The RESCUE BT2 trial sheds further light on the agent’s potential.
The opportunity to provide non-invasive colorectal cancer screening and education to patients is undoubtedly a role that pharmacists can fill.
Throat indications contribute to high antibiotic overprescribing rates.
The most common medication errors seen in LTC facilities include dispensing errors, delay in delivery, and expired inventory.
There are several important policy issues that could impact pharmacists’ ability to positively affect the quality of care for patients through the use of pharmacy performance measures.
Extravasation is defined as the inadvertent leakage of a vesicant from the vein into the surrounding tissue.
This guide discusses the integration of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) technology into clinical practice, emphasizing the role of pharmacists in selecting and optimizing CGM devices for patients.
Although antibiotics are the standard-of-care treatment for Clostridioides difficile infection, they can cause further microbiota changes that predispose patients to recurrence.
Pharmacogenomics can play a role in lowering the cost of health care expenditures, such as shortening hospital stays and reducing emergency department visits.
Chronic hypertension during pregnancy increases the risk of poor pregnancy and birth outcomes.
This study highlights one benefit of the integrated health system specialty pharmacy model for patients who are prescribed acalabrutinib.
A specialty pharmacy can effectively dispense, monitor, and follow-up with transplant patients who are maintained on the standard triple-drug immunosuppression regimen.
Data suggest the therapy can induce prolonged clinical benefit, even after treatment discontinuation.
Students should prepare to be preceptors early in their pharmacy school careers.
The pharmacist integration model filled in gaps in care that appeared to positively affect MIPS and PCMH quality measures.
With many different classes of medications used in the treatment of major depressive disorder, pharmacists can have a significant impact on patients' lives, from counseling on medications to assisting with finding the right medication.
In a collaboration using a neutral zone, organizations do not have access to each other’s data, but will instead have access to insights gathered by pooling their data together with other organizations for analysis by artificial intelligence technology.
Pharmacists in community and retail practices are stepping out from behind the counter and becoming more involved in patient care.
The FDA has approved elacestrant (Orserdu) for the treatment of postmenopausal women or adult men with estrogen receptor–positive (ER+), HER2-negative, ESR1-mutated advanced or metastatic breast cancer with disease progression following at least 1 line of endocrine therapy.
The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the importance of managing infections properly globally and the need for stewardship networks among partners.
Vaccine administration provides benefits at the patient and public health levels, and pharmacists are critical members of health care teams that provide these vital biologic medications.
As a CGRP receptor antagonist, zavegepant intervenes during the active phase of migraine, providing a targeted and prompt response to alleviate symptoms.
The Act is part of a federal attempt to streamline the research process for medical marijuana and provide more attainable security requirements
Many pharmacy professionals feel discouraged, underutilized, and undervalued, but the support staff often saves the day.
How pharmacy teams can remove cost barriers to cardiac care.
Given the increasing value of patient satisfaction in determining the quality of care in the hospital reimbursement model, research is flourishing with a focus on identifying the factors that could positively influence patient satisfaction outcomes.
Data show these cases pose some of the most significant threats to patients and health systems.