Career advancement insights from certified pharmacy technicians: Enhanced opportunities for the pharmacy technician workforce.

Background: Sustainable career advancement opportunities for pharmacy technicians will be a critical part of patient-centered community pharmacy environments as the role of the pharmacist provider expands.

Objective: (1) To determine the impact of a Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB) pharmacy certification on career advancement and professional growth metrics; (2) To assess technicians' role in advanced pharmacy services before and after certification; and (3) To identify changes in pharmacist services when a certified pharmacy technician (CPhT) was added to the provider team.

Methods: A 73-question web-based survey was distributed to all PTCB CPhT in the United States, Washing DC, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the US Virgin Islands.

COVID-19 booster vaccination in rural community pharmacies.

This study assessed rural community pharmacists' attitudes about COVID-19 vaccine booster doses and explored whether rural pharmacies offered these booster doses. Of the 80 rural Southeastern U.S.

Using the Drug Burden Index to identify older adults at highest risk for medication-related falls.

Background: The Drug Burden Index (DBI) was developed to assess patient exposure to medications associated with an increased risk of falling. The objective of this study was to examine the association between the DBI and medication-related fall risk.

Methods: The study used a retrospective cohort design, with a 1-year observation period.

Impact of STEADI-Rx: A Community Pharmacy-Based Fall Prevention Intervention.

Objectives: To evaluate the effects of a community pharmacy-based fall prevention intervention (STEADI-Rx) on the risk of falling and use of medications associated with an increased risk of falling.

Design: Randomized controlled trial.

Setting: A total of 65 community pharmacies in North Carolina (NC).

Care coordination and follow-up practices in the community pharmacy setting: A mixed methods study.

Objectives: This mixed methods study had 2 aims: (1) to describe the frequency of care coordination between pharmacists, prescribers, and care managers and (2) to identify pharmacists' strategies for care coordination and follow-up in a community pharmacy setting.

Design: This study used a mixed methods design.

Setting And Participants: Pharmacists who were responsible for implementing North Carolina community pharmacy enhanced services network (NC CPESN®) activities in their pharmacy during the first or second year of the 3-year program (September 2014-August 2016).

Training and Toolkit Resources to Support Implementation of a Community Pharmacy Fall Prevention Service.

Community pharmacies are an ideal setting to manage high-risk medications and screen older adults at risk for falls. Appropriate training and resources are needed to successfully implement services in this setting. The purpose of this paper is to identify the key training, tools, and resources to support implementation of fall prevention services.