For pharmacists, from Drug Topics: News, features, and analysis for pharmacists about achievements, trends, and changes in the pharmacy industry
January 15, 2010
By:David Stanley, RPh
Its very name implies that the American Pharmacists Association would be looking for and advocating solutions to the problems of actual pharmacists, but when it comes to addressing the barriers that stand in the way of our practicing our profession, APhA is nowhere to be found.
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January 15, 2010
By:Fred Gebhart, Contributing Editor
Medication counseling and disease management are two important areas calling for pharmacist involvement, according to Roger Merrill, MD, chief medical officer for Perdue Inc., speaking to students at the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy during the annual Francis Balassone Memorial Lecture.
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January 15, 2010
By:Fred Gebhart, Contributing Editor
A webinar examining the pharmacy error that led to the death of a two-year-old girl and the conviction of an Ohio pharmacist criticized the legal system for criminalizing the event as well as the flawed hospital procedures that prevented discovery of the pharmacy tech's fatal error.
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January 15, 2010
By:Leah Perry
Categories to watch in this year's diverse drug pipeline include oral agents to treat multiple sclerosis and a host of new diabetes, cardiovascular, and pain-management products.
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January 15, 2010
By:Christine Blank, Contributing Editor
The DeLoitte Center for Health Solutions has released a study projecting a slow-down in growth of retail pharmacy clinics across the United States in the next two years.
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January 15, 2010
By:Bruce Kneeland
A successful pharmacy practice rests on customer service, patient care, and career satisfaction. This story illustrates all three.
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January 15, 2010
By:Christine Blank, Contributing Editor
A cluster-randomized controlled clinical trial carried out in six community-based family medicines has demonstrated that healthcare teams that included pharmacists helped improve patients' blood-pressure management.
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January 15, 2010
By:David D. Trang, PharmD, MBA
Increasing enrollment in pharmacy schools and changing economic factors appear to have eased the national pharmacist shortage. In order to plan appropriately for all stakeholders, we need to quantify the numbers when we talk about a pharmacist shortage.
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January 15, 2010
By:Christine Blank, Contributing Editor
After settling a lawsuit with the State of New York over the sale of expired products, CVS is involved in a similar suit initiated by the State of Connecticut.
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