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Integrated health system specialty pharmacies can improve patient care for non–multiple sclerosis neurologic conditions.

Kayla Johnson, PharmD, BCPS, BCPP, highlights how integrating pharmacists into neurology clinics drives significant cost savings, high intervention acceptance rates, and improved care coordination.

A study led by Kayla Johnson, PharmD, BCPS, BCPP found that integrating specialty pharmacists into non-multiple sclerosis (MS) neurology clinics led to significantly enhanced patient care and treatment outcomes.

Beth A. Malow, MD, MS, FAAN, said that pharmacists and health care professionals are at the frontlines of collaborating and raising awareness of climate change’s impacts.

Malow also emphasized the importance of staying educated on the potential neurological risks that may occur as a result of climate change.

Stephanie White, PharmD, CSP, is presenting at the NCODA Fall Summit in Orlando, Florida.

This retrospective cohort study provides preliminary evidence for safe removal of mesna from VAdriaC cycles, as the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis did not increase in patients with Ewing sarcoma who received cyclophosphamide without prophylactic mesna.

Elizabeth Cherry discusses the need to break down silos between manufacturers and health systems specialty pharmacies through more transparent collaboration to better serve patients.

Vanderbilt Specialty Pharmacy and Takeda Oncology are reaching across silos and entering an innovative partnership to improve patient care across the entire medication journey.

Aimee Banks, PharmD, BCPS, MSCS, clinical pharmacist in the Multiple Sclerosis Clinic at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, discusses the role of the pharmacists in patient care, improving outcomes, and managing transitions of care.

Brooke Looney, PharmD, certified specialty pharmacist in the Oncology Clinic at Vanderbilt Specialty Pharmacy, discusses medication changes and adverse events for patients starting encorafenib and binimetinib.

Aimee Banks, PharmD, BCPS, MSCS, clinical pharmacist in the Multiple Sclerosis Clinic at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, discusses new hematology, oncology, and autoimmune therapies in the pipeline that pharmacists should be aware of.

High adherence to treatment is a key first step toward better patient outcomes, including sustained disease control or remission.

Jennifer Andrews, MD, pediatric hematologist-oncologist at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and medical director of Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s blood bank, discusses what health systems can do to address the national blood shortage and increase blood donations.

Jennifer Andrews, MD, pediatric hematologist-oncologist at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and medical director of Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s blood bank, discusses how a national blood shortage could affect patient care and outcomes.

Jennifer Andrews, MD, pediatric hematologist-oncologist at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and medical director of Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s blood bank, discusses what the national blood shortage may mean for health systems.

Autumn Zuckerman, director of specialty pharmacy at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, and JoAnn Stubbings, a professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Pharmacy, discuss the role of specialty pharmacists in guiding patients throughout their journey.

Brandon Newman, PharmD, CSP, Program Director, Vanderbilt Specialty Pharmacy, talks about why pharmacists should pursue continuing education to benefit their patients.

Brandon Newman, PharmD, CSP, Program Director, Vanderbilt Specialty Pharmacy, speaks about how specialty pharmacies have to adjust their operations to meet the needs of their patients.

Brandon Newman, PharmD, CSP, Program Director, Vanderbilt Specialty Pharmacy, speaks to the benefits of becoming a certified specialty pharmacist.

Brandon Newman, PharmD, CSP, Program Director, Vanderbilt Specialty Pharmacy, talks about why the Certified Specialty Pharmacist distinction is significant.

Brandon Newman, PharmD, CSP, Program Director, Vanderbilt Specialty Pharmacy, discusses why clinical outcomes data are important for specialty pharmacies.

Walgreens and Vanderbilt University Medical Center have announced that a subsidiary of VUMC will operate and provide all clinical services at 14 retail health clinics within Walgreens stores across Middle Tennessee.

Autumn Bagwell, PharmD, BCPS, clinical pharmacist at Vanderbilt Specialty Pharmacy, discusses methods pharmacists can employ to maintain adherence.

Autumn Bagwell, PharmD, BCPS, clinical pharmacist at Vanderbilt Specialty Pharmacy, discusses how collaborative care programs among providers can benefit patients undergoing treatment.

Autumn Bagwell, PharmD, BCPS, clinical pharmacist at Vanderbilt Specialty Pharmacy, discusses how to address the challenge of access to high cost specialty medications.

Autumn Bagwell, PharmD, BCPS, clinical pharmacist at Vanderbilt Specialty Pharmacy, discusses the components of an effective patient management program to optimize adherence.

Autumn Bagwell, PharmD, BCPS, clinical pharmacist at Vanderbilt Specialty Pharmacy, discusses the elements of an effective interdisciplinary collaborative patient management program.

Vanderbilt University and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company announced that they have signed a collaboration agreement for the discovery, development and commercialization of novel therapies acting on the mGluR4 glutamate receptor, known as positive allosteric modulators or PAMs, for the treatment of Parkinson's disease.