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Opinion: Health care has an ‘LMNO’ problem

STAT

On inpatient medical services, it’s common to hear patients’ laboratory results presented with statements sounding like “CALCE-MAG-FOSS were normal.” ” The efficiency of this reporting is part of the secret handshake of one insider communicating with another.

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Inpatient to Outpatient: Myelofibrosis Care

Pharmacy Times

Pharmacists discuss challenges in transitioning myelofibrosis patients between inpatient and outpatient care settings, emphasizing medication reconciliation and seamless inter-team communication.

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Digital Health Education for Health Professionals: What are the Next Steps?

The Digital Apothecary

Digital Health and Healthcare Professional Education Publications Integrating mHealth and mobile technology education into the pharmacy curriculum (2014) Using a hackathon for interprofessional health education opportunities (2015) Leveraging mobile smart devices to improve interprofessional communications in inpatient practice setting: A literature (..)

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The OK for Patients’ Return to Healthcare Needs Clear Signals From Trusted Sources

Eye on FDA

As with all venues – work, restaurants and healthcare, a return is going to be premised on multiple factors, but many of which will rely on communications. Clear communications on this front will not be easy. That makes this more of a grassroots effort than communications that comes from the top-down.

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Five Lessons Learned About Antimicrobial Stewardship Metrics

ID Stewardship

Along this line of thought, I have also learned to be gentle with how I communicate my lack of confidence in data that is shared with me. Understanding inpatient antimicrobial stewardship metric. It is critical to recognizethat the data source and system it is filtered through will determinethe quality of the data.

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Episode 941: Can non-verbal ICU pain scales indicate the severity of pain?

Pharmacy Joe

Subscribe on iTunes , Android , or Stitcher The use of pain assessments for patients who are unable to verbally communicate are recommended in the SCCM Pain, Agitation & Delirium Guidelines. Episode 941: Can non-verbal ICU pain scales indicate the severity of pain?

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Episode 850: A Pharmacy-Driven Rapid Bacteremia Response Program

Pharmacy Joe

If you like this post, check out my book – A Pharmacist’s Guide to Inpatient Medical Emergencies: How to respond to code blue, rapid response calls, and other medical emergencies. <– To access my free download area with 20 different resources to help you in your practice, go to pharmacyjoe.com/free.