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Volume 26, Issue 2 , Pages 89-93 , March 2005

Incorporating medication regimen reviews into the interdisciplinary care planning process

Judy Binch, RN
- JUDY BINCH, RN, is now retired but served as director of health services at the Pines at Davidson in Davidson, North Carolina
Ron Beamon, MD
- RON BEAMON, MD, is medical director at the Pines at Davidson in Davidson, North Carolina
Stephanie Clontz, BSW
- STEPHANIE CLONTZ, BSW, is a health center BSW at the Pines at Davidson in Davidson, North Carolina
Patti Goodwin, RN, BSN
- PATTI GOODWIN, RN, BSN, is nurse manager at the Pines at Davidson in Davidson, North Carolina
Heather Hartwig, CTRS
- HEATHER HARTWIG, CTRS, is health center therapeutic recreations coordinator at the Pines at Davidson in Davidson, North Carolina
Ratna Kolhatkar, RD
- RATNA KOLHATKAR, RD, is dietitian at the Pines at Davidson in Davidson, North Carolina
Mike List, RPh, Pharm D
- MIKE LIST, RPh, Pharm D, is consulting pharmacist at the Pines at Davidson in Davidson, North Carolina
Shirley S. Travis, PhD, APRN, FAAN
- SHIRLEY S. TRAVIS, PhD, APRN, FAAN, is dean, College of Nursing and Health Science, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia.

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