Topics and Expertise: medication management

Pharmacist roles expanding in cardiovascular medicine

Thu Apr 14, 2022

Pharmacists uniquely poised to reduce unnecessary prescriptions

Mon Dec 30, 2019
Guglielmo
Elisabeth Fall

UCSF School of Pharmacy Dean B. Joseph Guglielmo, PharmD

UCSF School of Pharmacy Dean B. Joseph Guglielmo, PharmD, argues that pharmacists can help reduce the use of unnecessary medications.

Pong Dahl tackles medication and affordability challenges

Fri Mar 17, 2017
Pong Dahl
After earning her PharmD, Pong Dahl completed a year-long residency at the San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, focusing her elective rotations in ambulatory care. She is now the supervisor for ambulatory care pharmacy services for the John Muir Physician Network (part of John Muir Health...

Drysdale sees team-based patient care as essential

Wed Mar 15, 2017
Drysdale
“What really got me into pharmacy,” says Troy Drysdale, “was when I realized the role of the pharmacist was bigger and more expansive than anything I’d ever experienced personally.”

A MedList clinic: perspectives of a pharmacist and a student pharmacist

Tue Mar 4, 2014
medication counseling
Elisabeth Fall

Jennifer Cocohoba, PharmD, oversees student pharmacists Greg Balani and Patricia Kuang during MedList Clinic

UCSF, Walgreens open pharmacy to jointly explore new models of care

Tue Feb 25, 2014
Ribbon-cutting
Elisabeth Fall

Left to right: Daniel Wandres, UCSF Medical Center; Meen Kang, Walgreens; Bill Hose, Walgreens; Mark Laret, UCSF Medical Center; Susan Desmond-Hellmann, UCSF; B. Joseph Guglielmo, UCSF School of Pharmacy; Myra Pascua, Walgreens; Joel Wright, Walgreens.

A unique new pharmacy developed to explore more effective models of medication management and pharmacist-based patient care, improving drug safety and efficacy by reducing medication errors and lapses, officially opened with a ribbon cutting on the Parnassus campus on Tuesday.

Walgreens, UCSF to Help Manage Prescriptions

Tue Feb 25, 2014

UCSF School of Pharmacy testing new ways to better manage patients’ medications

Tue Aug 17, 2010
medications
An article in the August 13, 2010, issue of The New York Times, entitled “Pharmacists Take a Larger Role on Health Team,” points to the emerging role of pharmacists in the direct management of patients’ medications—a function that has been shown to improve health outcomes and decrease health care...

UCSF School of Pharmacy provides research expertise for new diabetes management program

Thu Jul 15, 2010
The launch of a new community pharmacy-based diabetes medication management pilot program for select members of the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) was announced by CalPERS on July 15, 2010.