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The systems connecting care are proving just as important as the treatments themselves.

Advances in Alzheimer disease diagnosis and treatment are reshaping care, highlighting the pharmacist’s role in medication management, patient education, and overcoming barriers to access.

Gonzelez describes advances in Alzheimer disease diagnostics and disease-modifying therapies and highlights the critical role pharmacists play in medication management, caregiver education, and improving treatment access.

Josean Gonzalez, PharmD, BCPP, discusses the expanding role of pharmacists in Alzheimer disease care, Baptist Health South Florida’s multidisciplinary approach, and the promise of emerging therapies for patients with cognitive disorders.

Ambulatory pharmacists can address mental health gaps, tackle stigma and SDOH, and power collaborative care, improving adherence and patient quality of life.

There is a growing need to integrate pharmacists into sports medicine teams, where their expertise in medication safety, chronic disease management, and supplements can significantly enhance athlete care and performance.

Ahead of the Sports Pharmacy Summit, Erin Dorval, PharmD, highlights the pharmacist’s role in optimizing athlete performance and recovery through safe medication use, careful supplement evaluation, and a holistic, risk-minimizing approach to care.

Martinez Sanchez describes early signs of Parkinson disease, how treatment adapts, and how ambulatory pharmacists fine-tune treatment, adherence, and hope amid new therapies.

Eduardo Martinez Sanchez, PharmD, CPh, BCPS, BCACP, discusses key counseling points, the importance of individualizing disease management, and promising therapies to keep an eye on.

Long-acting HIV injections and twice-yearly PrEP reshape care, while pharmacists tackle stigma, insurance hurdles, and adherence to close access gaps.

MS requires interdisciplinary collaboration, including pharmacists who can support patients throughout disease management.

A Baptist Health pharmacy expert shares real-world myelofibrosis oncology tips on JAK selection, symptom control, and navigating specialty drug costs.

A chief pharmacy officer emphasizes the vital role of pharmacists in enhancing patient care, advocating for recognition, and integration within health care systems.

Amanda Gronniger, PharmD, CPh, BCCP, discusses practical strategies pharmacists can use to improve cholesterol management, from lifestyle counseling to emerging therapies.

Pharmacists are positioned to significantly impact weight management by offering accessible expertise in medication, lifestyle guidance, and long-term support for healthier choices.

At Baptist Health South Florida, pharmacists are embedded in all areas of cardiovascular care, an expert said.

Pharmacists play a key role in educating patients and prescribers on the selection, use, and management of GLP-1 receptor agonists in diabetes care.

Pharmacists play a key role in COVID-19 management by educating patients on treatment, monitoring drug interactions, promoting vaccination, and addressing hesitancy.

ASCO is prioritizing the expansion of pharmacist involvement in its organization by recognizing pharmacists' contributions to safety standards, quality improvement initiatives, and certification programs.

Non–FDA-approved medications may be accessed for patient care via 3 alternative pathways: expanded access, the Right to Try Act, and off-label use, which are reviewed in this article.

Observation time on subsequent injections of subcutaneous daratumumab may be safely removed from institutional policies to reduce chair time.

The pharmacy director of Baptist Health South Florida details the features and successes of medication delivery services they provide.