Use of brand names to identify medications can be confusing for healthcare professionals, much less patients! When I think about the two name naming system in the U.S., it really doesn’t enhance patient care and leads to confusion. Although the following case...
Medication errors are always a challenging topic to address because it is no fun to make an error, and there is always the possibility of patient harm due to an error. Here’s a case example where the way an order is written can make things more difficult to...
Who doesn’t love a good game of Bingo? Someone came and asked me if I wanted to play the other day, and I said that sounds like fun. The gentleman that invited me to play also said there would be prizes for the winners! What could be better than Bingo and...
Medication reconciliation (often called “med rec”) can be pretty boring, but med rec done right can be lifesaving. A 89 year old male was hospitalized with a GI bleed and significant anemia. This patient’s baseline hemoglobin was already in the...
The State of the Union It all started with educational posts on Facebook and has been a wild ride since then, and I’ve certainly invested way too much time to turn back now! It’s been 1 year since the initiation of meded101, and approximately 6 months...
Many patients get medication management suggestions from their insurance companies addressed to their primary physician. A patient who had diabetes and CHF was not on an ACE Inhibitor or an ARB which are commonly recommended as standard of care for hypertension and...
