News:

D Young

CPOE takes time, patience, money, and teamwork
Am J Health Syst Pharm 2003 60: 635. [PDF]  

Kate Traynor

Recurrent VTE prevented with long-term, low-intensity warfarin therapy
Am J Health Syst Pharm 2003 60: 635. [PDF]  

Recent changes to FDA-approved labeling
Am J Health Syst Pharm 2003 60: 642. [PDF]  

K Traynor

More than 100,000 troops receive smallpox vaccination. Early data reveal few serious adverse events
Am J Health Syst Pharm 2003 60: 644-645.  

News Briefs
Am J Health Syst Pharm 2003 60: 645-654. [PDF]  

New drugs and dosage forms
Am J Health Syst Pharm 2003 60: 654. [PDF]  

Editorials:

CE McQueen, KM Shields, and JA Generali

Motivations for dietary supplement use
Am J Health Syst Pharm 2003 60: 655. [PDF]  

Articles:

AM Peterson, L Takiya, and R Finley

Meta-analysis of trials of interventions to improve medication adherence
Am J Health Syst Pharm 2003 60: 657-665. [Abstract] [PDF]  

G Schumock, S Walton, C Sarawate, and SY Crawford

Pharmaceutical services in rural hospitals in Illinois--2001
Am J Health Syst Pharm 2003 60: 666-674. [Abstract] [PDF]  

KT Xu, SR Smith, and TF Borders

Access to prescription drugs among noninstitutionalized elderly people in west Texas
Am J Health Syst Pharm 2003 60: 675-682. [Abstract] [PDF]  

J Smith and EM Canton

Weight-based administration of dalteparin in obese patients
Am J Health Syst Pharm 2003 60: 683-687. [PDF]  

CC Henkin, JC Griener, and AP Ten Eick

Stability of valganciclovir in extemporaneously compounded liquid formulations
Am J Health Syst Pharm 2003 60: 687-690. [PDF]  

TH Seo and EC Udeh

Videotape programs for pharmacist staff development
Am J Health Syst Pharm 2003 60: 691-693. [PDF]  

RM Huggins, WK Kennedy, MJ Melroy, and DG Tollerton

Cardiac arrest from succinylcholine-induced hyperkalemia
Am J Health Syst Pharm 2003 60: 694-697. [PDF]  

P Wratchford and CD Ponte

High-dose simvastatin and rhabdomyolysis
Am J Health Syst Pharm 2003 60: 698-700. [PDF]  

ASHP policy recommendations--invitation to comment
Am J Health Syst Pharm 2003 60: 701-704. [PDF]  

ASHP guidelines on documenting pharmaceutical care in patient medical records
Am J Health Syst Pharm 2003 60: 705-707. [PDF]  

Letters:

AJ Ballentine, D Kinnaird, and JP Wilson

Prescription errors occur despite computerized prescriber order entry
Am J Health Syst Pharm 2003 60: 708-709. [PDF]  

BA Chevalier and SA MacDonald

Expanding the pharmacy technicians' role in medication teaching
Am J Health Syst Pharm 2003 60: 709-710.  

Current Literature:

Catherine Ulbricht and Ethan Basch

Herbal Medicines, Second Edition By Joanne Barnes, Linda A. Anderson, and J. David Phillipson Published by Pharmaceutical Press, 1 Lambeth High Street, London SE1 7JN, United Kingdom, 2002. xiv + 530 p. Price $59.95 (book), $115.00 (CD-ROM), $145.95 (book and CD-ROM combined)
Am J Health Syst Pharm 2003 60: 714. [PDF]  

Carla B. Frye

Inventing Modern America: From the Microwave to the Mouse By David E. Brown Published by The MIT Press, 5 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA 02142, 2002. 209 p. Price 29.95
Am J Health Syst Pharm 2003 60: 714-715.  

Books Received
Am J Health Syst Pharm 2003 60: 716-717.  

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