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Could Pharmacists Help Fix Health Care?
Over the weekend, CVS Health and Aetna formally announced their long-rumored plans to merge. Many have already tried to divine what the merger’s legacy might be, as it’s certainly poised to shake up America’s economy and health care system. Some have fixated on the new company’s presumed antagonist, Amazon, and how the merger might force a rewrite of the retail giant’s play for the pharmaceutical market. Others suggest that the merger may be a big win for consumers, and could lower drug prices in the short term. Meanwhile, the local media in Rhode Island—the state where I’m currently writing this essay—have focused on how the merger would make the Ocean State home to America’s third-biggest…
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The Unsung Role of the Pharmacist in Patient Health
Are people relying too much on the traditional doctor/patient interaction?
Can Pharmacists Help Reinvent Primary Care in the United States?
Across healthcare, organizations are launching sustained initiatives that tap into pharmacists' wealth of knowledge as we seek to manage chronic diseases and complex health issues.
How pharmacists can help solve medication errors
Couple the power of an accurate medication list with the medication expertise and management of the pharmacist, and I see patient health improving, adverse drug events falling and health care dollars being saved in the process.
Why I Regret Becoming a Pharmacist
I graduated from pharmacy school a year ago and have been a licensed pharmacist for almost 10 months now. I wish I could say all those hours spent studying in pharmacy school and all the debt I incurred was worth it now that I am a practicing pharmacist. But then this post wouldn’t be called Why I Regret Becoming a Pharmacist.
Why Not Get Your Drugs at the Barbershop?
Barbers used to perform surgery on their clients—they could certainly dole out medication today.
Why Your Pharmacist Can’t Tell You That $20 Prescription Could Cost Only $8
As consumers face rapidly rising drug costs, states across the country are moving to block “gag clauses” that prohibit pharmacists from telling customers that they could save money by paying cash for prescription drugs rather than using their health insurance.
List of Famous Pharmacists
From reputable, prominent, and well known pharmacists to the lesser known pharmacists of today, these are some of the best professionals in the pharmacist field.
Can pharmacists help fill the growing primary care gap?
Pharmacists are trained to do much more than dispense medication, and they could help plug the growing gaps in chronic care management in the United States. The trouble is that state pharmacy practice statutes were written in a different era, and haven’t caught up with the training pharmacists receive today. There’s a chasm between what pharmacists are trained to do and what they are allowed to do by law.
Elections Have Consequences: Fungal Meningitis and Compounding Pharmacies
While I suspect there is plenty of blame to share, perhaps it might be more productive if the oversight group and “small government” representatives targeted lobbyists as well as the FDA for admonishment…but then they might not be re-elected.
Greece has an absolutely absurd number of pharmacists
Greece. A land of rich history, catastrophic recession, and, apparently, far too many pharmacists. In fact, Greece has the largest number of pharmacists, per inhabitant, in all of Europe. On a per capita basis, there are more than twice as many Greek pharmacists as French or Spanish ones, 74% more than in Bulgaria—Greece’s nearest competitor in druggist density—and an astonishing 17 times as many as in Denmark.
Just Think: What Amazon Could Do to the Pharmacy Business
Amazon is considering a move into the pharmacy business, the Journal reported last weekend. Just imagine the special cross-marketing touch the retail giant could bring to the splintered industry if it moves into the health-care field in a big way.
Let’s All Recognize the Important Role of Pharmacists
Here’s an astonishing fact l learned from my colleague Hank Hoang, Pharm D, a licensed pharmacist who pointed out to me that over 90 percent of Americans live within five miles of a pharmacy. This is a tremendous opportunity to improve health care that I think we often overlook.
Not Walgreens, Not CVS: Life as an Independent Pharmacist
Family-run drug stores are an American tradition, one that Vincent Hartzell has wanted to take part in since the fourth grade.
Shop like a pharmacist: don't buy Advil
If you're looking to save a few dollars — who isn't, really? — here is some fail-safe advice: stop buying Advil. Stop buying Tylenol, Aleve, Motrin or any other brand-name painkiller while you're at it. This isn't to say you shouldn't buy any painkillers at all — just that you should pick up the generic version — the acetaminophen and ibuprofen and naproxen that your local drugstore chain markets for about one third of the price.
The CVS-Aetna Merger Will Be a Disaster for Small Drugstores
Finally, it’s possible that letting CVS and Aetna merge will give them new tools to unfairly undercut their competitors. The most obvious concern is that CVS will push Aetna customers to use their pharmacies instead of, say, Walgreens, or their mom-and-pop drugstore around the corner.
The Expanding Role of Pharmacists in Patient Care
The scope of pharmacy practice is expanding in all care settings.
The Pay Gap Prescription
Your local pharmacy is closing the wage divide between men and women.
Vitamin C, hydrocortisone, and thiamine for severe sepsis and septic shock
I can’t help but compare this protocol to the VSE (vasopressin+steroids+epinephrine) protocol in cardiac arrest. The VSE protocol was subjected to a randomized controlled trial in 2009 and again in 2013. The effects of VSE were dramatic.
Why Community Pharmacies Are Not Susceptible To An Amazon Takeover
Community Pharmacies Have Deep Relationships With Patients -- And Amazon Never Will Community pharmacies have what a drone can never deliver: face-to-face care. Human interaction pays meaningful and irreplaceable dividends in improving a patient’s spirits and therefore their health. Whether that interaction comes in something as simple as a hug or handshake, there is no denying that injecting human touch into the health equation just makes patients feel better. Think of it as chicken soup for the soul … over the counter.
Will Robots Steal Your Job?
In the three decades since my dad installed that underpowered PC in his store, computers have helped pharmacists do their jobs better and faster. Unfortunately for the field's human practitioners, these once-helpful machines can now do the job on their own.
Could Pharmacists Help Fix Health Care?
The CVS-Aetna merger might be the first step toward changing their role. Evidence and history suggest this could be the right move.
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Monthly Prescribing Reference
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RxList
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SafeMedication
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The Virtual Pharmacy
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U.S. Pharmacist
U.S. Pharmacist is a monthly journal dedicated to providing the nation's pharmacists with up-to-date, authoritative, peer-reviewed clinical articles relevant to contemporary pharmacy practice in a variety of settings, including community pharmacy, hospitals, managed care systems, ambulatory care clinics, home care organizations, long-term care facilities, industry, and academia.
America's Pharmacist
America's Pharmacist, the official magazine of the National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA), reaches every independent pharmacy in the United States''more than 23,000 locations.
Drug Policy Alliance
The Drug Policy Alliance Network (DPA Network) is the nation's leading organization promoting policy alternatives to the drug war that are grounded in science, compassion, health and human rights.
USP
The United States Pharmacopeia (USP) is an official public standards''setting authority for all prescription and over''the''counter medicines and other health care products manufactured or sold in the United States. USP also sets widely recognized standards for food ingredients and dietary supplements.
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