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Calls for removing the Congressional prohibition on the use of federal funds for development of unique ID…correct patient identification as a critical need for ensuring patient safety…"The accurate and efficient matching of patients with their healthcare data is a signification threat to patient safety,"

'What's at stake in healthcare is confidence in the system'...healthcare organizations too often depend on security protections that aren't much more than "theater."… a more nuanced approach is needed – a "delicate balancing act" that makes smart use of technology while also capitalizing on a people-based approach...

3 Dimensional Printing has expanded its reach and hopes to make waves in the health care sector….Organovo strives to design fully functional human tissues and organs to experiment with investigational drugs in vitro first, and eventually to sustainably implant the tissues and organs in humans….

Patients will be told the price of every drug they are prescribed that costs the National Health Service more than £20 ($31) in a scheme to help reduce waste and encourage patients to complete courses of medicine.Under the plans, drug packets will be marked with a label stating that they have been “funded by the UK taxpayer” along with the total price that the prescription costs the health service.

Alarmed by rising resistance to antibiotics scientists….taking a fresh look at bacteria-chomping viruses first isolated a century ago from the stools of patients recovering from dysentery… with the rise of drug-resistant "superbugs" … first...clinical trial of phage therapy…start treating…burns patients with infections...

American Pharmacists Association Foundation has introduced a self-management tool designed to improve healthcare outcomes for diabetes patients and to reduce overall costs..."enables pharmacists and other healthcare providers to gain a comprehensive understanding of their patients’ ability to manage their diabetes"

Compliance with the United States Pharmacopeia chapter <800> is on the horizon, and pharmacists everywhere should know what to expect with these standards for handling hazardous drugs in their facilities.

Health IT support in care coordination inconsistent….leaves much to be desired, according to a new survey of clinicians….survey showed that although 78 percent of the 350 respondents viewed timely notification of hospital discharges as very important, only about 49 percent used health IT systems to accomplish this task.

An emerging trend in health care is that some patient-centered medical homes are including pharmacists. At Tripler Army Medical Center…a 1-year pilot showed that the value of …clinical pharmacists can be quantified in both cost and quality terms.

I had a great fear of opening the state Board of Pharmacy’s quarterly newsletter and seeing my name connected with a reprimand for a pharmacy mistake…we need mechanisms in place to protect the public safety by weeding out extremely careless pharmacists…many pharmacists are understandably reluctant to report their colleagues…