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Episode 979: Does aspiration pneumonia require different antibiotics than community acquired pneumonia?

Pharmacy Joe

Newer studies of acute aspiration events in hospitalized patients have suggested that anaerobic bacteria do not play a major role in the etiology of CAP. Another study from 2003 looked at 95 institutionalized elderly patients with severe aspiration pneumonia. One of these studies was in 1999 by Paul Marik.

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The Changing Landscape of Pharmacy Accessibility

Pharmacy Times

Furthermore, delays in medication access can exacerbate chronic conditions, such as diabetes, hypertension, and asthma, leading to increased hospitalization rates. J Am Pharm Assoc (2003). Patients may be unable to obtain critical medications, resulting in poor adherence and negative outcomes. 2022;62(6):1816-1822. doi:10.1016/j.japh.2022.07.003

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Pharmacies Need Strategies to Improve Health Care Access

Pharmacy Times

Impact of a combined pharmacist and social worker program to reduce hospital readmissions. J Am Pharm Assoc (2003). Pharmacy’s Appointment Based Model: medication synchronization align my refills. APhA Foundation. Accessed May 5, 2025. Gil M, Mikaitis DK, Shier G, Johnson TJ, Sims S. J Manag Care Pharm. 2013;19(7):558-563.

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Pharmacists Can Educate Patients About Sun Safety

Pharmacy Times

J Am Pharm Assoc (2003). link] SPOT Skin Cancer seeks a world without skin cancer. American Academy of Dermatology. Accessed June 5, 2025. link] Kelly KM, Dhumal T, Scott VG, et al. a pharmacy-based, sun safety feasibility study. 2021;61(1):e69-e79. doi:10.1016/j.japh.2020.10.004 2020.10.004 Sunscreen FAQs. American Academy of Dermatology.

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Understanding Recent Changes to 505(b)(2) Drugs and Reimbursement

Pharmacy Times

From 2003 to 2023, 943 drugs were approved through the 505(b)(2) pathway. The hospitals and the payment plans would not use your generic drug if you weren’t therapeutically equivalent—we would exclude you,” Soefje said. As of January 1, 2023, CMS has begun issuing unique J-codes to 505(b)(2) drugs dating back to 2003. “In

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Medication Adherence in 2025: The Hidden Crisis Costing Lives and Billions

PharmD Live

Over $300 billion in avoidable healthcare costs and 125,000 preventable deaths annually , making medication non-adherence a top contributor to chronic condition progression, hospitalizations, and readmissions. Emergency hospitalizations for adverse drug events in older Americans. The Real Costs to U.S. link] Budnitz, D. Lovegrove, M.

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Do We Really Pay More for Prescription Drugs in the United States?

Pharmacy Times

Bush’s Medicare Modernization Act (MMA) of 2003, and with it drug coverage for tens of millions of Medicare enrollees for the first time in program history. From a coverage perspective, Part D has been a success, with older Americans paying far less for drugs than they otherwise would have prior to MMA 2003. Add President Joseph R.