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Robert Wong, MD, MS, Alameda Health System-Highland Hospital, discusses why it is important to optimize and address outpatient management for patients with chronic liver disease in order to prevent complications that may lead to...

Douglas Jennings, PharmD, discusses some of the major decisions hospitals are faced with due to drug shortages in the wake of COVID-19, and explains why he believes pharmacists are going to have to get very creative in how they practice.

Lindsay Thompson, MD, general pediatrician, discusses how the doctor and patient relationship has changed since the pandemic, and stresses the importance of maintaining and providing the highest level of care.

Matthew Grissinger, RPh, director of error reporting, ISMP, discusses cross-contamination risk of COVID-19 when handling medications and provides tips to help mitigate this risk.

Steven Buslovich, MD, and Margaret Sayers, MS, GNP, discuss the current stress nursing facilities are under and explain the importance of assessing frailty to determine appropriate care for chronically ill residents.

Jessica Peck, DNP, discusses how practice has changed since the start of COVID-19 and she gives a future prediction of what she expects to surface in the coming weeks.

Brad Spellberg, MD, discusses how the pandemic has fundamentally changed medicine, impacted the economy and health insurance, and promoted the continued use of telemedicine in the future.

Sahar Swidan, PharmD, discusses the impact the pandemic has had on drug shortages and provides insight on our country's dependency on foreign drug products.

Carl E Johnson, MD, attending physician and co-medical director, discusses the adjustment to telehealth for some nursing homes, and highlights how to keep facilities clean in order to avoid staff shortages in already low-staffed facilities.

In response to the recent FDA announcement to pull all ranitidine products from the market, Van Coble, BS Pharm, retired pharmacist, expresses his concerns with the recall as well as NDMA contamination.