Opioid Stewardship A $21M Windfall For Wellstar Team

A pharmacist-led opioid stewardship program at a health system in Georgia significantly improved opioid prescribing ...

MARCH 8, 2023

Onc Stewards Cut Financial Toxicity Of Cancer Therapy

Strategies such as dose rounding, biosimilar adoption and site-of-care optimization can help combat the immense ...

MARCH 8, 2023

USP, NIOSH Hazardous Drugs And Joint Commission Standards Loom

As you focus on preparing to implement the USP’s revised Chapter <797> on compounded sterile ...

MARCH 6, 2023

Combating Health Disparities Among Needs Identified In ASHP Pharmacy Forecast

A need to address health misinformation and mistrust in public health, and to combat health disparities in health ...

FEBRUARY 25, 2023

Education, Technology Help Stem Drug Diversion

Innovative programs have enhanced responses to drug diversion at several large health systems across the United ...

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Addressing Inequities Can Boost COVID-19 Vaccination Rates

Pharmacists have a key role in efforts to increase COVID-19 vaccine uptake among racial and ethnic minorities.

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

RFID Improves Management of Anesthesia Trays

LAS VEGAS—Standardizing anesthesia trays using radiofrequency identification tags can improve medication ...

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Pharmacists Guide Outpatient COVID-19 Prescribing

As outpatient treatment options became available for COVID-19, some providers at Kettering Health, in Dayton, Ohio, ...

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Pit Vipers, Parrots and Camels, Oh My!

When a patient presents with an animal bite, the particulars of treating the wound will vary depending on what ...

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Bad Behaviors Spur Unsafe Med Practices

Disrespectful behaviors in the healthcare setting, resolving conflicts over medication order safety and ...

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

The Continuum-of-Care Challenge for Parenteral Nutrition

Identifying candidates for parenteral nutrition (PN) should not be based solely on an initial medical diagnosis.

FEBRUARY 11, 2023

Pharmacist-Led Protocols Improve ICU Sedation

LAS VEGAS—Determining how deeply to sedate patients in the ICU remains a complicated issue, but multiple ...

JANUARY 19, 2023