21.03.2010
Health Care Reform Legislation Heads to White House
BETHESDA, MD 22 March 2010—The U.S. House of Representatives on March 21 passed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the 2409-page piece of legislation proposed... |
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29.12.2010
Health Care Reform Means Challenges, Opportunities in Rural Areas
ANAHEIM, CA 29 December 2010—In rural America and elsewhere, health care reform is essentially about providing better, more cost-efficient care—issues that pharmacists are... |
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31.03.2010
Health Care Worker Flu Vaccination Rate Improves
BETHESDA, MD 01 April 2010—For the first time ever, the influenza vaccination rate for health care workers may have met the Healthy People 2010 goal, according to... |
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14.06.2010
Health Reform Law Offers Relief in Medicare Part D Coverage Gap
WASHINGTON, D.C. 14 June 2010—Among the changes coming for participants in the Medicare Part D prescription drug benefit is the gradual closing of the much-maligned coverage... |
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13.08.2009
Health Reform Stakeholders Push Medication Adherence
WASHINGTON, D.C. 14 August 2009—A panel of more than 40 health care stakeholders with an interest in medication adherence described a flawed prescribing process that makes... |
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11.11.2009
Health System Views Pharmacist as Vital to Coordinated Care
BETHESDA, MD 12 November 2009—For more than a year, a rural health system in central Minnesota has been offering select patients a medical home, complete with a pharmacist. ... |
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12.02.2009
HHS Offers Plan To Tackle Health-Care-Associated Infections
BETHESDA, MD 13 February 2009—Experts from across the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) have produced an action plan to create a national road map for... |
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04.01.2010
HHS Redesigns Role of Pharmacy Personnel in Disaster Preparedness
BETHESDA, MD 05 January 2010—In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, which hit Louisiana in 2005, the federal government started changing its master plan regarding disasters.... |
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03.03.2011
High-Risk Patients Benefit From Clinical Pharmacy Services Collaborative
BETHESDA, MD 03 March 2011—The community-based interprofessional teams completing round 2 of the Patient Safety and Clinical Pharmacy Services Collaborative (PSPC) turned... |
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25.05.2011
Home-Based Medication Management System Looks to Future
BETHESDA, MD 25 May 2011—A federally recognized program that uses pharmacists` medication therapy management skills is targeting hospital-to-home transitions in an attempt... |
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