UpdatED: The emergency medicine pharmacotherapy literature of 2022.

The purpose of this article is to summarize pharmacotherapy related emergency medicine (EM) literature indexed in 2022. Articles were selected utilizing a modified Delphi approach. The table of contents from pre-determined journals were reviewed and independently evaluated via the Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) system by paired authors, with disagreements adjudicated by a third author.

Well Child Wednesdays: An interprofessional pilot-program to increase pediatric immunizations Post-COVID.

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic halted routine medical care, including well-child visits (WCVs) and immunizations.

Purpose: Describe the development and impact of a multidisciplinary initiative on the number of WCVs and immunizations delivered in aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic over a four week period between April 14, 2021 and May 5, 2021.

Methods: Student pharmacists (SP), family medicine residents (FMRs), and nurses within a family medicine practice in a medically underserved community, developed a program to increase the number of pediatric patients up-to-date on WCVs and immunizations.

The Emergency Medicine Pharmacotherapy Literature of 2021.

This article highlights the most relevant emergency medicine (EM) pharmacotherapy publications indexed in 2021. A modified Delphi approach was utilized for selected journals to identify the most impactful EM pharmacotherapy studies via the GRADE system. After review of journal table of contents GRADE 1A and 1B articles were reviewed by authors.

Staying InformED: Top emergency Medicine pharmacotherapy articles of 2020.

The year 2020 was not easy for Emergency Medicine (EM) clinicians with the burden of tackling a pandemic. A large focus, rightfully so, was placed on the evolving diagnosis and management of patients with COVID-19 and, as such, the ability of clinicians to remain up to date on key EM pharmacotherapy literature may have been compromised. This article reviews the most important EM pharmacotherapy publications indexed in 2020.

Pharmacist Involvement in Addressing Public Health Priorities and Community Needs: The Allegheny County Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH) Project.

Community-clinical linkages are connections between community and clinical sectors to improve population health, and community-based pharmacists are well positioned to implement this strategy. We implemented a novel approach to community-clinical linkages in African American communities in which community-based pharmacists implement screenings for chronic disease and social determinants of health, make referrals to clinical and social services, and follow up with patients to support linkage to care in nontraditional health care settings. The community-based pharmacist navigation program works with multisector partners to increase referrals and access to existing health and social service programs.

Evaluation of students' perceptions of the Socrative application versus a traditional student response system and its impact on classroom engagement.

Background And Purpose: Student response systems (SRSs) or "clickers" are common tools that lecturers can implement into didactic lectures. Socrative is a convenient and free SRS application that can be downloaded on personal handheld devices and used by faculty and students. It is unknown if students prefer using this application and what advantages or disadvantages can be seen with Socrative's use.

Validation of a survey tool assessing effectiveness of an educational intervention on the caring behaviors and referral activities of community pharmacists for migraineurs.

Background: Community pharmacists are in an ideal position to ameliorate migraineur under-consulting, under-diagnosis, and under-treatment. Contemporary education/training on developing therapeutic alliances with patients and in advanced pharmacotherapy may further motivate pharmacists to impact the care of migraineurs.

Objectives: The objectives of this study were to assess pharmacists' perceptions of a migraine training program and their self-assessment of subsequent impact on patient care and to develop and assess a tool evaluating the impact of the training program from the patients' perspectives: (1) for patients diagnosed with migraines - identify perceptions of care by pharmacists who have undergone specialty training in migraine vs.

Consumers' lack of awareness on issues pertaining to their prescription drug coverage.

Prescription drug coverage is an increasingly important component of any health insurance plan. Previous research has indicated that the optimal use of health insurance by plan members is at least somewhat dependent upon their understanding of its design and inherent cost-containment features. This study employed face-to-face interviews of pharmacy patrons with at least some sort of prescription drug coverage to determine their understanding of any pharmacy plan's limitations, the use of formularies, and the concept of generic versus branded drugs, in addition to assessing their sources for obtaining information about their prescription drug plans.

