Oversight Hearings to Receive Testimony on VA Pharmacy System Needs: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Special Investigations of the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, House of Representatives, Ninety-sixth Congress, Second Session, September 17, 1980U.S. Government Printing Office, 1981 - 95 pages |
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Administration adverse drug reaction AHART APPLES system automated pharmacy Brecksville budget Caldwell Chairman MOTTL Cleveland VA Medical clinics COMMITTEE CONGRESS LIBRARY CONGRESS THE LIBRARY CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE controls over drugs conversion to unit cost/benefit costs and benefits CUSTIS cycle savings DM&S DROSKE drug loss drug orders DRUG UTILIZATION REVIEW drugs dispensed duplicate prescriptions duplication rate facility fiscal followup FTEE funding hospitals identified implementation inpatient interim control measures issued LIBRARY OF CONGRES LIBRARY OF CONGRESS maintain Max Cleland medical centers MEDICAL DISTRICT million mini-computers monitoring NURSING UNIT ODM&T outpatient pharmacies patient percent personnel pharmacist Pharmacy Manual pharmacy order pharmacy system physician priority problem procedures profiles quota levels recommended record recurring cost refill request responsible savings September 15 SLEIGHT statement study team sunk cost unit dose system unit-dose VA Medical Center VA's Veterans Wade Park ward stock centers ward stock system workload
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Page 7 - Mr. Chairman, this concludes my statement. We will be happy to respond to any questions you may have.
Page 45 - I want to thank each and every one of you for your presence here today and I am sure that your testimony will be appreciated.
Page 92 - Drug Reactions and Errors In Administration on a Medical Ward Canadian Medical Association Journal.
Page 48 - Administrator should identify the amount of funding necessary to permit system-wide conversion of ward stock systems to unit dose and provide the resources required to the affected medical centers to achieve total conversion.
Page 24 - ... each patient, which is based on available drug history and current therapy and includes the name, age, and weight of the patient, the current diagnosis(es), the current drug therapy, any drug allergies or sensitivities, and other pertinent information relating to the patient's drug regimen. . . [2...
Page 28 - ... and includes the name, age, and weight of the patient, the current diagnosis(es), the current drug therapy, any drug allergies or sensitivities, and other pertinent information relating to the patient's drug regimen. . . [2] A review of the patient's drug regimen for any potential interactions, interferences...
Page 92 - Miller, RR (1974). Hospital admissions due to adverse drug reactions.
Page 1 - ... drugs which tend to be abused could not be accounted for at VA hospitals using the conventional pharmacy system — the ward stock system. Despite VA endorsement of the unit dose system, which provides better drug control, only 7 of 171 hospitals were using it. We recommended that the administrator establish a definite timetable for VAwide conversion to the unit dose system. Meanwhile, we recommended drug controls at hospitals using the ward stock system should be strengthened.