Las Vegas—Adding a dedicated pharmacist to the hospice care team at a small community hospital yielded big improvements in polypharmacy, according to a poster (6-169) presented at the 2016 ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting.
The hospice care initiative, conducted at Alliance Community Hospital, in Alliance, Ohio, also simplified pain control and encouraged more appropriate antibiotic use, reported lead investigator Patrick Divoky, PharmD.
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