Better Medication Adherence with Appointment-Based Medication Synchronization Program
This study described how patient adherence and persistence with chronic medications can be improved by allowing patients to meet with a pharmacist to solve medication-related problems and synchronize prescriptions to be dispensed on a single day of the month.
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Frio on the Front Lines of Iraq
Staff Sergeant Mark Thompson convinced the Army that having type-1 diabetes should not keep him from serving in Iraq. Thompson, 28, is an Iowa native. He has been married for nine years and has a son, Kyle, who is two years old. He has always had something of a travel bug, and it was this desire to see the world that inspired Thompson to join the Army...
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Senate Passes Drug Quality and Security Act
A bill that would implement federal tracking and tracing of drugs and strengthen federal regulations on pharmacy compounding has passed in the Senate and will go to President Barack Obama for his signature...
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The Challenge of Diabetes for Doctor and Patient
My patient was miserable — parched with thirst, exhausted and jumping up to go to the bathroom every few minutes. His vision was blurry and he’d been losing weight the last few weeks, despite eating voraciously. I’d only just met him, but I was able to diagnose diabetes in about a minute.
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Synchronized Prescription Fills Improve Patients’ Medication Adherence
A community pharmacy chain's model of patient care received a boost from the Pharmacy Quality Alliance (PQA) in late May when the nonprofit organization announced it would support the expansion of the model into hundreds of sites nationally.
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