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Clinical pharmacy services grow, but hospitals struggle to fill key roles: ASHP

Beckers Hospital Review

hospitals are increasingly integrating pharmacists into clinical care, but many are struggling to fill roles and maintain staff, according to the 2024 American Society of Health-System Pharmacists National Survey of Pharmacy Practice in Hospital Settings.

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Expanding Pneumococcal Vaccinations to Healthy Adults Aged 50 to 64 Years Offers Significant Health, Economic Benefits

Pharmacy Times

Furthermore, an investigation conducted by Norwalk et al found significant differences between Black and non-Black populations in pneumococcal mortality and length of hospital stay. Analyses have found that, compared with White adults, rates of invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) are 2 times higher in Black adults.

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Is Pharmacy School Worth it? Part II

The Pharmacist Blog

Starting Year 9 both Pharmacy Technician and Pharmacist move out of parents home and significantly increase their cost of living from $8,000 to $30,000 a year. compound interest with higher debt working against the pharmacist not accounted for). missed opportunity for compound interest). Pharmacy Technician Scenario.

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Is Pharmacy School Worth It?

The Pharmacist Blog

First lets compare how long it would take before a pharmacist breaks even in net worth compared to a pharmacy technician. Pharmacy Technician Scenario : Graduates high school at the age of 18 and starts working at a retail pharmacy full time as a pharmacy assistant. Inflation is not accounted.

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Rise of Digital Pharmacy: How Emerging Technologies Are Changing the Practice 

National Association of Boards of Pharmacy

The resulting strain has made well-being and burnout one of the most concerning issues in pharmacy and pharmacy regulation today, affecting an increasing number of pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, and interns. Along with educational applications, AR and VR could also be used to treat patients.

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Study Shows High-Dose Vitamin D Boosts Treatment Response in Breast Cancer

Pharmacy Times

1 A total of 80 women aged 45 and older who were starting treatment at the oncology outpatient clinic of the hospital at FMB-UNESP were included in the randomized clinical trial.

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Walgreens Launches Program to Enable Technicians to Pursue Pharmacy School

Pharmacy Times

Walgreens has announced PharmStart, a first-of-its-kind, fully funded program designed to enable pharmacy technicians within the company to pursue pharmacy school. According to an interview with Chief Pharmacy Officer Rick Gates, the program will address key barriers, including cost and time limitations.