momentum building for providing "Continuity of Care."

January 1996

There's momentum building for providing "Continuity of Care." Hospital, community, and long-term care pharmacists communicating back and forth about the drug regimens patients are on...when they go in or out of the hospital.

The idea is to provide a "seamless" transition for patients.

This is good practice...and good business.

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momentum building for providing "Continuity of Care."
Diabetes acarbose, a novel drug for type II, or non-insulin-dependent, diabetes
Anticoagulants patients monitor their own warfarin therapy AT HOME
Anticoagulants using the clot-buster t-PA (Activase) for stroke
Anticoagulants ReoPro (abciximab) to inhibit blood clotting
approving the antihistamine clemastine (Tavist) for cold symptoms
Hematology & Oncology limit tamoxifen use to 5 years
Hematology & Oncology Roche is now marketing Vesanoid
Oral Health some people get fewer canker sores when they switch to a toothpaste that DOESN'T contain sodium lauryl sulfate (SLS)
Oral Health Trental (pentoxifylline) for SEVERE cases of recurrent canker sores
Avonex (interferon beta-1a) for multiple sclerosis
some physicians will prescribe TWO nicotine patches a day
Cholesterol proof that lowering cholesterol reduces the risk of a first heart attack
Cholesterol one cholesterol test isn't enough to determine a patient's cholesterol level
Cardiology the recent concerns about calcium blockers decreasing survival
Ritalin (methylphenidate) for ADHD

momentum building for providing "Continuity of Care."

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