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March 2005
Features
Editor’s Memo
Drug Safety and the FDA
The FDA is hard at work on a variety of drug safety issues. Stay tuned.
Sonja Sherritze
The Dangers of Drug Importation
The authors review the reasons why drug importation is still prohibited.
Tanya Nelson, PharmD, and Jerilyn B. Petropoulos, BS, PharmD, BCPS
New FDA Initiatives in Response to the Problem of Counterfeit Drugs
Dr. Goldenberg explains some of the high-tech and low-tech initiatives being undertaken by the FDA to improve drug safety for consumers.
Marvin M. Goldenberg, PhD, RPh, MS
An Overview of the FDA’s Drug Shortage Program
As members of The Drug Shortage Team, the authors describe the causes of and some solutions to drug shortfalls.
CDR Valerie Jensen, RPh, Rene Kimzey, RNC, MEd, and LCDR Jouhayna Saliba, PharmD
The FDA’s Advisory Board on Drug Safety: The Right Medicine?
The newly created Drug Safety Oversight Board is a step in the right direction.
Richard G. Stefanacci, DO, MGH, MBA, AGSF, CMD
Managed Care’s Response to a Pharmacoeconomic Model of Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors
The authors summarize the responses of participants at two roundtable discussions, held in 2004, to a new decision-analytic model of SRIs.
Patrick W. Sullivan, PhD, Robert Valuck, PhD, RPh, Diana I. Brixner, PhD, and Edward P. Armstrong, PharmD
Prevention of Medication Errors in the Hospital Setting: The Role of Pharmacy Students
The skills of pharmacy students can be useful in preventing errors in the areas of clinical appropriateness, administration, ordering, procedures, and dispensing.
Alan Caspi, PhD, PharmD, MBA, Vitalina Rozenfeld, PharmD, BCPS, and Jennie Kleyman, PharmD, BCPS
Departments
Editorial
The Leap to Electronic Prescribing
David Nash, MD, MBA, discusses the rationale for electronic prescribing and the contributions of the Leapfrog Group.
David Nash, MD, MBA
Letter to the Editor
Reflections on ‘Mirror, Mirror’
A. Mark Parker, MD, MSHA
Full and Timely Disclosure of Errors To Patients: Honesty Is the Best Policy
Matthew Grissinger, RPh, FASCP, explains why honesty is the best policy when it comes to disclosing medical errors to patients and their families.
Matthew Grissinger, RPh, FASCP
Prescription: Washington
Medicare Spells Out Rules for P&T Committees and Part D Drug Plan Benefits
Stephen Barlas reviews some of the rules that P&T committees will soon have to follow in relation to Part D Medicare benefits.
Stephen Barlas
New Drugs/Drug News/New Medical Devices
P&T presents the latest information about FDA approvals, drug indications, industry
updates, and new devices.
Drug Forecast
The Role of Dexmedetomidine (Precedex®) in the Sedation of Critically Ill Patients
The authors review the agent dexmedetomidine (Precedex®) for the sedation of critically ill patients in the intensive care unit.
Diana Abramov, PharmD Candidate, Boris Nogid, PharmD, and Anna Nogid, PharmD
