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Nearly 3,200 pairs of U.S. approved generic and brand drug names look or sound enough alike that health care workers mix up the medications. That's the finding of new research from the United States Pharmacopeia (USP), which reviewed more than 26,000 records in two USP-associated medication error reporting programs for 2003-2006.
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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.
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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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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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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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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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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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Do your trauma patients suffer longer than they need to because of delays in pain management?
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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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