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Case study: The pinnacle of person-centred care in hospital pharmacy

Hospital Pharmacy Europe

Establishing a core priority Despite having a role that rarely involved a patient-facing element, Cecilia Tse, the trust’s formulary lead pharmacist, was keen to establish person-centred care as a core priority for every member of the team and in all facets of pharmacy across Northwick Park Hospital.

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The future of clinical pharmacy in Europe with ESCP president Monika Lutters

Hospital Pharmacy Europe

Here, speaking to Gerry Hughes, she shares her insights on current clinical pharmacy challenges around expansion and integration of hospital pharmacists, and the exciting trajectory this branch of pharmacy is set to undertake in the years ahead. Over previous decades, there have been several inflection points in its progress.

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International consensus on definition of quality indicators for pharmaceutical care established

Hospital Pharmacy Europe

However, despite the relative importance of QIs there were previously no universally accepted definition for use in research and practice, resulting in confusion amongst healthcare providers and researchers. Quality indicators redefined The literature review identified a total of 182 quality indicator definitions from 174 articles.

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Robust Communication and Program Management Expertise are Musts for a Successful Technology Implementation

Omnicell

Alison Curran Senior Manager of Professional Services, Omnicell One of the biggest failure points in a pharmacy technology implementation stems from lack of communication and alignment. These include scheduling and communicating measurable milestones.

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Why Is Nobody Using Your Guidelines? – Insights On Designing Useful Guidelines For Infectious Diseases

IDStewardship

which has to do with antimicrobial stewardship programs in hospitals. One great thing The Joint Commission includes in their update is element of performance 10 (which is new) and requires hospitals to allocate financial resources for staffing and information technology to support the antibiotic stewardship program.

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Alexion’s Camilla Harder Hartvig on making the impossible possible in rare disease

pharmaphorum

For example, the company recently launched Rare Answers , a system of innovative and sustainable tools that are designed to help shorten the diagnostic journey for children with a rare disease – developed in collaboration with leading children’s hospitals and technology and data science companies.

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The 20 Key Moments in the 340B Program's 30-Year History

Omnicell

Interestingly, the 340B law was actually included in a veterans healthcare bill (the Veterans Health Care Act) that also established a separate drug pricing program for veterans hospitals. It also raised the DSH payment cap for some rural and small urban hospitals to 12%. 340B providers expressed significant concern.