Kansas Digital Patient Medication Monitoring System
To reduce the number of drug errors and as the part of nationwide health care system reformation, Kansas State Board of Pharmacy will launch a…
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Pharmacists Of The Next Generation
When Pharmacy Times started to collaborate with Parata Systems to investigate, what’s the profile of pharmacist these days, the goals were to get the knowledge…
Safe Medications Use By FDA
Institute of Medicine’s (IOM’s) roundtable discussed health literacy in April gathered a group to talk about how they can help Food and Drug Administration (FDA)…
ADHD Drug Holidays For Kids
Should there be a summer-long break from the ADHD medications for your child? The break may work fine. If you will let your child not…
Drugs With Almost-The-Same-Name
Now Shelley Sanders is not sure, what caused the medication mistake: it could be the typing error or a telephone message. All she knows is…
Pharmacy Specialists Communicate To Prevent Errors And Increase Medication Adherence
National Council on Patient Information and Education (NCPIE) reported 75% of patients don’t take their drugs as prescribed. This issue causes about $47 billion hospitalizations…
Pharmacists Found Out That Some Drugs Were Stinky
Everyone knows that good doctor will know everything about any specific drug side effects they prescribe to the patient, no matter if it’s brand or…
Mail-Order Pharmacies Will Improve Patients’ Medical Adherence
New research suggests, that buying medications via mail could increase patients’ adherence to their prescribed medications regimen. Researchers from Oakland Kaiser Permanente’s Division of Research…