Patient Services

Presenters at a NCPA 2023 session highlighted the importance of overcoming hesitations to implement new clinical services and taking an employee-centric approach in doing so.

Filling a prescription for a controlled substance requires more oversight than the average prescription.

Only 1 in 5 patients who initiated buprenorphine were retained in therapy for at least 180 days.

Over the last 5 years, both PBMs and drug manufacturers have implemented restrictions that raise patients’ cost burden for specialty medications.

A Q&A with Colin Banas, MD, chief medical officer at health care software company DrFirst.

As costs increase and the number of people in need further outpaces resources, it becomes increasingly urgent to find ways to further extend services to the people who need them.

Disadvantaged groups are feeling the sting of health care costs—so much so that many are foregoing health care because they can’t pay for it.

Antiobesity medications are considered to be 'vanity drugs' by many private insurers, and the refusal to cover obesity treatment is counterproductive because of obesity's many health consequences.

The newly FDA-approved prescription product delivers nalmefene to the nasal cavity to reverse the effects of opioid overdose.

Although there’s a greater trend toward digital communication and monitoring tools, patient trust needs to extend beyond the health care system and their providers.

A new CDC report on data collected by the Maternal and Infant Network to Understand Outcomes Associated with Medication for Opioid Use Disorder During Pregnancy, indicates that medication for opioid use disorder is more often given to individuals who are White, older, and have private insurance.

Pharmacists need a depth and breadth of knowledge to get the most out of point-of-care testing for sexually transmitted infections.

Health care advocates provide a vital service for patients who are managing chronic conditions.

It’s not possible to phone it in to your job in community pharmacy.

The groups released 8 recommendations to support action across the health care community.

Pharmacists can play an important role in patients’ wellness journeys.

How on pharmacy helps patients with chronic concerns like diabetes.

Flip the Pharmacy helped this Jonesboro, Arkansas, pharmacy go from a traditional dispensing one to a pharmacy offering robust clinical services.

A look at how a pharmacist's local CPESN network, the Pennsylvania Pharmacists Care Network, and Flip the Pharmacy, helped one pharmacy better serve patients.

In an ideal world, pharmacists would be able to spot patients in mental health crisis and provide appropriate solutions.

American pharmacies can learn a lot from the Germans about safety, cost containment, and pharmacist satisfaction.

Thoughts leaders from across the community and independent pharmacy spaces came together for a day of education and insight.

The vaccine mandate applies to employees at facilities that participate in the Medicare and Medicaid insurance programs.

An essay by Lord Simon Woolley that was published in BMJ calls on the medical community to speak up on how failed drug laws disproportionately harm black communities.

A CE session during the 2021 Total Pharmacy Solutions Summit illuminated the ways that patient-centered communication can improve outcomes and enhance the pharmacist’s role in health care.

A study looked at pharmacist experiences in delivering pharmacogenetic testing in independent community pharmacies.

More Americans are turning to supplement use. Pharmacists can play an important role in educating them on safe and appropriate intake.

How independent pharmacy owners can leverage telemedicine programs to play an expanded role in patient care while competing with larger chains and online pharmacies.

Part 2 of this 3-part series examines pathways to reimbursement for these services.

Part 1 of this 3-part series examines how to strategically integrate this alternative revenue source into the pharmacy.