Pharmacy Week: Q&A on antibiotic use in children
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that 23,000 deaths in the United States can be attributed to antibiotic resistance. This statistic is even more alarming, knowing that up to half of all antibiotics used in humans are unnecessary or inappropriate. To prevent ourselves from plummeting back into an era without antibiotics, patients…
What pharmacists can do to combat the opioid epidemic
National Opioid Abuse Epidemic According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than a half a million people died from drug overdoses from 2000 to 2015. Every day, 91 Americans die from overdosing on opioids. The United States opioid epidemic is growing more deadly. The Role of the HCA Healthcare Pharmacist Pharmacists at…
8 things to know about the role of pharmacists in the ER
An emerging field of practice for pharmacists is emergency medicine. The Emergency Medicine Pharmacist (EMP) role at HCA Healthcare performs a variety of duties essential to both direct patient care and administration. Deanna Pouliot, PharmD, an emergency medicine pharmacist at affiliate TriStar Skyline Medical Center says: “We see a wide variety of patients and disease…
HCA Hope Fund extends aid, employees rally to help people in Puerto Rico
Our HCA Hope Fund sets out to do exactly what its name implies: give hope. And, thanks to the generous donations of countless HCA employees, the Hope Fund has done just that to support our coworkers in need during this historic hurricane season. And more. In an extraordinary move to extend its reach beyond our HCA…
How Tulane Health Helped a Louisiana Cheerleader Back on the Field
“Cracking the chest”, an incision most associated with open heart surgery, would be frightening for anyone, especially a 14-year old girl. Thanks to a revolutionary technique at HCA Healthcare’s Tulane Medical Center, the active teen underwent a minimally invasive and far less traumatic procedure. Tulane Health System chief endocrine surgeon Dr. Emad Kandil recently performed…
“Homeless, but not hopeless.”
Learn more about how HCA Healthcare employees across the country are living out the HCA mission in response to these events and how they are relying on preparedness, emergency response and recovery response tactics to exhibit that above all else we are committed to the care and improvement of human life. The commitment and dedication…