The pharmacist is a critical member of the care team to help manage patients on treatment and contain costs of cancer care, said Kirollos S. Hanna, PharmD, BCPS, BCOP, FACCC, director of pharmacy, ...

Lest anyone think that pharmacists do little more than dispense prescriptions, a new study from Columbia University dispels the notion, and then some. Pharmacists will figure more centrally in ...

Amid a worsening healthcare provider shortage, many people trust pharmacists to play a larger role in their care management, according to research findings released Jan. 11. Researchers from Columbia ...

As hospitals look for ways to stem the opioid crisis, a survey of health-system pharmacy directors released today found that most large health systems have active stewardship programs to prevent the ...

The most obvious method of measuring compliance is self-reporting by the patient. This is a convenient and inexpensive method, since self-reporting can usually be done in the form of patient diaries, ...

Panelists discuss how PBMs shape oncology access and stress the need for transparency to align financial control with ...

For years, pharmacists have been evolving their role beyond dispensing medications. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, pharmacists demonstrated the immense value they bring to patients and the entire ...

When COVID-19 forced the shutdown of doctors’ offices across the country last spring, community pharmacies remained open — and pharmacists stepped up, taking on more patient counseling, immunizations ...

Thank you for your enlightening article, “New laws bringing change at pharmacy” [Aug. 27, Page 1]. The underappreciated pharmacist is very smart, must have a PhD and is an expert on medications. As ...

We know many people end up with a risky pileup of prescribed medications. Many efforts have been made, with varied success, to correct this problem. Yet we have usually focused on physician behavior, ...

As the Baby Boom generation continues to age and move through the healthcare system, there are approximately 10,000 people entering Medicare every day 1. Additionally, some estimates are that the ...

In 1997, a joint declaration between the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) describing "The Role of the Pharmacist Against HIV/AIDS Pandemic" was ...