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CMS LTC Guidance Part 1 – The Retrospective
There is a somewhat complicated relationship among long-term care facilities (LTCs), the specialized LTC pharmacies that want to serve them, and the entities that pay for medications. Payments can be...
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CMS LTC Guidance – Today and Beyond
This is Part 2 of a two-part series about the 2005 CMS LTC Guidance regarding LTC pharmacy service levels. Part 1 was a 10-year retrospective, which can be reviewed at: Part 2 is a set of...
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It Happens Every 2 Minutes: What Are You Doing to Reduce Your Risk?
Nurses and technicians delivering medications are interrupted every 2 minutes on average, according to a study by the Institute for Safe Medications Practice (ISMP). To make matters worse, the risk of...
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Three Technologies Improve Long-Term Care
Embedded sensors … WIFI … IOT … the Cloud; technology offers way we can dramatically improve the way we monitor and manage our lives. The good news is that these advances are finding their way into...
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Many Future Healthcare Visions – Most Will be Wrong
I’ve become inspired in recent weeks – to think outside of the box. For me, in my role as General Manager of Talyst’s LTC business, that means I’m looking for future visions to embrace – beyond our...
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