Medication Management

There’s around 1 million American physicians who’re allowed to write opioid prescriptions, or one out of 320 Americans. However, fewer than 32,000...Read More »

Medications that are prepared outside the pharmacy will soon come under more intense scrutiny by state surveyors, based on recent...Read More »

Five years after pharmaceutical experts began reviewing changes to sterile preparation requirements for pharmaceutical compounding, the U.S....Read More »

The CMS last week released revised hospital guidance for pharmaceutical services and expanded guidance related to compounding medications.Read More »

Adverse drug events (ADE) make up an overwhelming number of healthcare-acquired conditions (HAC), but prevention efforts are often overshadowed...Read More »

Fill in the blank: Orders in which the dose is decreased by a particular amount with each dosing interval is called a ___________.Read More »

A new study found that hospitals need to improve their medication reconciliation processes.Read More »

Fill in the blank: Medication containers should be labeled whenever a medication is prepared but ____________.Read More »

After reading this article, you will be able to:

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Who should be notified when a medication has been recalled for safety reasons by the FDA or by the manufacturer?Read More »