Hospital-Pharmacy Relationship Drives Generic Drug Use
Drug Topics
MAY 27, 2025
Researchers explored how relationships between physicians, pharmacists, and patients are associated with the use of generic drugs in Japanese pharmacies.
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STAT+: Congress created a unique plan to save rural hospitals — but few are using it
STAT
MARCH 18, 2025
When Ted Matthews came out of retirement in early 2023 to retake the helm of the rural Texas hospital where he’d started his health care career, it was something of a rescue mission. And yet, just 38 hospitals have taken up the new designation since 2023, fewer than researchers had predicted.
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Strategies for digital success in hospital pharmacy
Hospital Pharmacy Europe
JULY 1, 2025
In response to this, the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (LTHT) pharmacy team has recently launched its ‘Digital Induction’ document. Lauren Witton, Corrie Stockton, Holly Hunter & Matthew Spence / Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Top Tip 5: Celebrate digital successes Digital transformation is not easy.
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Oseltamivir Significantly Reduces Mortality in Hospitalized Patients With Influenza
Pharmacy Times
JULY 16, 2025
New research highlights the benefits of early oseltamivir treatment for hospitalized patients with influenza, reducing mortality and readmission rates while optimizing care.
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Reimagining hospital pharmacy through sustainability and disruptive health technology
Hospital Pharmacy Europe
MARCH 31, 2025
Sustainability has become central to the mission of hospital pharmacists, who are uniquely positioned to minimise waste, reduce healthcares environmental footprint and enhance patient outcomes. As climate concerns intensify, hospital pharmacists increasingly recognise the significant impact of their decisions on both patients and the planet.
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Updated Evidence-Based Recommendations for Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccines
Drug Topics
JULY 7, 2025
Panelists discuss how ACIP's decision to lower the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine age recommendation from 65 to 50 years was supported by evidence showing that 33-54% of adults aged 50-64 already had risk factors for vaccination, nearly 90% of those hospitalized with pneumococcal disease in this age group had at least one risk condition, mortality (..)
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FDA Approves Insulin Aspart-Xjhz as First Interchangeable Biosimilar to NovoLog
Drug Topics
JULY 21, 2025
Pharmacists can also provide diabetes management as an embedded member of clinic or hospital locations. According to an article in Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity , the authors acknowledge how the role of the pharmacist has changed over the last 50 years.
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Research digest: Identifying medication-related hospital readmissions
Hospital Pharmacy Europe
JANUARY 23, 2025
In a study comparing the performance of multiple trigger tools in identifying medication-related hospital readmissions, the OPERAM tool performed the best, identifying the highest number of both the total medication-related (re)admissions (MRRs) and potential preventable MRRs. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2024; Oct 9: DOI: 10.1111/jgs.19216.
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Q&A: Pharmacists Play Essential Role in Insulin Therapy Success
Drug Topics
JULY 15, 2025
Insulin Advancements Led to Safer Surgeries, Shorter Hospital Stays Brian Nowosielski July 11th 2025 Article Researchers conducted a narrative review of the insulins available for diabetes management and which pharmacological options are best in the perioperative period and within clinical care.
Collaborative, Pharmacist-Led Approach Crucial in Polypharmacy
Drug Topics
JULY 18, 2025
A collaborative and patient-centered approach is crucial in improving polypharmacy outcomes, according to a study published in Intelligent Hospital. Intelligent Hospital. 1 Employing the use of various medical providers in this approach, researchers suggested that pharmacists take lead throughout these multidisciplinary efforts.
Five Key Skills for Pharmacy Residents
IDStewardship
JANUARY 8, 2025
In Saudi Arabia the program was established in 1997 at King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre (KFSH&RC) in Riyadh [3]. The Pharmacy Practice Residency Program in Saudi Arabia has come a long way from its first program that was initiated in 1997.
