Jul 20, 2019
The Australian Commission for Safety and Quality in Healthcare has released it’s report: THE STATE OF PATIENT SAFETY AND QUALITY IN AUSTRALIAN HOSPITALS 2019. The detailed report addresses a range of important issues, including some specific to medication...
Jul 20, 2019
A retrospective study of 11,557 people treated in ED for a non-fatal overdose in the USA has examined the ultimate outcome of death from any cause within 1 year of overdose treatment. Of these 635 (5.5%) died within 1 year, 130 (1.1%) died within 1 month, and 29...
Jul 20, 2019
Study objective A team of researchers from the USA has recently examined risk for transitioning to persistent opioid or high-risk use after an initial emergency department (ED) opioid prescription.The study examined adults with no record of opioid prescriptions in the...
Jul 19, 2019
The iPLEDGE system is a rigorous program designed to reduce fetal exposure to isotretinoin, and a study recently published in JAMA dermatology has examined the frequency and rate of pregnancy and pregnancy-related adverse events among women taking isotretinoin...
Jul 19, 2019
Newly published in the prestigious British Medical Journal, a systematic review and meta-analysis has addressed the serious problem of preventable patient harm in medical care: 70 studies involving 337 025 patients were included in the meta-analysis, yielding a pooled...
Jul 17, 2019
General Medical Practices in the UK are increasingly employing pharmacists. As a part of a broader intervention in a study of the management of chronic disease, remote medication reviews leading to up to four recommendations for the GP to discuss with the patient...
