by Eric Christianson | Aug 17, 2025 | Long Term Care Consultant Pharmacist Education and Information
Mrs. H is an 82-year-old resident in a long-term care facility with a history of generalized anxiety disorder, COPD, osteoarthritis, hypertension, insomnia, GERD, and mild cognitive impairment. She is taking duplicate PRN anxiety medications. Her full medication list...
by Eric Christianson | Feb 5, 2020 | Educational Case Studies For Pharmacists
As a clinical pharmacist, I cannot understate the importance of looking for ways to improve our healthcare system. We can be a key lynchpin in identifying concerns before something bad happens. Let me give you a couple of example situations that I have encountered....
by Eric Christianson | Jun 16, 2019 | Long Term Care Consultant Pharmacist Education and Information
I really enjoy receiving questions from other pharmacists and students. On LinkedIn, I recently received the question, “What’s it like being a consultant pharmacist? First, I do want to mention that there may be many different interpretations of what a...
by Eric Christianson | Nov 11, 2018 | Long Term Care Consultant Pharmacist Education and Information
As of October 1st, 2018, there has been a big update in long term care. Section N of the Minimum Data Set (MDS) has been updated to include a drug regimen review for residents upon admission. CMS will begin tracking this new quality measure. (Be sure to check out LTC...
