article thumbnail

Bemidji

Blog: Ask a Student Pharmacist

Services provided at the Red Lake Hospital include ambulatory care clinic, same day walk-in clinic, emergency department, 16 bed inpatient facility, dental, optometry, behavioral health, prenatal care, physical therapy, radiology, 40 bed long-term care facility, and comprehensive community health care.

article thumbnail

Wabasha

Blog: Ask a Student Pharmacist

Brady’s professional interests lie in all aspects of rural pharmacy and related patient care. In 2015, Tracy added responsibility for patient care services when her role changed to Director of Patient Care Services and Quality. Stacy has been the long-term care consultant pharmacist for two St.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Deprescribing Interventions Could Safely Reduce Number of Potentially Inappropriate Prescriptions

Drug Topics

Future research should utilize pharmacists’ knowledge to improve health outcomes, especially for older patients and deprescribing efforts. 1 A total of 118 trials were included, with a total of 417,412 patients (212,090 receiving an intervention and 205,322 as controls). Sign up today for our free Drug Topics newsletter.

article thumbnail

Brainerd

Blog: Ask a Student Pharmacist

Joseph’s Medical Center is part of Essentia Health, an integrated health system serving patients in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and North Dakota. She now also serves as an Acute Care Team Lead and the PGY-1 Residency Program Coordinator for SJMC. Her primary practice is critical care, general medicine, and emergency medicine.

article thumbnail

5 reasons you should become a pharmacy technician

The Checkup by Singlecare

Pharmacies would crumble without the assistance of pharmacy techs in managing inventory, interacting with patients, and assisting pharmacists with dispensing medications safely and accurately. These highly trained professionals help drive patient care and ensure the pharmacy operates smoothly.

article thumbnail

FDA green lights Oxehealth vital signs monitoring software

pharmaphorum

The Oxevision system is primarily used in nursing homes and long-term care facilities, where there is a clear advantage to having hands-free monitoring, and can be used for example to monitor sleep patterns or make sure that a patient hasn’t fallen out of bed, left their room or carried out self-harm.

article thumbnail

Medical Solutions Acquires North Carolina-Based Matchwell

Aureus Medical Group

Medical Solutions specializes in placing quality travel nurses, allied healthcare professionals, interim clinical leaders, and non-clinical professionals, in contingent as well as permanent positions, for hospitals, clinics, and long-term care facilities throughout the U.S.