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If hospital pharmacy directors come away with one important point from the new health care reform bill, it should be this: Develop medication therapy management (MTM) services as soon as possible.
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Pharmacists involved in a falls prevention program at Mercy Health Center in Oklahoma City, OK, have developed a falls risk assessment tool that is being used by hospitals around the country.
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Mercy Health Center of Oklahoma City, OK, has an award-winning falls prevention program that was developed with extensive assistance from the hospital's pharmacy. The health center's fall prevention tools include guidelines for assessing fall risk.
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An emergency department (ED) pharmacist can help improve patient safety and improve an ED's performance on quality measures.
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An Illinois hospital has shown that it can save considerable money and improve safety and quality outcomes by having pharmacists cover its emergency department (ED).
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Five or 10 years ago, few pharmacists would have been able to gain experience as an emergency department pharmacist, even if they had thought about that field as a specialty. But times are changing.
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The key to the new health care reform bill is understanding how it attempts to reform the way health care is delivered, pharmacist experts say.
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Mercy Health Center of Oklahoma City, OK, uses this pharmacy fall prevention policy as part of its successful falls prevention program. The policy is reprinted with permission from Burl Beasley, RPh, MPH, medication safety coordinator for the health center.
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As increasing numbers of hospitals add bariatric surgery to their services, it's an opportunity for hospital pharmacists to become point people in developing patient education processes and materials.
