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In the article, the author discusses how smoking-cessation and diabetes management programs are good ways for independent pharmacists to partner with physician practices, particularly in the U.S. According to Moose Pharmacy co-owner Joe Moose, pharmacist can collaborate with primary care physicians (PCP) in implementing a patient's care plan through neighborhood accountable care organizations (ACO).

The article informs about best practices for filling prescriptions for animals, emphasizing the need for proper documentation, individualized medications, and continuing education in veterinary medicine for pharmacy professionals. It highlights the importance of accuracy and knowledge in this specialized field.

The article offers information on trends associated with the community pharmacy in the year, 2022. It mentions about the variety of issues affected by the Covid-19 pandemic has triggered positive shifts in community pharmacy practice overall. It discusses that community pharmacies increased their point-of-care testing services during the pandemic.

The article offers information on the Effective communication which is an undervalued strategy for improving patient outcomes and empowering patients on their wellness journey. It highlights that the consequences of ineffective patient communication can be serious, including decreased use of preventive services such as mammograms, Papanicolaou tests, digital rectal exams, and vaccinations; increased risk of mismanaging chronic conditions and treatments; and increased hospitalizations.

The article offers information on the antibiotic resistance which is a major health care challenge in the U.S. It highlights a study showing that infections caused by bacteria resistant to multiple antibiotics led to 1.9 billion dollars in health care costs and more than 10,000 deaths among older adults across the US in 2017; and mentions comment of Lucas T. Schulz, clinical coordinator for infectious diseases at University of Wisconsin Health clinical associate professor.

The article informs that research presented at PAINWeek 2023 shows that both over-the-counter (OTC) products and oral prescription drugs are effective in providing pain relief and pain freedom for episodic migraines. Topic include study of 568 migraine sufferers revealed that OTC products, such as acetaminophen/aspirin/caffeine and ibuprofen, were effective in comparison to newer oral prescription products, emphasizing the convenience and affordability of OTC treatments for episodic migraines.

The article reports on the move by a coalition of pharmacy, medical and other groups to address opioid use disorder (OUD) and overdose deaths in the U.S. through campaigns to expand the Drug Addication Treatment Act of 2000 (DATA 2000) waivers. Other topics include the barriers to patient access to OUD medication and some effective OUD drugs like naltrexone, buprenorphine, and methadone.

The article reports on the efforts to expand access of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in U.S. pharmacies to significantly reduce the number of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections. Also cited are how pharmacies can provide access to PrEP like sharing information about it and assisting patients in enrolling in PrEP care program, and the comment of infectious disease expert Kristen Nichols on the disparities in PrEP treatment along race, sex, age and geography lines.

The article discusses the opioid epidemic, which has changed how clinicians treat pain due to the rise in opioid overdose deaths. They hesitate to prescribe opioids regardless of the patient's pain condition in hospice and palliative care settings. It emphasizes assessing individual pain needs and therapeutic options when pain management patients transition to primary care and educating families on naloxone and its overdose.

The article reports the concerns to hear that medication labels may hinder safe and appropriate use of medicines for patients. The information presented on medication labels should be clear and easy to understand for patients, as this can be crucial in ensuring they take their medication correctly and avoid harmful drug interactions or side effects.

The article discusses some key areas where a lack of transparency affects pharmacy owners and patients. Topics discussed include ordering habits of pharmacies monitored by the Drug Enforcement Agency and wholesalers, the opioid epidemic, and direct and indirect remuneration fees for Medicare claims.

The article explores B reaks were nonexistent. I would have to try to use the bathroom at the most convenient time to step away from the pharmacy. Often I would find myself saying, ‘I'm going to the bathroom,' and 2 hours later still needing to go." This is the story that one former employee at a major retail pharmacy chain told Drug Topics.

The article explores J oe Maki, PharmD, vice president of pharmacy at Novant Health in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, wanted to fi gure out why it was taking so long for pharmacy technicians to refi ll the medication cabinets in one of the health system's emergency departments. After deploying Lean operations methodology and machine learning software, his team discovered that the busiest time in the emergency department was between 6 and 8 am.

The article discusses prescription fill time evaluation at health-system, external pharmacies as time of treatment start is crucial for patients with cancer as of December 2022. It observes that the provision of oral oncology specialty medications for breast cancer patients is complex and replete with prescription barriers. Also noted are efforts to decrease the time to first fill and expedite treatment of patients prescribed with CDK4/6 inhibitors.

The article offers information on Drug Topics' 2016 Business Outlook Survey conducted on a total of 422 community pharmacists which reveals that 60 percent of community pharmacists are looking forward to a good, very good, or excellent business outlook for the coming year. It discussed top five factors that pharmacists can adopt for successful business including patient care services, preferred pharmacy networks for commercial plans and increase of e-prescriptions.

The article focuses on pharmacists discuss the best methods for postoperative opioid prescription management.Topics include the opioid overdoses were responsible for the death of nearly 50,000 Americans,the pain relievers prescribed after surgical procedures are part of a "serious national crisis" that has impacted from public health to social and economic, and the data show that both opioid-naïve and non–opioid-naïve surgical patients are at high risk for chronic opioid use following surgery.

