Drug Formulary Review Archives – October 1, 2010
October 1, 2010
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Hospitals often fail to follow criteria when prescribing for the elderly
Hospitalized elderly patients too often have falls, delirium, and other health issues that are caused by medications that should not have been prescribed to them, experts and research suggest. -
Certain drugs can be harmful to elderly patients
Some very common and some seemingly innocuous medications can have a very deleterious impact on older patients. -
Researchers get positive results with CPOE
A computerized warning system could help hospitals reduce medication errors and improve patient safety, particularly among older patients, a new study shows. -
Pharmacies can create, build, or redesign a pharmacy microsystem process
Hospital pharmacies can improve their own systems and promote pharmacists for hospital system leadership positions by using a microsystem design process to improve their care delivery. -
Here's how pharmacy might make microsystem design improvements
Pharmacy leaders who have trained to learn microsystem design will first select an area, such as medication safety, that needs to be improved. -
Study provides safety info about use of enoxaparin thromboprophylaxis
New research suggests that hospitals and clinical pharmacists might improve safety if they change policies regarding the use of extended-duration enoxaparin thromboprophylaxis in acutely ill patients. -
New hypertension and cholesterol guidelines are greatly needed
Hospital pharmacists, physicians, and others hopefully soon will have new hypertension and cholesterol guidelines available to inform hospital formulary and clinical practice decisions.