Dr. Harlan Krumholz has an interesting perspective in the January 10, 2013 NEJM making a clear point that using the primary diagnosis as the driver for clinical follow-up after dis[...]
For older adults the transition home from the hospital is usually a welcome one. However, many older adults end up right back in the hospital, and as many as 2/3rd’s of these[...]
On June 15th the Pharmacy Society of Wisconsin (PSW) released news that they had received a Federal grant from CMS for $4.1million over a three year period. Through its Wisconsin P[...]
In a recent review in the Wall Street Journal, written by Harvard Medical School Drs. Pamela Hartzband and Jerome Groopman, there is a good read titled “Rise of the Medical E[...]
In the most recent issue (March 2012) of The Consultant Pharmacist, the journal of the American Society of Consulting Pharmacists, authors Christopher Novak, et al, published their[...]
I read the press release over a year ago on how Golden Living Centers will be transitioning its contracted, outsourced pharmacy consulting services in its long term care facilities[...]
In October of 2010, Dr. Doron Garfinkel published study results from the application of the Good Palliative-Geriatric Practice algorithm in community-dwelling older adults, showing[...]
Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) may want to look a little deeper as to why many of their hospital patients who recently discharged are coming back within 30-days. An article [...]
