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Health Care Reform Hub ›› All HCR News

MTM has weathered the legislative storm thus far, but will it survive the final cut? Your efforts could make the difference! Use APhA's advocacy tools to convey pharmacy's core messages to your Members of Congress today!

›› Merged Senate bill includes MTM, other key pharmacy provisions - Pharmacists required in medical homes, transitional care activities.

›› Senate considers HCR options - If trimmed-down bill is pursued, fate of MTM provisions could depend on comprehensiveness of final bill.

›› House includes MTM in final HCR bill - On day of decision, pharmacy and pharmacists figured prominently in vote.

›› MTM still in as House vote looms - APhA watching pharmacy-related amendments to HCR bill, including ones on reimportation of medications, HSAs.

›› Making of a medical home: Pharmacists on the inside - Providing MTM as part of health care team.

Current News ›› All Current News

›› Pneumococcus vaccines recommended to decrease secondary infections associated with H1N1, seasonal influenza - ACIP recently recommended that all individuals older than 65 years and certain high-risk patients be vaccinated against Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcus) using the 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine.

›› Four-drug regimen for H. pylori better than standard three-drugs - Data from 135 patients with treatment-naive Helicobacter pylori infections showed that a four-drug regimen (levofloxacin, omeprazole, nitazoxanide, and doxycycline) given for 7 or 10 days eradicated the bacterium in 95% of patients compared with an 81% eradication rate for the standard 10-day three-drug regimen (lansoprazole, amoxicillin, and clarithromycin).

›› H1N1 influenza infects 22 million Americans in first 6 months, estimates CDC - Agency reports an estimated 98,000 hospitalizations and 3,900 deaths from April to October 17.

Pharmacy Today Feature Articles

›› Joe Moose provides MTM services to central North Carolina

›› Counseling for patients with Alzheimer's disease

›› Anticoagulation counseling tips

›› Defamation lawsuit against pharmacy journal dismissed

2009 H1N1 Influenza

›› H1N1 with travelers as they head home for the holidays

›› H1N1 influenza infects 22 million Americans in first 6 months, estimates CDC

Seasonal Influenza

›› Guidance on reallocating influenza vaccine

Other Vaccine-Preventable Diseases

›› Pneumococcal vaccination recommended for all patients with indications

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›› APhA Applauds Senate for Inclusion of Patient Access to MTM Services

›› APhA Names Krinsky Editor-In-Chief, Berardi Editor Emeritus of Handbook of Nonprescription Drugs

›› APhA Dedicates Its Newly Expanded Headquarters On The National Mall

›› Travel Smart: Tips From Your Pharmacist to Know Before You Go

›› APhA Seeks Candidates for the 2010 APhA-APPM and APhA-APRS Elections

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