Vest, Mary-Haston Colmenares, Evan W Pappas, Ashley L
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American journal of health-system pharmacy : AJHP : official journal of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists
The importance of a data management strategy is increasingly necessary for demonstrating value and driving performance within pharmacy departments. Data analytics capabilities often do not match the pace of data accumulation. At our organization, the establishment of an embedded pharmacy analytics and outcomes (PAO) team has been instrumental to ph...
Mun, Frederick Hale, Cory M Hennrikus, Eileen F
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American journal of health-system pharmacy : AJHP : official journal of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists
To determine how hospitals across the United States determined allocation criteria for remdesivir, approved in May 2020 for treatment of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) through an emergency use authorization, while maintaining fair and ethical distribution when patient needs exceeded supply. A electronic survey inquiring as to how institutions ...
Socal, Mariana P Ezebilo, Ijeamaka Bai, Ge Anderson, Gerard F
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American journal of health-system pharmacy : AJHP : official journal of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists
Biosimilars can generate competition and provide cost savings over reference biologics for the Medicare program and beneficiaries. The extent to which these benefits can be realized in the Medicare Part D program depends on how biosimilars and biologics are placed in the formulary. We conducted a study to examine Medicare formulary placement of the...
Villanueva, Mara N Davis, Jennifer E Sobocinski, Stacey M
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The processes for formulary implementation and electronic health record (EHR) integration of biosimilar products at a comprehensive cancer center are described. Implications for research protocols are also discussed. The existing literature focuses on practical considerations for formulary addition of biosimilar products, but there is a lack of gui...
Kirby, Taylor Connell, Robert Linneman, Travis
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The impact of a focused inpatient educational intervention on rates of medication-assisted therapy (MAT) for veterans with opioid use disorder (OUD) was evaluated. A retrospective cohort analysis compared rates of MAT, along with rates of OUD-related emergency department (ED) visits and/or hospital admission within 1 year, between veterans with a d...
Traynor, Kate
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American journal of health-system pharmacy : AJHP : official journal of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists
Chung, Clement
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American journal of health-system pharmacy : AJHP : official journal of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists
This article summarizes examples of current and emerging therapies that target the hypoxia and angiogenesis signaling pathways in the clear cell type of renal cell cancer (RCC), with an emphasis on the hypoxia signaling pathway. Mammalian cells transduce signals of decreased oxygen to hypoxia inducible factor (HIF), an intracellular heterodimer tha...
Abboud, Karen Blee, John Shah, Punit J
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American journal of health-system pharmacy : AJHP : official journal of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists
Miller, Stacy Jett, Amanda
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American journal of health-system pharmacy : AJHP : official journal of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists
Hill, Gabrielle Hughes-Stricklett, Alisa
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American journal of health-system pharmacy : AJHP : official journal of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists
Maine Public Law Chapter 488 required that all opioid doses be reduced to below 100 morphine milligram equivalent (MME) by July 1, 2017, and VA Maine Healthcare System implemented policies consistent with the state law. The purpose of this study was to assess self-reported pain scores over 2 years and overall utilization of alternative healthcare s...