If they have ever taken medication, been in the hospital or had a broken bone, a medical waiver is required, which takes even longer, if they are admitted. Basic trainees are now smart young people and they are being fed a tremendous amount of information in a short period of time. Ques...
Medication costs account for the bulk of a health-system pharmacy’s annual budget while drug costs continue to rise. Containing drug cost involves managing purchases and analyzing drug-use patterns. Being able to identify your average usages and knowin
A recent poster presented at the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy 2021 meeting examined how payers in the United States are using oncology clinical pathways (OCP) to understand what drives their development and uptake and delineate what is standing in the way of further OCP adoption. The use of...
Medication-Assisted Treatment for Opioid-Use Disorder. Mayo Clin Proc. 2019 Oct;94(10):2072-2086. doi: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2019.03.029. Epub 2019 Sep 19. PMID: 31543255. 8. Duncan A, Anderman J, Deseran T, Reynolds I, Stein BD. Monthly Patient Volumes of Buprenorphine-Waivered Clinicians...
For example, interpreters felt that clinicians did not appreciate the complexity of the information being conveyed to patients towards medication or chronic disease management. "The thing is you can't assume that they [patient] know the connection between going home, taking medication and staying ...
A woman turns to prescription medication as a way of handling her anxiety concerning her husband's upcoming release from prison. Collateral (2004) A cab driver finds himself the hostage of an engaging contract killer as he makes his rounds from hit to hit during one night in LA. He must ...
The inclusion of sex as a biological variable in research is absolutely essential for improving our understanding of disease mechanisms contributing to risk and resilience. Studies focusing on examining sex differences have demonstrated across many levels of analyses and stages of brain development and ma...
They parse the women into groups based upon blood hormone levels or self-report of timing of last menstrual period and report of OCP use. This procedure is most effective when there are few constraints on access to study equipment or facilities, but may be less effective in costly neuroimaging...
The fragility of the complex medication supply chain was not created overnight, and yet we must overcome its limitations rapidly and decisively. And we must act before it is too late.doi:10.1016/j.mayocp.2020.04.001Esther K. ChooS. Vincent Rajkumar...
Similar to many at-risk resources in this crisis, medication shortages have been invisible but are threatening not only our ability to overcome this pandemic, but also the health of patients who have other diseases. The fragility of the complex medication supply chain was not created overnight, ...