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In patients with suspected pulmonary tuberculosis who are unable to expectorate sputum, culture of 3 induced sputum samples, all collected on the same day, is an effective and efficient means of diagnosis.
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When they have time to do the work, pharmacists perform better than non-pharmacists in manually reviewing charts to determine inpatient adverse drug events (ADEs).
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Increasingly, pharmacists are becoming involved in controversies over their right to refuse to fill a prescription.
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For pharmacy to grow and compete in today's healthcare environment, the business culture of accounting and finance must be understood and embraced. For a service to be successful, the support of those who control the monetary resources is of primary importance, with support from physicians a distant second.
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Idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension (IPAH) is a rare disorder, but it is associated with high morbidity and mortality. Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) affects about one to two people per million, usually those in the 20 to 30 year age range.
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Heart-failure patients are more likely to comply with a medication regimen if they are under the continuing care of a pharmacist, according to a study from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Pharmacy.
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The Joint Commission of Pharmacy Practitioners (JCPP) has approved an implementation plan for achieving its 2015 Vision for Pharmacy Practice.
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The Joint Commission's revised medical staff standards, which became effective Jan. 1, reflect the reality that credentialing and privileging is "really the single most important activity that an organization can do to ensure there are quality practitioners," according to John Herringer, associate director of standards interpretation for The Joint Commission, based in Oakbrook Terrace, IL.
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The traditional "bad apple" approach to peer review is changing to a new emphasis on performance improvement, says Nancy J. Auer, MD, FACEP, chief medical officer of Seattle-based Swedish Health Services.
