Voices in Pharmacy: August 2024 Expert Interviews

Community Pharmacists Can Impact Disparities in Care Delivery, Access

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Jasmine Perry, PharmD, CPHQ, senior clinical pharmacist, professional engagement and quality at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina, discusses how community pharmacists can drive change and have an impact on social determinants of health in diabetes care.

The Future of Electronic Prescribing Can Help Providers, Pharmacists, and Patients Manage Costs

Melanie Marcus, Chief Marketing and Customer Experience Officer at Surescripts, discusses how the pharmacist is critical to the future of health care in America at the 2024 National Association of Chain Drug Stores Total Store Expo, held August 17 to August 19, 2024, in Boston, Massachusetts.

Pharmacists Play Key Role in Warning Patients About Harms of Sourcing GLP-1s Online

Timothy Mackey, MAS, PhD, professor of global health at the University of California, San Diego and a member of the Alliance for Safe Online Pharmacies’ Academic Advisory Panel, talks about the dangers associated with sourcing GLP-1s from online pharmacies, what can be done to increase awareness about illegal online pharmacies, and the key role pharmacists play in warning patients about the dangers of sourcing GLP-1s from online platforms.

Amidst Push for PBM Reform, NACDS Grassroots Efforts Bloom

Steven C. Anderson, FASAE, CAE, IOM, president and CEO of the National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS), discusses the importance of state- and federal-level advocacy when it comes to pharmacy benefit manager reform.

IQVIA: GLP-1 Therapies, Health Care Cyber Attacks Among Top Industry Impacts in 2024

Scott Long, director of supplier services at IQVIA, and Doug Long, vice president of industry relations at IQVIA, discuss IQVIA’s overview of pharmacy trends, issues, and forecasts for the current and upcoming year.

Video: Top Tips for Patients to Encourage Healthful Diet and Lifestyle

Robert Ostfeld, MD, ScM, director of preventive cardiology at the Montefiore Health System and a professor of medicine at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, discusses how to help patients embrace a healthful diet—and the lifestyle changes that come with it.

Benefits of GLP-1s Transcend Simple Weight Loss for Individuals With Overweight, Obesity, and Comorbidities

Robert Kushner, MD, MS, professor of medicine and medicine education at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, discusses the benefits outside of weight loss that people with overweight and obesity can experience from using GLP-1s.

Q&A: The Importance of Cooling Technology for Prescription Drugs

Dana Krug, Senior Vice President of Cold Chain Fulfillment at Phononic, sat down with Drug Topics to discuss the importance of cooling refrigeration for pharmaceutical products patients use every day. He also explained how Phononic’s disruptive but effective technology is shaking up the industry and helping pharmacies maximize their profits.

How PBMs Impact Independent Pharmacies

Tom DePietro, PharmD, owner of DePietro’s Pharmacy in Dunmore, Pennsylvania, discusses the impact that PBMs have on independent pharmacy and how to put money back into the pockets of independent pharmacy owners.

Breaking the Pain Barrier in Men's Health

Mark Garofoli, PharmD, MBA, BCGP, CPE, CTTS, professor at WVU School of Pharmacy, host of the Pain Pod, and alternatively known as the Pain Guy, delves deeper into the challenges men face when it comes to acknowledging pain, underscoring the critical need to dismantle the surrounding stigma.

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