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Do you know how to increase the likelihood that a patient will tell you about abuse? During 293 audiotaped interactions with ED staff assessing for intimate partner violence (IPV), 77 patients disclosed experience with IPV.
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Triage often is extra challenging with elderly patients, says Korene Christianson, RN, CEN, ED clinical director at Methodist North Hospital in Memphis, TN. "We are seeing a growing number of patients over the age of 65 in our ED," she says. "Finding out the 'main reason they came today' is often the biggest challenge."
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Do your trauma patients suffer longer than they need to because of delays in pain management?
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A device tested at the University of Michigan Health System was 100% accurate in identifying the proper formulations of seven intravenous drugs.
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The American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) believes that within 20-30 years, most clinical pharmacy specialists will be board-certified specialists.
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Baxter Healthcare Corp. temporarily stopped manufacturing multiple-dose vials of heparin due to a spike in reports of serious allergic reactions and hypotension in patients receiving bolus doses of the drug.
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Narcolepsy is a chronic neurological disorder, mistakenly thought to occur only rarely. However, approximately 5% of patients seen at the American Academy of Sleep Medicine in the United States have this disease and it is estimated that as many as one in 2,000 Americans have narcolepsy.
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Developing a widely accepted definition of medication therapy management (MTM) and its role in the pharmacist patient care continuum is important if pharmacists are to receive additional payment for providing such services.
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El Rio Community Health Center's pharmacy-based diabetes management program has gotten a boost with a $250,000 grant from the Bank of America Foundation.
