Since 2016, California pharmacists have had the authority to prescribe hormonal contraception. In 2017, the state of Colorado followed suit. Today, community pharmacists in 20 U.S. jurisdictions can prescribe birth control.

Sonya Collins

After more than 6 years, CDC is updating its opioid prescribing guidelines. With public feedback, officials are fine-tuning 12 new recommendations in the proposed guidelines, in what will be the first overhaul since 2016.

APhA Staff

When a manufacturer initiates a recall, a health care institution will need to conduct a thorough search to remove all recalled drugs from patient care settings. A recent case from Florida reviewed the adequacy of a hospital’s efforts to retrieve and return all medication that was the subject of a manufacturer’s recall.

David B. Brushwood, BSPharm, JD

Pharmacy technicians, despite being overlooked as members of the health care team, are uniquely positioned to make a positive impact on public health with immunizations.

Ariel Lyn Clark, PharmD

There’s a continuing trend away from fee-for-service care in favor of care models that emphasize outcomes over volume of services provided.

APhA Staff