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Financial sustainability
Pharmacy
Supply chain
Unsure how to proceed amid tariff uncertainty? Here are no-regrets actions you can take now.

As healthcare looks to another period of uncertainty — namely the impact of potential tariffs — it’s important to remain vigilant, keep informed and be purposeful about next steps... read more

Quality & clinical operations
Pharmacy
Strategies to improve medication safety

By meeting titrated medications regulatory requirements, healthcare organizations not only enhance compliance with medication safety practices but empower nurses to provide high-quality patient care ... read more

Pharmacy
Surveying the landscape of the newest Alzheimer’s disease medications

The controversy surrounding the FDA's recent approvals of medications for Alzheimer’s disease has raised important questions about the medications’ safety and cost, as well as their ability to delive... read more

Pharmacy
Workforce & culture
A chief pharmacy officer in your C-suite: Vital to health system success

Margins are tight everywhere in healthcare, but a hospital’s pharmacy department has a strong capacity to bring value — especially if that organization has an established chief pharmacy officer as pa... read more

Pharmacy
Supply chain
Drug shortage stewardship: Calls to action for the interconnected supply chain

While the supply chain may feel complex, the good news is that there are still methods — like Drug Shortage Stewardship — that can be implemented to mitigate drug shortages... read more

Pharmacy
The Source of Truth: A Pharmacy Buyer’s Drug Shortage List

Drug shortages and their management have become a major focus of pharmacy staff within hospitals and health systems, which is why maintaining an institution-specific drug shortage list may be critica... read more

Pharmacy
Does a Maternal RSV Vaccine Make Sense? It May Be Too Early to Tell.

Stacy Lauderdale, Vizient AVP, and John Shoen, senior clinical manager, discuss two potential approaches to preventing RSV in pediatrics expected to receive FDA decisions this year... read more

Pharmacy
2022: The Year of Novel Specialty Drug Approvals

Specialty pharmaceuticals have exploded into the modern healthcare scene, and with one-third of growth stemming from hospital or health system-owned specialty pharmacies, awareness of specialty drug ... read more

Pharmacy
Semaglutide: Weighing the Pros and Cons for Use in Pediatrics

Between news headlines and social media influencers raving about their weight loss, it appears semaglutide may be the miracle weight loss drug the world’s been waiting for. But should the healthcare ... read more

Pharmacy
Profitable growth
Launching Your Own Home Infusion and Ambulatory Infusion Suite? Here’s What to Consider

Steve Kennedy offers five questions about start up and operational considerations healthcare organizations should ask before launching their own home infusion and ambulatory infusion suite... read more