Older adults often assume new prescriptions have no side effects
Clinicians may want to intentionally emphasize side effects when prescribing new medications to older patients, a new study suggests.
Clinicians may want to intentionally emphasize side effects when prescribing new medications to older patients, a new study suggests.
Nursing home and assisted living operators should talk with their existing pharmacy provider about their capability to participate in the federal government’s new COVID-19 vaccine delivery program, advocates say.
Long-term care facilities nationwide can voluntarily opt in to a free pharmacy partnership program that will provide and administer future COVID-19 vaccines on site, federal officials announced Friday.
Only 29% of seniors who take five or more prescription drugs have had a comprehensive medication review to avert potential interactions, according to new national findings.
Qualified pharmacists serving long-term care facilities will now be able to administer COVID-19 vaccines to residents and staff members once the serum is ready, under new guidance announced Wednesday by federal health officials.
Pharmacists are advocating to insert a policy in the upcoming coronavirus relief bill that would give them Medicare Part B provider status for conducting COVID-19 testing and vaccinations.
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A powerful congressman has asked long-term care pharmacists to help monitor and reduce antipsychotic use in nursing homes.
Swisslog Healthcare Solutions announced the launch of its Nexus™ Station at the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists Summer Meeting in Denver.
The final stages of preparation are underway for the 2014 American Society of Consultant Pharmacists’ (ASCP) annual meeting and exhibition. The gathering of great minds in geriatric medication management takes place November 5-7 at the Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center in Orlando, FL.