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In This Issue

January-February 2009

| Vol. 49. No. 1
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Journal of the American Pharmacists Association

Research

Retrospective financial analysis of a herpes zoster vaccination program from an independent community pharmacy perspective
Heidi M. Wood, PharmD; Randal P. McDonough, MS, PharmD; William R. Doucette, PhD; et al.
J Am Pharm Assoc. 2009;49:12-17.   doi: 10.1331/JAPhA.2009.08030

Objective  To determine the net financial gain or loss for herpes zoster vaccination services provided to patients from the perspective ...

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Tags: vaccination, vaccines, shingles vaccine, independent community pharmacy
Effect of cost sharing on prescription drug use by Medicare beneficiaries prior to the Medicare Drug Benefit and potential adverse selection in the benefit
Amber M. Goedken, PharmD; Julie M. Urmie, PhD; Karen B. Farris, PhD; et al.
J Am Pharm Assoc. 2009;49:18-25.   doi: 10.1331/JAPhA.2009.08001

Objectives  To (1) describe prescription drug cost sharing and benefit structures faced by seniors before implementation of the Medicare drug ...

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Tags: cost sharing, medicare, prescription drug
Attitudes toward and factors affecting implementation of medication therapy management services by community pharmacists
Christina MacIntosh; Courtney Weiser; Atal Wassimi; et al.
J Am Pharm Assoc. 2009;49:26-30.   doi: 10.1331/JAPhA.2009.07122

Objective  To compare the attitudes of community pharmacy managers who did and did not contract with Mirixa to provide Medicare ...

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Tags: attitude, medication therapy management, community pharmacist
The ‘third class’ of medications: Sales and purchasing behavior are associated with Pharmacist Only and Pharmacy Medicine classifications in Australia
Lynne Emmerton, PhD, MPS
J Am Pharm Assoc. 2009;49:31-37.   doi: 10.1331/JAPhA.2009.07117

Objective  Nonprescription (over-the-counter) medications in Australia are classified as Pharmacist Only Medicines, Pharmacy Medicines, or unscheduled medications. This report characterizes ...

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Tags: consultation, analgesics, drugs, non-prescription, pseudoephedrine, variable (statistical), drug classification
Role of pharmacists in consulting with the underserved regarding toothache pain
Leonard A. Cohen, DDS, MPH, MS; Arthur J. Bonito, PhD; Donald R. Akin, MS; et al.
J Am Pharm Assoc. 2009;49:38-42.   doi: 10.1331/JAPhA.2009.07149

Objective  To examine the pharmacist's role in managing toothache pain from the patient's perspective.

Design  Cross-sectional study.

Setting  Maryland during ...

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Tags: consultation, pain, toothache, pharmacist role
Pharmacist interest in and attitudes toward direct pharmacy access to hormonal contraception in the United States
Sharon Landau, MPH; Kathleen Besinque, PharmD, MSEd; Frances Chung, MPH; et al.
J Am Pharm Assoc. 2009;49:43-50.   doi: 10.1331/JAPhA.2009.07154

Objectives  To assess pharmacist interest, comfort level, and perceived barriers regarding providing pharmacist-initiated access to hormonal contraceptives (i.e., tablets, patches, ...

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Tags: contraceptive methods, attitude, pharmacy-access drug products
Evaluation of pharmacists' barriers to the implementation of medication therapy management services
Jody L. Lounsbery, PharmD, BCPS; Christopher G. Green, PharmD; Marialice S. Bennett, BPharm, FAPhA; et al.
J Am Pharm Assoc. 2009;49:51-58.   doi: 10.1331/JAPhA.2009.07158

Objectives  To assess pharmacists' actual and perceived barriers to implementing medication therapy management (MTM) services in the outpatient setting and ...

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Tags: medication therapy management
Analysis of community chain pharmacists’ interventions on electronic prescriptions
Terri L. Warholak, PhD, BPharm; Michael T. Rupp, PhD, BPharm
J Am Pharm Assoc. 2009;49:59-64.   doi: 10.1331/JAPhA.2009.08013

Objectives  To measure the incidence and nature of prescribing errors on electronic prescriptions (e-prescriptions) that required active intervention by dispensing ...

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Tags: software, prescription drug, drug prescribing error, prescribing behavior, chain community pharmacy, electronic ...

Research Notes

Educational campaign for proper medication disposal
Courtney I. Jarvis, PharmD; Sheila M. Seed, BPharm, MPH; Matthew Silva, PharmD, BCPS; et al.
J Am Pharm Assoc. 2009;49:65-68.   doi: 10.1331/JAPhA.2009.08032

Objectives  To assess the effect of an educational intervention on pharmacists' attitudes and knowledge about medication disposal.

Methods  In September ...

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Tags: medication disposal
Survey of pharmacy preceptors' use of hand-held electronic devices
Maria D. Kostka—Rokosz, PharmD; William W. McCloskey, PharmD
J Am Pharm Assoc. 2009;49:69-72.   doi: 10.1331/JAPhA.2009.08052

Objectives  To describe pharmacy preceptors' use of personal digital assistants (PDAs)/hand-held electronic devices and drug information (DI) software for these ...

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Tags: software, personal digital assistant
Patient request for pharmacist counseling and satisfaction: Automated prescription delivery system versus regular pick-up counter
Jan D. Hirsch, PhD; Austin Oen, PharmD; Suzie Robertson, PharmD; et al.
J Am Pharm Assoc. 2009;49:73-77.   doi: 10.1331/JAPhA.2009.08037

Objectives  To assess the rate of patient-requested pharmacist counseling for refill prescriptions and satisfaction with pick-up process for patients using ...

