Primary Care Centers Leverage Pharmacists to Expand Patient Care

THE GROWTH OF MULTIDISCIPLINARY AMBULATORY CARE CENTERS that prominently feature pharmacists is helping to transform patient care across the U.S. ... [read more]
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Feb 05, 2016

Pharm.D.-M.D. Team Successfully Enacts Opioid-Free ED Shift

OPIOIDS ARE OFTEN THE GO-TO ANALGESICS in the emergency department (ED). They’re fast, powerful, and easy to prescribe and administer. But ... [read more]
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Feb 01, 2016

Future Pharmacy Leaders Making a Difference Today

WHEN BRYAN C. McCARTHY, JR., Pharm.D., M.S., BCPS, and David P. Reardon, Pharm.D., BCPS, first met at the Minnesota Pharmacy Residency Research ... [read more]
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Nov 12, 2015

Children’s Pharmacists Design System that Cuts PN Errors to Nearly Zero

PRIMARY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL IN SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, has virtually eliminated parenteral nutrition (PN) errors. This dramatic outcome is ... [read more]
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Oct 05, 2015

Kaiser Refill Protocol Expands Pharmacist Scope of Practice

NEW HEALTHCARE NEEDS resulting from a growing elderly population, the advent of the Affordable Care Act, and dramatic shifts in how healthcare is ... [read more]
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Sep 21, 2015

Creating an Army of Provider Status Advocates: One Member’s Story

AN UNEXPECTED EMAIL REQUEST this past June launched Felicity Homsted, Pharm.D., BCPS, on an unanticipated mission: to muster the support of Maine ... [read more]
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Aug 25, 2015