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The FDA is considering new tightened restrictions on use of opioid drugs. Manufacturers of these drugs will be required to have a Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy to ensure that "the benefits of the drugs continue to outweigh the risks."
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Using new technology in a health care system is not as simple as buying state-of-the-art products and having the vendor install them.
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Hospital pharmacists can help health care systems significantly reduce costs by focusing on the areas where changes can have a big impact on both cost and safety.
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Hospitals across the United States are expected to increase their investments in electronic medical records and other new technology as they absorb the new federal stimulus package funds.
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When hospitals make the transition to barcode technology or when they update the barcode system they currently employ, it's essential to develop a process that will work both physically and culturally.
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A hospital pharmacy's anticoagulation consultation tool has proven to be an efficient and productive way to improve patient safety.
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Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc. of Corona, CA, has voluntarily recalled a lot of propafenone HCl 225 mg tablets, sold in 100-count bottles in the United States.
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The first new urate-lowering drug has been approved in more than 40 years.
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