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Episode 908: Finally, All the VTE Recommendations In One Document!

Pharmacy Joe

Episode 908: Finally, All the VTE Recommendations In One Document! Subscribe on iTunes , Android , or Stitcher The CHEST guidelines on venous thromboembolism disease are an invaluable resource, but one flaw that has persisted since 2016 has made referencing the guidelines awkward and inconvenient. Statment 11.2

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Episode 908: Finally, All the VTE Recommendations In One Document!

Pharmacy Joe

Episode 908: Finally, All the VTE Recommendations In One Document! Subscribe on iTunes , Android , or Stitcher The CHEST guidelines on venous thromboembolism disease are an invaluable resource, but one flaw that has persisted since 2016 has made referencing the guidelines awkward and inconvenient. Statment 11.2

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Medical Documentation

RX Note

Since we don't even remember what we eat this morning, it is vital to make proper medical documentation. The amendments should be documented on the prescription and endorsed with “prescriber contacted” (PC), dated and initialled by the pharmacist/person dispensing. Readable) Use only well-recognized abbreviations. Not be informal.

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STAT+: DaVita faces another probe over ties to kidney care charity

STAT

attorney general is specifically looking at “communications with AKF, documents relating to donations to the AKF, and communications with patients, providers, and insurers regarding the AKF.” ” The probe covers everything from January 2016 to the present day. Continue to STAT+ to read the full story…

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STAT+: A ‘disaster’, or a ‘clear path’ forward?: New FDA guidance on AI in medicine sparks strong reactions

STAT

One medical device lawyer wrote that the document “violates” the 21st Century Cures Act passed by Congress in 2016 to exempt certain software products from regulatory review. But they are sharply divided on whether that’s a much-needed change, or a dramatic overreach by regulators.

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ICYMI: Cancer death rate continues to decline due to treatment advances

PhRMA

This report is the latest to document this progress. One study found, between 2000 and 2016 alone, new cancer medicines were associated with nearly 1.3 The report notes the continued decline in death rates since 1991, including a 1.5% million averted cancer deaths across the 15 most common tumor types.

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EMA issues guidance amidst European medicine shortage

Pharmaceutical Technology

Within the 14-page document , published by an EMA special task force, are 10 recommendations of best practices that “marketing authorisation holders, wholesalers, distributors, and manufacturers can consider adopting to ensure continuity of medicinal product supply and reduce the impact of shortages”.