If you're like 80-plus million people across the nation, you're having a hard time seeing a primary care doctor. So, what do you do when the doctor won't see you now? Pharmacists may be able to help. ...
Several states are expanding pharmacists’ scope of practice to allow them to prescribe amid a shortage of primary care physicians and other healthcare workers. As state legislative sessions wrap up ...
In this month’s column, DSN’s editor-in-chief takes a look at how the gulf between doctors and pharmacists s is widening at a time when we need them to collaborate. In 2020, the American Medical ...
That may sound strange: Aren’t most doctors opposed to pharmacists writing prescriptions? And besides, a birth control pill has already been approved to be available over the counter — so why care ...
DEAR DR. ROACH: My blood work showed that I was slightly low in vitamin D, so my doctor recommended that I take a supplement. My pharmacist was concerned and told me that vitamin D does not get ...
CLEVELAND — Did you know the pharmacist at your local drugstore is actually a doctor? Most people don't realize the level of education it takes to become a licensed pharmacist. They're also doing a ...
Yet, importantly, Medicare beneficiaries aren’t covered when services are provided by pharmacists. These policies leave patients without access to the care that pharmacists are more than capable of ...
Local doctors say they saw a late peak for the 2022 flu season. “We saw a spike of people that were coming through that said they've got the flu,” said En Soleil Pharmacy CEO Scott Guess. “For the ...
Pharmacists will partner with patients and doctors in a new national project to reduce patient medication errors that frequently occur during hospital stays. Image Credit: University of South ...
A bill at the State Capitol seeks to change how you get treated for common illnesses like the flu, COVID, and strep throat.