Hospital Pharmacy Europe

MAY 27, 2025

Gender, age and ethnicity disparities Among 44,862 adult inpatients, 935 medication incidents were reported between January to July 2021 around one medication error for every 48 admitted patients. The post Disparities in medication error reporting highlight patient safety inequalities appeared first on Hospital Pharmacy Europe.

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Drug Topics

JULY 18, 2025

2 The vaccine then received approval in 2021 for the prevention of shingles in adults aged 18 years or older who have an increased risk of shingles infection due to immunodeficiency or immunosuppression. Hospitalization occurs in 1% to 4% of cases, mostly involving immunocompromised individuals. July 26, 2021. News Release.

Vaccines

Drug Topics

JULY 29, 2025

However, the committee did discuss efficacy, including that 89% of children who were eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine and were hospitalized with the virus did not receive the most recently recommended COVID-19 vaccines. 1 lineage did not increase the risk of 29 adverse events of special interest.

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Pharmacy Times

JULY 2, 2025

The injection's room-temperature stability and compatibility with automated dispensing cabinets facilitate integration into hospital workflows. The study authors noted that sepsis is also a leading cause of death and hospitalization that often requires antibiotic administration.

FDA

Pharmacy Times

JULY 26, 2025

Updated August 15, 2021. Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc; 2021. Updated June 15, 2020. Accessed June 4, 2025. link] Apixaban. MedlinePlus. Updated February 15, 2025. Accessed June 4, 2025. link] Dabigatran. MedlinePlus. Accessed June 4, 2025. link] Chen A, Stecker E, Warden BA. J Am Heart Assoc. 2020;9(13):e017559. doi:10.1161/JAHA.120.017559

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Pharmacy Times

JUNE 23, 2025

The study underscores the importance of GDMT at discharge and the potential for pharmacy models to improve healthcare metrics and hospital revenue. The greatest proportion of this is attributed to the treatment of acute exacerbations of COPD (AECOPD), the third leading cause of hospital readmissions.

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Pharmacy Times

JULY 19, 2025

Worldwide trends in hypertension prevalence and progress in treatment and control from 1990 to 2019: a pooled analysis of 1201 population-representative studies with 104 million participants Lancet 2021 Sep 11;398(10304):957-980. Epub 2021 Aug 24. Jansen, PharmD Candidate , Mark A. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)01330-1.

HIV Treatment and Prevention Agents

Pharmacy Times

JULY 16, 2025

The trial was conducted from January 2021 to December 2022, with a feedback letter sent on or after January 2022, including physicians that were randomly assigned in a 4 to 1 allocation. The misuse and overuse of antimicrobials to treat, prevent, and control infections has influenced the spread of AMR.

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Pharmacy Times

JULY 25, 2025

John’s University – College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences and practices as an infectious diseases pharmacist at NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst in Elmhurst, New York. Nicole Bradley, PharmD, BCPS, BCIDP, is an associate clinical professor at St. Cefuroxime. Lexi-Drugs. UpToDate Lexidrug. UpToDate Inc. Accessed March 18, 2025. Lexi-Drugs.

HIV Treatment and Prevention Agents

Pharmacy Times

JULY 28, 2025

2 In addition, VFC prevented more than 32 million hospitalizations and 1.1 5 A 2021 study of more than 30,000 adolescent patients in Colorado used motivational interviewing to increase acceptance and receipt of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine. million premature deaths. By the end of the study, 9.5%

Vaccines

Pharmacy Times

JUNE 22, 2025

1 “Based on the totality of evidence regarding cardiovascular benefits of GLP-1 receptor agonists, the 2021 American Heart Association stroke guidelines remain valid for antidiabetic therapy in patients with T2D and stroke,” Inzucchi concluded. The most recent meta-analysis showed a stroke treatment effect estimate of 0.86

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Pharmacy Times

JULY 16, 2025

5 This study (NCT01283009) was a large, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial that evaluated whether prolonged low-dose methylprednisolone in severe CAP would reduce all-cause 60-day mortality within 72 to 96 hours of hospital presentation.

