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Christopher Betz, PharmD, BCPS, FKSHP, FASHP, describes how pharmacists can help ACS patients who struggle with low health literacy.

Seena Haines, PharmD, BCACP, FAPhA, BC-ADM, outlines how pharmacists can optimize their role in creating hospital discharge plans for diabetes patients.

Seena Haines, PharmD, BCACP, FAPhA, FASHP, BC-ADM, CDE, lists out factors that may contribute to the likelihood of a patient with diabetes needing to be readmitted.

Seena Haines, PharmD, BCACP, FAPhA, BC-ADM, discusses the types of goals pharmacists should discuss with patients with diabetes in order to avoid readmissions.

The Institute for Safe Medication Practices recently added new best practices for improving patient safety in hospitals.

Health-system pharmacists play a vital role in treating patients with HIV from the time they're admitted to their potential readmission, as well as through follow up after discharge.

An alarming 15% of patients who enter the hospital without any pain medications fill opioid prescriptions soon after discharge.

With multiple updates and differing guidelines across different countries, it may be hard for pharmacists to keep track of best practices for acute coronary syndrome (ACS).

Christopher Betz, PharmD, BCPS, FKSHP, FASHP, explains how health-system pharmacists can be involved in the management of ACS patients throughout the continuum of care.

Some of the ways pharmacists can use motivational interviewing to improve adherence in ACS patients.

Pharmacists are the crux of successful care transitions between hospitals and post-acute care facilities.

Christopher Betz, PharmD, BCPS, FKSHP, FASHP, discusses the scenarios in which certain patients may benefit from one acute coronary syndrome treatment regimen over another

See how well-versed you are in acute coronary syndrome knowledge.

ASCO is conducting a clinical trial to evaluate how different targeted cancer drugs work to find additional uses outside its FDA indication.

Patients with lung cancer who reported symptoms via Moovcare showed 1-year survival of 75%.

The highest retail prices for 23 different cancer drugs was found in the United States.

Adding temozolomide (Temodar) to chemoradiation reduced the risk of death by 33% in elderly glioblastoma patients.

Aggressive treatment approach shows promise in children with high risk brain cancer.

Choosing Wisely recommendations have not substantially changed the care received by patients in the last 30 days of life.

Women diagnosed with breast cancer who carry a BRCA mutation have up to a 50% lifetime risk of developing a second breast cancer.

Rovalpituzumab tesirine reduced tumor growth and even shrank tumors in some patients with small cell lung cancer.

Patients treated with chemotherapy and IMAB362 had a median overall survival of 16.7 months.

Bortezomib and dexamethasone slowed disease progression in patients with recurrent or refractory multiple myeloma.

Patients treated with atezolizumab had a longer median overall survival than patients treated with carboplatin-based regimens.

Postmenopausal women with early breast cancer showed a reduction in disease recurrence after 10 years of aromatase inhibitor therapy with letrozole.

Targeted treatment shows strongest efficacy in HER2 abnormalities.

Biosimilar trastuzumab antibody (MYL-1401O) comparable in efficacy and safety to targeted cancer drug in women with HER2-positive advanced breast cancer.

Patients receiving intraperitoneal and intravenous chemotherapy had progression-free survival of 59.3 months.