Structural model of certified pharmacy technicians' job satisfaction.

Objective: To determine the effects of worklife attitudes on certified pharmacy technicians' job satisfaction.

Design: Cross-sectional descriptive design.

Setting: United States in January 2004.

Use of tumor necrosis factor inhibitors in rheumatoid arthritis: a national survey of practicing United States rheumatologists.

Objectives: To determine the prescribing practices, laboratory monitoring protocols, and perceived barriers of United States rheumatologists in prescribing tumor necrosis factor (TNF) inhibitors in rheumatoid arthritis (RA).

Methods: A survey questionnaire was mailed to 1970 rheumatologists who were randomly selected from a national sample of 3008 rheumatologists. A one-page non-response questionnaire was mailed to approximately 200 randomly selected non-responding rheumatologists to assess non-response bias.

Alternative decision analysis modeling in the economic evaluation of tumor necrosis factor inhibitors for rheumatoid arthritis.

Objectives: To provide a review of the studies that use decision models in the economic evaluation of tumor necrosis factor (TNF) inhibitors in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and to address some important issues surrounding the choice of such modeling techniques in these economic evaluations.

Methods: A systematic literature search was conducted by 1 author from the literature published from January 1996 to March 2005 through Medline, Embase, and Cochrane library databases.

Results: The review yielded 29 studies that used decision models.

Job turnover intentions among Certified Pharmacy Technicians.

Objective: To describe the job withdrawal intentions of a nationwide sample of Certified Pharmacy Technicians (CPhTs).

Design: Cross-sectional descriptive design.

Setting: A random sample of 3,200 CPhTs whose names and contact information were acquired from the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board.

Certified pharmacy technicians' views on their medication preparation errors and educational needs.

Purpose: The perceptions of certified pharmacy technicians about their medication preparation errors and educational needs were studied.

Methods: A nationwide random sample of 3200 certified pharmacy technicians was mailed a survey with open-ended questions soliciting information about how pharmacists have handled and should handle technicians' medication preparation errors. The participants were also asked about their training needs and continuing-education preferences.

Survey of certified pharmacy technicians in the United States: a quality-of-worklife study.

Objective: To describe a nationwide random sample of Certified Pharmacy Technicians (CPhTs) by various demographic and work-related characteristics, identify various worklife attitudes, and determine whether these attitudes differed by practice setting and personal characteristics of the respondents.

Design: Cross-sectional descriptive design.

Setting: A random sample of 3,200 CPhTs provided by the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board.

Managing the aftermath of medication errors: managed care's role.

Objective: To discuss managed care's role in managing an organization's response to a medication error and to provide specific recommendations for that response.

Data Sources: Published articles and reports related to crisis management, service failure, public relations, ethics, psychology, management, marketing, health care, and law. Review of the literature on crisis management and service failure was extensive.

The impact of the internet on community pharmacy practice: a comparison of a Delphi panel's forecast with emerging trends.

The purpose of this study was to forecast the impact of Internet pharmacy commerce on various stakeholders. A panel of experts assembled from a list of academicians in the social and administrative pharmaceutical sciences participated in a three-iteration Delphi procedure. Feedback from the aggregate responses of the panel was used to construct questionnaires employed in subsequent iterations of the Delphi.

Determinants of satisfaction with prescription drug plans.

Satisfaction among health plan members with their prescription drug coverage was studied. Interviews of patrons of 10 randomly selected community pharmacies in the Pittsburgh area were conducted by entry-level Pharm.D.

A tool for corporate decision making about cognitive pharmaceutical services.

Objective: To present and discuss the models, theories, ideas, and frameworks that corporate decision makers would apply to the implementation of cognitive pharmaceutical services.

Background: Large chains and integrated delivery networks dominate the pharmacy marketplace. As a result, in many instances implementing cognitive pharmaceutical services, or expanding their delivery, first requires approval of a corporate decision maker, often not a pharmacist, who is schooled in marketing, management, and finance, and who necessarily views proposals for cognitive pharmaceutical services from those frames of reference.