California Strengthens Antimicrobial Stewardship Mandate for Hospitals
A CALIFORNIA LAW THAT GOES INTO EFFECT this summer strengthens the state's previous requirement for acute care hospitals to practice antimicrobial ... [read more]
Pharmacists Integrate into Geriatric Emergency Department
WHEN UPSTATE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL in Syracuse, New York, began looking at adding a geriatric emergency department (ED) to Community Campus, the ... [read more]
Pharmacists Praise New Medicare Billing Opportunities
RECENT UPDATES TO THE INCIDENT-TO BILLING REQUIREMENTS from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) have created new opportunities for ... [read more]
Pharmacists in the C-Suite Offer New Perspectives on Patient Care
AS HOSPITAL AND HEALTH SYSTEM MERGERS and acquisitions increase, pharmacy directors have begun to step into executive positions that allow them ... [read more]
Pharmacists’ Investigational Drug Services Aid Ebola Response
THE HANDFUL OF U.S. CASES OF EBOLA VIRUS DISEASE (EVD) have cast investigational drug therapy into the national spotlight and brought ... [read more]
From Political Novice to Seasoned Advocate: Getting Involved in Provider Status
MY POLITICAL "CAREER" BEGAN with some notes scribbled on a napkin at a Starbucks in the fall of 2007. It was just me and my department head ... [read more]
