New Montefiore Program Helps Patients Avoid Potentially Life- Threatening Medication Errors
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Medication Therapy Management Believed to be NY-Area's First Hospital-Based Program to Help Cancer Patients Reduce 'Polypharmacy' Mistakes
BRONX, N.Y., May 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A new program at the Montefiore-Einstein Center for Cancer Care (MECCC) is helping to reduce the negative consequences of "polypharmacy," the use of multiple dissimilar drugs, frequently prescribed by different doctors, by a patient who may have more than one serious health problem.See the full content of this document
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New Montefiore Program Helps Patients Avoid Potentially Life- Threatening Medication Errors
Developed by the Department of Medical Oncology at Montefiore, the Medication Therapy Management program helps patients with cancer safely take their oral chemotherapy as well as prescription medications they need for other serious conditions such as heart disease and diabetes. The program was developed by Una Hopkins, BSN, MSN, FNP-BC, nurse practitioner,...
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