by GV Team | Aug 23, 2018 | Drug Information, Patient Safety, Resources, Senior Health
Article by National Institute on Aging “Clinicians were more likely to reduce the number and dose of opioid drugs they prescribed when they learned that one of their patients had died from a controlled substance overdose than those clinicians who were not...
by GV Team | Aug 17, 2018 | Drug Information, Resources, Senior Health
Article by AARP “Like VHS tapes and road atlases, doctors’ prescription pads are fast becoming a thing of the past. In fact, e-prescribing is now the primary way physicians are writing and sending prescriptions to pharmacies to be filled, via computers or...
by GV Team | Aug 9, 2018 | Drug Information, Messages from CEO
Article by AHRQ The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has announced a free, 12-month national project for LTC facilities to receive antibiotic use guidelines, expert coaching, online education, improvement tools, and patient education materials. The...
by GV Team | Aug 2, 2018 | Drug Information, Patient Safety, Senior Health
Article by Dena Bunis, AARP. “An overwhelming majority of Americans 50 and older support limiting the number of opioid pills patients are prescribed at one time, according to a new University of Michigan/AARP survey. Fewer than half of those responding to the...
by GV Team | Aug 1, 2018 | Drug Information, Messages from CEO, Patient Safety, Resources, Senior Health
Presentation by Cindy Hou, DO, MBA, FACOI and Marianne Kraemer, RN, MPA, ED.M, CCRN, Kennedy Health-New Jersey What is Sepsis? Sepsis is a toxic response to an infection. Every year, severe sepsis strikes more than a million Americans. According to the Centers for...
by GV Team | Jul 17, 2018 | Drug Information, Resources, Senior Health
Article by Garrett Schaffel, AARP “Most popular vitamin and mineral supplements that people may take to support their cardiovascular health do not actually help at all, according to a new study. Researchers at Toronto’s St. Michael’s Hospital and the...
