Faulty Drug Interaction Overrides: We Have to Do Better
We need a system that cries wolf only when a wolf actually appears--not every time a chihuahua dances by.
Pharmacy Groups Optimistic after Price Confirmation
Community Pharmacies Prevent Prescription Fraud
Atezolizumab for Urothelial Carcinoma and Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
Here: an overview of atezolizumab, the first new drug in two decades for bladder cancer and now approved for NSCLC.
Why PBMs Lead in Prescription Revenue Growth
Food, Juice, and Drugs: Hold the Grapefruit
Do your patients know about the interactions between common foods and drugs? We take a look at what you need to know.
Meeting the Pharmacy Needs of Tourists, Vacationers, and Travelers
Are you prepared to help when someone far from home has lost their prescription medications?
Standardization a Pressing Issue for Pharmacy Technicians
Diane Halvorson, RPhTech, CPhT, of North Dakota has been named the Pharmacy Technician of the Year for 2017 by the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board.
RFID Technology Speeds Medication Replenishment, Reduces Med Errors
New York-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital has started using radio frequency identification to increase efficiency and speed when restocking drug trays.
Dietary supplements-- an FDA primer
FDA is not authorized to review dietary supplements for safety and effectiveness before they go on the market. But it does provide an electronic safety reporting portal tailored exclusively for dietary supplements.
First Do No Harm
The tools for improving quality are available to almost every pharmacist and pharmacy technician, whose job is to make the system work. But this may be the weakness in pharmacy’s march to quality.
Walgreens/Rite Aid Merger Amended and Extended
The merger agreement between Walgreens and Rite Aid has been modified and extended by six months. The combined company will have to divest an addition 200 stores and the price per common share that Walgreens is offering has gone down.
Senator, NABP Call for Better Detection of Drug Interaction After Chicago Investigation
Senator Durbin and NABP call for new pharmacy safety policies in aftermath of Chicogo Tribune investigation.
NCPA Embraces Value Over Volume
Greater accountability for pharmacy benefit managers? That's just one of the goals of the President of the National Community Pharmacists Association.
A Strategy to Boost Medication Compliance
Looking for ways to increase medication compliance by challenging patients -- such as the elderly and those with mental illness?
Finding Time to Counsel Patients: Make It the Priority
Every community pharmacist has the long lines and phones ringing off the hook. But there are ways to find time o counsel patients even when it is busy.
Chains Step up Efforts Against Drug Abuse
Naloxone can now be dispensed without a prescription in 33 states and Washington, DC. Here's how two big pharmacy chains are making the livesaving opioid antagonist more accessible.
Automated Dispensing Systems -- One High-Tech Solution
Health system pharmacies that require large-scale deployment of automated dispensing cabinets are faced with multiple challenges. Here's one solution.
Top 5 Things to Know About Future Drug Spending
How will money be spent on medications in the next 5 years? Here's a look at the top trends.
How You Can Help Prevent Opioid Abuse
Pharmacists are on the front lines of helping to curb abuse and misuse in the opioid epidemic. But how can you make this happen in the real world?
CVS Diabetes Management Program Aims to Slash Costs
Here's how this pharmacy chain is helping patients with diabetes better manage their disease.
Five Innovative New Products for Diabetes
Here's a quick overview of new drugs, a novel device that can replace fingersticks, and an “artificial pancreas” meant to make life easier for patients with diabetes.
Why consumers trust pharmacists
Americans ranked pharmacists second only to nurses in a Gallup survey about trusted professions.
Get ready for the new USP hazardous medications standards
Some ASHP members are already in good shape; but 20% agree that “We are in trouble.”
Ascension honored for enhancing medication safety
The St Louis-based company received the Institute for Safe Medication Practices Cheers Award.
Generics and biosimilars, key to Trump drug price concerns
If pharma is “getting away with murder” with drug pricing, more generic and biosimilars can help control costs, says this group.
Alzheimer's Disease: Untapped Potential for Pharmacy
Pharmacists can become the perfect partner in the battle against Alzheimer’s disease. Details here.
Trial of NECC pharmacist underway
Barry J. Cadden is charged with second-degree murder under the RICO Act.
Walgreens faces anti-tobacco effort ahead of annual meeting
Two organizations opposed to tobacco sales at pharmacy chains are turning their attention to Walgreens’ annual shareholder meeting on January 26.
Report: Pharmacists dispensing dangerous drug combos
Walgreens, CVS Health and other drug chains promised to improve procedures after a Chicago Tribune investigation found that pharmacists at several retail chains filled prescriptions with dangerous drug combinations.