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The Value of a Medically Integrated Pharmacy to Maximize Cost Avoidance and Reduce Waste of Oral Oncolytic Medications

Pharmacy Times

Materials and Methods Oncology-trained nurses review the charts of all specialty oncology medications that are due to be refilled. The nurses have access to the electronic medical record and perform an extensive medical records review of office notes, labs, scans, pathology, and upcoming appointments.

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Real-World Data on Expanding Step-Up Dosing Administration of Bispecific T-Cell Engagers in the Outpatient Setting

Pharmacy Times

The authors examined the safety, feasibility, and toxicity management of delivering both SUD and target doses in outpatient settings, offering institutional guidance for optimizing patient care and reducing hospitalization burden. However, the feasibility and safety of expanding these regimens to outpatient (OP) settings remain underexplored.

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The unsustainability of clinical trials and need for transformative change

Pharmaceutical Technology

Academic medical centers continue to conduct the bulk of trials, especially in the US, while community hospitals and clinics often lack the resources to participate in trials at scale. This is despite the majority of patients being treated at community hospitals and clinics. per year and multinational studies rising by 4.9%

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The hospital pharmacy landscape in 2024

Hospital Pharmacy Europe

Tiene Bauters, PharmD PhD, Pharmacy Department , Ghent University Hospital in Belgium, offers her take on what’s hot on the horizon for hospital pharmacy in 2024. These will undoubtedly present great opportunities for hospital pharmacists and their teams.

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Hospital pharmacist-led re-evaluation of medication errors: a pilot study

Hospital Pharmacy Europe

Karl-Johan Lindner and Marie Halvarsson, from the pharmacy at Västerås Hospital in Sweden, describe a new approach to improve the categorisation of medication errors that uses the skills of hospital pharmacists to reclassify reported incidents based on a given medication process. One million injections or infusions and 1.7

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Automated medication management a long way off for most European hospitals, survey finds

Hospital Pharmacy Europe

There is a considerable way to go in Europe to move towards more automated medication management systems in hospitals, according to the results of a survey run by a European Association of Hospital Pharmacists (EAHP) special interest group (SIG). This survey report helps us understand the current status of automation in Europe.

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Implementing shared care agreements for amiodarone therapy: a pharmacy case study

Hospital Pharmacy Europe

Katie Joyce and colleagues describe how their hospital pharmacy team in the north of England worked collaboratively across the primary-secondary care interface to implement shared care agreements for a cohort of 270 patients prescribed amiodarone to optimise the patient experience, overcome operational challenges and streamline processes.