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New hospital technology is helping to move health care systems away from the centralized dispensing pharmacy model to a more integrated pharmacy practice model, according to results from the 2009 American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) National Survey.
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Expense-based budgeting is traditional; it's comfortable, and it's no longer top of the evolving hospital pharmacy's radar screen.
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Research shows that 60% to 80% of intensive care unit (ICU) patients experience delirium, making this a significant diagnosis in this population.
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The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) of Bethesda, MD, and the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) of Horsham, PA, launched in mid-December, 2009, a new national alert system to prevent medication errors. It' called the National Alert Network for Serious Medication Errors (NAN).
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The 2009 American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) National Survey highlights the escalating trend of hospital pharmacists becoming more involved in clinical care.
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Hospital pharmacies nationwide have five years remaining to collectively meet the 2015 initiative goals of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) of Bethesda, MD, and so far there are mixed results.
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As hospital systems add new technology to improve and change pharmacy department workflow, medication management also evolves and changes. This requires pharmacy leaders to anticipate new safety concerns and develop new practice models.
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It appears that the federal government's vision of a nationwide health IT network is starting to become a reality, with the launch of a pilot program by the Department of Veterans Affairs and Kaiser Permanente soon to be joined by the Department of Defense that will allow the exchange of electronic health record information between VA and Kaiser providers (and soon the DoD as well) for veterans who receive care from both entities and agree to participate.
