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Today's Headlines
The Centers for Disease Control's early estimates of the effectiveness of the seasonal influenza vaccine is 62%.
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Researchers examining the effectiveness of cefixime in the treatment of gonorrhea found a relatively high treatment failure rate, raising concern that gonorrhea may become untreatable, according to results published January 9 in the Journal of the American Medical Association. » Full article
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The spike in flu cases over the past month, along with limited supplies of influenza vaccine and Tamiflu across the United States, has led FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg to issue guidance to pharmacists and other healthcare providers. » Full article
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FDA expanded the approved use onabotulinumtoxinA (Botox, Allergan) to treat adults with overactive bladder who cannot use or do not adequately respond to anticholinergics. » Full article
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CONTINUING EDUCATION
Welcome to the fifth activity in our CPE series: Medication Therapy Management (MTM) in Patients with Diabetes, which has been designed for pharmacists who take care of patients with diabetes. You can earn up to 14 credits from September 2012-March 2013 with 7 monthly knowledge-based activities. The January activity covers macrovascular and microvascular complications of diabetes mellitus.
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 login.
Coming soon - All users will be required to provide their NABP e-Profile ID when logging into the Drug Topics' FREE CPE. This new process requires all pharmacists and pharmacy technicians to provide their NABP e-Profile ID prior to accessing the system. 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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EDITOR'S PICK
Hospice and palliative care organizations provide end-of-life care to more than 1.5 million patients each year. Pharmacists have become an integral part of the hospice interdisciplinary team approach to patient-centered care. While the role of the pharmacist in the healthcare continuum continues to expand, specialized practice settings, such as hospice, continue to demand more clinical services from pharmacists. This article discusses 3 primary service domains that encompass the aspects of pharmacist involvement in hospice and palliative care: medication utilization, therapeutics, and clinical education. These domains highlight the enhanced partnership that can exist between hospice and palliative care organizations and pharmacy benefits management companies. » Full article
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SURVEY
What tops your priority list
for 2013?
– Medication therapy management
– Pharmacy support for new models of care
– Specialty pharmacy management
– Advanced IT support to drive enhanced pharmacy programming
Respond Here
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