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In a recent Oregon Board of pharmacy did a survey of RPH’s and their opinion as to if their work environment promotes patient safety… 3 out of 4 of chain RPH’s stated that their work environment DID NOT promote a patient safety work environment. I started a similar survey on this website and as of […]
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Some hospitals are starting to see the light. A recent article in The Tennessean Hospitals moving to change culture, admit mistakes One hospital has recognized that most errors are based in a system problem … Nashville’s Baptist Hospital is a case in point. In 2009, a 3-week-old infant in neonatal intensive care died when a […]
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For years we have been able to hold some of the increase in overall medication costs by the 1%-3% annual increase in generic utilization. As overall generic utilization is somewhere in the mid-high 70%… there has got to be a ceiling of generic utilization.. unless all R&D just stops and no new products start coming […]
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Where the media goes… the law profession are usually close behind. According to a article in the www.Oregonlive.com a major majority of chain Pharmacists said that their employer and their work environment did little/nothing to promote patient safety – read keep medication errors to a minimum. The Pharmacy Alliance (www.thepharmacyalliance.com) in Jan 2012 ,sent a […]
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University of South Florida budget cuts could “take out” pharmacy school.
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IT would appear that attorneys are running out of “targets” CVS Pharmacy getting sued for filling two Rxs .. one time… Walmart getting sued for on going filling of acne cream
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This is according to a survey by the OREGON BOARD OF PHARMACY survey. Whose results were published in a article Here is a quote from a Rite Aid spokesperson … “We have a strong safety record because of our on-going education and training for pharmacy associates as well as our continued investment in technology for […]
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Here is a website that consumers use to complain about pharmacy services from the BIG BOYS.. they have even indexed them by corporate offender
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Look at how many things in our society that is based almost exclusively by price ! You want to fly somewhere… do you check the safety records of the various airlines… maybe the on-time record? Mostly likely, if we are flying out of a major airport.. we go to one of websites that offer “discount […]
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A decade or so back, we basically lost a year of graduates as the profession moved from a five year to a six year degree along with drug chains growing new stores dramatically. The shortage of Pharmacists was dramatic. Annual pay increases of two -three times CPI were being granted. Sign on bonuses started at […]
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