The law generally protects an employer’s right to establish policies that the employer considers to be in the best interest of the people it serves. Employees must comply with the employer’s policies, unless the policies would require the employee to engage in unlawful conduct.

David B. Brushwood, BSPharm, JD

A recent cluster of error reports associated with transdermal medication patches submitted to the Institute for Safe Medication Practices National Medication Errors Reporting Program (ISMP MERP) led us to look back a few years at all transdermal patch error reports submitted to the ISMP MERP.

Institute for Safe Medication Practices

Like elective care and routine preventive care, non-influenza immunizations took a nosedive among adolescents and adults from March to June 2020, the first few months of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States.

Sonya Collins

While caused by two different viruses, both COVID-19 and influenza can present with similar symptoms such as fever, cough, and shortness of breath.

Clarissa Chan, PharmD

During a session on health equity for pharmacists at APhA’s 2021 Virtual Annual Meeting in March 2021, Meagen Rosenthal, PhD, asked pharmacists to look at the health inequities that are specific to their community or the disease state in which they are experts.

Loren Bonner

On the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic, pharmacists have been stretched thin while caring for patients in their communities.

Clarissa Chan, PharmD

In a recent conversation with a patient’s wife, Justin Ruffridge, PharmD, learned a lot more about the patient’s condition than he expected.

Sonya Collins

If recent trends are any indication, digital health is now a mainstream market. Funding for digital health startups already surpassed 2020 levels, with $14.7 billion invested across 372 U.S. digital health deals, according to a report from Rock Health released this summer.

Loren Bonner & Sonya Collins

Updates from FDA

Thousands of patients have reported experiencing a wide range of physical and mental health consequences that persist after a COVID-19 infection. Patients with post-COVID-19 conditions, sometimes referred to as “COVID long-haulers,” often experience issues four or more weeks after being infected with the virus.

Maria G. Tanzi, PharmD

Here are some of the top questions pharmacists are getting after patients have been vaccinated against SARS-CoV-2.

Clarissa Chan, PharmD

Maternal influenza vaccination given during pregnancy did not adversely affect childhood health outcomes among offspring, according to data published in the June 8 issue of JAMA.

Maria G. Tanzi, PharmD

Cultural and diversity issues are front and center in today’s society. Importantly, they often affect patients’ acceptance of and adherence to self-care treatment plans, which include a range of individual health behaviors, such as health maintenance, use of preventive services, symptom evaluation, self-treatment, interaction with health care providers, and seeking advice through lay and alternative care networks.

Daniel L. Krinsky, RPh, MS

That small fruit with the furry rind and bright green flesh might hold a secret for those suffering from gastrointestinal discomfort.

Mickie Cathers

Trending Topics in Health-System Pharmacy

Keeping the pharmacy workforce safe from hazardous drugs has come into focus recently.

Joey Sweeney, PharmD, BCPS

Incorporation of a pharmacist-led penicillin allergy skin testing (PAST) service into a community hospital’s antimicrobial program substantially improved the use of preferred antimicrobial therapies, according to data published in the June 15, 2021 issue of the American Journal of Heath-System Pharmacy (AJHP).

Maria G. Tanzi, PharmD

With over 50 million people receiving surgery each year, there is a major push in the medical community to reevaluate the reliance on opioids as the central backbone of pain management.

Corey Diamond, PharmD

The experience of trauma is common and becoming even more widely recognized as we continue to cope with the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on economic, physical, and emotional well-being.

Kelly N. Gable, PharmD, BCPP

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