Walgreens WellTransitions to Help Reduce Readmissions

Walgreens pharmacists are on the frontlines of a new transition of care program, WellTransitions, which brings hospitals and health systems together with Walgreens in a coordinated care model designed to reduce readmission rates and overall health care costs, while improving patient health outcomes and medication adherence.

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Best-Selling Drug Reference for Nurses Now a Mobile App

Wolters Kluwer Health has introduced the first mobile application for the Nursing Drug Handbook, the best-selling drug reference for nurses.  Available for Apple iPhone, iPad and iTouch and all Android devices, the new application is the first drug reference for nurses to offer weekly updates.  Published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW), the Nursing Drug Handbook App gives the fastest access to the most current drug information for nurses.

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Medication Safety

Medication Safety Industry/Product News ISMP to Assess U.S. Hospitals Regarding Medication Safety Practices AdverseEvents Launches Innovative Drug Side Effect Reporting ISMP Launches 2011 Assessment of Medication Safety Medical Center Selects McKesson’s Pharmacy Automation to Advance Safety Initiatives ISMP Medication Safety Alert! The Power of Storytelling ActiveHealth Management includes FDA Safety Alerts in clinical decision support … Continued

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Obama Takes Action to Reduce Prescription Drug Shortages and Fight Price Gouging

Oct. 31, 2011—President Obama today signed an Executive Order directing the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to take action to help further prevent and reduce prescription drug shortages, protect consumers and prevent price gouging. The President’s order directs FDA to broaden reporting of potential shortages of certain prescription drugs and to further expedite regulatory reviews that can help prevent or respond to shortages. Under the President’s order, FDA will also work with to the Department of Justice, which will examine whether potential shortages have led to illegal price gouging or stockpiling of life-saving medications.

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Medication Reconciliation in Daily Rounds in the NICU

Medication Reconciliation in Daily Rounds in the NICU

There is a major thrust for patient safety nationwide. With an estimated 1.5 million preventable adverse drug events (ADEs) occurring annually in the United States, there is still a need for better error prevention systems (Institute of Medicine, 2007).

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