If you're like 80-plus million people across the nation, you're having a hard time seeing a primary care doctor. So, what do you do when the doctor won't see you now? Pharmacists may be able to help. ...

Several states are expanding pharmacists’ scope of practice to allow them to prescribe amid a shortage of primary care physicians and other healthcare workers. As state legislative sessions wrap up ...

CARBON COUNTY, Pa. — Shelves inside Mauch Chunk Pharmacy in Jim Thorpe are full of all sorts of medications, but drugs used to treat diabetes, are becoming increasingly hard to come by. "Ozempic is ...

In this month’s column, DSN’s editor-in-chief takes a look at how the gulf between doctors and pharmacists s is widening at a time when we need them to collaborate. In 2020, the American Medical ...

That may sound strange: Aren’t most doctors opposed to pharmacists writing prescriptions? And besides, a birth control pill has already been approved to be available over the counter — so why care ...

CLEVELAND — Did you know the pharmacist at your local drugstore is actually a doctor? Most people don't realize the level of education it takes to become a licensed pharmacist. They're also doing a ...

Pharmacists will partner with patients and doctors in a new national project to reduce patient medication errors that frequently occur during hospital stays. Image Credit: University of South ...

In the medical industry, prescribing a treatment without first thoroughly diagnosing a patient’s illness can leave the doctor open to the risk of a malpractice suit. This same principle applies to ...