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Exploring Challenges, Opportunities for Community Pharmacists in Tobacco Cessation

Drug Topics

By addressing integration barriers associated with implementing tobacco cessation programs in the community pharmacy, community pharmacists can “significantly impact public health by increasing access to effective cessation support,” wrote investigators.

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Community Pharmacist-Led CGM Programs Can Boost Clinic Revenue While Helping Patients

Drug Topics

Community pharmacists are uniquely positioned to promote uptake due to their frequent interactions with patients and expertise in chronic condition counseling. Although over 38 million people in the US have diabetes, continuous glucose monitor (CGM) uptake is low.

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Medicaid redetermination cost community health centers an average of $600K each

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  Beyond the impact on individual patients, the redetermination had a sizable impact on community health centers, which serve about 15% of all Medicaid patients.

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Breaking the Mold: Unveiling the Dynamic Role of Community Pharmacists in Ambulatory Care

Pharmacy Is Right For Me

There is a common misconception that all community pharmacies are alike, and that most of what community pharmacists do is count pills. This could not be further from the truth and Dr. Mohanad Znbaqa’s story will demonstrate just how versatile a career practicing in a community pharmacy can be!

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Community Pharmacists Can Help Monitor, Manage Cardiometabolic Parameters in Schizophrenia

Pharmacy Times

Health care professionals providing care to patients using second-generation antipsychotics could benefit from incorporating community pharmacists as members of their team.

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Nonprofit hospitals fall short on community benefit, studies show

PhRMA

Nonprofit hospitals are supposed to help provide access to crucial treatment and services in our most vulnerable communities. But recent research adds to the mountain of evidence showing nonprofit hospitals continue to fall short in their community benefit.

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Community Pharmacists Press for PBM Reform During Packed Fly-In

Pharmacy Times

On April 17 and 18, hundreds of independent community pharmacists came to Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., to participate in the National Community Pharmacists Association’s Congressional Pharmacy Fly-In.

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