Enhancing advanced pharmacy practice experiences through the use of Web 2.0 technologies.

Background And Purpose: Web 2.0 technologies have been leveraged to enhance learning experiences. However, limited data exists about implementing Web 2.

Integration of systematic clinical interprofessional training in a student-faculty collaborative primary care practice.

The changing healthcare environment and movement toward team-based care are contemporary challenges confronting health professional education. The primary care workforce must be prepared with recent national interprofessional competencies to practice and lead in this changing environment. From 2012 to 2014, the weekly Beth Israel Deaconess Crimson Care Collaborative Student-Faculty Practice collaborated with Northeastern University to develop, implement and evaluate an innovative model that incorporated interprofessional education into primary care practice with the goal of improving student understanding of, and ability to deliver quality, team-based care.

The stats are in: an update on statin use in COPD.

COPD is a chronic inflammatory disease of the lungs associated with an abnormal inflammatory response to noxious particles, the most prevalent of which is cigarette smoke. Studies have demonstrated that cigarette smoking is associated with activation of the bone marrow, and chronic smoking can lead to the inflammatory changes seen in COPD. Due to the inflammatory nature of the disease, medications affecting the inflammatory pathway may have clinical benefit and are being evaluated.

Association of deep-vein thrombosis (DVT) with missed doses of prophylactic antithrombotic medications in ICU patients: a case-control study.

Background: Medications for prevention of venous thromboembolism (VTE) are routinely prescribed in critically ill patients.

Objective: To identify any association between missed doses of VTE prophylaxis medications and acute, in-hospital deep-vein thrombosis (DVT).

Methods: Case-control study in hospitalized adult patients at high risk for developing VTE, defined as an ICU length of stay (LOS) of at least 24 hours.

Clinical use of aclidinium in patients with COPD.

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the sixth-leading cause of death in the US. The Global initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) guidelines provide evidence-based recommendations for the clinical management of chronic COPD. Long-acting inhaled bronchodilators continue to be the mainstay of current management.