Hospitals

Drug Topics

JULY 24, 2025

1 “In my career as a dermatologist, I have witnessed firsthand the significant burden that the itch and pain of CHE places on patients, and the challenges they face living with it,” said Linda Stein Gold, MD , director of dermatology clinical research at Henry Ford Hospital, according to the release. “I

FDA

Drug Topics

JUNE 10, 2025

RSV disease is the leading cause of infant hospitalization in the US and can lead to serious respiratory conditions like bronchiolitis and pneumonia,” Octavio Ramilo, an investigator on the CLEVER and SMART trials., said in a release.

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Pharmacy Times

JULY 10, 2025

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The Checkup by Singlecare

JUNE 24, 2025

Semi-synthetic opioids are scientifically modified versions of these naturally occurring compounds. NCHS National Health Statistics Reports , 2021) In 2019, women with chronic pain were more likely (24%) to have used a prescription opioid in the last three months than men with chronic pain (19%). CDC , 2024) In 2019, 22% of U.S.

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Pharmacy Times

JULY 1, 2025

Image courtesy of Dina Alsalih Drawing on my professional experience, I’ve developed and delivered patient education materials to hospitals and community clinics, collaborating closely with dietitians and nursing staff. Standards of medical care in diabetes – 2021. When education speaks their language, patients listen and thrive.

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Pharmacy Times

JUNE 30, 2025

It was originally approved in 2021 for the treatment of polycythemia vera and the manufacturer, as of January 2025, is seeking to expand the agent’s indication to the treatment of essential thrombocytopenia based on data from the SURPASS-ET trial (NCT04285086). November 12, 2021. Pharmacy Times. June 3, 2025. Accessed June 30, 2025.

Compounding Pharmacies

Drug Topics

JUNE 27, 2025

Image Credit: REDPIXEL - stock.adobe.com Thimerosal is a mercury-containing compound that has been widely used as a preservative in some biological and drug products, such as promoting the safe use of multidose vials and packaging of vaccines. It is often thought to be used in some seasonal and pandemic influenza vaccines. 4 REFERENCES 1.

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Pharmacy Times

JUNE 9, 2025

Conducted across 15 hospitals, 774 patients aged 18 years or older with untreated, stage II to III, invasive HER2+ breast cancer were enrolled between April 30, 2021, and August 27, 2024. If caught early, the cancer can often be treated and cured, according to Cleveland Clinic. odds ratio 0.93; 95% CI, 0.69—1.25;

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Pharmacy Times

JULY 17, 2025

In a recent initiative, we attempted to analyze medication adherence rates at Sharp Mesa Vista (SMV) Hospital, the largest psychiatric hospital in San Diego, to identify possible reasons leading to nonadherence in patients admitted to the hospital, both those experiencing homelessness and those who were not admitted to the hospital.

HIV Treatment and Prevention Agents

Pharmacy Times

JUNE 19, 2025

Updated August 26, 2021. Mol Genet Metab. 2024;143(1):108562. doi:10.1016/j.ymgme.2024.108562 2024.108562 4. Long-Term Study of Nitisinone to Treat Alkaptonuria. ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00107783. Accessed June 19, 2025.

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Pharmacy Times

JUNE 18, 2025

Updated August 18, 2021. All of the topics are relevant to what we’re doing today and what we can implement in practice today—not just 3, 6, or 12 months from now. REFERENCES 1. Combination chemotherapy in treating young patients with newly diagnosed acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Accessed June 19, 2025.

Chemotherapy

Pharmacy Times

JULY 9, 2025

Research Progress on Vitamin D in Autism Spectrum Disorder. Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine. 2022;26(12):5827‑5838. PMC9128593. Kittana, M., Ahmadani, A., Stojanovska, L., & & Attlee, A. The Role of Vitamin D Supplementation in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Narrative Review. Nutrients , 14 (1), 26. Zhang, M.,

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Pharmacy Times

JUNE 24, 2025

FACTS OF THE CASE In January 2021, a nationwide mail-order pharmacy located in Massachusetts experienced a data breach. The pharmacy discovered the breach in May 2021 and investigated to determine its scope.

