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Tranq dope (fentanyl-xylazine combination): A new horizon in opioid withdrawal treatment

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Inpatient wound care teams provided long-term support and a nutrition consult ordered protein, micronutrient, and vitamin supplementation. Clonidine is often added back to their regimens inpatient as their vital signs tolerate. 2023 Jan 1;53(1):140-2. 2022; 06/26/2023. 2023 Jun 1;36:89-91. 2023 Aug 1;89(2):231.

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STAT+: Congress created a unique plan to save rural hospitals — but few are using it

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When Ted Matthews came out of retirement in early 2023 to retake the helm of the rural Texas hospital where he’d started his health care career, it was something of a rescue mission.   And yet, just 38 hospitals have taken up the new designation since 2023, fewer than researchers had predicted.

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Efficiency, Education, and Evolution: What’s Next for Pharmacy Practice?

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And then into the outpatient and inpatient settings—are we treating the right patients in the inpatient setting that need to be treated? Then we filter that all the way down into the clinic, about how do we, you know, move patients in and out of the system? How are we advanced prepping drugs? Are we making sure things are going well?

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New Frontline BTK Inhibitor Strategy Gains FDA Approval in Untreated Mantle Cell Lymphoma

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The Value of a Medically Integrated Pharmacy to Maximize Cost Avoidance and Reduce Waste of Oral Oncolytic Medications

Pharmacy Times

Results American Oncology Network (AON) Pharmacy collected data on waste and cost avoidance from February 2023 to September 2023. If a discrepancy is found, the pharmacy nurses will hold the shipment, and a clinical intervention will be communicated to the provider. During this time frame, the pharmacy documented 152 interventions.

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Atrium Health: Pioneering Outpatient Transplant Models Driven by Pharmacist-Led Care

Pharmacy Times

So if patients are doing research about transplants, what they read and hear on the internet is that it’s all inpatient. Is it the inpatient pharmacy? We do it in our inpatient unit, and that allows those same nurses that take care of transplant patients every other day to take care of them in the outpatient setting.

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Evaluation of a Pharmacy-Delivered Oncofertility Intervention

Pharmacy Times

Records from patients who received oncology treatment from Walgreens Specialty Pharmacy from December 2023 to October 2024 were analyzed to determine the percentage of patients who opted for a fertility preservation counseling session. Materials and Methods This study design was descriptive, nonexperimental, and retrospective.