Pharmacypracticenews.com

Pharmacy Practice News

WEBArtificial Intelligence Predicts Drug Shortages. With no end in sight to the drug shortage crisis, hospital and health-system pharmacies have learned to rely on a variety of resources for information. Pharmacy Technology Report. MAY 3, 2024.

Actived: 7 days ago

URL: https://www.pharmacypracticenews.com/

Population Health Drives Cost Savings in Diabetes

WEBWe get it from the health payor.”. In the United States, spending on diabetes care doubled in a 10-year period, from $116 billion in 2007 to $237 billion in 2017, according to the …

Category:  Health Go Health

ASHP Releases Inaugural Survey of Health-System Specialty …

WEBThose are several of the key findings from ASHP’s inaugural National Survey of Health-System Specialty Pharmacy Practice, presented at its Specialty Pharmacy …

Category:  Health Go Health

6 Keys to Success for Population Health Programs

WEBBenjamin Smith, PharmD, BCACP, BCGP, CPP, presented several keys to success when doing so: 1. Engage Stakeholders. Building relationships is “incredibly important for having successful population. This article is from the February 2024 print issue. Being continually ready for an accreditation survey is the best way to successfully navigate

Category:  Health Go Health

Biosimilar Switches Work At Large and Small Centers

WEBLarge health systems as well as small community hospitals can successfully convert to oncology biosimilars and achieve substantial savings, according to …

Category:  Health Go Health

6 Keys to Success When Planning Population Health Programs

WEBBy Karen Blum ANAHEIM, Calif.—There are plentiful opportunities for pharmacists to participate in designing and implementing population health programs to …

Category:  Health Go Health

Hazardous Drugs Lists: Where to Look

WEBThe NIOSH list is a list of hazards, not a risk assessment, she stressed. Each pharmacy or other healthcare site handling hazardous drugs needs to evaluate their own practices in their Assessment of Risk. Opening, breaking, or cutting tablets or capsules is a higher risk, for example, compared with counting tablets that will be given intact.

Category:  Health Go Health

Population Health Drives Cost Savings in Diabetes

WEBAurora, Colo.—. In North Carolina, a local hospital system partnered with a health insurer to implement a population health program to reduce costs and increase …

Category:  Health Go Health

Technology-Driven Outcomes Monitoring In Hospital Health …

WEBAs health-system specialty pharmacies (HSSPs) continue to grow, they face increased pressure to demonstrate excellence at managing high-cost and high-risk …

Category:  Health Go Health

Making Site of Care Optimization a Success

WEBOrlando, Fla.—Payors will increasingly use site of care (SOC) optimization strategies, pushing patients to receive high-cost specialty infusion drugs in settings …

Category:  Health Go Health

Pharmacist-led Initiatives Save Millions

WEBLaunching a diabetes stewardship program, removing IV acetaminophen from the formulary and negotiating more favorable self-insurance contracts were among …

Category:  Health Go Health

Conference Calendar

WEBPick up a copy of the latest print issue of Pharmacy Practice News at the following meetings.. CROI 2025. March 9-12, 2025 | San Francisco

Category:  Health Go Health

The NIOSH Hazardous Drugs List Gap Remains a Safety Issue in 2024

WEBAt the beginning of 2023, there were high hopes that by year’s end, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) would issue an update to …

Category:  Health Go Health

Drug Diversion and the DEA: Lessons Learned

WEBEach had multimillion-dollar fines levied against them by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) for violating laws that regulate the safe handling of …

Category:  Health Go Health

The Time Is Now to Ensure Safe Handling of Cell & Gene Therapy

WEBBy Gina Shaw. Hospital pharmacies should develop safe handling policies to protect healthcare workers (HCWs) who are exposed to cell and gene therapies (CGTs). Such efforts are critical because these novel agents are not yet included in hazardous drug lists from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), experts …

Category:  Health Go Health

Medication Errors 2023: The Year in Review

WEBReview Articles. Malnutrition is associated with an increased frequency of treatment-related complications, longer ICU and hospital lengths of stay, and increased costs of medical care. MARCH 21, 2024. RSV is a prevalent pathogen that presents as a minor common cold in most individuals, but poses a higher risk to certain patient …

Category:  Nutrition,  Medical Go Health

COVID-19: What Have We Learned

WEBIn the early days of COVID-19, communication was key because Providence St. Joseph Health has hospitals and clinics in seven states. Although each region would have …

Category:  Health Go Health