APhA, its pharmacy partners, and community pharmacies have long argued that PBMs working with Medicare Part D plan sponsors’ use of retroactive direct and indirect remuneration (DIR) fees cheats beneficiaries, forces pharmacies to close their doors, and endangers access to pharmacist-provided care.

Rachel Balick

Federal and state laws create a mechanism for employees to sue their employers for failing to provide protection from sexual harassment.

David B. Brushwood, BSPharm, JD

It may surprise some pharmacists that the practice of using vancomycin loading doses is not currently supported by robust clinical evidence.

Corey Diamond, PharmD

As opioid misuse has risen across the United States, so has opioid-associated out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, which has unique clinical features and management implications, according to a new scientific statement from the American Heart Association (AHA).

Maria G. Tanzi, PharmD

In the early months of 2021, when COVID-19 vaccines were finally available in the United States, creative community outreach programs such as mobile health units were gaining a foothold in underserved communities where COVID-19 vaccination access was low.

Loren Bonner

In the United States, 77% of all UTIs and 47% of all communityacquired pneumonias (CAP) are treated inappropriately in the hospital setting, according to an expert panel convened by the Pew Charitable Trust in 2018 to evaluate antibiotic use in hospitals.

Joey Sweeney, PharmD, BCPS

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Pharmacy technicians may be held liable for malpractice when they breach their duty to patients. A legal case illustrates how miscommunication and a distrustful perspective can serve as the basis for malpractice liability of a pharmacy technician.

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Smart pump errors, which involve both human and technical factors, can cause injury or death to patients. Fatigue and distractions plague many busy patient care units and frequently contribute to smart pump errors.

Joey Sweeney, PharmD, BCPS