Pharmacists

Melatonin is increasingly used to treat insomnia, although evidence for its efficacy and safety is lacking Melatonin is increasingly used to treat insomnia, although evidence for its efficacy and safety is lacking I said it twice for a reason. You will note in the sentence what I think you know but write off due to, […]

Natural language processing might seem a bit arcane and technical – the type of thing that software engineers talk about deep into the night, but of limited usefulness for practicing docs and their patients. Yet software that can “read” physicians’ and nurses’ notes may prove to be one of the seminal breakthroughs in digital medicine. […]

  That was the old cardiology joke from a decade ago when job supply exceeded demand.  The field seemed to get its groove back—through both supplier-induced and demand factors—but do not hold your breath.  Workforce needs have only begun to get critical reappraisal and I would not rule out restaurant service for any specialty as […]

by Paul W. Abramowitz, PharmD, ScD, FASHP The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) is dedicated to building relationships within the health care community that strengthen medication and patient safety through interprofessional care. We are excited to have the Society of Hospital Medicine’s (SHM) participation this year in our Medication Safety Collaborative. As health care […]

In retrospect – always in retrospect – it should have been obvious that, when it came to Dr. Charles Denham, something was not quite right. In a remarkable number of cases of medical errors, it’s clear – again, in retrospect – that there were signs that something was amiss, but they were ignored. The reasons […]

I’m well aware that a good fraction of the people in this country – let’s call them Rush fans – spend their lives furious at the New York Times. I am not one of them. I love the Grey Lady; it would be high on my list of things to bring to a desert island. […]