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Features
Fix the Problem, Not the Blame:
Preventing Medication Errors in Long-Term Care
Michael Cohen
The Institute for Safe Medication Practices takes a "critical incidence"
approach to medication errors, focusing on problems most likely to harm
the patient and those having clear causes that can be effectively addressed.
Dollars and Sense: Developing Reimbursement
Strategies for Pharmacists' Cognitive Services
Stephen M. Feldman
Developing skills in collecting and presenting outcomes data can help
consultant pharmacists overcome the barriers to getting paid for pharmaceutical
care services.
Urinary Incontinence in the Elderly
Caren McHenry Martin
Appropriate pharmacological management can go a long way toward enhancing
quality of life for elderly patients with urinary incontinence.
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C O N T E N T S
August 1997/Volume 12, Number 8
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About the artist:This month's cover features a
watercolor by Audrey Ferguson. Ferguson is a resident of Leisure World
in Silver Spring, Maryland, where she is a member of the Art Guild. |
Clinical Reviews
The Role of the Pharmacist in the
Pharmacological Management of Allergic
Rhinitis
Keith Swanson
The author reviews symptoms and pharmacological
management of allergic rhinitis.
Home Infusion Therapy of Cytomegalovirus
Retinitis in
Patients With Acquired Immunodeficiency
Syndrome
Michael Thompson
The author reviews published research on clinical features and
therapeutic management options for CMV retinitis.
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