Becker's Healthcare July 8, 2020
The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists released its annual survey of pharmacy directors from nearly 5,000 hospitals across the country.
The survey — which was conducted before the COVID-19 pandemic and published June 23 — asked the directors questions about prescribing, opioid stewardship, staffing and the use of mobile technology.
Twelve key trends in hospital pharmacy, according to the survey:
Formulary management strategies:
- Thirty-one percent of hospitals reported rationing medications due to expected patient outcomes and cost of therapy, up from 25 percent in 2016.
- Seventy-three percent of hospitals have a limited strict formulary and tight restrictions on non-formulary medication use, up from 63 percent in 2016.
- Eighty-nine percent of hospitals indicated that...
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