During President Biden’s state of the union address in early March 2022, he announced the launch of the “Test to Treat” initiative as a way for patients to get tested for COVID-19 and, if the result is positive, receive prompt treatment. What followed has been a whirlwind of debate about the initiative and whether or not it actually improves access to the people who need it most.

Johanna Taylor Katroscik, PharmD

Pharmacists and pharmacy technicians are humans, and humans make mistakes. Human errors can be reduced though system improvements, but they cannot be completely avoided.

David B. Brushwood, BSPharm, JD

The technology to provide health care remotely via phone or video has existed for years. The only thing missing was demand.

Sonya Collins

Despite continued debate, practice guidelines state that adult patients with hypothyroidism should consistently use the same levothyroxine product. But a new study published in JAMA Internal Medicine could make the case for a revision.

Loren Bonner

FDA has been warning consumers not to use several home tests, because they are not FDA-authorized or approved for distribution or use in the United States.

Clarissa Chan, PharmD

Pharmacists are primed to address social determinants of health (SDOH) in patients with diabetes.

Loren Bonner

“Provider status” is one of those terms that is easily recognized by members of the profession of pharmacy but sometimes has numerous meanings depending on its context.

Ilisa Bernstein, PharmD, JD, FAPhA, and E. Michael Murphy, PharmD, MBA

Updates from FDA

APhA Staff

We’ll see soon that digital health is simply health care, said Daniel Zlott, PharmD, APhA’s senior vice president of education and business development, during APhA’s second annual DigitalHealth.Rx summit, chaired by Parisa Vatanka, PharmD, which was held in-person on March 17, 2022, in conjunction with APhA2022 in San Antonio, TX.

Loren Bonner

Cannabis, is used by hundreds of millions of people worldwide for recreational, medicinal, or other applications. According to a 2021 Gallup poll, 49% of Americans have tried cannabis, up from 45% in 2017 and 2019.

Loren Bonner

Probably best known for soothing the pain of sunburns, aloe vera is a cactus-like plant favored not just for burns but also for acne, eczema, oral submucous fibrosis, and radiation-induced skin reactions.

Mickie Cathers

Female health issues such as period cramps are great opportunities for pharmacists to improve the care and quality of life for those with self-treatable conditions.

Mary Warner

Trending Topics in Health-System Pharmacy

APhA Staff

Emergency department pharmacists at Boston Medical Center (BMC) led an opioid use disorder (OUD) initiative that not only contributed to a decrease in OUD ED visits, but it also changed the culture at BMC for clinicians to promote harm reduction strategies and offer treatment with follow-up to patients with OUD.

Loren Bonner

Sweeping nationwide worker shortages that inspired the term “The Great Resignation” have been an ongoing collateral effect of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Sonya Collins

Experts are concerned that the pandemic could undo much of the nation’s progress on antibiotic resistance, especially in hospitals.

Maria G. Tanzi, PharmD

Every January, the American Diabetes Association (ADA) publishes its Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes. Health care professionals with an interest in diabetes anxiously await this publication to learn of  updates and changes in the management and care for people with diabetes.

Susan Cornell, PharmD, CDCES, FAPhA, FADCES

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