Q&A: How Advancements in GLP-1s, CGM Impact Insulin Management
Drug Topics
JULY 15, 2025
READ MORE: Insulin Advancements Led to Safer Surgeries, Shorter Hospital Stays Drug Topics : How has the administration of insulin management been impacted by medical advancements in things like CGM and GLP-1 medications? Diana Isaacs: It's really interesting. Subscribe Now!
How the NHS 10-year plan will affect pharmacy
Hospital Pharmacy Europe
JULY 3, 2025
This will reduce pressure and demand on hospitals and allow secondary care teams to focus on specialist care supported by technology to improve productivity. This will move ‘the majority of outpatient care’ outside of hospitals and into the community by 2035, the Government said.
Opinion: Uber for nursing is here — and it’s not good for patients or nurses
STAT
MARCH 31, 2025
Louis, checks her phone to see if the gig nursing app CareRev still has her scheduled at the local hospital. Dana also worries about what will happen at the hospital if her shift doesn’t get canceled. Dana, a 29-year-old nurse in St. She’s already arranged child care for her son, but cancellations are common.
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Pharmacists Can Enhance Patient Confidence During Insulin Initiation
Drug Topics
JULY 16, 2025
Insulin Advancements Led to Safer Surgeries, Shorter Hospital Stays Brian Nowosielski July 11th 2025 Article Researchers conducted a narrative review of the insulins available for diabetes management and which pharmacological options are best in the perioperative period and within clinical care.
Pharmacists Can Improve Insulin Management Through Counseling
Drug Topics
JULY 18, 2025
Insulin Advancements Led to Safer Surgeries, Shorter Hospital Stays Brian Nowosielski July 11th 2025 Article Researchers conducted a narrative review of the insulins available for diabetes management and which pharmacological options are best in the perioperative period and within clinical care.
Research digest: Reviewing potentially inappropriate medications in elderly hospitalised patients
Hospital Pharmacy Europe
DECEMBER 30, 2024
The study found that the overall prevalence of PIMs was moderate but varied considerably between hospitals and also revealed a potential missed opportunity to optimise medication use within this setting. women) across 16 hospitals in Spain. of the PIMs initiated during the hospital stay were still prescribed, which fell to 2.6%
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Pharmacist Involvement Helps Reduce Time to A1c Target
Drug Topics
JUNE 13, 2025
Additional advantages include fewer emergency visits, hospitalizations, medication adherence, and associated cost savings. The study also sought to determine the rate of achieving goal A1c, mean A1c reduction, and rate of hospitalization and emergency department visits. million people, or 11.6%
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Upgrade digital systems in hospital pharmacy, RPS says as Government spending review boosts NHS
Hospital Pharmacy Europe
JUNE 12, 2025
The Royal Pharmaceutical Society is calling on the Government to commit to upgrading digital systems in hospital pharmacy as the chancellor Rachel Reeves announces her much-anticipated spending review. The NHS will receive a £29bn real terms funding boost over the next three years, Ms Reeves said.
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The future of clinical pharmacy in Europe with ESCP president Monika Lutters
Hospital Pharmacy Europe
MARCH 18, 2025
Here, speaking to Gerry Hughes, she shares her insights on current clinical pharmacy challenges around expansion and integration of hospital pharmacists, and the exciting trajectory this branch of pharmacy is set to undertake in the years ahead. Over previous decades, there have been several inflection points in its progress.
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Physicians support permanent pharmacist integration in the emergency department
Hospital Pharmacy Europe
MARCH 4, 2025
This qualitative study explored physicians experiences of collaborating with pharmacists who joined emergency ED teams in two Norwegian hospitals, while also gauging their views on making such collaboration permanent. The researchers conducted semi-structured interviews with 20 physicians of varying seniority and specialties. Guaranteed.
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Reducing Costs with Medication Reconciliation: PharmD Live’s Proven Approach to Better Outcomes
PharmD Live
FEBRUARY 12, 2025
Discrepancies in medication regimens, particularly during care transitions like hospital discharge, are a leading cause of adverse drug events (ADEs). These errors can lead to ADEs, unnecessary re-hospitalizations, and emergency department (ED) visits.
