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Ascension honored for enhancing medication safety
January 20, 2017By Kathleen Gannon Longo
The St Louis-based company received the Institute for Safe Medication Practices Cheers Award.
Generics and biosimilars, key to Trump drug price concerns
January 19, 2017By Christine Blank
If pharma is “getting away with murder” with drug pricing, more generic and biosimilars can help control costs, says this group.
Study shows benefits of a centralized pharmacy-led prior authorization process
November 11, 2016By Anthony Vecchione
Pharmacy-led interventions in prior authorization processing resulted in a statistically significant benefit in improving time to PA approval, time to first fill, and time too pick-up.
Efficiency and security drive medication management system upgrade
October 10, 2016By Anthony Vecchione
Trying to enhance medication management across a continuum of care in a multi-facility hospital IT environment is no easy task.
Drug expenditure data help pharmacists plan ahead
October 10, 2016By Anthony Vecchione
A recent report projects an 11% to 13% increase in total drug expenditures in hospitals and health systems in 2016.
Health-system pharmacists embrace medication standardization campaign
September 10, 2016By Anthony Vecchione
Completion of Phase I of ASHP’s Standardize 4 Safety initiative is fast approaching.
ASPs vs. microbial resistance: Pharmacists lead the charge
July 10, 2016By Valerie DeBenedette
The Pew Charitable Trusts took a look at antibiotic stewardship programs in 10 U.S. health systems. Here's the result.