The article offers suggestions on how pharmacies can increase profits and reach patients in need with the help of community pharmacy programs. The author suggests launching new programs to control the workflow and make major strides into direct patient care. Pharmacists can help change medication adherence by changing unhealthy behaviors of patients. Drugstores can call patients to remind when the refill is due and give a personal touch to their services.

The article examines how to strategically integrate the alternative revenue source into the pharmacy in the U.S. It mentions the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on the pharmacies in the U.S. and explores transforming pharmacy workflow and business models to reflect the realities of health care needs as good for patients, good for payers, and good for the sustainability of pharmacy.

An interview with Sean Slovenski, chairman of medical technology group Asteres, is presented. Topics covered include the importance of accessibility in health care, how his experiences have driven the work he does with Asteres, and information about ScriptCenter kiosks and lockers and how it operates.

The article discusses that the winners of the SingleCare Best of the Best Pharmacy Awards has shared their knowledge with fellow pharmacists and pharmacy technicians. It mentions that Triet Nguyen, pharmacy manager at Safeway in Annandale, Virginia has been recognizing the critical work pharmacists do to support their communities.

The article offers information on several New Year's resolutions for independent pharmacy owners, along with mentions how pharmacy owners improving patient health outcomes by providing innovative services in the U.S. It discusses that variety of challenges brought by the Covid-19 pandemic to the health care.

The article focuses on the common mistake of pharmacists when accepting prescriptions from the elderly. According to Todd Semla, associate professor of Northwestern University in Chicago, Illinois, most pharmacists would accept scripts from older adults without explaining the use of these agents or drugs. An overview of the "The Beers Criteria for Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use in Older Adults," a critical tool in preventing adverse drug events in older adults, is provided.

The article focuses on the role of pharmacists to handle the growing number of prescriptions and increasingly complex patient care issues in the U.S. It suggests the need to adopt more innovative business models, implement new technologies to handle dispensing, and train pharmacists for more patient-centric care. It outlines several factors that are capable to reshape the role of pharmacy, including maintaining a reservoir of trust as pharmacists become more involved in clinical care, increase the use of electronic prescriptions and medical records, and pharmacists involvement to drive down chronic care costs while improving patient outcomes.

The article offers information on the development of drugs in the United States. It is posed that parallel development of a drug as well as diagnostic test from the clinical stage through submission of a New Drug Application or Biologic License Application (NDA or BLA) is an essential issue to drug developers. The United States Food and Drug Administration calls for stricter measures in developing drugs to ensure public safety. A question posed on this issue is whether new efforts to codevelop drugs and diagnostics can be considered as a positive trend in future drug development.

The article focuses on the functions of continuing education program in pharmacy which is established in the University of Florida College of Pharmacy which is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of such education. The goal is to provide practicing pharmacists with an effective procedure for ensuing that valid controlled-substance prescriptions are filled while purported controlled substance prescriptions are denied. Case studies are presented which investigates the functions of the VIGIL approach in screening controlled substance.

The article focuses on the status of the pharmaceutical industry in the U.S. in 2005. The biggest news of the year was a three percent increase in total prescriptions to 3.2 billion. This was an improvement over the one percent increase in total prescriptions recorded for 2004. Total pharmaceutical sales for the year topped 179 billion dollars, which was a moderate slowdown from the 5.7 percent growth recorded for 2004. Growth in prescription pricing had also moderated. And it was concluded that the market was relatively stable in terms of growth since there was no major product launches. INSET: Where the numbers come from..

Focuses on the decision of pharmacists to take advantage of the growing popularity of prescription drug cards in the U.S. Complaints of consumers over private-sector discount cards; Status of the U.S. government's plan to supersize the typical prescription drug card; Speculation over the passing of a Medicare reform legislation in 2002. INSETS: Key questions about Medicare-endorsed Rx cards;AphA criteria for Medicare Rx benefit.

Provides information on the workload of registered pharmacists in the United States. Problems on filling prescription; Involvement on disease management programs; Details on the computer problems that hinders in filling prescription. INSET: How Hospitals R.Ph.s Spend their Workday, by Kathi Gannon.

Focuses on some of the fraudulent measures taken by drug users to acquire prescription drugs from pharmacies, while highlighting a scenario used by narcotic users. How persons can make fraud prescriptions; Factors which influence persons to become addicted to drugs; Measures which can be used to protect against prescription scams. INSET: An ounce of prevention.

Focuses on the significance of formularies on community pharmacists. Percentage of health maintenance organizations (HMO) using formularies; States' use of restrictive formularies to hold down drug benefits costs; Problems with using formularies; Payment for formulary enforcement. INSETS: What drives formularies: Cost or clinical considerations?.;Formularies big factor in purchasing decisions..

The article focuses on a study by the information management system (IMS) Institute for Healthcare Informatics according to which massive shift of prescriptions occurred due to shifting of Medicaid patients from fee-for-service to Managed Medicaid during 2011. Every 16 cents in a U.S. dollar are accounted by Medicaid which could increase 20 percent by 2012.

