How close are we to the “Glass Ceiling”

Posted on May 15, 2013 by Pharmaciststeve

Generic use reached 84% in 2012, study finds http://www.drugstorenews.com/article/generic-use-reached-84-2012-study-finds?utm_source=MagnetMail&utm_medium=email& A number of years ago… it was thought that 75% generic utilization was going to be “the top”.. now it appears that ..that estimate was wrong.. Does this mean that step-therapy is really making an impact on generic utilization… The “Elephant in the room” is at […]

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Another Moral Issue that we are going to have to deal with…

Posted on May 15, 2013 by Pharmaciststeve

This was posted on another blog http://amavenrx.com/forum/topic/show?id=6374337%3ATopic%3A47450&xgs=1&xg_source=msg_share_topic Regarding HB 6645, enabling physicians to prescribe a lethal dose of barbiturates to assist terminally ill patients to end their lives, I can’t help but remember a lesson from Ethics 101: For every right, there is a corresponding duty. As a pharmacist, I never signed up to assist […]

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A new workplace “tactic” … “Workplace mobbing,”

Posted on May 15, 2013 by Pharmaciststeve

How to control workplace cruelty While managers are familiar with the idea of bullying, the concept of “mobbing,” a term coined by Duffy and her co-author Len Sperry, is less understood. “Workplace mobbing,” Duffy says, is “nonsexual harassment of a coworker by a group.” The purpose is to remove the individual from a particular unit […]

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Is it illegal if you don’t get caught?

Posted on May 15, 2013 by Pharmaciststeve

This was posted on another blog… The same thing happened to me when I worked for Coram Home Infusion in St Rose, LA. I was let go after I complained to the board of pharmacy about Coram using tainted meds for patient home infusion after hurricane Issac. They insisted we use meds that were stored […]

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