Episodes
Saturday Mar 02, 2024
Saturday Mar 02, 2024
Pharmacists are the most accessible health professionals and can play a vital role in screening and managing hypertension. But would an expanded scope of practice that enabled pharmacists to prescribe and manage antihypertensive therapies be cost-effective?
Guest Authors: Stefania Cian, PharmD and Candice Garwood, PharmD, FCCP, BCPS, BCACP
Special Guest: Dave Dixon, PharmD, BCACP, CLS
Music by Good Talk
Friday Jul 14, 2023
Is In-Personal Care Better than Care Delivered at a Distance?
Friday Jul 14, 2023
Friday Jul 14, 2023
If we’ve learned anything from the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s that delivering healthcare to patients at a distance is possible. Telehealth can help increase access to care for patients in medically underserved communities and for those who have transportation, cost, and time barriers. But one question has not been adequately answered—is telehealth an effective method to deliver primary care?
Guest Authors: Keaton Thomas, PharmD and Haley M. Klassing, PharmD,
Music by Good Talk
Friday Jun 23, 2023
Friday Jun 23, 2023
Several studies have shown the benefits of involving pharmacists in the primary care setting. And there are some recommendations regarding an appropriate physician-patient panel size per pharmacist. But what's the ideal ambulatory care pharmacist-patient panel size?
Guest Authors: Benjamin King, PharmD, BCACP, Jubilee Winar, PharmD, and Jasmin Ortiz, PharmD
Music by Good Talk
Thursday Mar 23, 2023
Thursday Mar 23, 2023
Patient for pharmacists' patient care services remains a challenge. While provider status at the federal level has not yet been realized, there has been a steady growth of payers and programs covering services provided by pharmacists in recent years.
Guest Author: E. Michael Murphy, PharmD, MBA
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Monday Dec 26, 2022
The Generic Levothyroxine Conundrum
Monday Dec 26, 2022
Monday Dec 26, 2022
Would you be willing to pay three times more for a brand-name levothyroxine product than a generic equivalent? Clinical practice guidelines recommend against switching between products. As a result, levothyroxine has higher brand-name product dispensing rates than other medications, costing patients and the healthcare system much more money.
Guest Authors: Connie Liang, PharmD and Kathleen Pincus, PharmD, BCPS, BCACP
Music by Good Talk
Friday Dec 09, 2022
Is Icosapent Ethyl a QALY-ty Investment?
Friday Dec 09, 2022
Friday Dec 09, 2022
The landmark REDUCE-IT trial demonstrated that icosapent ethyl (IPE) 4 g daily significantly reduced cardiovascular events in high-risk patients when added to statin therapy, but is a fancy fish oil supplement really worth our coin?
Guest Authors: Joseph Nardolillo, PharmD, BCACP and Vivian Cheng, PharmD, BCPS, BCACP
Music by Good Talk
Friday Oct 28, 2022
Are You Sure? Tolerance of Uncertainty and the Risk of Stress-Related Harm
Friday Oct 28, 2022
Friday Oct 28, 2022
Health professionals must deal with a lot of uncertainty in their work, such as weighing the risks and benefits of various treatment options, determining whether a patient’s symptoms are an adverse effect of medication therapy, or deciding if adding a new drug to the formulary will be cost-effective. A lower tolerance of uncertainty increases the risk of burnout and other stress-related harms. A new study sheds light on several contextual factors that contribute to low tolerance of uncertainty and some potential opportunities for intervention.
Guest Author: Brent Reed, PharmD, MS, BCCP
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Friday Sep 11, 2020
Implementing Comprehensive Medication Management – Ingredients for Success
Friday Sep 11, 2020
Friday Sep 11, 2020
Pharmacists providing effective comprehensive medication management (CMM) services in interprofessional care settings can contribute to improved patient outcomes. Core components of a successful practice include a clearly articulated philosophy of practice, a systematically implemented process of care, and an effective practice management system. Although much has been written about the first two components, less is known about what is required to create an effective practice management system.
Guest Authors: Elizabeth Cook, PharmD, BCACP, AE-C, CDE and Leslie Walters, PharmD, BCACP
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Friday Aug 30, 2019
Addressing the Concerns and Needs of Transgender Persons
Friday Aug 30, 2019
Friday Aug 30, 2019
The transgender/gender nonconforming (TGNC) community faces a variety of challenges including access to healthcare, societal stigma, and discrimination. As a profession, pharmacy is well-positioned to reduce and address the barriers to care faced by TGNC individuals and to provide them with positive experiences within the healthcare system. However, formal instruction about this patient population’s social and medical needs is lacking in most pharmacy school curricula.
Guest Authors: Justin Bachman, PharmD and Abby Frye, PharmD, BCACP
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Saturday Mar 09, 2019
Is a Team-Based Approach in Primary Care Worth It?
Saturday Mar 09, 2019
Saturday Mar 09, 2019
A team-based approach to patient care is well established in acute care settings, but not as widely adopted in primary care settings. Working within a team could have a positive impact on the efficiency of visits, quality of care, workload, job satisfaction, and patient satisfaction. Previous studies in acute-care hospital settings reveal positive outcomes, but there have been mixed results in primary care settings. Are the extra time, effort, and money necessary to change to a collaborative team-based approach worth it? Will it positively impact health care utilization, quality, and cost?
Guest Authors: Lily Van, PharmD and Courtney Davis, PharmD, BCACP
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