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The U. S. Surgeon General has advised women not to drink if they become pregnant, plan to become pregnant, or are at risk of becoming pregnant. Innocent children suffer the consequences of physical, mental, and behavioral manifestations that can extend into adulthood. Since fetal alcohol syndrome is 100% preventable, the primary care physician needs to be vigilant and diligent in the education of female adolescents and women of childbearing age.
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New hospital technology is helping to move health care systems away from the centralized dispensing pharmacy model to a more integrated pharmacy practice model, according to results from the 2009 American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) National Survey.
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Expense-based budgeting is traditional; it's comfortable, and it's no longer top of the evolving hospital pharmacy's radar screen.
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Research shows that 60% to 80% of intensive care unit (ICU) patients experience delirium, making this a significant diagnosis in this population.
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The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) of Bethesda, MD, and the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) of Horsham, PA, launched in mid-December, 2009, a new national alert system to prevent medication errors. It' called the National Alert Network for Serious Medication Errors (NAN).
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The 2009 American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) National Survey highlights the escalating trend of hospital pharmacists becoming more involved in clinical care.
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Hospital pharmacies nationwide have five years remaining to collectively meet the 2015 initiative goals of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) of Bethesda, MD, and so far there are mixed results.
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As hospital systems add new technology to improve and change pharmacy department workflow, medication management also evolves and changes. This requires pharmacy leaders to anticipate new safety concerns and develop new practice models.
