Should the word “ADDICT” have the same derogatory meaning as the “N-word” ?

Posted on April 18, 2015 by Pharmaciststeve

Race lesson in the pharmacy The Americans with Disability Act and the Civil Rights Act are parallel laws.. covering different subsections of our population. Discrimination under both laws is considered a civil rights violation. In this story, the Pharmacist took offense at being told by the customers that she should “go back to Africa”.. and […]

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Brace for record-breaking HIPAA violation fines

Posted on April 18, 2015 by Pharmaciststeve

Healthcare providers: Brace for record-breaking HIPAA violation fines Office of Civil Rights (OCR) has pipeline of “unprecedented” settlements, says attorney Adam Greene http://www.fiercehealthit.com/story/healthcare-large-hipaa-violation-fines-settlements/2015-04-17 OCR could hand down some whopping fines for HIPAA violations later this year, privacy attorney Adam Greene told govinfosecurity.com in an interview. “We’ve heard anecdotally that [OCR] has a significant pipeline of […]

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Local veteran dying of cancer can’t get pain meds from VA

Posted on April 18, 2015 by Pharmaciststeve

http://m.wftv.com/news/news/local/local-veteran-dying-cancer-cant-get-pain-meds-va/nkt7y/  VIDEO ON WEBSITE An Orange County veteran diagnosed with terminal colon cancer said he was given just months to live. But after serving for more than 30 years, he said Veterans Affairs denied him pain medication that he needs to make it through the day. Channel 9 found out the denial is being blamed […]

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