ISMP Issues Medication Safety Tips to Heed For Specialty Pharmacy

The Institute for Safe Medication Practices took its safety message on the road at the NASP 2024 Annual Meeting ...

APRIL 25, 2025

Pharmacist Interventions Can Help With RA Nonadherence

Identifying patients with rheumatoid arthritis who may be at risk of nonadherence to treatment, and targeting them ...

JANUARY 6, 2025

Overcoming Hurdles in Prescribing Oral Oncolytic Boosts Revenue and Fill Rate

By adopting software to track patients across the cancer center and pharmacy and automating referrals, UT SWMC ...

JANUARY 3, 2025

Specialty Pharmacists Data Mine EHRs To Boost Oncology Drug Adherence

Pharmacists at Vanderbilt Specialty Pharmacy, in Nashville, Tenn., have demonstrated that monthly patient outreach, ...

JANUARY 3, 2025

Just Say No to Paying Cybersecurity Ransoms

Health systems and other sites of care should never pay a ransom demand from a cyberattacker, even if that seems to ...

JANUARY 2, 2025

IRA Reduces Specialty Pharmacy Reliance on Patient Assistance Programs

The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), which has made brand-name medications more affordable, also has yielded a key ...

JANUARY 2, 2025

Adalimumab Biosimilars: Distinguishing Among the 10

Although all 10 adalimumab biosimilars have garnered FDA approval for every indication granted to Humira, there are ...

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Effort Underway to Improve Standards for REMS Adjudication

The REMS for certain high-risk medications can be cumbersome and time-intensive, with manual entry requirements ...

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Health Literacy Screening May Be Helpful for Personalizing RA Care

Incorporating the use of the Brief Health Literacy Screening tool into the management of patients with rheumatoid ...

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Is AI the Patient and Staff Support Program of the Future?

Artificial intelligence programs may be the key to solving a major concern that emerged in a large survey of ...

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

AI Poised to Improve Trial Recruitment and Drug Adherence in Specialty Pharmacy

The growing potential roles of artificial intelligence, including large-language models and generative AI, were a ...

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Pharmacist Recommendations Improve Hepatitis B Screening in Oral Oncology Patients

The vast majority of providers accept pharmacist-initiated recommendations to screen for hepatitis B virus in ...

NOVEMBER 6, 2024