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How cinnamon lowers blood sugar
The Checkup by Singlecare
NOVEMBER 4, 2024
clinical pharmacist at University Hospitals in Cleveland, Ohio, cinnamon may have a modest impact on blood sugar levels. Certain foods cause rapid blood sugar spikes , while others affect it more gradually or may even help to lower blood sugar or keep it relatively steady. One of these foods, unexpectedly, is cinnamon.
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Top tips for effective digital transformation and closed loop medicines management
Hospital Pharmacy Europe
DECEMBER 17, 2024
S erious adverse drug events are unfortunately common in hospitals and can occur across all stages of the medication delivery process. In todays healthcare landscape, hospital pharmacists face a multitude of challenges that impact patient care, including operational inefficiencies, workforce shortages and compromised medication safety.
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From ward manipulations to 3D printing: shaping the future of personalised medication
Hospital Pharmacy Europe
JULY 23, 2025
However, in many clinical settings, including hospital wards, a prescribed tablet strength may not be available, or a patient might have difficulty swallowing solid oral dosage forms. In 2017, it set an ambitious goal to reduce severe, avoidable medication errors by 50% within five years.
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Opinion: Requiring a four-year emergency medicine residency is a terrible idea
STAT
MAY 9, 2025
billion increase in government payments to hospitals over the next decade. By my math, the change could cost each class of future emergency physicians over $2 billion in cumulative financial loss — including missed income, lost investment growth, and increased debt — and result in a $7.5 Read the rest…
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Flu Vaccines Are a Go
Pharmacy Times
JULY 16, 2025
Difficile COPD COVID-19 Cardiovascular Health Cervical Cancer Cholangiocarcinoma Cholesterol Chronic Kidney Disease Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Classical Hematology Colorectal Cancer Continuous Glucose Monitoring Cough and Cold Depression Dermatology Diabetes Digestive Health Dry Eye Disease Epilepsy Eye Care Flu Future of Pharmacy Gastrointestinal (..)
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What pharmacists should know about the new drugs approved in 2024
The Checkup by Singlecare
DECEMBER 26, 2024
Attruby works by stabilizing the transthyretin protein, helping to reduce heart-related deaths and the need for hospital visits. Attruby (acoramidis) The FDA approved Attruby in November 2024 for adults with transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM), a rare heart condition that can be life-threatening.
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STAT+: Health AI investments are off to a roaring start in 2025
STAT
JANUARY 15, 2025
Qualified Health and Collate , two early stage generative AI startups, targeting hospitals and pharma respectively, each announced $30 million in funding.
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Pharmacy Schools Should Prepare Students for Workforce Challenges
Drug Topics
JULY 9, 2025
Most of the students observed burnout among community chain pharmacists (90%), then community independent (69%), and hospital and health system (65%). When tasked with ranking the most important aspects when deciding on a career, flexibility was one of the most selected answers.”
How and why pharmacists should get involved in clinical research
Hospital Pharmacy Europe
MARCH 11, 2025
For pharmacists with the will, time and support to get involved in clinical research, the benefits are many not only for them, but also for their patients, teams and hospitals. With a workforce under pressure, getting involved in clinical trials and pilot research projects might be the last thing on hospital pharmacists minds.
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Certain hormonal contraceptives found to have higher myocardial infarction and stroke risk
Hospital Pharmacy Europe
MARCH 4, 2025
The post Certain hormonal contraceptives found to have higher myocardial infarction and stroke risk appeared first on Hospital Pharmacy Europe. A version of this article was originally published by our sister publication Pulse.
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Avoiding Medicare Penalties: Navigating Challenges with PharmD Live Solutions
PharmD Live
JANUARY 8, 2025
Critical Timelines: Performance Year 2024: Providers must track and manage quality metrics from January 1 to December 31, 2024, focusing on key areas such as medication adherence and hospital readmission rates. Early 2025: Medicare penalties take effect for providers who failed to meet 2023 quality metrics.
