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Pediatric patients can be particularly vulnerable to medication errors, but tragedies like that described on a recent national news program can be averted if the factors that lead to such errors are understood and addressed by pharmacists and their clinical partners.
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A 19-month-old toddler with no hope for recovery became the center for the most recent debate over laws on futility, but now that little Emilio Gonzales has died (May 19, 2007), the state of Texas continues to wrestle with what to do with its advance directives act.
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Virginia has enacted a new law that will allow mature teenagers, their physicians, and parents to more freely consider alternative even risky and controversial therapies and reject traditional treatment without fear that doing so will trigger neglect and abuse charges.
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In the 10 years since Oregon passed its physician-assisted suicide (PAS) law, Americans have become more familiar with the idea of doctors assisting patients who wish to be allowed or helped to die. But though they're familiar with it, the population is divided over whether PAS should be legal.
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The biggest challenge regarding the implementation of registration kiosks at the Medical Center of Central Georgia (MCCG) in Macon was "just trying to arrive at the place where our organization was ready to present self-service."
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Mistakes involving patient classification and preauthorization of procedures are among a lengthy list of common errors made in the same-day surgery arena.
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With "improvement in urinary incontinence" identified as one of the pay-for-performance measures for the upcoming Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' demonstration project, it is essential that hospice managers take a closer look at how they identify and treat incontinence.
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For some patients, the hospice referral arrives so late that there is too little time for satisfying goal setting; for others, there are barriers that make it difficult for the patient and family to meet their goals in the time remaining.