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Posted: Aug 7, 2022

Beware: Patients increasingly purchasing medications via social media

Social Media

Dangerous and illegal medicines are sold online through websites, but the problem does not stop there.

Loren Bonner

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Posted: Aug 7, 2022

Walmart hikes technician wages in a bid to hire 5,000 this year

Techs

Amid ongoing pharmacy technician shortages in both health-systems and community pharmacies, Walmart has taken definitive action to shore up its workforce.

Sonya Collins

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Posted: Aug 7, 2022

As antimicrobial resistance quickly becomes the next pandemic, pharmacists must step up

On The Cover

This summer, Daniel P. McQuillen, MD, president of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, said that with rates of antimicrobial-resistant infections rising quickly, systemic changes are urgently needed to protect public health.

Loren Bonner

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Posted: Jul 7, 2022

Juries must consider actual beliefs of opioid prescribers in criminal prosecutions

On The Docket

According to DEA regulations, pharmacists cannot “knowingly” dispense controlled substances pursuant to a prescription that was not issued for a “legitimate medical purpose” or was not issued by an individual practitioner acting “in the usual course of his professional practice.”

David B. Brushwood, BSPharm, JD

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Posted: Jul 7, 2022

APhA brings pharmacists and health plans together

Payment Reform

On May 16 and 17, 2022, APhA hosted the Optimizing Patient Outcomes: Health Plans and Pharmacists Summit. This groundbreaking summit brought together 31 innovative thought leaders from health plans and pharmacy practices to network and strategize best practices and pathways to better deploy pharmacists in evolving care delivery models that reduce overall costs and improve quality of care.

Johanna Taylor Katroscik, PharmD

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