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Clinical Value of Nonstatin Therapies
Pharmacy Times
MAY 12, 2025
Panelists discuss how evidence from a value-based care perspective demonstrates long-term health benefits, including reduced recurrent events and hospitalizations, as well as cost savings associated with intensive low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C)lowering therapies beyond statins in patients who are very high-risk post-atherosclerotic cardiovascular (..)
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Lancet study illustrates drug delivery “milestone”
European Pharmaceutical Review
JUNE 12, 2025
We’ve converted something that has to be taken once a day to once a week, orally, using a technology that can be adapted for a variety of medications” The six-armed, star-shaped drug delivery device can be folded inward and encased in a smooth capsule the size of a multivitamin.
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Netty Cracknell on the current state and future trajectory of pharmacy in cancer services
Hospital Pharmacy Europe
JUNE 26, 2025
And more specifically for pharmacists working in hospitals, there is also the potential for AI to be used to clinically verify or screen prescriptions and highlight those that need more input from an experienced oncology pharmacist due to specific parameters not being met.’
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First cardiology consultant pharmacist appointed in Scotland to improve patient outcomes
Hospital Pharmacy Europe
MARCH 18, 2025
Previous experience with early supported discharge clinics has shown that pharmacist-led interventions can help patients leave the hospital sooner while maintaining effective follow-up care. The post First cardiology consultant pharmacist appointed in Scotland to improve patient outcomes appeared first on Hospital Pharmacy Europe.
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Farxiga vs. Jardiance: Key differences, uses, and side effects
The Checkup by Singlecare
FEBRUARY 4, 2025
Farxiga is additionally FDA approved to: lower the chances of heart-related deaths and hospital visits for adults with heart failure and reduce the risk of hospital visits due to heart failure in adults with Type 2 diabetes who have existing heart disease or multiple heart risk factors.
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Expanding Pneumococcal Vaccinations to Healthy Adults Aged 50 to 64 Years Offers Significant Health, Economic Benefits
Pharmacy Times
JUNE 20, 2025
Furthermore, an investigation conducted by Norwalk et al found significant differences between Black and non-Black populations in pneumococcal mortality and length of hospital stay. Racial disparities in adult pneumococcal vaccination indications and pneumococcal hospitalizations in the US. MMWR Morb Wkly Rep. 2025;74:1-8.
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Aseptic services supervision divides opinion but Government plan gets go-ahead
Hospital Pharmacy Europe
JULY 18, 2025
Supervision in hospital aseptic facilities The third proposal outlined in the legislation will enable suitably qualified and experienced pharmacy technicians to be responsible for a hospital aseptic facility without having to act under the supervision or authorisation of a pharmacist.
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Educate asthma patients about when inhalers are empty, study recommends
Hospital Pharmacy Europe
MARCH 5, 2025
Study author Professor Anna Murphy, a consultant respiratory pharmacist at University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, said: This research shines a light on a concerning reality that patients lack the knowledge to know when to replace their inhaler device. A version of this article was originally published by our sister publication Pulse.
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Efficiency, Education, and Evolution: What’s Next for Pharmacy Practice?
Pharmacy Times
JUNE 24, 2025
Author(s): Alexandra Gerlach, Associate Editor , Scott A.
Once-daily cystic fibrosis treatment recommended by NICE
Hospital Pharmacy Europe
JULY 18, 2025
Access to a once-daily treatment at home can make an enormous difference to patients and their families – reducing the burden of hospital appointments and allowing children and young people to live more freely and independently. The post Once-daily cystic fibrosis treatment recommended by NICE appeared first on Hospital Pharmacy Europe.
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Action required over ‘precautionary’ recall of UK tamoxifen batch
Hospital Pharmacy Europe
JULY 1, 2025
The post Action required over ‘precautionary’ recall of UK tamoxifen batch appeared first on Hospital Pharmacy Europe. A version of this article was originally published by our sister publication The Pharmacist.
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