Royal Pharmaceutical Society Vows To Improve The Lot Of Pharmacists After Symposium The Royal Pharmaceutical Society has vowed to step up its campaign to have dispensing errors decriminalised as part of a raft of key initiatives to improve the working conditions of pharmacists, President Steve Churton announced today.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comPrescription Drug Use Dropped In 2008, Though Spending Increased, Medco Research Indicates Use of
prescription drugs in the U.S. declined in 2008 -- the first such decrease in a decade -- but total spending on such treatments increased by 3.3%, according to a report released on Wednesday by Medco Health Solutions, the AP/Washington Post reports.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comNew Medicine Evaluation Tools For Aged Care Facilities Two new Drug Use Evaluation (DUE) tools have been developed by the National Prescribing Service Ltd (NPS) to assist health professionals working in aged care facilities with optimal drug therapy relating to laxative use, and hypnotics. The NPS DUE toolkits provide localised activities to compare current drug use against best practice and guide health professionals in their decision making to achieve the best outcomes for patients.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comAmerican Society of Health-System Pharmacists Honors Members For Practice Excellence And Leadership Thirty-two health-system pharmacists have been given the title "Fellow" by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) in recognition of the excellence they have achieved in
pharmacy practice. The 2009 Fellows will be honored on Tuesday, June 16, 2009, during the ASHP Summer Meeting in Rosemont, IL. The ASHP Practitioner Recognition Program recognizes excellence in practice and promotes public awareness of outstanding pharmacists.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comThe Barriers That Prevent Children From Taking Prescribed Medicines The widespread problem of children failing to take their medication for a range of life-threatening illnesses is to be tackled as part of a new university research project. The 21-month study involving health specialists at The University of Nottingham and The University of Leicester will draw on the experiences of school children with asthma, diabetes, congenital heart disease and epilepsy to learn about the barriers that prevent them from taking medicines prescribed for them.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comNPA Meets Home Secretary About Business Opportunity - Biometric Recording High street retailers are in talks to offer a service to people applying for identity cards and biometric passports, Home Secretary Jacqui Smith announced recently. At a breakfast meeting this morning, Jacqui Smith met with organisations who had expressed an interest in working with the Identity and Passport Service (IPS) to offer their customers the ability to apply for a second generation passport or an ID card.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comFunding Boost Acknowledges Importance Of Quality Use Of Medicines, National Prescribing Service, Australia The National Prescribing Service Ltd (NPS) has welcomed a funding enhancement from the Federal Government to expand on our quality use of medicines work. NPS will receive additional funds over the next four years to continue programs that improve medicines use among Australians. "This announcement acknowledges NPS' role in providing accurate, independent information to health professionals and consumers.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comThe Danger To Teens Of OTC Medications Teens, who are starting to make more decisions about their own health care, may not know enough about over-the-counter pain medications to avoid complications or inadvertent misuse. A University of Rochester Medical Center study surveyed almost 100 young people between 14 and 20 years old and found that the average score on series of questions about knowledge of over-the-counter medication was 44 percent.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comTriglycerides Implicated In Diabetes Nerve Loss A common blood test for triglycerides - a well-known cardiovascular disease risk factor - may also for the first time allow doctors to predict which patients with diabetes are more likely to develop the serious, common complication of neuropathy.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comPatients, Community Pharmacists Tell Federal Trade Commission Of CVS/Caremark Merger's Costly Side Effects More than 80 community pharmacists from the National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) and several patients met with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) today to discuss the negative impact of the March 2007 CVS/Caremark merger and to urge the FTC to re-examine it.
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