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The Baldrige Framework: CompleteRx’s Journey Toward Performance Excellence
In healthcare today, change is the only constant. With evolving reimbursement, emerging new technologies, an aging workforce and a rise in consumerism, a culture of continuous improvement is imperative to evolve and thrive. And building a culture of improvement starts with developing a strategy that involves measuring, improving and adapting. That’s why CompleteRx began its
3 in 5 Episode 7 : Three Lessons Learned from Disaster Planning in the Midst of a Global Pandemic
This video is a part of the CompleteRx educational series, 3 in 5. The 3 in 5 series covers hospital pharmacy news, trends, and more and is delivered via videos, blog posts and podcasts. CompleteRx will be publishing new 3 in 5 content via our blog and sharing to our social networks, monthly. Follow us
Black History Month: Recognizing Trailblazing Pharmacists
February is Black History Month. In observance, CompleteRx remembers Anna Louise James, who became, in 1908, the first African American woman to graduate from the Brooklyn College of Pharmacy in New York. The daughter of a Virginia plantation slave, James served patients from her pharmacy in Connecticut for more than five decades. Over the years,
3 in 5 Episode 6: Three Things Hospital Execs Should Know About the Revisions to the Vaccine Injury Table as Proposed by the HRSA
This video is a part of the CompleteRx educational series, 3 in 5. The 3 in 5 series covers hospital pharmacy news, trends, and more and is delivered via videos, blog posts and podcasts. CompleteRx will be publishing new 3 in 5 content via our blog and sharing to our social networks, monthly. Follow us
HHS Advisory Opinion on Contract Pharmacies Offers Hope for 340B Programs
A new advisory opinion from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) clarifies that 340B hospitals are entitled to buy covered outpatient drugs at the discounted price, even if they use contract pharmacies to distribute the drugs to patients. In the advisory opinion released on Dec. 30, 2020, HHS states that the requirement to
4 Pharmacy Trends to Watch in 2021
COVID-19 redefined healthcare last year, as hospitals quickly adapted to care for critically ill patients, meet high demand for ICU beds and deal with workforce shortages. Although better days are on the horizon with the availability of the first COVID-19 vaccines, the public health crisis isn’t over yet. We recently sat down with Mark Brown,
A Dose of Hope: Hospitals Begin Vaccinating Frontline Workers
Hospitals across the country received their initial allotments of the FDA-approved Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine last week. For weeks, hospitals and healthcare workers have been preparing tirelessly for this moment. Those preparations included acquiring adequate freezer space, devising a prioritization plan for vaccinating employees, and training staff to administer the shots. CompleteRx has supported pharmacy and
3 in 5 Episode 4: FASB Standard Leases (Topic 842): What Hospital Executives Should Know Part 2
For more information watch part one here. Please note since recording this episode, FASB has issued an update allowing for non-public business entities to elect to defer implementation of this accounting standard – Leases (Topic 842) until fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2021. More information regarding the effective dates can be found here. This
Be Antibiotics Aware: 6 Steps to Protect Your Patients
November 18-24, 2022 is annual Antibiotics Awareness Week which highlights the steps everyone can take to improve antibiotic prescribing and use. Antibiotic stewardship is vital for protecting patients from harm, improving treatment for patients who have infections, fighting antibiotic resistance, and reducing hospital costs and lengths of stay. While U.S. hospitals have made some