TODAY'S HEADLINES
In a nonacademic healthcare system, an advanced clinical pharmacy services program, created and led by an internal medicine-trained clinical pharmacy specialist, made a positive impact on hospitalized patients through a number of drug intervention recommendations. » More |
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Back in 2010, D’Youville College in Buffalo, NY, opened its pharmacy school and welcomed students into a new, $23 million building. The next year, Roosevelt University near Chicago joined the pharmacy school bandwagon and welcomed its first pharmacy students. » More |
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Costly treatments for rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, cancer, and, especially, hepatitis C are expected to drive unprecedented growth in U.S. spending on specialty drugs in the next two years. Some analysts say that’s not good news for consumers or most pharmacists. » More |
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The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists is providing quality improvement strategies for pharmacy practice settings across the continuum of care. » More |
Continuing Education
This month's article is the fourth in a year-long CPE series, Medication Therapy Management Considerations for Adult Patients with Cardiovascular Disease. From February 2014 through January 2015, pharmacists can earn up to 24 hours of CPE credit with 12 monthly knowledge-based activities from the University of Connecticut School of Pharmacy and Drug Topics.
The goal of this month's activity is to discuss place in therapy of drug classes used to treat hypertension and review drug considerations of prescription antihypertensive medications and herbal supplements that are relevant to medication therapy management of hypertension.
To read and print the article with TEST QUESTIONS, click here.To proceed to the online exams and earn up to 2 CPE credits, click here to log in.
Announcement: Welcome to the new user registration process. This new process requires all pharmacists and pharmacy technicians to provide
or update their NABP e-Profile ID in order to electronically keep track of CPE credits from ACPE-accredited providers. If you have not done so, you can obtain your NABP e-Profile ID now at www.MyCPEmonitor.net. This profile will enable you to have one login
for all the NABP programs and services you will need throughout your career. |
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