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News and Updates (7)

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Improve Patient Safety and Cut Costs with Clinical Pharmacists
September 8, 2010 -- Op/ed by a Pennsylvania hospital director praises clinical pharmacists.
Source: KevinMD.com
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Tagged keywords: Care Coordination, Health Care Quality, Hospitals, National, Patient Safety, Pharmacists, Pharmacy Occupations, Pharmacy Technicians and Aides, Primary Care, Research
Pharmacists On Health Care Teams Significantly Improve Patient Care
August 31, 2010 -- Incorporating pharmacists as members of the health care team in direct patient care roles is a viable solution to help improve U.S. health care, according to the results of a comprehensive, systematic review of the health care literature.
Source: Medical News Today
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Tagged keywords: Care Coordination, Health Care Quality, Interprofessional Training, National, Pharmacists, Pharmacy Occupations, Pharmacy Technicians and Aides, Research
Pharmacists Take Larger Role on Health Team
August 13, 2010 -- Some drugstore pharmacists are taking on more responsibility for monitoring patients with long-term illnesses.
Source: New York Times
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Tagged keywords: National, Pharmacists, Retail and Community Pharmacies
FDA and Academic Pharmacy Create a Groundbreaking Study to Improve Patient Health Outcomes
July 26, 2010 -- The AACP in conjunction with HRSA has completed a baseline evaluation of the integration of the “Science of Safety” into the curriculum of the Doctor of Pharmacy degree at accredited colleges and schools of pharmacy.
Source: American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy
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Tagged keywords: Best Practices and Model Programs, Education and Training, Health Care Quality, National, Pharmacists, Pharmacy Occupations, Pharmacy Technicians and Aides, Research
Years After Loan-Repayment Commitment Ends, Pharmacists Remain at Health Centers
July 19, 2010 -- A $126,500 investment by the federal government in the early part of the 2000s decade helped set the stage for clinical pharmacy services provided by three pharmacists who still practice at their community health center.
Source: American Society of Health-System Pharmacists
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Tagged keywords: Distribution, Federally Qualified Health Centers, Health Care Access, National, Pharmacists, Pharmacy Occupations, Recruitment and Retention, Supply and Demand, Workforce Pipeline
Third Annual PCOA Administered; Three-Year Trends Assist Colleges with the Review and Progression of Pharmacy Curriculum
July 15, 2010 -- Profiles three-year results of pharmacy examination.
Source: National Association of Boards of Pharmacy
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Tagged keywords: Education and Training, Licensure and Certification, National, Pharmacists, Pharmacy Occupations
Op/Ed: Doctors Need Unbiased Info, Not A Soft Sell By Drug Reps
July 11, 2010 -- Massachusetts has taken a small step toward reducing the influence of paid marketers, at least on the overworked doctors at community health centers.
Source: Boston Globe
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Tagged keywords: Massachusetts, Patient Safety, Pharmacists, Pharmacy Occupations, Physicians, Policy, Trends

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