Telepharmacy is the practice of pharmacy from a remote location utilizing telecommunications technology such as computers and video screens.
Nurses play a central role in smooth hospital operations. Between patient care and administrative duties, they must handle a wide range of responsibilities to ensure positive patient outcomes and satisfaction.
Hospital pharmacy costs are rising rapidly. Here are some ideas on how to control your budget. Background Recent eye-popping increases in prescription drug prices and their impact on consumers have been all-over mainstream media reports.
Pharmacists are highly trained and highly compensated, yet many hospital pharmacists spend their days in front of the computer reviewing and verifying medication orders. Most hospital pharmacists chose to work in the hospital setting rather than a retail setting in order to apply their clinical
Thousands of pharmacists gathered for the ASHP 2016 Midyear Meeting last month to learn and network. Here are the four notable trends that we identified for 2017 where Pharmacy can have the greatest impact …
As we’ve been hearing in the media, the number of drug overdose deaths from opioid addiction, particularly in rural areas, has skyrocketed. Many patients become addicted to these medications through legal means …
The use of telepharmacy has been increasing rapidly ever since states began passing regulations in the early 2000s. Most of the early adopters were rural health facilities who struggled to find qualified pharmacists or to rationalize hiring expensive resources when the volume wasn’t there …
A recent study published in The BMJ, formerly the British Medical Journal, estimates that medical errors are the third leading cause of death in the United States, responsible for over 251,000 fatalities in 2013, ten percent of the annual U.S. number. This would place medical errors…
As payment reforms continue to drive the healthcare market towards value-based care models, facilities must find ways to provide effective and quality care while still creating cost savings to maximize reimbursement. The use of telehealth services is only expected to expand in this shifting…
In today’s healthcare environment, DOPs and hospital CEOs alike are searching for ways to improve their healthcare facilities. With today’s focus changing to one that is driven by value as opposed to volume, this can be especially challenging. One of the many challenges that hospitals may face when…
