Information Technology Has Improved Efficiency of ASP Operations and Enabled Innovative Strategies

by GV Team | Sep 21, 2018 | Drug Information, Patient Safety, Reducing Readmissions, Resources, Senior Health

Article by Shashi N. Kapadia, MD, MS, The Joint Commission Journal “Dedicated antimicrobial stewardship software was present at each of the programs and was used for generating alerts for stewardship personnel to identify opportunities for intervention,...

Daily Aspirin Can Harm Healthy Older Adults

by GV Team | Sep 20, 2018 | Drug Information, Patient Safety, Resources, Senior Health

Article by Kathleen Fifield, AARP “Designed to “fill in the gaps” about whether daily low-dose aspirin has benefits for healthy adults over 70 — an age group left unaddressed in existing medical guidelines, a major new study published in the New England Journal...

Let’s Get Down to Business: The Value of Pharmacy Immunization

by GV Team | Sep 13, 2018 | Drug Information, Patient Safety, Resources, Senior Health

Article by Pharmacy Times “Amid an evolving health care landscape, pharmacists’ growing role in administering influenza and other vaccines can provide them with new opportunities to enhance their business and improve patient health. Pharmacists’ scope of...

Notification of Patient Overdose Deaths Reduces Clinician Opioid Prescriptions

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...

E-Prescriptions Can Be Better for Consumers

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...

AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use

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...