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Pharmacist Involvement Integral to Medical Home at Advocate Health May 09, 2013 AS HEALTHCARE REFORM EVOLVES and providers are held to higher standards of quality and improved patient outcomes, more physicians and health systems are turning to the patient-centered medical home (PCMH) to offer comprehensive, cost-effective care. At Advocate Medical Group, a subsidiary of the Advocate Health System in Chicago, administrators recognized the value pharmacists can bring [...]

Boston Bombing Puts Hospital Pharmacies Into Emergency Mode Apr 22, 2013 THE PEOPLE WHO ARRIVED in the emergency department on April 15, 2013, had injuries unlike any Nancy Balch had seen in her 12 years as an emergency department pharmacist at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. Their injuries were severe. At least one person had had a limb blown off. “I’ve seen a lot, unfortunately,” she [...]

With Students’ Help, Pharmacists Reach Every Patient at Cleveland Clinic Florida Mar 25, 2013 ON THE HEELS of ASHP’s Pharmacy Practice Model Initiative Summit in 2010, Cleveland Clinic Florida (CCF) set the goal of giving all patients at the 155-bed academic institution the opportunity to interact with pharmacists as part of their care. It was a lofty goal, one that would stretch the pharmacy department’s staff and resources. In [...]

At Wishard Hospital, Better Diabetes Care through Teamwork Mar 25, 2013 DIABETES MANAGEMENT can be tricky, especially for patients who have been diagnosed and prescribed oral agents or insulin to help them control their blood glucose. Those with type 2 diabetes often also grapple with hypertension and dislipidemia and must take additional medications. The juggling act these patients face inspired Zachary A. Weber, Pharm.D., BCPS, BCACP, [...]

Pharmacists Integral to Continuity of Care at Scott and White Memorial Hospital Feb 25, 2013 DISCHARGE FROM HOSPITAL TO HOME or a long-term care facility is a busy time for both patients and care providers. When administrators at Scott and White Memorial Hospital, a 600-bed academic medical center in Temple, Tex., found that the computer-assisted discharge medication reconciliation process wasn’t robust enough, they tapped pharmacy staff for a solution. Seizing [...]

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