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Ashley Skokan

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Certified Technicians Play a Feature Role in COVID-19 Response, Vaccinations

Before the COVID-19 pandemic, pharmacy technicians spent most of their shifts helping patients, billing insurance, stocking the pharmacy area, dispensing prescriptions, and other administrative duties. However, COVID-19 quickly changed that.


Ryan Brinkman, PhD

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Data-Driven Science: How AI and Open Data Can Revolutionize Scientific Discovery

While the demand for professionals adept in the ability to work with big data is at an all-time high, there remains a significant lack of skilled talent.



Mary A. Gutierrez, PharmD

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Pharmacists Play Role in Pharmacogenomics Clinical Services

They should consider many factors and use clear guidance on predicting phenotypes from genotypes to intervene optimally based on specific drug-gene interactions.


Frank Amato, CEO, Synaps Dx

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Addressing Misdiagnoses, Ensuring Accurate Diagnosis to Inform Appropriate Prescribing and Treatment for Alzheimer Disease

Symptoms of dementia can be difficult to differentiate from typical age-related behavior changes and other common and potentially curable conditions.


Emily Viehl, PharmD, BCOP

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Teclistamab-cqyv Shows Promise in Relapsed/Refractory Multiple Myeloma Following 4 Prior Lines of Therapy

Because of CRS and neurologic toxicity risk, the therapy is available through a REMS program.


Haytham Gareer, MD, PhD, MBA, FACS

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Colorectal Cancer: Screening Options and Potential Emerging Role for Pharmacists

Nearly 63% of newly diagnosed patients have advanced colorectal cancer, which requires more aggressive treatment and reduces the associated 5-year survival rate.


Amy Indorf, PharmD, BCOP

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Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors Change Treatment Landscape for Metastatic Cervical Cancer

Approval of a novel antibody-drug conjugate ushers in new second-line option.


Chris Yuen, PharmD

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Beyond the Rx: How Pharmacists Fill an Important Role in Prevention, Treatment of Peripheral Artery Disease

As few as one-third of individuals who are living with peripheral artery disease are receiving medical therapies to address their risk factors.


Tyler Poli, PharmD

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The Importance of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis for HIV

PrEP therapy has revolutionized HIV treatment by protecting patients who are high risk for acquiring the virus.


Anthony M. Gerber, PharmD, BCACP, AAHIVP

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A Pharmacist’s Guide to Continuous Glucose Monitoring

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.


Adrienne Michelet, PharmD Candidate

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Pharmacists Play an Essential Role in Patients’ Access to Contraception

Legislation allowing pharmacists to prescribe contraceptives is becoming more widespread.


Cristina Manos, RPh

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Ohio Leads the Way in Pharmacy Reform, Will Other States Follow?

Many pharmacists must find a way to vaccinate hundreds of patients in an organized way, while still having to run an understaffed pharmacy.


Massachusetts Society of Health-System Pharmacists

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Op-Ed: Why We Need a Health Promotion Screening Law in Massachusetts

Implementing screening and testing services by pharmacists will expand access to care for patients.


Stephen Argiro, PharmD, BCGP

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Finding an Opportunity to Advance Pharmacy Practice During a Pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to significant innovation, which presents a unique opportunity for pharmacists to advance pharmacy practice by serving as the integral drug monitoring experts of the health care team.


Rodney Rohde, SV, SM, MB (ASCP), FACSc

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CDC and FDA Recommendations for SARS-CoV-2 Booster Shots

Experts in the management of SARS-CoV-2 educate on CDC and FDA recommendations for approaching administration of booster vaccines, including those for special patient populations.


Sidhartha D Ray, PhD, FACN

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Little Pills, Big Risks: The Untold Dangers of Referring to Low-Dose Aspirin as 'Baby Aspirin’

Aspirin, known as acetylsalicylic acid, has been marketed in ways that have de-emphasized potential risks to children.


Aaron Emmel, PharmD, MHA, BCPS; Jared L. Crandon, PharmD; and Anne Marie Greco, PharmD

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Clinical Overview: Innovations in Nephrology 2023

It is important for pharmacists to understand implications related to drug clearance to maximize therapeutics in patients with kidney disease.


Lisa A. Rosenberg, PharmD, BCGP, CMWA

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Expanding How to Assess Adherence in Older Adults With Home Medication Management

“There is method to this madness” describes routines that affect adherence to medication regimens.


Kelly Gerard, BSPharm, CSP

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New Tool Helps Providers Navigate Adalimumab Biosimilars

The tool consolidates and highlights key features that would be considered when choosing a biosimilar adalimumab.


Hannah C. Oliver, PharmD Candidate

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COVID-19 Vaccines: FDA Approved, EUA, and in the Pipeline

Clinical testing of COVID-19 vaccine efficacy has led to the first FDA-approved COVID-19 vaccine, Comirnaty.


Sukeina Nasser, PharmD, CPh, PACS

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Novel Combination Therapies in Relapsed/ Refractory Classical Hodgkin Lymphoma

Data shed light on brentuximab vedotin plus nivolumab, bendamustine, or gemcitabine.


Eric F. Egelund, PharmD, PhD

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Focus on Human Papillomavirus Virus Vaccination in Adults and Young Adults

Combining strong evidence-based recommendations with caring, compassionate, and frequent counseling opportunities hopefully will increase vaccine acceptance and ultimately reduce the incidence of HPV and associated cancers among our patients.


W. Perry Flowers, RPh, MS

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Pharmacy Automation Can Be a Means to Drug Safety

In the pharmacy, time is the ultimate value-add.



Sirj Goswami, PhD; Jon Faldasz, PharmD, BCPS; and Jasmine Hughes, PhD

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Simulation Demonstrates Potential Effectiveness of Model-Informed Precision Dosing for Heparin

The growing awareness in health care of the challenges associated with proper dosing of anticoagulants such as heparin has inspired the emerging field of anticoagulation stewardship.


UMass Memorial Health

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Pharmacy Care Coaches Improve Outcomes in Patients With Diabetes

Care Coach program offers a comprehensive set of pharmacy and counseling services to patients struggling to manage their diabetes.


Kami Nolan, PharmD, CSP and Jill Paslier, PharmD, CSP

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Patient Safety and the Role of a Specialty Pharmacist in a Health System

Due to the high-touch, high-risk nature of specialty medications, specialty pharmacies must incorporate robust programs to ensure proper medication usage and minimize the potential for error or adverse events.


Kevin Nguyen, PharmD; Nathan Nguyen, PharmD Candidate; Mya Yee, PharmD Candidate; Katherine Kim, PharmD Candidate

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Molnupiravir: What We Know So Far About Oral Antiviral COVID-19 Treatment

Molnupiravir (Lagevrio) is a potent ribonucleoside analog that blocks SARS-CoV-2 replication by acting as a competitive substrate of virally-encoded RNA-dependent RNA polymerase.


William Carroll, PharmD, BCPS

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Bringing a Culture of Belonging to Pharmacy

Leaders must fully understand the benefits of diversity and create an environment in which it thrives to cultivate and inspire the next generation of inclusive leaders.

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