The article discusses results of 2013 Business Outlook Survey conducted by the journal each year to examine current climate and future prospects of community and health-system pharmacists. It is stated that community pharmacists identified increase of electronic prescriptions, immunization certification and healthcare reform as factors which contributed positively to their businesses. It is noted that about 73% of respondents pharmacists ranked 2012 as a good business year.

The article discusses the need for prescription in selling products that contain pseudoephedrine (PSE), which is the main ingredient to produce the illegal methamphetamine. It mentions that the state of Oregon became the first to pass a law that requires prescription for PSE products like Sudafed and Claritin-D. According to president of Pharmacists Planning Service Inc., Fred Mayer, PSE drug is a valuable drug and its prescription increases healthcare cost and cause inconvenience to consumers.

The article offers information on the rising prescriptions for pets in U.S. Topics discussed include an increase in the requests for veterinary medication; prescription of more number of chronic and preventative conditions to the local pharmacy; and importance of the pharmacist to counsel the patients and pet owners. It also mention about the feeling of the pharmacists regarding the gap in their knowledge base.

The article offers information on the consideration of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for compounding pharmacy regulations. Topics discussed include plan of FDA to encourage compounding pharmacies to register under the Drug Quality and Security Act; synthesis of bulk amount of drugs without individual prescriptions; and new policy put more pharmacies in compliance with manufacturing standards.

Presents information on over-the-counter, prescription drugs, and products for home health care as of November 4, 1996. Includes shampoo for lice; Headache powder; Estrostep oral contraceptive.

The article reports on the role of pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) in the pharmaceutical industry. It includes processing to home delivery, specialty pharmacy and negotiation with manufacturers. Also emphasized is the significant functions of PBMs and its members in providing the proper medication for patients.

The article offers information on preventing against fraudulent prescriptions in the U.S. Topics discussed include aware of the bogus prescriptions warning signs or looking for a red flag, presents the views of Ned Milenkovich, principal at business law firm Much Shelist in Chicago, Illinois, on writting a prescription for legitimate medical purpose and bad scripts proves risk for pharmacists.

The article presents a report from the DEA’s Automated Reports and Consolidated Ordering System (ARCOS) data regarding the decline in the number of opioid deaths and efforts of the pharmacists to prevent abuse of painkillers.

The author discusses his views on specialty pharmacy and need for verification of prescription drugs and prescribers.

The article offers information on the views of the author regarding the drug cost. Topics discussed include higher amount of bill for the prescription in the U.S.; budget received by study of drug development from companies involved in drug research; and funding the activities of drug companies and the need for contribution for the drug research.

The article offers information on the views of author on antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST). Topics discussed include AST guides optimal treatment for critically ill patients; prescriptions of inappropriate antibiotics on poor patient outcomes; long lag time between the Food and Drug Administration approval and inclusion in AST for antibiotics such as ceftolozane, tazobactam and ceftazidime; and importance of selection concentration of an antibiotic.

The article evaluates the desktop and smart phone app that provides concierge-level prescription management and delivery support for patients with chronic conditions.

The article reports on the number of Americans who suffered myocardial infarction (MI) as of 2017. It states the major role of pharmacists in decreasing and preventing from repetitive MI with correct prescriptions. Pharmacists' approach for patients with MIs as well as their capacity for care management and medication to improve quality of care, is also emphasized.

The article reports on expanding the mobile payment for refilling prescriptions by the pharmacy Consumer Value Store (CVS). Topics discussed include presents the views of John Rampton, founder of the online invoicing company Due, on many of the Americans paying through mobile phones by 2017, the views of Brian Tilzer, Senior Vice President of CVS health, on loyalty program integration through mobile payments and Balance Rewards card within the app.

The article discusses the significance of polypharmacy screening in the improvement of medication safety and in treatment of various ailments. It defines polypharmacy as the administration of multiple medications to a single patient. It outlines several factors that drive polypharmacy which include multiple medical conditions, copious prescribing and drug-regimen changes. It also indicates that 31% of patients are using and 50% receive prescriptions from several prescriber.

The article emphasizes the need for drug take-back as 2.8 million pounds of prescription medications go unused raising a public health concern. Topics include human and environmental hazards inherent with unused medications, refusal of the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America to fund drug disposal programs, and the need for pharmacies to work toward becoming authorized drug disposal locations.

The article offers tips on how to get the right medication to the right patient. Topics include how to minimize interruptions when checking prescriptions, the process of checking prescriptions, namely, verifying that the label that was generated matches the original orders and verifying that the correct drug is in the container and the concept of hand-holding which concerns students who are afraid to make decisions.

The article focuses on the Blue Cross Blue Shield in Rhode Islands (BCBSRI) to provide SureScripts-RxHub connectivity to health professionals in order to increase efficiencies, cut costs, and decrease the potential for errors in drug prescriptions. According to Marion Hague, assistant vice president of ancillary contracting for Blue Cross, the connectivity allows physicians to access the formulary for the generic and alternative drugs and to the patient's medical information to determine at the time of care whether the health plan of the patient will sufficiently cover the cost of medications. Hague adds that BCBSRI provides support for the development of electronic health records and offers financial incentive programs to encourage physicians to utilize prescriptions of generic drugs.