased risk for hospital readmission.
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S aureus Bacteremia Management Requires Antimicrobial Stewardship From All Health Care ProfessionalsSAB is a complicated disease state with a high mortality rate.
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Take Charge of Hypertension: Essential Steps for Better HealthAlongside regular monitoring and pharmacotherapy, key lifestyle changes can help manage and prevent high blood pressure.
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EmPATHy: More Empathy Toward Patients Improves Outcomes in Their HealthBy empathizing with patients and creating an environment where patients feel comfortable and open to sharing, pharmacists can increase compliance and adherence.
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Confusion Persists Around the Interchangeability Designation for BiosimilarsThe legal and common uses of “interchangeability” continue to be conflated.
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Socioeconomic Inequities Have a Significant Impact on Treatment of Antimicrobial Resistant InfectionsPharmacist-led interventions significantly improve antibiotic prescribing practices, optimize therapy, and improve patient outcomes.
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Pharmacists Help Guide Regimen Choice Between Flu/Cy/TBI and Flu/Bu2Monica Sawiris, PharmD, said there were noticeable differences in toxicities between each regimen.
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Clinical Overview: Furosemide Injection (Furoscix) for Subcutaneous Use Treating Heart FailureFurosemide exhibits diuretic action by inhibiting sodium and chloride reabsorption in the proximal and distal tubules and the loop of Henle.
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The Intersection of Pharmacists and Biotechnology: Advancements and ChallengesPharmacists have an evolving role in biotechnology.
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Outcomes of Pharmacist-Driven Clinical Interventions in a Medically Integrated Oncology Specialty Pharmacy PracticeThe high acceptance rates of these interventions demonstrate the key role in optimizing patient care that clinical oncology pharmacists with access to medical records play.
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Cost Avoidance and Satisfaction Associated With Clinical Pharmacy Services in a Veterans Affairs Specialty ClinicAn infusion and specialty clinical pharmacist is a valuable integrated member of the health care team as demonstrated by cost avoidance and high satisfaction reported by both veterans and specialty providers.
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Thinking Beyond Technology: Why a Holistic Approach Is a Better Way to Fight Drug DiversionAlthough we have made strides in adopting technology to combat diversion, the uptake of advanced technology is slow and steady.
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Advancing Lung Cancer Treatment With Bispecific Antibodies: A Review of Amivantamab and TarlatamabBispecific antibodies amivantamab and tarlatamab hold promise for patients.
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Nurturing Fertility: Pharmacist's Insights for Women's Health Awareness MonthFertility pharmacists understand the importance of education, awareness, and support women need to discover in navigating the complexities of fertility.
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Ambulatory Care Pharmacist-Administered Depression Screenings Can Close Gaps in CareThe study implemented a novel workflow for ambulatory care pharmacists to execute pharmacist-administered depression screenings.
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Cellular Senescence is a Central Driver of Chronic Kidney Disease-Related Kidney FibrosisResearchers explore cellular senescence's role in kidney fibrosis, highlighting potential therapies to combat chronic kidney disease progression.
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Untangling the Identity of Charge Variants in Antibody-Drug ConjugatesAn integrated strategy can simplify the development of antibody-drug conjugates.
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Hepatitis Awareness Month: Help Your Patients Live(r) LongerMany of patients with hepatitis that pharmacists encounter have viral hepatitis, which can be easily remembered as the ABCs of hepatitis.
