‘They heard us’: Partner program to allow fast LTC access to federal stock of COVID-19 drugs
By
Alicia Lasek
Mar 04, 2022
The federal Long-Term Care Partner Program aims to quickly get time-sensitive COVID-19 treatments to facilities when an outbreak occurs. The first drug available via the portal will be molnupiravir, followed...
The future of our professions
By
Frank L. Grosso, RPh
Mar 18, 2015
ASCP’s upcoming forum is designed for all post-acute care stakeholders involved in care transitions: consultant pharmacists; health care executives; and managers from long-term care facilities, pharmacy...
Experts to plan for short-cycle drug dispensing in long-term care
Oct 01, 2010
Leading pharmacy professionals will meet next Thursday and Friday in Dallas to discuss short-cycle dispensing and its potential impact on long-term care. Federal officials must create regulations for shorter...
Top geriatric medicine professionals gather at ASCP’s annual conference
Nov 10, 2011
The American Society of Consultant Pharmacists’ 2011 annual meeting and exhibition will take place Wednesday through next Friday at the Phoenix Convention Center. Kicking off the event will be a...
LTC pharmacists expect to play major role in COVID-19 vaccine distribution, administration
By
Kimberly Marselas
Sep 13, 2020
America’s long-term care pharmacists are preparing to play a major role in the distribution and administration of a COVID-19 vaccine, from moving vials to facilities to educating providers on packaging...
LTC pharmacists to meet in Orlando
Oct 31, 2014
The 2014 annual meeting and exhibition of the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists will take place Wednesday through Friday in Orlando. The group will be “celebrating 45 years of building our...
Provider groups develop heat map to aid coronavirus response; FEMA to deliver PPE
By
Danielle Brown
Apr 29, 2020
A newly-developed heat map of coronavirus cases in U.S. nursing homes and assisted living facilities will help to prioritize much-needed personal protective equipment and testing supplies for hard-hit...
Pharmacists object to further restrictions for hydrocodone combination products
By
Elizabeth Newman
Aug 25, 2014
Hydrocodone combination products such as Vicodin will now be in the same, more-restrictive category as OxyContin and fentanyl under the Controlled Substances Act, the Drug Enforcement Administration announced...
Opt-in COVID vaccine program kicks off; Feds partner with CVS, Walgreens
By
Alicia Lasek
Oct 19, 2020
Long-term care facilities nationwide can voluntarily opt in to a free pharmacy partnership program that will provide and administer future COVID-19 vaccines on site, federal officials announced Friday.
‘Already skeptical’ nursing home workers may need persuading after J&J shots resume, industry leaders...
By
Danielle Brown
Apr 26, 2021
Now that vaccinators are encouraged to resume giving Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 shot, nursing home stakeholders are questioning what effect the recent pause will have on vaccine uptake in a wary population.