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JP spins a semi-fictional account of what is wrong with chain drug stores and mail order prescriptions.

According to a recent FDA safety announcement, varenicline may pose an increased risk of cardiovascular events.

Many of the primary care worksite health centers managed by Walgreens Employer Solutions Group have received Medical Home accreditation from the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC), the company recently announced.

Last month NABP Executive Director Carmen Catizone, MS, RPh, unveiled an action plan to inspect nonresident compounding pharmacies and create a database to share regulatory information about these pharmacies with the state boards of pharmacy nationwide.

Collaboration between pharmacy benefit managers and community pharmacists may improve patient compliance to vital drug regimens.

This year the National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) is offering a one-of-a-kind business opportunity by combining its three trade shows-the Marketplace Conference, the Pharmacy and Technology Conference, and the Supply Chain & Logistics Conference-into one, Total Store Expo.

After a few slow years, experts believe that there's reason to hope that 2013 might bring some recovery.

Screening practices for multidrug-resistant (MDROs) in intensive care units (ICUs) vary widely from hospital to hospital, according to a new study.

Instead of thinking of the future as something to come, pharmacists should act like the future is here today.

Women who regularly took the analgesics ibuprofen or acetaminophen 2 or more days per week had an increased risk of hearing loss, according to a study.

You might know about medical foods, but they are making their way into ambulatory care and community pharmacy.

A round-up of OTC products that helps get the digestive track back in working order.

After dealing with a patient who was clearly a marijuana user, a pharmacist reflects on how so much attention is paid to illicit drugs, but very little is given to prescription drug abuse.

Individuals with high cholesterol who stay on their statin medications over a two-year period are healthier than comparable nonadherent individuals, but the overall cost of their care is slightly higher, according to a new study.

Patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (NAVF) who also have diabetes experienced similar safety and efficacy with dabigatran relative to warfarin, in comparison without diabetes who have NVAF.

The Affordable Care Act may allow you to make money by filling in the gaps that you already do.

A look at how pharmacists can be involved with the "meaningful use" incentive program.

The Hennepin County Medical Center (HCMC), based in Minneapolis, Minn., significantly reduced hospital readmissions and emergency room visits by forming an accountable care organization (ACO) team.

A pharmacist looks at the life expectancy numbers in the U.S. and wonders how healthcare could have come so far, but still be failing patients.

Has the pharmacy grind made you dream of owning your own? It's not as simple as you might think.

A new study indicates that adults are keeping their hypertension in check.

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

After attending a high school reunion, a pharmacist reflects on what he'd learn through a reunion of his pharmacy career.

The first in a series of articles on the work that social media can do for pharmacists,

Readers discuss taking the time to research, the need for care when purchasing drugs, the need to be more visible to the public, and arguing that cyberconsulting is too dangerous to practice in.

A look at the meningitis outbreak that killed 36 and whether or not legislation could prevent a similar tragedy from occurring.

The fungal meningitis outbreak can serve as a reminder of the need for risk management.