pharmacy
Study: Faculty on Facebook will not ask students to be friends
COLUMBUS, Ohio — In a recent survey of pharmacy professors, 100 percent of the respondents who had Facebook profiles said they would not send friend requests to their current students.
Just fewer than half of the responding faculty members had…
Not following doctor’s orders: Prescription abandonment
INDIANAPOLIS — Failure to have a prescription filled can undermine medical treatment, result in increased health care costs and potentially have devastating results for the patient. An editorial in the Nov. 16 issue of the Annals of Internal Medic…
Adding pharmacists to docs’ offices helps patient outcomes, study shows
Adding pharmacists to the primary care team right in doctors’ offices may help patients with chronic diseases such as diabetes better manage associated risks, a new University of Alberta study had found.
The blood pressure of patients with Type 2…
Workplace wellness plan saves money over the long-term, new study shows
ANN ARBOR, Mich.—A Midwest utility company learned firsthand that it pays to keep healthy employees fit, reaping a net savings of $4.8 million in employee health and lost work time costs over nine years.
A University of Michigan study of workp…