WHEN THE STAFF AT BAYSTATE HEALTH in Massachusetts observed an alarming series of price increases for the vasodilator drug nitroprusside last year, ... [read more]
AN ONGOING MEDICARE demonstration program with a medication management component shows some hope of reducing healthcare costs through the use of ... [read more]
EXPERTS SAY THAT RECENT INCREASES in the prices of off-patent generic drugs are closely tied to the drug shortages that have plagued hospitals for ... [read more]
PHARMACISTS SAY AUTOMATED DISPENSING CABINETS (ADCs) can bring efficiencies to the care of patients in the emergency department (ED), but it's ... [read more]
AS TWO PHARMACIST LEARNED ON A RECENT TRIP, domestic passenger-carrying airplanes with a flight attendant also have onboard an emergency medical kit ... [read more]
A CALIFORNIA LAW THAT GOES INTO EFFECT this summer strengthens the state's previous requirement for acute care hospitals to practice antimicrobial ... [read more]