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The Thyroid Pharmacist

AUGUST 1, 2025

In fact, I skipped the breastfeeding class offered at my hospital to buy a second car with my hubby (we only had one car prior to starting a family). It is associated with better gastrointestinal adaptation, better infant sleep, less crying, and a reduced pain reaction (to routine hospital procedures). [3] I need to feed this baby!”

Health and Personal Care Stores

Drug Topics

JULY 31, 2025

1 With the study being conducted in Kenya’s capital city, Nairobi, researchers recruited pregnant women referred to 1 of 2 hospitals in the region: Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH) and Pumwani Maternity Hospital (PMH). 2022;71(1):26-30. link] Newsletter Pharmacy practice is always changing.

Vaccines

Drug Topics

JULY 7, 2025

RSV is a major cause of infant hospitalizations, while influenza tends to affect toddlers and school-aged children more commonly,” wrote authors of the study. Throughout the time period, researchers scanned microbiology tests and hospital contacts for infection rates and testing patterns before, during, and after the pandemic.

Independent Pharmacies

Drug Topics

AUGUST 1, 2025

from 2011 to 2021. 3 While these statistics on cannabis use spanned 88,183 surveyed individuals, recent trends in social media use and the uncaptured cannabis use trends since 2021 may reveal varied evidence. They conducted a longitudinal survey for baseline statistics in 2021 and 2022.

Specialty Pharmacies

Drug Topics

JULY 16, 2025

READ MORE: COVID-19 Hospitalizations Disproportionately Impacted Black, Hispanic Children “Resilience is the extent to which we can bounce back from adverse events, cope with stress, or succeed in the face of adversity,” said Cindy Bergeman, PhD, MS, professor of developmental psychology at the University of Notre Dame.

Specialty Pharmacies

Drug Topics

JULY 16, 2025

Hispanic and Black children were disproportionately hospitalized and more likely to experience severe symptoms from COVID-19 when compared with White and Asian or Pacific Islander patients, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open. 2 Researchers explored over 13,000 COVID-19–related pediatric hospitalizations.

Hospitals

Pharmacy Times

JUNE 11, 2025

13510 Nutrition Counseling Coverage Act of 2021, HR 6971, 116th Cong (2019-2020). Clinical interventions for food-drug interactions: a pharmacist’s perspective. J Clin Pharm Ther. 2022;47(1):45-52. doi:10.1111/jcpt.13510 Accessed May 23, 2025.

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Drug Topics

JUNE 24, 2025

With the goal of determining obesity-related mortality during the study period, researchers explored age-adjusted mortality rates (AAMRs) for 3 timeframes within the COVID-19 pandemic: pre-pandemic (2018-2019), COVID-19 (2020-2021), and post-pandemic (2022-2023). June 9, 2021. in older adults. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2022.780872.

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STAT

MAY 15, 2023

In the early days of the Covid pandemic, gravely ill patients began to fill America’s hospitals. In a 2021 APC survey, more than 80 pharmacies nationwide reported they had provided compounded versions of those essential drugs to hospitals under the temporary guidance.

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STAT

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Supreme Court decisions that stand to stifle diversity and representation in medicine have hamstrung physicians across specialties and settings — in rural and urban communities, in hospitals, clinics, and independent practices. Nearly 334,000  health care professionals left the workforce in 2021.

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Omnicell

JANUARY 10, 2023

Implementing an intelligent infrastructure of automation and intelligence, supported by expert services to ensure optimization, is an opportunity for health systems to enhance medication distribution processes, support sterile compounding safety and efficiency, and ultimately improve pharmacy supply chain management.

Sterile Compounds

Omnicell

JANUARY 10, 2023

Sterile compounding is also one of the costliest functions in pharmacy operations. Still, many hospital pharmacies continue to struggle to improve safety and efficiency in their sterile compounding operations. Insourcing IV compounding services at Moses H. Register today at Omnicell Illuminate 2021. 5 at 2 p.m.

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