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Eldery Mexican-Americans have higher rates of chronic illness than their non-Latino counterparts, but many don't receive the care they need because they and their caregivers resist home care services, says Janice Crist, RN, PhD, associate professor at the University of Arizona College of Nursing.
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Depression is not as visible as a back injury but it is without question a significant drain on workforce productivity both absenteeism and presenteeism.
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The Ohio State University Medical Center of Columbus, OH, has revamped its antimicrobial stewardship program into a state-of-the-art, collaborative, well-staffed initiative that has both saved money and increased quality of care of patients with infections.
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The medication therapy management (MTM) for the 21st century hospital pharmacy is one that is comprehensive and keeps the patient at the center of its goals and planning, an expert says.
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Antimicrobial stewardship programs are on everyone's minds, and the latest guidelines from national organizations have placed pharmacists at the helm of such programs in hospitals.
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Hospital pharmacists should push their organizations to initiate the strongest antimicrobial stewardship programs possible because the alternative is to see an increase in patients with bacterial infections that cannot be cured.
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Consensus has grown nationwide for national health care reform, and hospitals increasingly are seeing the benefits of including pharmacists in patient care teams.
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The Medical Center of Columbus, GA, has a decentralized pharmacy that could serve as a best practice model for other health care systems nationwide.
