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“When I ask hospitals about who is leading their immediate-use compounding initiatives, sometimes I get a blank stare from the pharmacy department, and often an even more blank stare from nursing.”

HFpEF and HFmrEF collectively account for up to 75% of all heart failure cases, yet clinical research and treatment evidence in HFpEF and HFmrEF is substantially limited compared with other types of heart failure.

After private equity acquisition, hospitals on average reduced salaries and staffing relative to nonacquired hospitals, notably in the EDs and ICUs, which are higher-acuity and staffing-sensitive areas.

Compared with patients who experience a single episode of pericarditis, those with recurrent disease are more likely to experience complications such as pericardial effusion or tamponade.

The recall was initiated because the medication content of the recalled pills is ‘below the approved specification’.

“I really think people research their doctor as much as they research a hospital. Patients will come in to me and will already know where I went to school, where I did my fellowship.”