One major reason reported for the lack of use was a perceived increase in workload (51%). Most respondents reported a positive perception of this model and interactions with pharmacists, and were also confident in their ability to safely recommend medication (63%).
Experts say strategies can be employed to help reduce stress while at the pharmacy; these include pharmacists taking a few minutes each day to talk to customers and refocus on why they chose this profession, as well as taking time for reflection before work or after the shift.
Use of the technology at the Summa Health System-Barberton Campus in Ohio has been beneficial, saving time for pharmacists and technicians even though the amount of time savings has not been fully realized as use of the technology is in early phases.
Drug affordability, nonadherence, and pharmacist compensation are major challenges for the year
The Pharmacy Technician Forum will provide necessary education, tools, and resources needed to advance the career paths of technicians and enhance their roles as members of the interprofessional patient care team.
Specifically, the organizations provide a call to action for Congress to determine how manufacturers should handle disclosing drug shortages to the medical community.
A case study presented at SLEEP 2015 suggest that an influenza vaccination may have triggered status cataplecticus in the female patient with known narcolepsy.
Pharmacotherapy improves multiple domains of functioning in patients with central disorders of hypersomnolence (CDH) in a “real-world” tertiary care setting, according to data presented at SLEEP 2015.
Sodium oxybate improved health-related quality-of-life (HRQoL) measures in patients with narcolepsy in a dose-dependent manner, results from a randomized placebo-controlled trial presented at SLEEP 2015 have found.
Lemborexant (E2006), a dual orexin receptor antagonist (DORA) under development for insomnia disorder, led to a decrease in latency to persistent sleep (LPS) and wake after sleep onset (WASO) and an increase in sleep efficiency (SE), according to data presented at SLEEP 2015.