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Tags: counseling, pick1 gene

Reviews

Pharmacists' considerations when serving Amish patients
Stephanie Y. Crawford, PhD; Aimée M. Manuel, PhD; Bruce D. Wood, BS; et al.
J Am Pharm Assoc. 2009;49:86-97.   doi: 10.1331/JAPhA.2009.07160

Objectives  To introduce historical and sociocultural influences on health and health care decisions that should be considered by pharmacists and ...

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Tags: genetic disorder, herbal therapy, health personnel, health services, languages, life style, patient-centered ...
Continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion therapy: A primer on insulin pumps
Lakshmi G. Potti; Stuart T. Haines, PharmD, BCPS, BC-ADM
J Am Pharm Assoc. 2009;49:e1-e17.   doi: 10.1331/JAPhA.2009.08122

Data sources  A literature search was conducted in Medline (1996 to July 2008) using the search terms intensive insulin therapy...

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Tags: insulin infusion systems, blood glucose, insulin

Tools for Advancing Pharmacy Practice

Anticoagulation clinic workflow analysis
Sara R. Vazquez, PharmD, BCPS; Campbell Jennifer, PharmD, CDE; Hamann Gale, PharmD, BCPS, CDE; et al.
J Am Pharm Assoc. 2009;49:78-85.   doi: 10.1331/JAPhA.2009.07086

Objective  To evaluate a workflow model and define factors affecting patient visit length in an anticoagulation clinic primarily treating an ...

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Tags: anticoagulation, anticoagulation clinic, workflow

Experience

A pharmacy leadership action study
Clifton Louie, DPA; Elizabeth Mertz, MA; Penfil Brett, MPH, MA; et al.
J Am Pharm Assoc. 2009;49:98-104.   doi: 10.1331/JAPhA.2009.08005

Objective  To report on the creation of a leadership development program targeted exclusively at pharmacists working in management in the ...

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Tags: aging, quality of care, biological products, chronic disease, delivery of health care, ...

Features

Journal of the American Pharmacists Association Guidelines for Authors
J Am Pharm Assoc. 2009;49:105-109.   doi: 10.1331/JAPhA.2009.09504
The Journal of the American Pharmacists Association (JAPhA) welcomes original research, review, and experience articles that report crisply and concisely on meaningful ... [Continue Reading]
Tags: survey methods, american pharmacists association
Journal of the American Pharmacists Association Reviewers—2008
J Am Pharm Assoc. 2009;49:110-116.  
Many pharmacists and other professionals in related areas of health care generously contribute their time and expertise in the peer review of ... [Continue Reading]
Tags: florida, maryland, oklahoma, clinical pharmacy, american pharmacists association

Association Report

Pharmacy Practice around the World
Eugene M. Lutz, BPharm, FAPhA; John Rovers, PharmD, BCPS, FAPhA; Joey Mattingly, PharmD; et al.
J Am Pharm Assoc. 2009;49:4-10.   doi: 10.1331/JAPhA.2009.09500
To provide some understanding of the practice of pharmacy around the world, understanding how pharmacy has organized internationally would be useful. The ... [Continue Reading]
Tags: pharmacotherapy, government, students, pharmacy

Heroes of Pharmacy

Paul Frederick Parker 1919–1998: A visionary innovator
Dennis B. Worthen, PhD
J Am Pharm Assoc. 2009;49:117-121.   doi: 10.1331/JAPhA.2009.09501
Writing about Paul Frederick Parker on the occasion of his retirement, former resident James C. Cloyd noted Parker's vision for a “conceptual ... [Continue Reading]
Tags: hospitals, university, internship and residency, kentucky, michigan, clinical pharmacy, medical residencies, association ...

Vaccine Update

Influenza immunization for college students: An important intervention that can improve class attendance and help keep up with homework
Annie Nasi; Kathleen D. Bosse; Mary S. Hayney, PharmD, MPH, BCPS; et al.
J Am Pharm Assoc. 2009;49:122-123.   doi: 10.1331/JAPhA.2009.08147
College students have been identified as a special population for immunization with a recommendation for meningococcal immunization since 2000.+1 Of course, college ... [Continue Reading]
Tags: influenza, influenza virus vaccine

New Drugs

New drugs: C1 inhibitor (human), romiplostim, and eltrombopag olamine
Daniel A. Hussar, PhD
J Am Pharm Assoc. 2009;49:124-127.   doi: 10.1331/JAPhA.2009.09502
Hereditary angioedema (HAE) is a severely debilitating genetic disorder that is caused by a deficiency of C1 esterase inhibitor (C1 inhibitor), a ... [Continue Reading]
Tags: c1 inhibitor antigen measurement, eltrombopag, romiplostim

Science Snippets

Amiodarone route of administration, antipsychotic medication use
L. Douglas Ried, PhD
J Am Pharm Assoc. 2009;49:128.   doi: 10.1331/JAPhA.2009.09503
With this issue, JAPhA begins a new feature written by L. Douglas Ried, PhD, JAPhA Associate Editor. Research articles of APhA—APRS and ... [Continue Reading]
Tags: amiodarone, antipsychotic agents, drug administration routes
USP Medication Errors Reporting Form
J Am Pharm Assoc. 2009;49:e18-e19.  
Tags: medication errors, united states pharmacopeia
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