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The WHO Model List of Essential Medicines (aka Essential Medicines List or EML [1] ), published by the World Health Organization (WHO), contains the medications considered to be most effective and safe to meet the most important needs in a health system. [2] The list is frequently used by countries to help develop their own local lists of ...
A drug class is a group of medications and other compounds that have similar chemical structures, the same mechanism of action (i.e. binding to the same biological target ), similar modes of action, and/or are used to treat the similar diseases. [1] [2] The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has worked on classifying and licensing new ...
Maury Regional Health is the largest health care provider between Nashville, Tennessee and Huntsville, Alabama, with approximately 3,000 employees throughout the system. History. Maury Regional Medical Center opened as Maury County Hospital on December 16, 1953. It initially had 102 patient beds.
Maury Regional Health will host an informational seminar on Nov. 3 from 2 to 3 p.m. focusing on evaluating Medicare plan changes for the coming year.
Maury Regional Medical Center has been recognized for proving safer care to its patients for the 16th time. Reflection of commitment: Maury Regional nationally recognized for patient safety Skip ...
John Muir Medical Center, Concord, is a 244-bed acute care facility that serves Contra Costa and southern Solano counties. The medical center is a center for cancer care and cardiovascular care, including open heart surgery and interventional cardiology. Other areas of specialty include general surgery, orthopedic and neurology programs.
A substance (other than food) intended to affect the structure or any function of the body. A substance intended for use as a component of a medicine but not a device or a component, part, or accessory of a device. A substance intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease.
Drugs are most typically defined as specialty because they are expensive. They are high cost "both in total and on a per-patient basis". High-cost medications are typically priced at more than $1,000 per 30-day supply. The Medicare Part D program "defines a specialty drug as one that costs more than $600 per month".