Former (disgruntled) employee causes licensing board investigation

Posted on October 22, 2014 by Pharmaciststeve

Click on image to enlarge Apparently Dr Ibsen turned over 3600 pages of evidence for this hearing Apparently the compliance specialist wasn’t happy or didn’t want to deal with all those records… so apparently “pulled out” 800 pages that would prove the Medical Licensing Board’s case against Dr Ibsen.. Are we playing WHEEL OF FORTUNE […]

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Workplace Violence at the Pharmacy

Posted on October 22, 2014 by Pharmaciststeve

http://www.khou.com/story/news/2014/10/22/hpd-responds-to-possible-shooting-at-ben-taub-hospital/17730145/ HOUSTON – Two people were killed in a murder-suicide at Ben Taub Hospital Wednesday. The shooting happened about 2:15 p.m. in the hospital’s outpatient pharmacy. Police say a pharmacist and pharmacy tech were shot behind the glass. HPD spokesperson John Cannon said surveillance video shows the female pharmacist was at her work station when […]

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We are 17 TRILLION in debt because ?

Posted on October 22, 2014 by Pharmaciststeve

America’s $7.6 billion war on Afghan drugs fails, opium production peaks http://rt.com/news/197708-afghanistan-opium-us-war/ Despite Washington spending $7.6 billion on counter-narcotic initiatives in Afghanistan, 2013 witnessed a record surge in the amount of opium poppy cultivation, according to the US inspector general for Afghan reconstruction. Battle-hardened Afghanistan produces more than 80 percent of the world’s opium. Guess […]

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“Rare medication errors ” increasing ?

Posted on October 22, 2014 by Pharmaciststeve

http://consumerist.com/2014/10/20/walgreens-gives-teen-wrong-prescription-shrugs/ From the article: It’s bad enough that a Michigan Walgreens pharmacy gave a 14-year-old customer someone else’s prescription, but the teen’s family says the drugstore chain made the situation much worse by demanding that the family go out of pocket to finally obtain the correct drug. A rep for the drugstore chain tells WOOD-TV […]

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Maybe we don’t need doctors ?

Posted on October 22, 2014 by Pharmaciststeve

Idaho Board of Pharmacy about to disrupt relationship between patients, doctors http://www.idahopress.com/members/idaho-board-of-pharmacy-about-to-disrupt-relationship-between-patients/article_ee92f1d2-5970-11e4-a3c1-67dda5b646a6.html From the article: The Idaho Board of Pharmacy is considering a proposed rule to allow pharmacists to unilaterally substitute complex specialty medications, known as biologics, with biosimilar drugs – without providing any notice or communication to the doctor. As the mother of a […]

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