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Five Things Pharmacists Should Know About Ventilator Associated Pneumonia (VAP)

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It was the fall of 2009; I was a proud PGY-1 resident at UMass Medical Center rounding with a large team in the ICU. Approximately 5-15% of patients requiring mechanical ventilation will develop VAP during their hospitalization. Hospital antibiograms and antimicrobial stewardship programs should dictate the need for this practice.

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STAT+: New mega-deal highlights Geisinger’s fall, and raises concerns about where Kaiser is going next

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In 2009, when President Barack Obama was touring the country and ginning up support for what would eventually become the Affordable Care Act, Geisinger entered the mainstream.

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Spotlight On The Infectious Diseases Podcast Over 15 Years Old That Just Added New Mobile Streaming Options

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ID Podcasts’ first podcast, “A Tour of the London Museum of Science,” was posted in June 2007. From there, our content grew rapidly – we commemorated our 100 th podcast in November 2009, and our first early smartphone apps were released in May 2010. We celebrated our 15 th anniversary in 2022.

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Trial of Jazz’ cannabis drug in glioblastoma will start next year

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The Leeds investigators aim to recruit more than 230 patients with glioblastoma at 15 NHS hospitals in the UK from March 2022, who will be treated after evidence of first disease progression following first-line radiotherapy and chemotherapy with Merck & Co/MSD’s Temodal (temozolomide).

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Health Innovators: Sidekick Health’s Saemundur “Sam” Oddsson

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Prior to starting Sidekick Health, Oddsson practiced internal medicine for several years at northern Europe’s largest teaching hospital. Prior to this, he founded pharmaphorum in 2009, which was acquired by Healthware Group in June 2020. About the author.

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Trial finds care home prescribing pharmacists improve drug burden index

Hospital Pharmacy Europe

These risk were recognised in data from a 2009 study found that in a home of 259 residents, taking a mean of eight different medicines, 69.5% BMJ 2023 The post Trial finds care home prescribing pharmacists improve drug burden index appeared first on Hospital Pharmacy Europe. had one or more errors.

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Crucial role of pharmacists in safe and effective healthcare celebrated on World Pharmacists Day

Hospital Pharmacy Europe

World Pharmacists Day has been led by the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) every year since 2009 and it takes place on 25 September to mark the anniversary of the inception of FIP in 1912. This year’s theme is ‘Pharmacy strengthening health systems’, and messages of support have been shared across the UK and beyond.