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Hospital pharmacists will need to continue their focus on anticoagulation therapy and improving safety, as indicated by a sentinel event alert by The Joint Commission on anticoagulant use.
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Before developing a protocol that delegates authority for determining patient status to case managers, a multidisciplinary team at Good Samaritan Hospital in Dayton, OH, spent several months researching the process, seeking advice from the Florida Quality Improvement Organization (QIO) and hospitals in Florida that had piloted a case management admission status protocol.
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Hospitals could improve the overall care of patients who are admitted for surgery, palliative care, or for diseases that result in chronic pain if they employ a pharmacist to assist with medication utilization and develop defined medication plans for the more complex cases, an expert suggests.
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Clinical pharmacists have many skills that would be of great use on hospital pain management teams, including conducting thorough medication histories and doing medication reconciliation.
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The emergency department at Middle Tennessee Medical Center (MTMC) in Murfreesboro certainly qualifies as busy: It sees nearly 63,000 patients a year and averages more than 170 patients a day.
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Investigators have found that patients who are admitted to hospitals with heart failure as a secondary diagnosis often had a worse prognosis than those for whom heart failure was the primary diagnosis.
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Most hospitals, large and small, have medication dispensing cabinets. But the question is: Are you using these devices to maximize their safety potential?
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Hospitals need a pharmacist who specializes in pain management on board, although this model hasn't taken off as a trend as quickly as many experts in the field believe it should.
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Hospitals that have pain management teams with pharmacists on board benefit from having a medication specialist help improve safety and improve patient outcomes, experts say.
