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When they set out to create a research network to conduct clinical trials in the psychiatric care of children and adolescents, researchers at Duke University's Clinical Research Institute (DCRI) knew IRB issues would play a major role.
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Hospital pharmacists should learn how to develop metrics for charting a variety of processes, including switching to new technology, following medication error reduction programs, and tracking best practices at multiple sites, an expert says.
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[Editor's note: Drug Formulary Review presents a look at how pharmacy disaster planning experts have handled the recent novel H1N1 influenza A crisis...
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Hospital pharmacies across North America had a real life disaster drill this spring when a new influenza virus began making people sick.
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A well prepared hospital pharmacy can look an awful lot like a very smart hospital pharmacy.
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One strategy for making certain hospital staff are ready and willing to work with new technology is to thoroughly involve them in the beginning phases of implementation.
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Most of the medication overdoses reported to the national Association of Poison Control Centers are unintentional, and many are related to diabetic medications, a poison control expert says.
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The FDA notified health care professionals that manufacturers of metoclopramide, a drug used to treat gastrointestinal disorders, must add a boxed warning to their drug labels about the risk of its long-term or high-dose use.
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When new staff join the case management team at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, they are trained by a team leader who works with them side by side and mentors them as they begin their new duties.
