Enabling Swift and Safe Healthcare Worldwide

We invite you to visit us at Booth #830 next month in Las Vegas. We're giving away a Kindle, Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device!

Not going to ASHP? You can still enter our drawing online by completing a short survey.

Featured Education Sessions We Recommend:

• 2-5 p.m. Tuesday: "Redefining the Practice Model: Where Have We Been, Where Do We Go?"
  
  Steve Pickette, RPh, BCPS, will discuss the development of a clinical pharmacist practice model that he has implemented throughout all the hospitals in the Providence Health & Services system.
   
• 8-9:45 a.m. Wednesday: "Pharmacy 2.0: How the Web is Changing How We Practice"
  
  John Poikonen, PharmD, from UMass Memorial Medical Center will moderate what looks to be a fascinating peek into the future of pharmacy with social media.
   
• 2-5 p.m. Wednesday: "Informatics Bytes 2009: Pearls of Informatics"
  
  Charles McCluskey, PharmD, will review his use of wireless medication tracking as one of the many helpful pearls.

At our booth (#830) you can also learn more about how our software solutions can help you improve patient safety while reducing costs. Sign up for a one-on-one live demo of any product, including the newest, MedBoard, a medication track-and-trace tool to reduce waste (One customer reports waste reductions of 32%!), at: http://www.rph.com/news/ASHP/

Now onto the news!

Stay well-informed,
Team Pharmacy OneSource

Hospital patients who suffer a side effect from treatment are more likely to give high ratings to their quality of care when hospital staff are up front about what went wrong, a new study suggests.

1. Patients happier when docs discuss side effects
   Reuters
   
2. Qutenza Approved for Post-Shingles Nerve Pain
   HealthDay
   
3. Par Pharma gets FDA approval for generic Ultram ER
   Associated Press
   
4. Glenmark Generics gets FDA nod for Ciclopirox Olamine
   Business Standard
   
5. FDA Approves Lysteda To Treat Heavy Menstrual Bleeding
   Medical News Today
   
6. Hospital report cards get mixed marks
   Reuters
   
7. Nothing to Sneeze At: Doctors' Neckties Seen as Flu Risk
   The Wall Street Journal
   
8. Medical workers balk at mandatory flu vaccines
   Reuters
   
9. Hidden Mistakes In Hospitals
   Hartford Courant
   
10. Little Benefit Seen, So Far, in Electronic Patient Records
    The New York Times
    
11. Senate to vote Saturday on opening debate on health care bill
    CNN
    
12. Medicare paid $47 billion in suspect claims
    Associated Press
    
13. Rising Obesity Will Cost U.S. Health Care $344 Billion a Year
    USA Today
    
14. Study: Some acid suppressants may raise risk of death after angioplasty
    Health.com
    
15. Heart Failure Drug May Help More in Higher Doses
    HealthDay
    
16. FDA sees varying risk from MRI agents
    Reuters
    
17. FDA panel backs safety, benefits of Spiriva
    Associated Press
    
18. Pain drug morphine may accelerate cancer growth
    Reuters
    
19. Zetia Fails to Show Benefit Over Niacin for Heart Patients
    MedPage Today
    
20. HHS to warn consumers of flu drug price gouging
    USA Today
    

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