Pharmacy technicians have always been integral members of the pharmacy care team, and now, with health care growing more complex by the day and the national shortage of pharmacists showing no signs of abating, technicians are taking on expanded roles in the care of patients and finding new paths forward in pursuit of their own career goals.

Elizabeth Briand

Up in the mountains of Colorado, Lucas Smith, PharmD, wears many hats as the owner and lead pharmacist of two independent community pharmacies.

Loren Bonner

Under the right circumstances and in a favorable regulatory environment, pharmacist-led primary care services are financially sustainable, according to real-world evidence from Idaho published November 1, 2025, in JAPhA.

Loren Bonner

A pharmacy is not obligated to process every legal prescription that is transmitted to the pharmacy. A federal judge in Oklahoma recognized this principle in a lawsuit that alleged liability of a pharmacy for harm caused to a patient due to the failure by the pharmacy to honor a 12-year-old girl’s prescription for leuprolide acetate injection.

David B. Brushwood, BSPharm, JD

D-dimer testing is an indispensable tool for patients with symptoms of venous thromboembolism (VTE).

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The recently released clinical practice guideline on gastroparesis management from the American Gastroenterological Association introduces evidence-based recommendations that challenge some common practices while validating others.

Aiya Almogaber, PharmD

Hypertensive patients with severe frailty achieved cardiovascular benefits with intensive BP lowering compared to nonfrail adults, according to a post hoc analysis of the ESPRIT trial published in the January 6, 2026, issue of Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

Aiya Almogaber, PharmD

Caffeine has long been viewed as a potential trigger for abnormal heart rhythms, leading many clinicians to recommend that patients with AFib cut back on or avoid coffee.

Sonya Collins

A syringe services program within the VA Salt Lake City Health Care System could provide a model for developing similar programs in other health care centers, according to a study published in the July/September 2025 issue of Journal of Addictions Nursing.

Kevin Willmann

Advocates continue to press for the presence of pharmacists in pediatric emergency departments (EDs) across the nation.

Loren Bonner

During one of my infectious disease APPE rotations at Dayton VA Medical Center in 2022, I was assigned to an experience that would ultimately reshape how I viewed the pharmacist’s role in clinical decision making.

Ayobomi Adefioye, PharmD, MBA, advanced education fellow, APhA, Washington, DC

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