Does Melatonin Decrease the Use of As-Needed Antipsychotics or Benzodiazepines in Noncritically Ill Hospitalized Patients? A Multicenter Retrospective Cohort Study.

Delirium is a common neuropsychiatric syndrome without an FDA-approved treatment. Commonly used modalities show little improvement in outcomes; therefore, prevention efforts are imperative. Abnormalities in the sleep/wake cycle have been linked to delirium, and melatonin has been proposed to replace the hypothesized low levels of endogenous melatonin and restore sleep/wake cycle synchronization.

Ambulatory care practice in the COVID-19 era: Redesigning clinical services and experiential learning.

The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has created a variety of challenges for health care professionals, including ambulatory care clinical pharmacists. High-quality remote and minimal-contact care has become a necessity. Ambulatory care clinical pharmacists around the nation have adjusted their practice.

Identifying opportunities to advance practice at a large academic medical center using the ASHP Ambulatory Care Self-Assessment Tool.

Purpose: The use of the ASHP Ambulatory Care Self-Assessment Tool to advance pharmacy practice at 8 ambulatory care clinics of a large academic medical center is described.

Summary: The ASHP Ambulatory Care Self-Assessment Tool was developed to help ambulatory care pharmacists assess how their current practices align with the ASHP Practice Advancement Initiative. The Henry Ford Hospital Ambulatory Care Advisory Group (ACAG) opted to use the "Practitioner Track" sections of the tool to assess pharmacy practices within each of 8 ambulatory care clinics individually.

Provider and patient perception of psychiatry patient health literacy.

Background: Inadequate health literacy in adults is a nationwide issue that is associated with worse health outcomes. There is a paucity of literacy regarding rates of inadequate health literacy in psychiatric populations.

Objective: The aim of the study was to identify an existing tool that would easily identify patients who had inadequate health literacy, so that a targeted intervention could be performed.

Evaluating nursing satisfaction and utilization of the Clinical Institute Withdrawal Assessment for Alcohol, revised version (CIWA-Ar).

Introduction: The Clinical Institute Withdrawal Assessment for Alcohol, revised version (CIWA-Ar), developed and validated for research, is used in our inpatient academic medical center. We sought to assess nursing satisfaction with the scale itself, training for using the scale, and nursing staff use of the CIWA-Ar.

Methods: A retrospective chart review included all patients with an order for CIWA-Ar between August 1, 2014, and September 30, 2014.