High-Alert Medication Stratification Tool-Revised Phase II: A Multisite Study Examining the Validity, Interrater Reliability, and Ease of Use of the High-Alert Medication Stratification Tool-Revised.

Objectives: The primary objective of this multisite study, High-Alert Medication Stratification Tool-Revised (HAMST-R) phase II, was to assess the content validity of HAMST-R. Secondary outcomes included interrater reliability and ease of use.

Methods: HAMST-R was designed as an objective tool to evaluate high-alert medications (HAMs) at a single site during HAMST-R Phase I.

A prospective analysis describing the innovative use of liposomal bupivacaine in burn patients.

Burn patients frequently require autograft harvesting to facilitate wound healing, often resulting in significant pain. Liposomal bupivacaine is indicated for administration into a surgical site to produce postsurgical analgesia. The objective of this study was to evaluate efficacy, safety, and duration of postoperative analgesia with liposomal bupivacaine for donor site pain in burn patients.

High-Alert Medication Stratification Tool-Revised: An Exploratory Study of an Objective, Standardized Medication Safety Tool.

Objective: To develop an objective tool designed to standardize the identification of high-alert medications (HAMs) according to patient safety risk.

Methods: Medications were evaluated using the High-Alert Medication Stratification Tool (HAMST). Tool revision occurred through assessing medications on an organization-approved HAM list and comparing scores with control medications not included on the list.

Pharmacist Involvement in a Community Paramedicine Team.

Background: Hospital readmissions have recently gained scrutiny by health systems as a result of their high costs of care and potential for financial penalty in hospital reimbursement. Mobile-integrated health and community paramedicine (MIH-CP) programs have expanded to serve patients at high risk of hospital readmission. Pharmacists have also improved clinical outcomes for patients during in-home visits.

Development of a precepting workshop for pharmacy residents.

Purpose: The process of developing a workshop to enhance pharmacy residents' precepting skills and confidence in serving as preceptors is described, and survey results indicating the program's effectiveness are presented.

Summary: In response to requests from pharmacy residents for structured precepting-specific training to augment their participation in teaching certificate programs, Indianapolis, Indiana-based Eskenazi Health launched a series of annual workshops designed to hone residents' precepting skills. First offered as a half-day program in January 2011, the workshop was expanded in 2014 to a full-day format, with pharmacists from several local residency programs invited to attend.