Can the search for efficiency lead to carelessness?

Posted on December 13, 2011 by Pharmaciststeve

There is a old saying “..the faster I go the behinder I get …” over the last couple of decades the pharmacy profession has been throwing both ancillary staff and “electronic helpers” to allow us to be more “efficient”. We seem to now reached a point that we are continuing to “tweet” the efficiencies of […]

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Is there no financial intelligence on capital hill?

Posted on December 13, 2011 by Pharmaciststeve

More Lawmakers Raise ESI-Medco Merger Concerns At least 29 members of Congress now have publicly expressed concerns regarding the proposed Express Scripts Inc.-Medco merger The above is from a NCPA press release of Dec 13, 2011. At last count there are 435 members in the House. That would suggest that < 7% of the house […]

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