Ospedali intelligenti che utilizzano sistemi robotizzati per la gestione del letto dei pazienti, risparmi sugli acquisti con procedure di gara telematiche centralizzate, dispositivi diagnostici per la prevenzione dell'infarto miocardico. E, anche, un più forte impegno della parte pubblica nell'individuare un partner strategico nei privati per sostenere progetti di innovazione tecnologica i cui benefici si traducono in una migliore qualità della
Abbiamo intervistato Oscar Bertetto, Direttore Dipartimento Funzionale Rete Oncologica Piemonte e Valle d’Aosta, Alberto Bortolami, Referente attività tecnico-scientifica Rete Oncologica Veneta – IOV, e Sandro Pignata, Direttore Dipartimento Uroginecologico del “Pascale” di Napoli
La struttura organizzativa dell’ASP garantisce l’organizzazione e l’esercizio delle attività aziendali finalizzate al governo del processo di assistenza farmaceutica
Objectives. This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of pharmacist intervention in reducing and preventing prescribing errors of investigational drugs for cancer patients. Materials and methods. A retrospective study was conducted during two periods: a baseline period from December 2015 to June 2016 and an intervention period from July 2016 to February 2017. The investigational drug service (IDS) pharmacists performed active
Gender disparity exists in leadership roles within healthcare. While the majority of the healthcare workforce is comprised of women, significantly fewer women occupy leadership positions, particularly at executive and board levels. As the field of oncology pharmacy continues to rapidly expand and evolve, an assessment of the current state of women in oncology pharmacy leadership roles is vital to the
Despite advances in the management of hematologic malignancies, a significant proportion of patients die of their disease. We used administrative databases in Ontario, Canada (between 2005 and 2013) to determine the number of days spent at home in the last 6 months of life. We studied the predictors of the median number of days at home (DAH) using quantile regression. For
Background: Discharge medication reconciliation (MedRec) is designed to reduce medication errors and inform patients and key postdischarge providers, but it has been difficult to implement routinely in Canadian hospitals. Objectives: To evaluate and optimize a new discharge MedRec quality audit tool and to use it at 3 urban teaching hospitals. Methods: The discharge MedRec quality audit tool, developed by the Canadian Patient
Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells are a novel class of anti-cancer therapy in which autologous or allogeneic T cells are engineered to express a CAR targeting a membrane antigen. In Europe, tisagenlecleucel (Kymriah™) is approved for the treatment of refractory/relapsed acute lymphoblastic leukemia in children and young adults as well as relapsed/refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, while axicabtagene ciloleucel
Purpose of review. Registries provide ‘real world’ perspectives on the natural history and outcomes for many clinical conditions. The purpose of this review is to identify registries for nonmalignant hematological disease and to describe the operation of a successful long-term registry for patients with severe chronic neutropenia. Recent findings. There was an upswing in registries about 20 years ago, based on
Background. A limited evidence base and lack of clear clinical guidelines challenge healthcare systems’ adoption of precision medicine. The effect of these conditions on demand is not understood. Objective. This research estimated the public’s preferences and demand for precision medicine outcomes. Methods. A discrete-choice experiment survey was conducted with an online sample of the US public who had recent healthcare experience. Statistical
