Four lawsuits filed against CVS by former RPH’s… 8 more to be filed …

Posted on March 25, 2015 by Pharmaciststeve

CVS Pharmacists File Age Bias Suits Over Metrics System Four former and current CVS Health Corp. pharmacists have filed age discrimination lawsuits in South Carolina federal court, accusing the company of implementing a metric-based system that weeded out older workers and allegedly caused pharmacists to make errors in filling patient prescriptions. http://www.law360.com/cases/551182d8b220e04edb000002?article_sidebar=1

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When you look at the larger picture…the options are ….

Posted on March 25, 2015 by Pharmaciststeve

            https://www.facebook.com/KennedyFBN?fref=ts   If you are a regular reader, you are well aware that I always try to look at the larger picture… and not all the pieces of the puzzle of the larger picture are not always readily “see-able”.   Congress seems to be full of a bunch of […]

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More changes at Walgreens to benefit the community ?

Posted on March 25, 2015 by Pharmaciststeve

Founder of local charity says Walgreens pulling soldier fundraiser http://www.jrn.com/fox4now/news/Founder-of-local-charity-says-Walgreens-pulling-soldier-fundraiser-297573841.html CAPE CORAL, Fla. – The founder of a local charity has been getting big thank yous from our troops overseas for sending more than four thousand care packages, but a major donation source that makes that possible is pulling the plug. If you’re a Walgreens […]

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If this is what a compromise is.. what did each side want ?

Posted on March 25, 2015 by Pharmaciststeve

After 3 years of trying, Ky. passes bill fighting heroin http://www.whas11.com/story/news/2015/03/24/after-3-years-of-trying-ky-passes-bill-fighting-heroin/70411274/ FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) – Taxpayers will spend money to keep heroin dealers in prison longer and to give addicts a steady supply of clean needles under a bill that has passed the state legislature designed to curb Kentucky’s alarming increase of overdose deaths. The […]

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Indiana Gov Pense states that he is AGAINST clean needle exchange program

Posted on March 25, 2015 by Pharmaciststeve

Ind. Gov. to sign executive order for public health emergency for Scott Co. In January there were seven cases of HIV connected with IV drug use. Now there are 72 cases of HIV connected with IV drug use and there are seven other preliminary cases. The governor said he doesn’t take his action lightly. SCOTT […]

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Walgreen nixes ‘Be well’ at checkout line

Posted on March 25, 2015 by Pharmaciststeve

Walgreen nixes ‘Be well’ at checkout line http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/breaking/ct-walgreens-be-well-0326-biz-20150325-story.html Walgreens will no longer require its cashiers to send each customer off with the words, “Be well.”A spokesman said the campaign had run its course, though the company didn’t elaborate on why the effort, launched several years ago, was dropped. “It’s accomplished its goal of reinforcing our […]

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Can’t wait until Pharmacists get provider status ?

Posted on March 25, 2015 by Pharmaciststeve

Are pharmacists turning into salespeople? Internal company emails show push on pharmacists to keep ‘driving those numbers’ http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/are-pharmacists-turning-into-salespeople-1.3007463 Some pharmacists feel that business pressures to push billable services turn them into salespeople. (iStock) ​ Do you think of your pharmacist as a health-care professional or a salesperson? Internal emails from top Canadian chain drugstores show the […]

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