Community Practice

A new Web site for seniors was launched by Carex Health Brands to assist with in-home healthcare needs.

As pharmacists search for ways to serve patients more effectively, technology is becoming increasingly important.

A survey of new Rx, new generic, and new OTC products

After months of debate, the House approved legislation that makes significant changes in the nation's healthcare system.

If you don't like the "reality" you're looking at, you can change the person who's doing the looking.

While approximately 40% of patients with schizophrenia have been partly or entirely nonadherent with antipsychotic medications, patient adherence improved dramatically when Veterans Affairs pharmacy staff coordinated these patients' medications, according to a new study.

Aging boomers and couch potatoes returning to spring outdoor activities need help for their aching backs, creaky joints, sore muscles, and headaches. Some new products designed to help have arrived on the market.

In a down economy where many people are out of work, out of benefits, and out of luck, pharmacists can be thankful that their profession generally offers good compensation and benefits, job security, and respect.

Richard J. Bertin, RPh, PhD, RADM, is this year?s recipient of the PPSI/Stan Hartman Special Distinguished Person of the Year award, which will be presented at a breakfast to be held Sunday, March 27, at the Sheraton Seattle hotel, Willow A room, Seattle, Wash., concurrently with the American Pharmacists Association 159th annual meeting.

The Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP), a nonprofit organization devoted to medication error prevention and safe medication use, has a voluntary practitioner error-reporting program that has helped to identify a variety of medication errors and their causes.

Clinical pharmacy pioneer Mary Anne Koda-Kimble, PharmD, and Congressman Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) were among those honored last weekend at the Annual Meeting and Exposition of the American Pharmacists Association (APhA) in Washington, D.C.

Pharmacists speak out about the pharmacist shortage and professional organizations.

FDA recommended drastic changes limiting the way long-acting beta2-adrenergic agonists are used to treat asthma.

Patients could learn a thing or two from pharmacists - and so could doctors.

Efforts to improve treatment of all physical conditions and patients' self-care are futile if comorbid depression is not controlled first.

After four decades of practice, the author offers some observations about the search for professional satisfaction and meaning in pharmacy.

Eye and ear-care products are important to patients ranging from children with earaches to aging baby boomers with dry eyes.

REMS for opioids may present some tough challenges for pharmacists.

Whether mail-order pharmacy is a blessing or a bane depends on whom you ask.

A survey of new Rx and new OTC

How to understand the difference between term and permanent life insurance.

More than $600,000 of unused medications were donated to Kansas clinics last year.

Walgreens' planned acquisition of Duane Reade signals further advances into pharmacy and drugstore retailing for the smaller chain.

While the government deems that marijuana has a "high potential for abuse" and "has no currently accepted medical use," some states have undertaken initiatives to pass legislation permitting its use for pain control and for control of nausea and vomiting by cancer patients.

The Institute of Medicine says more research is necessary comparing the advantages of different sites for vaccination.

Technology now exists that can verify the contents of a drug vial or syringe, benefiting retailers, hospitals, and manufacturers.

Medication therapy management programs are intended to improve patient outcomes and reduce healthcare costs. Community pharmacist Tony Bastian offers a detailed report on how MTM is working at his pharmacy.

George Barrett of Cardinal Health discusses the future of independent pharmacists.

Pharmacy and Therapeutics committees around the country are taking a second look at what they're using for pediatric rehydration and how much they're willing to pay.

Norditropin FlexPro (somatropin [rDNA origin] injection, Novo Nordisk), a pre-filled injection pen for use in children and adults with growth hormone disorders, will be available this spring.