For pharmacists, from Drug Topics: Articles, features, and news briefs for pharmacists about drugs and drug trials, professional trends, and legal changes in the pharmacy industry
May 16, 2012
By:From staff reports
Cardinal Health this week settled litigation with the DEA, which suspended Cardinal?s ability to sell controlled substance medications from its Lakeland, Fla., distribution center for two years.
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May 15, 2012
By:From staff reports
Sanofi US recently introduced a blood glucose meter that directly connects to the iPhone and the iPod touch, and communicates results with caregivers and healthcare teams.
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May 15, 2012
By:Christine Blank, Contributing Editor
The readmission rate for congestive heart failure patients was reduced by more than 50% after Morris Hospital in Morris, Ill., implemented a pilot medication reconciliation program.
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May 15, 2012
By:Ned Milenkovich, PharmD, JD
Four pharmacies have sued HHS and CMS to halt what they call a violation of federal Medicare Part D statute.
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May 15, 2012
By:Fred Gebhart, Contributing Editor
The Affordable Care Act has less to do with healthcare reform than either supporters or opponents of the law might like to believe.
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May 15, 2012
By:David Stanley, RPh
How much sense does it make to put employees of major drug chains on state Boards of Pharmacy? Depends on whose chickens that fox is guarding.
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May 15, 2012
By:Drug Topics readers
Readers speak out about what got retail pharmacy where it is today; why the term "doctor" is like the curl in a pig's tail; and where the MD should put that vial of ropivacaine.
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