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A Bold New Look, Feel for the ASHP Summer Meetings
ASHP’s Summer Meeting has evolved into three boutique meetings that will be held in the same venue. This year, they will take place in Las Vegas, May 31-June 4. The 2014 ASHP SUMMER MEETINGS in Las...
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New ASHP eReports Focus on Practice Challenges
ASHP RECENTLY LAUNCHED a new product line in its eBookstore called “ASHP eReports.” Similar to Amazon Kindle Singles, the eBook publications cost $9.95 each and focus on specific practice topics. Check...
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Pharmacists Praise New Medicare Billing Opportunities
RECENT UPDATES TO THE INCIDENT-TO BILLING REQUIREMENTS from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) have created new opportunities for medical practices to be reimbursed for pharmacists’...
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Pharmacists Integrate into Geriatric Emergency Department
WHEN UPSTATE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL in Syracuse, New York, began looking at adding a geriatric emergency department (ED) to Community Campus, the pharmacy department did not have to ask about...
View ArticleCalifornia Strengthens Antimicrobial Stewardship Mandate for Hospitals
A CALIFORNIA LAW THAT GOES INTO EFFECT this summer strengthens the state’s previous requirement for acute care hospitals to practice antimicrobial stewardship. Starting July 1, acute care hospitals in...
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Know What’s in Airplane’s Emergency Medical Kit, Two Pharmacists Say
AS TWO PHARMACIST LEARNED ON A RECENT TRIP, domestic passenger-carrying airplanes with a flight attendant also have onboard an emergency medical kit with a small assortment of medications and supplies....
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Pharmacists Find Ways to Make ADCs Work in the ED
PHARMACISTS SAY AUTOMATED DISPENSING CABINETS (ADCs) can bring efficiencies to the care of patients in the emergency department (ED), but it’s important to ensure that nurses aren’t worried about being...
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Drug Price Hikes and Shortages Have Similar Roots, Experts Say
EXPERTS SAY THAT RECENT INCREASES in the prices of off-patent generic drugs are closely tied to the drug shortages that have plagued hospitals for years. “They have the same root cause: a lack of...
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Medicare Project Helps Put Pharmacists in Primary Care
AN ONGOING MEDICARE demonstration program with a medication management component shows some hope of reducing healthcare costs through the use of team-based primary care services. An analysis of...
View ArticleHospital Pharmacies Cope with Surge in Drug Prices
WHEN THE STAFF AT BAYSTATE HEALTH in Massachusetts observed an alarming series of price increases for the vasodilator drug nitroprusside last year, the integrated health system took a strong step in...
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