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U of Minnesota program cuts rehospitalizations by 20 percent
These days, rehospitalizations have gotten a lot of attention, as they're incredibly costly and far too common--especially for the fragile Medicare population. However, a year-long study at the... Read more...
NQF urges greater leadership from hospital pharmacist
This year, when the National Quality Forum updated its manual on safe practices, it made an important change to its medication management chapter. The group is now urging that hospital pharmacists... Read more...
Compounding of drugs by pharmacists may lack adequate safeguards
If you're a patient that needs drugs in a dose, form or combination not available, your pharmacist may be able to help. Every year, more than 30 million prescription drugs are compounded each year by... Read more...
Consumers reaching out and talking to doctors, live and 24/7
By this point, I imagine most of us are familiar with forums like the WebMD and Revolution Health, where consumers can get broad, carefully-couched responses to none-too-urgent health questions from... Read more...
