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STAT+: The stories that shaped our understanding of the health care system

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” The answer invariably comes back to a popular 2003 journal article from a quartet of health economists titled, “ It’s The Prices, Stupid.” ” Continue to STAT+ to read the full story…

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ACMT Toxicology Visual Pearl: The Heart Won’t Go On and On

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Lancet 2003; 361 (9373): 1935-8. PMID 12801736 Author information Sheila Goertemoeller, PharmD, DABAT, ICPS Clinical Toxicologist and Educator Drug and Poison Information Center Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center | The post ACMT Toxicology Visual Pearl: The Heart Won’t Go On and On appeared first on ALiEM.

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AbbVie begins trials of COVID-19 antibody therapy

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The license agreement will help advance the development of ABBV-47D11, which in pre-clinical research demonstrated potential against SARS-CoV-2, as well as the related SARS-CoV-1 virus that caused an outbreak in Asia in 2003.

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Drug Channels News Roundup, February 2021: Accumulator Problems, Humana + ESI, White Bagging Battles, Buy-and-Bill Economics, and Pharmacy Hero Dave Marley

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In this issue: Payers confess: Patients lose from copay accumulators Humana joins the Express Scripts GPO Hospitals vs. PBMs over specialty pharmacy white bagging Let’s all follow the Buy-and-Bill Dollar! Re: UnitedHealthcare Coverage Policies , American Hospital Association. The battle for specialty drug margin rages on.

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Episode 751: Does aspiration pneumonia require different antibiotics than community acquired pneumonia?

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Newer studies of acute aspiration events in hospitalized patients have suggested that anaerobic bacteria do not play a major role in the etiology of CAP. Another study from 2003 looked at 95 institutionalized elderly patients with severe aspiration pneumonia. One of these studies was in 1999 by Paul Marik.

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Episode 751: Does aspiration pneumonia require different antibiotics than community acquired pneumonia?

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Newer studies of acute aspiration events in hospitalized patients have suggested that anaerobic bacteria do not play a major role in the etiology of CAP. Another study from 2003 looked at 95 institutionalized elderly patients with severe aspiration pneumonia. One of these studies was in 1999 by Paul Marik.

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How clinical pharmacists can save lives and employer costs

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As part of the 2003 Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act, medication therapy management (MTM) is offered to those with Medicare Part D prescription drug plans. Patients who have chronic conditions, experience frequent hospitalizations or have multiple medications are referred to Sheldon by their doctors.