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Episode 918: What Happens If You Give a Cephalosporin to a Patient With Moderate, Severe, or Unknown Beta-Lactam Allergy?

Pharmacy Joe

Subscribe on iTunes , Android , or Stitcher The label of “penicillin allergic” usually sticks to a patient’s medical record forever. The trouble is that many recorded allergies are actually intolerances, such as nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea.

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Episode 749: Three reasons why 1 clinical pharmacist on the unit = 2 in the office

Pharmacy Joe

If I’m trying to determine whether venous thromboembolism prophylaxis is appropriate, it is much faster and accurate to see the sequential compression stockings (SCDs) on the patient’s legs than it is to search the medical record for documentation that SCDs were applied.

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Episode 749: Three reasons why 1 clinical pharmacist on the unit = 2 in the office

Pharmacy Joe

If I’m trying to determine whether venous thromboembolism prophylaxis is appropriate, it is much faster and accurate to see the sequential compression stockings (SCDs) on the patient’s legs than it is to search the medical record for documentation that SCDs were applied.

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The case for AI and machine learning in life sciences

Pharmaceutical Technology

Using AI in Electronic Medical Record systems AI already plays a significant role in Electronic Medical Records (EMR) which have evolved from being electronic versions of personal health records to providing deep AI-driven analysis that provides clinical decision support (CDS).

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Episode 661: Fentanyl Patch Safety in Hospitals

Pharmacy Joe

Documentation within the medical record. To access my free download area with 20 different resources to help you in your practice, go to pharmacyjoe.com/free. In 2017 the authors developed and implemented a procedure requiring an opioid status verification by a pharmacist for all fentanyl patch orders.

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Antimicrobial Choice

RX Note

Document the antimicrobial therapy in the patient's medical record or medication chart, including the indication and the intended duration of therapy before further review or cessation. Example of patients with altered pharmacokinetics (e.g. before the availability of culture or susceptibility testing result).

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How AI, automation, and machine learning are upgrading clinical trials

Pharmaceutical Technology

They can analyse data sources such as medical records and even social media content to detect subgroups and geographies that may be relevant to the trial. AI can also alert medical staff and patients to clinical trial opportunities. Optical character recognition (OCR) can address structured and unstructured native documents.