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Patient-friendly prescription labels improve medication adherence, study finds

Written by | 18 Mar 2023

As many as half of all Americans with chronic diseases like hypertension and depression don’t take their medications as prescribed. And more than 100,000 people die due to […]

NICE Quality Standards for managing chronic heart failure

Written by | 10 Mar 2023

Dr Rani Khatib is a Consultant Cardiology Pharmacist at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and Associate Professor at the Leeds Institute for Cardiometabolic Medicine (LICaM), University of Leeds. As […]

What are the implications of the NICE Quality Standards?

Written by | 9 Mar 2023

The updated and expanded NICE quality standards should be used in all care settings to audit and improve services for people with chronic heart failure, according to Dr […]

Why do we need NICE Quality Standards for chronic heart failure?

Written by | 8 Mar 2023

Dr Rani Khatib is a consultant pharmacist in cardiology and cardiovascular research and associate professor at the University of Leeds. As a member of the NICE Guideline Development […]

Researchers call for prescription charge to be cut

Written by | 22 Feb 2023

Removing the $5 prescription charge for people in areas of high socioeconomic deprivation reduces the number of hospital admissions and the length of stays, a new study shows. […]

Mark Cuban Pharmacy could save billions on prostate cancer, bladder drugs

Written by | 17 Feb 2023

A new drug company founded by entrepreneur Mark Cuban could save patients $1.29 billion a year based on 2020 Medicare Part D expenditures on just the nine most […]

Hospital Pharmacy services in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian

Written by | 17 Feb 2023

John A. Armitstead is the System Director of Pharmacy at Lee Health in Fort Myers, Florida. During the past five years, Fort Myers has twice been hit by […]

Lessons for pharmacy from Hurricane Ian

Written by | 16 Feb 2023

Reflecting on his experiences during and after hurricane Ian, John A. Armitstead, System Director of Pharmacy at Lee Health in Fort Myers, Florida, says how proud he is […]

How the pharmacy responded to hurricane Ian

Written by | 15 Feb 2023

For a period of 48 hours after hurricane Ian, the five hospital outpatient pharmacies were the only operational pharmacies for the entire county and had to deal with […]

First steps for pharmacy when a hurricane hits

Written by | 14 Feb 2023

Pharmacy managers need to plan for the provision of emergency pharmacy services after the hurricane has passed and must bear in mind that wholesalers may be out of […]

Preparing the pharmacy service for a hurricane

Written by | 13 Feb 2023

John A. Armitstead is the System Director of Pharmacy at Lee Health in Fort Myers, Florida. During the past five years, Fort Myers has twice been hit by […]

How primary care pharmacy could help the NHS work more effectively

Written by | 4 Feb 2023

Professor Ashok Soni OBE is a community pharmacist and president of the National Association of Primary Care. He is also a non-executive director at Oxford University Hospitals and […]

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