Nurse Navigator Program Helps CHF Patients Find Their Way
One organization has pioneered a program aimed to empower patients with CHF and their families to navigate the complexities and challenges of their illness. Magnolia Regional Health Center has created its new Nurse Navigator program, intended to create seamless integration between prescription data fill—an important factor for prioritizing patients for targeted interventions.
Leveraging Pharmacist Expertise in Patient Safety
The HHS notes that most adverse drug events are preventable. A recent study helps quantify the impact pharmacists can have in identifying medication errors at transitions of care and the impact of a method for categorizing the scale and severity of medication errors corrected by pharmacy staff during medication reconciliation at admission.
Leapfrog’s Hospital Safety Grades Show Improvement in Patient Experience and Infection Prevention
Hospitals are seeing improvements in patient experience and a decrease in preventable healthcare-associated infections (HAI), according to The Leapfrog Group’s spring 2024 Hospital Safety Grades.
PSQH: The Podcast Episode 101 – Preventing Drug Diversion with Technology
On episode 101 of PSQH: The Podcast, Karen Kobelski, vice president and general manager of clinical surveillance, Compliance & Data Solutions, Wolters Kluwer Health, talks about preventing drug diversion.
How to Use EHRs to Reduce Dangerous Drug-Drug Interactions
With the advent of EHRs and digital health technology, health systems are looking to reduce those interactions by pinpointing when they can occur and giving clinicians on-demand access to information to prevent them. But that technology depends on understanding how clinicians prescribe drugs and how they look for dangerous interactions.
Comprehensive Medication Management: Improving Outcomes and ROI
Experts point to a holistic approach integrating pharmacists into primary care teams and comprehensive medication management that assesses each patient’s medications for appropriateness, effectiveness, safety, and adherence. This whole person model leads not only to patient safety improvement and better outcomes, but improved ROI as well.
DEA Extending Telemedicine Prescription Waiver Through 2024
The DEA and Health and Human Services Department will publish the extension in the Federal Register this week. The decision comes after two public listening sessions last month and a public comment period on proposed telemedicine rules that garnered more than 38,000 comments, many of them critical.
Using Data and Patient Outreach to Improve Medication Adherence for the Most Frail Patients
Keeping individuals on track with their medications remains a challenge for many physician practices. Historically, this was the case for my practice as well. Much of our patient population has chronic conditions, with many having more than one.
Survey: 99% of Hospital Pharmacists Experiencing Drug Shortages
ASHP has released the findings of a new survey on drug shortages. The survey, which was conducted from June 23 to July 14, features data collected from more than 1,000 ASHP members.
Improving Buy-In for Medication Decision Support
Alert fatigue, burnout, short staffing, and more: The pressure on providers grows in intensity and complexity every day. But a new technology enabling clinical decision support alert optimization is making strides toward reducing medication alert fatigue, cutting back on overrides, and offering greater avoidance of harmful medication use.