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In a recent study, 97% of patients had to wait a day before receiving their prescription, and this may worsen the risk of hospitalization.

According to the authors, identifying the degree of disagreement with physicians’ deprescribing recommendations can improve the communication among older adults and their physicians.

The updated version of the Oncology Care Model (OCM) incentivizes value-based care over volume, but some wonder if it is enough.

Reform efforts to consider how health care plans may capitalize on disclosures, balancing out-of-pocket spending access, and how pharmacists can help plan members with the increased transparency of pharmacy benefit managers.

These pharmacies can use electronic medical records to work more directly with providers, monitoring adverse medication effects and assessment schedules and being more tuned into patient needs.

Kimberly Westrich, MA, discussed value assessment tools and how they can help make key decisions in health care spending.

Although all legislation is currently on hold in Congress, there are important actions under consideration for pharmacy, including digital therapeutics, access to care, and health care disparities.

Becoming experts in medical billing for point-of-care testing offers a new avenue for technicians to excel and show their value.

Benefits of a preassessment include evaluation, benchmarking, and improved patient safety.

Health-related quality of life scores were positively associated with log MHI and Bacteriodia, and negatively with Gammaproteobacteria and Bacilli.

Products include FLO Ovarian Support supplements, Hydrating Foaming Oil Cleanser and Acne Foaming Cream Wash, Hypoallergenic Clean Correction, and Optavia Active.

The expansion of roles is a testament to technicians' indispensable worth in safeguarding medication safety and promoting the profession.

Lecanemab is a humanized immunoglobulin gamma 1 monoclonal antibody that targets amyloid plaques, which are thought to play a role in the development and progression of Alzheimer disease.

Laura Chambers, DO, drives a conversation surrounding the impact of misinformation on gynecologic cancers that is spread through social media.

Pembrolizumab (Keytruda) gains its sixth approval in non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), with the latest indication in combination with platinum-containing chemotherapy as neoadjuvant treatment, and then continued as a monotherapy for the post-surgical adjuvant treatment of patients with resectable NSCLC.

Mental health treatment may be necessary when SAEs occur.

Celebrate pharmacy technicians and their crucial role in the pharmacy ecosystem.

Pharmacy technicians are evolving to new roles, working with new teammates

The committee will help the FDA address issues related to digital health technologies, including artificial intelligence, virtual reality, cyber security, and patient-generated health data.

Pharmacy Technician Day celebrates the myriad contributions of the unsung heroes of health care.

Rite Aid filed for bankruptcy protection and said it plans to close several hundred retail stores.

With Halloween just around the corner, now is the perfect time to discuss how medicine was, and still can be, sweet.

Treatment-emergent adverse events associated with Rebyota for Clostridioides difficile infection were more prevalent in those with renal comorbidities than in those without and were moderate in severity as well as related to pre-existing conditions.

A subcutaneous injection of ocrelizumab was markedly effective at suppressing brain lesions in patients with multiple sclerosis, according to data from a phase 3 trial.

In this episode, John Beckner, RPh, of the National Community Pharmacists Association, speaks with Ed Cohen, PharmD, FAPhA, about seasonal immunizations, specifically the new COVID-19 formulations.

Maintaining a strict work-life balance, setting boundaries, and trusting instincts can help technicians manage a challenging workplace.

Investigators created a model to predict asthma exacerbations that can be integrated in WhatsApp chatbot and relies on self-reported data.

Engaging technicians in immunizations has been crucial to public health