- How hospitals could prevent thousands of central line infection deaths (fiercehealthcare.com)There’s an infection hospitals can nearly always prevent. Why don’t they? (vox.com)
Central line infections killed nearly 10,000 hospital patients in 2013, but hospitals could prevent nearly all such infections by following a simple checklist,...The hospital industry's thinking on the problem is gradually changing,...
- Leader of Large Prescription Drug Trafficking Ring Sentenced to 15 Years in Federal Prison (dea.gov)
Donald Lee King previously admitted to orchestrating a criminal conspiracy that smuggled large quantities of Alprolazam from Mexico to Kentucky and Tennessee...has been sentenced to 180 months in federal prison.
- Cardinal Health serves up scholarship funds for pharmacy schools (chaindrugreview.com)
Cardinal Health Inc. is providing more than $1 million in funding to 10 pharmacy schools across the country as part of its efforts to support future pharmacists..."Supporting future community pharmacy leaders through this scholarship program is an honor, and we continue to be inspired by the next generation of innovative, patient-focused pharmacy owners as they begin serving their communities."
- The App Will See You Now, But May Not Get The Diagnosis Right (khn.org)
..warning out today for those who go online or to apps to figure out why they have an upset tummy or nagging cough or occasional chest pain. Symptom checkers, those tools that ask for information and suggest a diagnosis, are accurate only about half of the time.
- CIOs should prepare for possibility of lawsuits following security breaches (fiercehealthit.com)
Chief information officers may soon have to find themselves lawyers, because as cybersecurity attacks increase, the IT leaders could end up in the courtroom,…In the wake of the fallout from the news that the U.S. Office of Personnel Management was hacked, exposing the records of millions of federal employees,...
- Risks and benefits of pharmacists accessing patients’ summary care records (pharmaceutical-journal.com)
Pharmacists and pharmacy technicians in England gain access to patient records,...government has decided to give...read-only access to the summary care record, an electronic patient record derived from patients’ GP records, if the patient gives consent.
- NCPA applauds lawmakers’ pursuit of MAC pricing transparency (chaindrugreview.com)
Eleven congressmen have asked the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services for information on the enforcement of transparency measures for generic drug payments in Medicare Part D plans for 2016.
- Researchers call for global genomic data repository in the cloud (fiercehealthit.com)Data analysis: Create a cloud commons (nature.com)
Researchers from Canada, Europe and the United States are calling on major funding agencies to set up a global genomic data repository in the cloud...available ...worldwide...offer massive storage and compute power...applaud...National Institutes of Health's decision...to lift its restriction on the use of cloud computing for storing genomic data sets.
- There’s an app for you: Tools for pharmacist use (pharmacist.com)
As pharmacists shift to a more patient-centered role, quick access to accurate, timely information is crucial. Mobile apps for pharmacist use fit the bill.
-Epocrates
-iPharmacy Pill ID & Drug Info
-Pharmacy Lab Values
-Pocket Pharmacist
-SHOTS Immunizations
- Pest invasion: 2 VA hospitals find bats, rats and more (militarytimes.com)Emails reveal pest control problems at Haley VA hospital (tampabay.com)
Bats, rats and other pests are turning VA facilities into their summer homes. The recent discovery of dead bats in trashcans led the Eastern Kansas VA Hospital in Leavenworth to shut down operating rooms and postpone 16 surgeries until next week.