Have You Heard of "The Wave"? The University of Iowa Does It on a Grand Scale
October 1st 2018Stead Family Children’s Hospital was built on a tiny piece of real estate between the main campus of University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics (UIHC) and Kinnick Stadium, home to the University of Iowa Hawkeyes.
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The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right is a 2009 book written by Atul Gawande, a widely known and respected physician, who originally trained as a surgeon and has that special talent of bringing interesting takes to everyday life and work through analogies and storytelling.
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"Having a Pharmacist in Rural America Is Too Expensive." Seriously?
June 1st 2018I was having a conversation with a colleague and friend recently, and he mentioned that his group was planning on experimenting with remote order entry and medication verification so that pharmacies in rural areas could use a technician instead of a pharmacist to dispense medications.
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Effective, Safe, and Worthy of Your Active Medication List
February 1st 2018Nonprescription medications play an essential role within the US health care system as a highly accessible, effective, and safe means by which to treat hundreds, if not thousands, of ailments, symptoms, and, in many circumstances, underlying conditions.
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