From the Desk of the CEO

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