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A Managed Care Focus on Assessing the Armamentarium for Multiple Sclerosis to Better Individualize Treatment
1.5 Credits / Neurology
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The Value of Early Intervention With Long-Acting Injectable Antipsychotics to Improve Adherence and Treatment of Schizophrenia
1.5 Credits / Neurology, Psychiatry
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Managing Bipolar Disorder: The Pharmacist’s Role in Delivering Quality Care
1.0 Credits / Psychiatry
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The Promising Role of Novel and Emerging Therapies for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: Clinical and Managed Care Insights
1.0 Credit / Neurology
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Understanding the Role of IVIg and SCIg for the Management of CIDP: Information the Pharmacist Needs to Know to Optimize Care, featuring a Patient Perspective
1.5 Credits / Immunology, Neurology
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Rare and Treatment-Resistant Epilepsy Syndromes: Identifying and Addressing the Unmet Needs of Patients and Recognizing Opportunities for Pharmacist Intervention
1.5 Credits / Neurology
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Strategies for the Management and Treatment of ALS: The Value of Early Diagnosis and Clinical Intervention
3.0 Credits / Neurology
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Background and Key Concepts in Biosimilars: Improving Awareness and Addressing Common Concerns
1.0 Credit / Law
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Clinical Conversations With the Cancer Care Team: Striving for Equitable Access to Oral Anticancer Medications
1.5 Credits / Law, Oncology
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Leveraging Managed Care to Optimize Best Practices in the Treatment of Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy (CIDP)
1.0 Credit / Neurology
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Improving Outcomes and Quality of Care in Spinal Muscular Atrophy: Updates in Treatment Advances
2.0 Credits / Neurology
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Navigating the Use of Targeted Therapies and Individualizing Care for Patients With Ulcerative Colitis
1.5 Credits / Gastroenterology
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New and Emerging Treatment Strategies for Myasthenia Gravis: The Role of the Specialty Pharmacist
1.0 Credit / Neurology
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Improving Treatment Access for Spinal Muscular Atrophy: How Managed Care Strategies Can Ease Clinical and Caregiver Burden
1.5 Credits / Neurology
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Assessing the Treatment Landscape for Multiple Sclerosis to Better Individualize Care
1.5 Credits / Neurology
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Advances in Pharmacotherapy for Excessive Daytime Sleepiness Due to Narcolepsy
2.0 Credits / Neurology
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The Role of Long-Term Care and Consultant Pharmacists in the Management of Tardive Dyskinesia
1.0 Credit / Neurology
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Child Abuse: Responsibilities and Protection of the Reporter
1.0 Credit / Law
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Physician-Pharmacist Collaboration May Increase Adherence to Opioid Addiction Treatment
January 11th 2021A pilot study published today in Addiction found that a collaborative approach to treating opioid use disorder that relies heavily on community pharmacists is feasible and may increase adherence and participant satisfaction.
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Report Shows Prescription Opioid Use in US Declined by 60% From 2011 Peak
December 17th 2020Decreases in prescription opioid volume over the past 9 years have been driven by changes in clinical use, regulatory, and reimbursement policies, and in progressively more restrictive legislation enacted since 2012.
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Utilizing Education and Machine Learning to Establish an Opioid Prescription Stewardship Program
December 14th 2020Monitoring outpatient prescribing patterns has been a major challenge for the Lifespan health system in Rhode Island, since it has over 1.5 million electronic prescriptions written annually.
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Gender-Based Trends, Physician Support Influence Medical Cannabis Use, Prescription Discontinuation
November 24th 2020According to the study results, women interested in medical cannabis reported marginally lower levels of support from their primary care provider and significantly less support from specialist physicians.
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Lawsuit Challenges State’s Refusal to Legalize Marijuana for Therapeutic Use
October 26th 2020When 3 citizens of a Southern state file suit against government officials to have a state statute classifying marijuana as an illegal substance declared unconstitutional, should the courts make such a declaration and issue an injunction prohibiting enforcement of the laws?
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Monday Pharmaceutical Mystery: What Medication Did This Patient Overdose On?
October 5th 2020One afternoon, an emergency department pharmacist receives a medication order to verify. It’s for 10 mg of morphine through IV. The pharmacist notices the dose is unusually high and realizes it could potentially be lethal.
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