Pharmacist

Faster hepatitis C treatment with interdisciplinary primary care

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Background: Hepatitis C virus treatment is increasingly being offered in primary care because medications now require less frequent monitoring and have fewer adverse effects. However, many primary care clinicians still defer treatment to specialists due to administrative burdens, including laboratory workup, insurance prior authorizations, and pharmacy coordination, which can delay care. The innovation: At an … Read more

Mental Health First Aid Training Can Help Pharmacists Provide Better Care

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Pharmacists who received mental health first aid training more frequently engaged patients in mental health conversations and provided more compassionate support, according to new data published in the Journal of the American Pharmacists Association.1 The authors said that mental health training can help improve mental health outcomes and reduce stigma. Mental Health First Aid Training … Read more

Gut bacteria could one day serve as microscopic in-house pharmacists

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Hundreds of different species of microbes live, laugh, and love in your gut. In the future, one of these might serve a new function: microscopic in-house pharmacist. A new study published Feb. 18 in Nature Biotechnology shows how gut bacteria can be directed to produce and release proteins within the lower gastrointestinal tract – eliminating a … Read more