Could Pharmacists Improve Access to Health Care in Rural America?
This article was adapted from an edition of Policy Perspectives, published in the February 2020 issue of Innovations. For decades, members of Congress and health policy thought leaders have prioritized policies to improve rural health through increased federal appropriations, special reimbursement structures, and distinct models of care delivery for rural health providers. For the nearly […]
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If it weren’t for naloxone, many Americans would not be alive today. From 1996 to June 2014, at least 26,000 opioid overdoses were reversed with naloxone provided by community-based organizations. Naloxone access laws correlate with a 9 to 11 percent reduction in opioid-related deaths by state. In 2017, 70,237 Americans died from drug overdoses, and […]
Read More ›This PharmD Candidate Took Pharmacy Law into Her Own Hands
Laws and regulations govern every pharmacist’s workday. You are probably familiar with many of them, which range from patient counseling requirements to opioid-dispensing practices. Maybe they felt burdensome. Maybe just downright confusing. Maybe you didn’t know you could help shape them. Poised to receive her PharmD in 2019, Sara Whitt, a student at University of […]
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