Features
Medicaid Managed Care: Past, Present, and Future
David K. Buerger
Medicaid managed care is already beginning to face the ultimate challenge: exploding populations of elderly and disabled long-term care patients.
Federal Guidelines for Psychotropic Drug Use in ICFs/MR: Working
Within a New Paradigm
Kathleen Y. Riley
The shift toward differential diagnoses and active treatment programs
is having a profound effect on therapeutic recommendations for
residents of ICFs/MR.
Putting the MDS 2.0 to Work to Identify and Monitor the At-Risk
Elderly
Nancy L. Losben
Faced with a scarcity of reliable data on drug-related risks in
the elderly, consultant pharmacists can still turn to one useful
tool of the trade to help them pinpoint problems and improve care
for a highly vulnerable patient subgroup.
You Must Be Present to Win: Stories of Hope and Inspiration
in Healing
David S. Sherman, Thomas J. Cali
Statistics, outcomes, quality control...has the importance of
the patient/provider relationship been somehow forgotten? Two
consultant pharmacists talk about the transforming power of personal
encounters with patients.
 C O N T E N T S May 1997/Volume 12, Number 5 |
 About the Artist: Miriam Siegal started painting in a New York City school specializing in the arts. Ms. Siegal, known for her beautiful landscapes, currently resides at Leisure World retirement community in Silver Spring, Maryland, where she continues studying and perfecting her painting techniques. |
Research and Reports
Quantifying Potential Cost Savings of Pharmacists' Interventions
in Short-Stay Patients
James A. Anderson, Bisrat Hailemeskel
This retrospective DRR review explores the cost-saving potential
of consultant pharmacist interventions in therapy of patients
with short lengths of stay.
Clinical Reviews
Use of Mupirocin in Controlling Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus
aureus Outbreaks in Long-Term Care Facilities
Mark Eggleston
The author examined the importance of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus
aureus (MRSA) control in long-term care facilities.
Proposed Guidelines for Management of Urinary Tract Infections
in the Long-Term Care Elderly
Manju T. Beier, Anne E. Martin
The authors present a review of current medical literature and
a recommended algorithmic approach to treatment of urinary tract
infections in the nursing home elderly.
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