Strange, offbeat, and obscure medicinal facts
How do you relieve a child’s nasal congestion? Some people once thought rubbing warm whiskey on a child’s sole would do the trick.
Bill authorizing Medi-Cal payments for MTM introduced
A bill that would authorize California’s Medi-Cal program to reimburse pharmacists for medication therapy management has been introduced in the State Legislature.
How pharmacists can find jobs, get paid, and win provider status
If nothing changes between now and 2018, we may see a 25% oversupply of pharmacists in the marketplace. Then again, we may not. What happens between now and then is, in large measure, up to us.
More Iowa telepharmacies on the way
The Iowa House of Representatives recently approved a bill to make it easier for rural towns throughout the state to set up telepharmacies.
How one pharmacy school fights heroin overdoses
Pharmacists and pharmacy students will play a major role in the new Pennsylvania Heroin Overdose Prevention Technical Assistance Center at the University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy.
Biosimilars' savings may reach $100 billion by 2020
The use of biosimilars in the European Union and the United States may yield huge savings to healthcare systems over the next five years
The Golden Age of pharmacy
What was it like when townspeople turned to their druggists for healthcare? Here’s a look back from someone who was there.
U.S. physicians start to embrace prescribing of biosimilars
Physicians are beginning to understand the value of biosimilars, particularly those who are high prescribers of biologics and therefore familiar with biosimilars.
10 ways to prevent drug diversion
Studies have shown a high rate of abuse of prescription drugs by healthcare professionals, including pharmacists, when compared to street drugs, primarily because healthcare professionals can access prescription medications easily and often.
Albertsons accused of failing to pay overtime, provide meal periods
A California pharmacist recently filed a class action lawsuit against Albertsons, accusing the grocery chain of failing to pay overtime or allowing mandated rest and meal periods for its pharmacists.
Pharmacists and phone etiquette
Sometimes it's not the demanding customers or condescending physicians, it's their own colleagues who drive pharmacists right up the wall.
Pharmacist job market improves
Following a disappointing November report indicating the nationwide supply of pharmacists had exceeded available jobs, the Pharmacy Workforce Center this week released analysis showing an improved job market in both December and January.
Would partial fill curb opioid abuse?
In an attempt to curb prescription opioid abuse, two members of Congress recently introduced legislation that would allow pharmacists to partially fill opioid prescriptions.
Vintage images from our past: 1910-1920
These images originally appeared between 1910 and 1920.
160th anniversary quiz results
For the answers to the the pharmacy history quiz questions, read on.
New Products for Pharmacists 03-10-2016
New drugs, formulations, generics, and devices.
Bridging pharmacy automation and EMRs
As hospitals and health systems consolidate, hospital pharmacy directors tackle interoperability between pharmacy automation and EMRs. Here are some of the issues.
Reformulate, remonetize - and let the patient beware
An entire economic ecosystem depends on pulling the wool over the eyes of prescribers. Pharmacists can tell them all about it. Or could.
Drug diversion: Collaboration is key to detection, control
In health systems, close collaboration between pharmacy and nursing results in successful interventions.
Pipeline 2016
An impressive lineup of new products is pouring into the market, and many other up-and-comers are right behind.
California mandates antimicrobial stewardship
Smaller hospitals come to grips with a requirement that is essential, unfunded, and compulsory.
When seconds count, pharmacists can make the difference
Cardiac arrest code teams need pharmacists. Here's why.
ACOs, pharmacists, and value-based healthcare
A rural hospital's director of pharmacy tells how ACO membership cut ER visits and healthcare costs - and improved patient care.
An advocate for change urges pharmacists to speak out
APhA award recipient Nicki Hilliard says step up and voice your concerns.
A real-world solution to drug diversion in health systems
Continuous monitoring is what's needed. Fortunately, there's a platform for that.
New adjunctive medication for eosinophilic asthma
FDA has approved mepolizumab for adjunctive maintenance treatment of severe asthma in patients 12 years of age and older with markers of eosinophilic asthma.
Jury awards Walmart pharmacist more than $31 million
Sex discrimination and harassment were key elements of the case against Walmart.
Antithrombotic therapy to prevent migraine attacks after ASD closure
Clopidogrel therapy can make a difference after ASD closures.
Pharmacy automation: Our silent partner in success
When it comes to filling Rxs, automation technology improves both accuracy and efficiency, giving pharmacists more time for patient care and oversight of technological functions. It's a good thing.
Drug Topics through the decades: 1920-1930
Drugstores in the '20s contended with Prohibition and powerful Washington lobbies, while customers enjoyed newfangled soda fountains and some nifty new products.