Of Special Interest:

OF SPECIAL INTEREST
Am J Health Syst Pharm 2005 62: 1729. [Full Text]  

News:

Donna Young

Long-awaited patient safety bill enacted: Questions remain about implementation, funding
Am J Health Syst Pharm 2005 62: 1740. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cheryl A. Thompson

New heart-failure therapy takes race into account
Am J Health Syst Pharm 2005 62: 1745-1748. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kate Traynor

Infectious diseases expected to capture headlines, attention in months ahead
Am J Health Syst Pharm 2005 62: 1748-1751. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Donna Young

Drug regulatory process is focused on safety, officials claim
Am J Health Syst Pharm 2005 62: 1754-1758. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Letters:

Agnes L. F. Chan

Pharmacist intervention when interacting drugs are prescribed despite alerts
Am J Health Syst Pharm 2005 62: 1760-1763. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michael F. Chicella and James E. Dice

Clinical pharmacists: Essential members of the pediatric critical care team
Am J Health Syst Pharm 2005 62: 1763. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Dale W. Adams

Pharmacist position monitoring health-system employees’ drug plan
Am J Health Syst Pharm 2005 62: 1764. [Full Text] [PDF]  

New Practitioners Forum:

Kathryn Anne Martin

Specialized pediatric residency programs
Am J Health Syst Pharm 2005 62: 1766-1768. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Editorials:

Teresa P. Darcy

Pharmacists as laboratorians
Am J Health Syst Pharm 2005 62: 1773. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Report:

Marie A. Chisholm, Charles E. Lance, and Laura L. Mulloy

Patient factors associated with adherence to immunosuppressant therapy in renal transplant recipients
Am J Health Syst Pharm 2005 62: 1775-1781. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sumit Raybardhan, Robert M. Balen, Nilufar Partovi, Peter Loewen, Gwen Liu, and Peter J. Jewesson

Documenting drug-related problems with personal digital assistants in a multisite health system
Am J Health Syst Pharm 2005 62: 1782-1787. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Note:

Frank G. A. Jansman, Anita J. A. Jansen, Jules L. L. Coenen, Jacques C. de Graaf, Willem M. Smit, Dirk T. Sleijfer, and Jacobus R. B. Brouwers

Assessing the clinical significance of drug interactions with fluorouracil in patients with colorectal cancer
Am J Health Syst Pharm 2005 62: 1788-1793. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Notes:

Jennifer M. Ling, Leigh Ann Mike, Julie Rubin, Prasad Abraham, Andrew Howe, John Patka, and Debbie Vigliotti

Documentation of pharmacist interventions in the emergency department
Am J Health Syst Pharm 2005 62: 1793-1797. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Theresa L. Charrois, Jeffrey A. Johnson, Sandra Blitz, and Ross T. Tsuyuki

Relationship between number, timing, and type of pharmacist interventions and patient outcomes
Am J Health Syst Pharm 2005 62: 1798-1801. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Primer:

Kelly L. Scolaro, Pamela L. Stamm, and Kimberly Braxton Lloyd

Devices for ambulatory and home monitoring of blood pressure, lipids, coagulation, and weight management, part 1
Am J Health Syst Pharm 2005 62: 1802-1812. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Management Case Study:

Janet M. Kozakiewicz, Lois J. Benis, Susan M. Fisher, and Janet B. Marseglia

Safe chemotherapy administration: Using failure mode and effects analysis in computerized prescriber order entry
Am J Health Syst Pharm 2005 62: 1813-1816. [Full Text] [PDF]  

ASHP Reports:

Pharmacy Residency Training in the Future: A Stakeholders’ Roundtable Discussion
Am J Health Syst Pharm 2005 62: 1817-1820. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Actions of the ASHP Board of Directors—meeting of June 11–14, 2005
Am J Health Syst Pharm 2005 62: 1821. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Commentary:

Robert G. Hamilton, Robert H. Brown, Michael A. Veltri, E. Robert Feroli, Marie Noel Primeau, James F. Schauble, and N. Franklin Adkinson, Jr.

Administering pharmaceuticals to latex-allergic patients from vials containing natural rubber latex closures
Am J Health Syst Pharm 2005 62: 1822-1827. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Commentaries:

David Banks

Pharmacists, pharmaceutical manufacturers, and conflicts of interest
Am J Health Syst Pharm 2005 62: 1827-1832. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Daniel J. Cobaugh and Sandra M. Schneider

Medication use in the emergency department: Why are we placing patients at risk?
Am J Health Syst Pharm 2005 62: 1832-1833. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Current Literature:

Richard Slimowitz

The Mold in Dr. Florey’s Coat: The Story of the Penicillin Miracle: By Eric Lax Published by Henry Holt and Company, LLC, 115 West 18th Street, New York, NY 10011, 2004. 307 p. Price $25.00 (hardcover)
Am J Health Syst Pharm 2005 62: 1838. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michael O. Fadeyi

Pain and Profits: The History of the Headache and Its Remedies in America: By Jan R. McTavish Published by Rutgers University Press, 100 Joyce Kilmer Avenue, Piscataway, NJ 08854, 2004. 240 p. Price $23.95
Am J Health Syst Pharm 2005 62: 1838-1840. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Patrick L. McKercher

Powerful Medicines: The Benefits, Risks, and Costs of Prescription Drugs: By Jerry Avorn Published by Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Random House, New York, NY 10019, 2004. viii + 448 p. Price $27.50
Am J Health Syst Pharm 2005 62: 1840-1841. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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