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.
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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.
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Senator Durbin and NABP call for new pharmacy safety policies in aftermath of Chicogo Tribune investigation.
Greater accountability for pharmacy benefit managers? That's just one of the goals of the President of the National Community Pharmacists Association.
Looking for ways to increase medication compliance by challenging patients -- such as the elderly and those with mental illness?
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.
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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.
Health system pharmacies that require large-scale deployment of automated dispensing cabinets are faced with multiple challenges. Here's one solution.
How will money be spent on medications in the next 5 years? Here's a look at the top trends.
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?
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Here's how this pharmacy chain is helping patients with diabetes better manage their disease.
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.
Americans ranked pharmacists second only to nurses in a Gallup survey about trusted professions.
Some ASHP members are already in good shape; but 20% agree that “We are in trouble.”
The St Louis-based company received the Institute for Safe Medication Practices Cheers Award.
If pharma is “getting away with murder” with drug pricing, more generic and biosimilars can help control costs, says this group.
Pharmacists can become the perfect partner in the battle against Alzheimer’s disease. Details here.
Barry J. Cadden is charged with second-degree murder under the RICO Act.
Two organizations opposed to tobacco sales at pharmacy chains are turning their attention to Walgreens’ annual shareholder meeting on January 26.
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.
Below-cost reimbursements still a concern for pharmacists.
Specialty medications dominate
Pharmacists guide and counsel patients about flu prevention and treatment.
A recent grant from the Community Pharmacy Foundation, allowed Randy McDonough and his team to study the impact continuous medication monitoring has had on the pharmacy.
The HIV-specialized pharmacy model can improve adherence and outcomes for patients.
Independent community pharmacies have a new tool to help them promote the enhanced services that they provide their patients.
Soliqua for Type 2 Diabetes, Intrarosa for dyspareunia, Lartruvo for soft tissue sarcoma, Zinplava for Clostridium difficile infection, Carnexiv (antiepileptic agent)
