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Survey
Last month's survey results:
In your practice setting, has the process for Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies (REMS) implementation been automated?
• Yes, we are using an automated system. 27%
• No, we are not yet using an automated system. 56%
• No, but we plan to use an automated system in the next 6 months. 6%
• No, but we plan to use an automated system in the next 12 months. 10%
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This month we would like to know...
To reduce 30-day readmission rates for Medicare beneficiaries, our health system:
• Uses pharmacists' medication therapy management skills in hospital-to-home transitions
• Plans to use pharmacists' medication therapy management skills in hospital-to-home transitions within 6 months
• Plans to use pharmacists' medication therapy management skills in hospital-to-home transitions within 12 months
• Has no plans in place to use pharmacists' medication therapy management skills in hospital-to-home transitions
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Hospital pharmacists are more involved in medication therapy decisions than ever before, according to an annual survey of hospital pharmacy directors. Read full article. |
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A monthly review of the
peer-reviewed literature by
Drug Topics' Editorial Advisor
Anna D. Garrett, PharmD, BCPS. Anna Garrett is manager, Outpatient Clinical Pharmacy Programs, Mission Hospital, Asheville, N.C.
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Risk of VTE recurrence higher for patients with nonsurgical risk factors.
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BOSTON (Reuters) - Access to rogue online pharmacies may be driving a rapid increase in the abuse of prescription drugs like powerful painkillers Percocet and Oxycontin, a new study shows. Read full article. |
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Drug companies are dosing up on price increases to prop up stagnant sales, but will soon need to break that addiction as more medicines face generic competition. Read full article. |
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In rare cases, the potent antibiotic linezolid (Zyvox) is associated with nerve damage in children as well as adults. In adults, the side effect is well documented. Read full article. |
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - For patients with type 2 diabetes not controlled with metformin and a sulfonylurea, the choice of an additional agent should be based on individual clinical characteristics since improvements in glucose control are similar. Read full article. |
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Low-dose aspirin is predominantly of value in reducing atherosclerotic events in patients with less advanced diabetes, Japanese researchers report in an April 22nd online paper in Diabetes Care. Read full article.
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Medication use among pregnant women is widespread and increasing, according to a recent study from the Boston University School of Public Health in Boston.
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The American Pharmacists Association Foundation announced recipients of the 2011 Pinnacle Awards, which will be given during a ceremony at the association's headquarters, June 27, Washington, D.C.
Read full article.
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Meetings and Events
June 2-3 PQA/URAC Medication Adherence Summit
Washington, D.C.
Contact:
Jackie Green
1220 L Street NW, Suite 400
Washington, D.C. 20005
703-927-1599
jgreen@pqaalliance.org
June 3-5 NCPA Diabetes Accreditation Standards-Practical Applications (DASPA)
Brooklyn, NY
Contact:
100 Daingerfield Road
Alexandria, VA 22314
800-544-7447
June 25-28, 2011 NACDS Marketplace Conference
Boston
Contact:
P.O. Box 34814
Alexandria, VA 22334-0814
registration@nacds.org
July 22-25, 2011 NPhA Annual Convention
Atlanta
Contact:
107 Kilmayne Drive, Suite C
Cary, NC 27511
Phone: 404-262-3344
Fax: 404-262-8689
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