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Parkinson's disease dilemma

RFP for automating pharmacy.

Transplant patients may one day be completely free from grueling regimens of immunosuppressive drugs, according to researchers from India, Stanford University, and the University of Pittsburgh. The investigators presented findings from three studies at the recent 19th International Congress of The Transplantation Society, which was held in Miami, Fla.

Prednisone-induced bone loss

Leapfrog Group pushing for intensivists on ICUs.

Transplant patients may one day be completely free from grueling regimens of immunosuppressive drugs, according to researchers from India, Stanford University, and the University of Pittsburgh. The investigators presented findings from three studies at the recent 19th International Congress of The Transplantation Society, which was held in Miami, Fla.

HIPAA privacy rules

GPO code of conduct

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HIV retroviral therapy recommendations

HIV retroviral therapy recommendations

Reducing risk of infections

Excessive warfarin effect

Hospitals and other institutions keep repeating the same medication errors, according to the report Summary of Information Submitted to MedMARx in the Year 2000: Charting a Course for Change. The good news is that they have shown improvement in reporting these errors.

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Patient with CHF, diabetes, and renal function problems

Crohn&s disease and ulcerative colitis are both inflammatory diseases of the bowel, but therapy that is appropriate for treating one condition may not be appropriate for treating the other. Treatment should be approriate for the area of the GI tract affected.

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unit dose medications

Asthma control in pregnant patient

Pharmacists who are certified in nutrition support might be able to get Medicare provider numbers for nutrition support services

A survey of 400 physicians found that thousands of heart failure patients are not receiving beta-blocker therapy, in spite of strong evidence that incorporating beta-blockers into a treatment plan increases survival and decreases the number of hospitalizations.

signing bonuses

At the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, pharmacists can veto physicians' drug orders if they are inappropriate

potassium chloride mishap