The first core area involved improving the medical center's culture and systems for using unique patient identifiers and wristbands. In 2003, the medical center launched initiatives to identify ...

Medication reconciliation is an important part of maintaining medication safety, and the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses calls on all perioperative RNs to focus on safety during the six ...

Strategic planning is an integral part of any HPP practice. It is a collaborative process that enables the pharmacy leadership team to work with the pharmacy staff in developing and carrying out the ...

Mattingly is an associate professor and vice chair of research in the Department of Pharmacotherapy at the University of Utah College of Pharmacy. Munger is professor emeritus in the Department of ...

Stephen Hoang, MD, is the medication safety officer and a pediatric anesthesiologist at Children’s Health System of Texas in Dallas. He recently connected with Becker’s to share his team’s biggest ...

In an article published in AORN Journal, researchers highlight two principles that contribute to the safe use of pharmacological materials in perioperative settings. The first principle, ...

Fatigue. Dizziness. Brain fog. Falls. Many older adults assume these symptoms are simply part of aging. But according to St. Louis pharmacist Hedva Barenholtz Levy, the real culprit could be hiding in ...

The médiEval French tool was adapted into the MAEva tool for the African context through a three-stage process: content review by a multidisciplinary group, content ...

Statins are foundational preventive medications that can improve the prognosis and quality of the lives of patients who have or could develop heart disease. However, the best way to identify those who ...