Highlighted Resource for September 1, 2025: Integrating Medication Management and Access, Medicare Counseling, and Tailored Referrals

Pharmacy services and medication management are a challenge for many patients, becoming more even more complicated as the population ages.

The NC Medical Journal recently highlighted a community-based pilot program from Durham that supports older adults with medication management, insurance counseling, referrals, and other services.

To learn more, check out the ADL’s September 1 Highlighted Resource: Integrating Medication Management and Access, Medicare Counseling, and Tailored Referrals: Planning to Scale a Community-Based Model

For more on this topic, read the rest of the recent NC Medical Journal issue: From Access to Outcomes: Pharmacists as Catalysts for Better Health

  

Highlighted Resource for August 15, 2025: Effectiveness of naloxone distribution in community settings

August 31 is recognized each year as Overdose Awareness Day, to share knowledge necessary to end overdose deaths and to remember those who have passed from overdoses.

A recent meta-analysis from BMC Public Health reviews studies on survival after an overdose, examining the effectiveness of community-based naloxone distribution programs.

To learn more, check out the ADL’s August 15 Highlighted Resource: Effectiveness of naloxone distribution in community settings to reduce opioid overdose deaths among people who use drugs: a systematic review and meta-analysis

  

Highlighted Resource for August 1, 2025: Climate Resilience Toolkit: Extreme Heat

As summers get hotter and heat waves become more common, the number of heat-related illnesses also increases.

The Climate Resilience Toolkit includes resources to support healthcare providers, patients, and administrators through extreme heat events, such as heat action plans, advice for medications in extreme heat, and communication templates.

To learn more, check out the ADL’s August 1 Highlighted Resource: Climate Resilience Toolkit: Extreme Heat

  

Highlighted Resource for July 15, 2025: Talking with Parents and Caregivers About Vaccines

  

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