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WEBWith no end in sight to the drug shortage crisis, hospital and health-system pharmacies have learned to rely on a variety of resources for information. Pharmacy …

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CMS’s Health Equity Index Scrutinizes Medication Adherence, …

WEBMedicare Advantage and other health plans are starting to pay more attention to medication adherence, social determinants of health, and where they can intervene in health …

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6 Keys to Success When Planning Population Health Programs

WEBBy Karen Blum ANAHEIM, Calif.—There are plentiful opportunities for pharmacists to participate in designing and implementing population health programs to …

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Machine Learns to Beat Polypharmacy

WEBA machine learning program has successfully reduced polypharmacy, improved medication adherence and lowered costs in patients with behavioral health …

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Combating Health Disparities Among Needs Identified In ASHP …

WEBBy Karen Blum. LAS VEGAS—A need to address health misinformation and mistrust in public health, and to combat health disparities in health systems were …

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Technology-Driven Outcomes Monitoring In Hospital Health …

WEBAs health-system specialty pharmacies (HSSPs) continue to grow, they face increased pressure to demonstrate excellence at managing high-cost and high-risk …

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ASHP Releases Inaugural Survey of Health-System Specialty …

WEBThose are several of the key findings from ASHP’s inaugural National Survey of Health-System Specialty Pharmacy Practice, presented at its Specialty Pharmacy …

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Biosimilar Switches Work At Large and Small Centers

WEBLarge health systems as well as small community hospitals can successfully convert to oncology biosimilars and achieve substantial savings, according to …

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Making Site of Care Optimization a Success

WEBHealth system–affiliated infusion providers can take advantage of site of care (SOC) optimization to retain patients within their system, said Tim Affeldt, PharmD, …

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Pharmacist-Led Clinics Reduce Readmissions

WEBAnaheim, Calif.—. A suite of pharmacist-led chronic disease management clinics have helped one health system in Ohio reduce hospital readmission rates fivefold …

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The NIOSH Hazardous Drugs List Gap Remains a Safety Issue in 2024

WEBAt the beginning of 2023, there were high hopes that by year’s end, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) would issue an update to …

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Hospital Specialty Pharmacies Can be Supported through 340B …

WEBBy Karen Blum. Actively managing participation in the federal 340B Drug Pricing Program can further support hospitals and health systems’ specialty pharmacy …

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503B Quality Assurance And Other Lessons Learned

WEBAs of Sept. 14, 2022, nine years after the Drug Supply Chain Security Act created two designations for sterile drug compounders—503A compounding facilities …

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ISMP, TJC Urge Safer Smart Pump Practices

WEB262 hospitals surveyed in 2020. 87.9% reported using smart infusion pumps, up from 32.2% in 2005. Use of smart infusion pumps varied by hospital size, with 79.6% …

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Pharmacists Show Their Skill In Easing Biosimilar Switches

WEBBy Gina Shaw. Managing biosimilar adoption and utilization has become almost a specialty in itself for many health-system pharmacists, experts told attendees …

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FDA Approves Trogarzo for 30-Second IV Push, Simplifying HIV …

WEBCMS’s Health Equity Index Scrutinizes Medication Adherence, Other Factors for Medicare Advantage Plans MAY 2, 2024 Are Dogs and Cats Passing Superbugs to …

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503Bs and Their Role in Responding to Drug Shortages

WEB“Responding to drug shortages should be a major role of 503Bs, but it isn’t,” said Craig Else, PharmD, who speaks from both perspectives: He’s the longtime hospital …

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Specialty Pharmacy Partnership Can Be Fertile Ground

WEBSpecialty Pharmacy Partnership Can Be Fertile Ground. Patients in Oklahoma receive specialty fertility medications more quickly and at less cost than they …

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Hazardous Drugs: Navigating NIOSH and USP 800

WEBAlthough the NIOSH list of hazardous drugs is the gold standard for determining toxicity, a lack of information on newly launched medications, confusion …

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Drug Diversion and the DEA: Lessons Learned

WEBEach had multimillion-dollar fines levied against them by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) for violating laws that regulate the safe handling of …

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Replacing Lost Revenue During the Pandemic

WEBHealth-system pharmacy often has risen to meet challenges. One example is the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). “With so much lost revenue early on …

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Commentary: 5 Highly Effective Drug Diversion Strategies

WEBHealth care systems of all sizes, in all regions of the country, struggle with drug diversion—a widespread, multifaceted problem that has been exacerbated by the …

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