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Ten tips for managing a pharmacy social media account.

If you can't get paid for what you do, you can't afford to stay in business. So what are pharmacists supposed to do?

ASHP midyear update: Efforts on Capitol Hill are paying off.

The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) recently approved funding for up to four large studies comparing different approaches to treating hepatitis C. The institute also approved funding for phase II of National Patient-Centered Clinical Research Network (PCORnet).

Rite Aid Corp. recently agreed to pay $2.99 million to settle federal charges it used gift cards to entice Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries to transfer their prescriptions to its pharmacies.

Improvement in HCAHPS scores is possible with pharmacists’ involvement in patient education efforts, according to a report at the 2014 ASHP Midyear meeting in Anaheim, Calif.

Pharmaceutical entrepreneur Fred Eshelman has donated $100 million to the UNC-Chapel Hill pharmacy school named in his honor.

A recent survey found a majority of adult women in the United States do not believe they are up to date on vaccinations that protect against preventable diseases.

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Three months after its on-campus pharmacy closed, Arizona State University has introduced a vending machine that will dispense many common medications.

Professional success is not just about doing your job well. It's also about how you interact with co-workers.

Months after New York’s governor set aside money for a pharmacy school at Binghamton University, yet another school in the Empire State has announced plans to open a pharmacy school.

An FDA advisory panel has called for a contraindication for certain injectable corticosteroid formulations for epidural use.

Back in November, the West Chase Compounding Pharmacy in Tampa, Fla. was unceremoniously closed after Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agents seized its controlled substances and terminated its legal authorization to sell controlled substances.

Walgreens announced that it has started ranking states and specific markets based on the number of flu cases.

A Texas hospital has stationed pharmacists in its emergency department in hopes of reducing medication errors.

An investigative report by a New York City television station found filthy conditions at several chain pharmacies, including dead insects and rodent droppings.

Perhaps, it is a sign of the times. Husson University offers a seminar that trains pharmacy students in the preventive, legal, and emotional aspects of pharmacy robberies.

Canada's Shoppers Drug Mart is conducting a pilot project to help patients avoid medication errors and reduce hospital readmissions.

A Washington pharmacy owner and some of his pharmacists were recently back in federal court in Portland, Oregon, arguing that state mandates that it stock and timely dispense Plan B birth control products violate their religious beliefs.

An Indiana appeals court recently upheld a $1.4 million verdict against Walgreens and one of its pharmacists who shared a customer’s confidential medical information.

Pharmacy has provided varied and fruitful careers along many different paths for 10 members of this family (so far). Who knows what new forms of practice the next generation might discover?

The documents seek to clarify the regulatory process for compounders of sterile human drugs.

A new IMS Health report forecasts the growth of global spending by a 4% to 7% compound annual rate over the next five years.

“We’ve got to get to the bottom of these enormous price increases," said Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), chair of the Senate Subcommittee on Primary Health and Aging, during yesterday's hearing.

Community groups around the country will receive funds to support local initiatives working to prevent and end smoking.

The initiative to make the public aware of the importance of medication adherence has reached 12 million patients through the support of 120 partner groups.

Comments, posts, and e-mails on subjects ranging from nontraditional PharmD options to insurers and PBMs, healthy lifestyles, and more.

The results of the 9-year IMPROVE-IT trial are in, and the combo performed better than statin mono therapy in key measures.

Jessica Skelley, PharmD, BCACP, Samford University, discusses the pitfalls pharmacies should avoid while using social media.