This is a two-part article on pharmacy optimization and pharmacy staffing models. This first part focuses on multi-facility hospitals and ACOs. To learn how you can optimize pharmacy staffing and optimization in individual hospitals check out Part 2.
There is a shortage of clinical pharmacist in rural America.
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
The increasing demands of clinical programs and decentralized models are part of why we’re seeing more hospitals picking up on the option to use telepharmacy, and not just for nighttime coverage. To uncover the capabilities of vendors, here is a list of the top five questions I recommend every hospital leader ask when exploring telepharmacy.
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 …
