Honolulu—Placing pharmacy technicians in the medical ICU (MICU) can be an effective fix for hospitals feeling the pinch of facility expansion and pharmacist–nursing overload.
Indeed, when a quality improvement team at the University of Kentucky (UK) HealthCare, in Lexington, took that staffing approach, the health system significantly reduced medication-related costs, improved nursing satisfaction and boosted interdepartmental communication, according to research presented at the