NEW LONDON, CT – Founded in 1912, Lawrence & Memorial Hospital is a non-profit, community-focused hospital in New London, Connecticut, just off Long Island Sound. The 280-bed hospital with approximately 2,300 staff adopted RASMAS in 2007.

The hospital’s regional footprint includes a stand-alone emergency room, the Pequot Health Center, hospital-owned physician practices, a dialysis clinic, an outpatient surgical center and a sleep center operated in conjunction with the local Hilton. Specialty practices at the hospital include the Community Cancer Center and a location of the Joslin Diabetes Center, affiliated with Harvard Medical School. (more…)

HOUSTON – Prior to 2008, Texas Children’s Hospital, a 560-bed facility, managed all product alerts and recalls through its quality and safety group, and recall notices were distributed via e-mail.

In June, 2009, RASMAS became operational at Texas Children’s Hospital. Texas Children’s has approximately 63 responders and a total of 10 coordinators, who are all involved in the overall alert process. These individuals ensure appropriate recall management responsibility across all product domains.

The hospital reports that staff receives recall notices in a more timely and comprehensive fashion than before. Accountability also has improved by assigning designated individuals to specific product domains.

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RICHMOND – It seems backwards, testing a drug for safety after it has been approved. But some researchers now are beginning to see the benefits.

“Everyone is looking at how can we study drugs post-marketing,” says Jürgen Venitz, MD, Ph.D. and Associate Professor, Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy at Virginia Commonwealth University / Medical College of Virginia. (more…)