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Coming off of a succfessful 2002, independent pharmacy owners anticipate a slight business downturn in 2003, according to Drug Topics' annual business outlook survey.

A group of NC clinical pharmacists share their experience in working in drug therapy management clinics.

United States Pharamacopei'a Center for the Advancement of Patient Safety releases report on drug errors in hospitals as a result of improper administration techniques.

Therapy to improve PCI outcome.

Payment rates for outpatient care for 2003.

Introduction to business outlook cover story.

How do you treat an obese man with schizophrenia?

Parkinson's disease dilemma

RFP for automating pharmacy.

Transplant patients may one day be completely free from grueling regimens of immunosuppressive drugs, according to researchers from India, Stanford University, and the University of Pittsburgh. The investigators presented findings from three studies at the recent 19th International Congress of The Transplantation Society, which was held in Miami, Fla.

Prednisone-induced bone loss

Leapfrog Group pushing for intensivists on ICUs.

Transplant patients may one day be completely free from grueling regimens of immunosuppressive drugs, according to researchers from India, Stanford University, and the University of Pittsburgh. The investigators presented findings from three studies at the recent 19th International Congress of The Transplantation Society, which was held in Miami, Fla.

HIPAA privacy rules

GPO code of conduct

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HIV retroviral therapy recommendations

HIV retroviral therapy recommendations

Reducing risk of infections

Excessive warfarin effect

Hospitals and other institutions keep repeating the same medication errors, according to the report Summary of Information Submitted to MedMARx in the Year 2000: Charting a Course for Change. The good news is that they have shown improvement in reporting these errors.

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Patient with CHF, diabetes, and renal function problems

Crohn&s disease and ulcerative colitis are both inflammatory diseases of the bowel, but therapy that is appropriate for treating one condition may not be appropriate for treating the other. Treatment should be approriate for the area of the GI tract affected.

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unit dose medications

Asthma control in pregnant patient

Pharmacists who are certified in nutrition support might be able to get Medicare provider numbers for nutrition support services

A survey of 400 physicians found that thousands of heart failure patients are not receiving beta-blocker therapy, in spite of strong evidence that incorporating beta-blockers into a treatment plan increases survival and decreases the number of hospitalizations.

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