Using multidose eyedrops in a health care setting: a policy and procedural approach to safe and effective treatment of patients.

Importance: Quality and safety of eyedrop use for patients treated in a health care setting play a vital role in the delivery of health care.

Objective: To describe the development of a policy and procedural approach to the use of multidose eyedrops in multiple patients, approved and accepted by The Joint Commission in compliance with preferred practice standards in ophthalmology, the safe handling and administration of multidose eyedrops, and cost benefits of a multidose eyedrop approach.

Design, Setting, And Patients: Using a policy and procedural approach, we petitioned The Joint Commission for approval and evaluated the cost benefits of implementation of a multidose process for eyedrop administration in patients undergoing surgery and treatment at the Utah Valley Regional Medical Center, Provo.

An employer-based cost-benefit analysis of a novel pharmacotherapy agent for smoking cessation.

Introduction: An employer-based cost-benefit analysis for varenicline versus bupropion was conducted using clinical outcomes from a recently published trial.

Methods: A decision tree model was developed based on the net benefit of treatment to produce a nonsmoker at 1 year. Sensitivity analyses were conducted based on quit rates with placebo and varenicline and the cost of varenicline.