Nearly 80% of rural America has been designated by the federal government as medically underserved.

Sonya Collins

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

The practice of pharmacy has evolved tremendously over the last hundred years. As this practice continues to grow and evolve, one of the next big steps is to expand pharmacists’ ability to practice at the top of their skill set and to incorporate a standard of care model for pharmacy practice.

Johanna Taylor Katroscik, PharmD

The controversial drug aducanumab (Aduhelm—Biogen) continues to make news headlines almost a year after FDA approved it to treat patients with mild cognitive impairment or mild stage Alzheimer disease.

Loren Bonner

A patient’s environmental conditions will determine how they are able to adhere to a pharmacist’s recommendations. This is the concept of social determinants of health (SDOH).

Loren Bonner

Updates from FDA

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New evidence supporting the use of select oral and topical agents for the management of painful diabetic neuropathy is discussed in an updated guideline released in December 2021 by the American Academy of Neurology (AAN).

Maria G. Tanzi, PharmD

A new retrospective analysis by Divino and colleagues published in the January 2022 issue of Open Forum Infectious Diseases found that cell-derived quadrivalent influenza vaccines (IIV4c) are significantly more effective than standard egg-derived quadrivalent influenza vaccines (IIV4e) at preventing influenza-related hospitalizations or ED visits, which is also associated with lower overall health care costs.

Clarissa Chan, PharmD

Results of the SCOUT-CAP randomized clinical trial published in the January 2022 issue of JAMA Pediatrics found that a short 5-day antibiotic treatment course is superior to a standard 10-day regimen for children with non-severe community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in an outpatient setting.

Clarissa Chan, PharmD

COVID-19 has intensified the “mental health pandemic,” said Julie Dopheide, PharmD, BCPP, FASHP. What’s worse is that access to mental health care continues to be a challenge for individuals.

Loren Bonner

As public interest in dietary and food supplements continues to rise, so does interest in the potential health benefits mushrooms may offer.

Johanna Taylor Katroscik, PharmD

Fungal skin infections can be difficult to treat, leading to chronic lesions and a decrease in quality of life. Three of these that can be treated with self-care include tinea pedis (also called athlete’s foot), tinea corporis (ringworm), and tinea cruris (jock itch).

Dan Krinsky, MS, RPh

Trending Topics in Health-System Pharmacy

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In early January 2022, FDA released a Drug Safety Communication surrounding dental problems following use of buccal and sublingual buprenorphine products for the treatment of pain and opioid use disorder.

Hailey Mook, PharmD

In the United States, oral anticoagulant use has increased by 54% since 2012, particularly with the use of newer direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs). Unfortunately, among clinicians in certain settings knowledge gaps persist concerning the safety of these therapies, including the risk of acute infection.

Corey Diamond, PharmD

One in five patients continue to use opioids for longer than 3 months after a total hip or knee arthroplasty, according to results of a new analysis published in the American Journal of Health-System Pharmacists (AJHP).

Maria G. Tanzi, PharmD

The coronavirus pandemic has changed life as we knew it. The emergence of a virulent pathogen that we didn’t initially understand forced us to quickly reduce our daily interactions, and we were therefore asked to stay home as much as possible and go out only when necessary.

Jake Nichols, PharmD, MBA

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