Implementing a single shared digital prescribing record across the NHS in England could avoid nearly 1 million drug errors every year, stopping up to 16,000 fewer patients from […]
Polypharmacy, or the concurrent use of five or more medications, is common in older adults and increases the risk of adverse drug interactions. While deprescribing unnecessary drugs can […]
Whether it’s costs, safety risks or “pill fatigue” they’re trying to reduce, many health systems and clinics have started working on ways to encourage deprescribing of medications that […]
28th EAHP Congress Highlights The theme of the 28th EAHP congress was Sustainable healthcare – opportunities and strategies. Management of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and good antimicrobial stewardship are […]
28th EAHP Congress Highlights The theme of the 28th EAHP congress was Sustainable healthcare – opportunities and strategies and several posters addressed different approaches to avoiding or minimising […]
For adults hospitalized for alcohol-related reasons, receiving a prescription for an alcohol use disorder (AUD) medication at the time of discharge may lower their risk of return to […]
28th EAHP Congress Highlights The theme of the 28th EAHP congress was Sustainable healthcare – opportunities and strategies and two posters addressed different approaches to sustainability issues in […]
New research from the University of Pittsburgh and UPMC shows that telemedicine visits conducted for children with primary care providers (PCPs) are associated with fewer antibiotic prescriptions than telemedicine visits with virtual-only […]
Reena Barai is a community pharmacist and owner of the family business, SG Barai Pharmacy in Sutton in Surrey. In this series of short videos, she describes how […]
On the whole the implementation of Pharmacy First has been a positive experience with lots of support from local GPs, says community pharmacist Reena Barai, However, community pharmacy […]
The preparation for Pharmacy First Services was intense and so far, the systems put in place and the relationships nurtured have served the pharmacy well, community pharmacist Reena […]
Reena Barai is a community pharmacist and owner of the family business, SG Barai Pharmacy in Sutton in Surrey. This year she and her pharmacy team have been […]
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