Pharmaceutical Care Management Association (PCMA) released the following statement on a new analysis of federal data by the Institute for Safe Medications that found the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has received a record number of reports of serious drug reactions, including more than 4,800 deaths: “This...
Pharmaceutical Care Management Association: New Analysis Highlights The Need For Rapid Physician Adoption Of E-Prescribing
Patient Safety Research: Treating It Like Other Clinical Studies Slows Progress
Progress in patient safety research could slow to a crawl unless regulators work out a host of ethical issues, Johns Hopkins researchers assert in an upcoming opinion piece. “We can’t apply a clinical paradigm to patient safety research. It just isn’t the right fit,” says Nancy...
Ecologists Must Join Humanity’s Rush To The Cities
Cities are responsible for so many of the sustainability challenges faced by our urbanising world, but urban ecologists can help unlock the benefits of city living, say researchers in Science. Urban environments act as microcosms of the challenges faced globally, which makes them real world laboratories...
Patient Safety Authority Visits Facilities For Information On Wrong-Site Surgery
While reports of wrong-site surgeries in the Commonwealth have decreased during 2007, some facilities continue to report wrong-site surgeries that may have been prevented had they followed protocols implemented by other Pennsylvania facilities that have been successful in preventing wrong-site surgeries...
Shingles Sends Nearly 1 Million Americans To The Doctor
Nearly 1 million Americans receive medical care for shingles or its complications, according to the latest News and Numbers from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Shingles comes from an infection with varicella-zoster virus - the same virus that cases chicken pox - and can result in burning...
National Museum Of Health And Medicine Launches Monthly Health Awareness Exhibits
Beginning in January 2008, the National Museum of Health and Medicine, located on the campus of Walter Reed Army Medical Center, will launch a series of occasional exhibits highlighting major monthly health awareness observances. A small exhibit case near the Museum’s main gallery entrance will...
Elections To Health Boards Not The Solution To Poor Public Engagement, Says BMA Scotland
Commenting on the launch of the consultation for a Local Healthcare Bill, Dr Peter Terry, chairman of the BMA in Scotland, said: “Encouraging greater involvement and promoting effective governance are both laudable aims for the Scottish Government. The BMA supports greater public involvement but...
New International Health Regulations Now In Force, USA
New International Health Regulations (IHR)-designed to halt the international spread of dangerous diseases and other threats-are now in force, with the chief aim of reducing the time it takes to identify an illness or other public health threat-including chemical and radiological hazards-that could have...
New Study: U.S. Ranks Last Among Other Industrialized Nations On Preventable Deaths
The United States places last among 19 countries when it comes to deaths that could have been prevented by access to timely and effective health care, according to new research supported by The Commonwealth Fund and published in the January/February issue of Health Affairs. While other nations dramatically...
California Endures Nasty Storm To Start The New Year
California is known for its earthquakes and wildfires, but Mother Nature is adding heavy winds, rains, mudslides and blizzards to the mix this winter. Residents and tourists are reacting to a winter storm that began blowing in from the Pacific Ocean yesterday bringing rain, snow and high winds. American...