Drug Formulary Review 2010-03-01

Hospitals involve pharmacists in care of indigent patients

Hospitals that serve populations that traditionally have difficulty affording primary care now are seeing their indigent populations swell as the recession has hit those with hard luck even harder. Read More

Disease management program relies heavily on pharmacist care, education

When hospitals expand to outpatient clinics that focus on chronic disease management, it is an ideal opportunity for pharmacists to fulfill a major role. Read More

When building pharmacy department value, it pays to think outside the box

When a chief goal is to build the pharmacy department's value within a health care system, one of the primary roles pharmacy directors play is that of communicator. Read More

Health system pharmacy becomes mail-order pharmacy for employee meds

Pharmacies in larger health care systems can broaden their own mission and save the health system money by taking on roles that typically are handled through outside vendor contracts. Read More

Budgeting Pointers: Pharmacy managers need to embrace financial management skills

Pharmacy managers need to embrace the notion that one part of their skills has to include financial management and creating a proper budget, an expert advises. Read More

Guidelines on preventing errors in chemotherapy now being revised

It's been over a decade since experts were invited to write specialty guidelines regarding preventing medication errors with antineoplastic agents. And now the guidelines are dated, and experts have been working on an update that includes the impact of new technology. Read More

Study finds pharmacist involvement improves quality

When hospital pharmacists push for increased pharmacist involvement in clinical care, the goal often is to improve the quality of care and cut rehospitalizations and related costs. Read More

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