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Antimicrobial Stewardship in the United kingdom: Perspective From A Pharmacist At A Bone & Joint Hospital

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I moved to the southeast and spent my early career working in district general hospitals. During my postgraduate Clinical Pharmacy Diploma, I gravitated towards antimicrobial stewardship whilst working in critical care. In England, AMS targets are built into all National Health Services (NHS) hospital contracts.

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Pharmacists Play Important Role in Postoperative Nausea, Vomiting

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Jawad Saleh, clinical manager of Pharmacy Services at the Hospital for Special Surgery, discusses how pharmacists can treat postoperative nausea and vomiting.

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Expert Discusses How Pharmacists Can Treat PONV With Medication, Other Therapies

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Jawad Saleh, PharmD, BSPharm, BCCCP, BCPS, clinical manager of Pharmacy Services at the Hospital for Special Surgery, discusses how pharmacists can treat postoperative nausea and vomiting.

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STAT+: UnitedHealth signs a deal with Walmart for a new Medicare Advantage plan

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UnitedHealth will also help Walmart Health clinics manage care for all of their Medicare Advantage patients, regardless of insurer, starting with 15 locations in Georgia and Florida and growing from there. Continue to STAT+ to read the full story…

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What HCPs think about COVID-19’s impact on cancer

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Knowing the “why” can help to address the specific challenges that hospitals are facing to ensure patients are receiving the care they need. Using Sermo RealTime, we asked physicians to rank why they believe there has been a decrease in diagnosis at their hospital or practice. ASCO Coronavirus Resources – FAQs ?

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J&J lung cancer initiative will use Optellum’s ‘digital biomarker’ tech

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UK-based Optellum has developed an AI-powered clinical decision support – called Virtual Nodule Clinic – that it says acts as a “digital biomarker”, looking for signs of cancer in computed tomography (CT) scans. It was approved by the FDA in March, and is starting to roll out in US hospitals.

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Generic pill could be alternative to oral antivirals in COVID-19

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The proportion of patients who were subsequently admitted to hospital due to COVID-19 was 11% in the fluvoxamine arm, compared to 16% of a matched placebo group, equivalent to reduction of around one third, after 28 days’ follow-up.