How many physicians have lost their “ETHICAL WAY ” ?

Posted on June 20, 2015 by Pharmaciststeve

Balancing Patient Care and Public Health Do ‘the needs of the many’ ever outweigh ‘the needs of the few’? http://www.medpagetoday.com/PublicHealthPolicy/Ethics/52225?xid=nl_mpt_DHE_2015-06-20&eun=g578717d0r Physicians are increasingly being asked to balance the interests of their individual patients with those of the public at large — for example, when they are considering prescriptions for antibiotics or for ultra-expensive cancer therapies […]

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My new car is smarter than this pt’s OB/GYN..

Posted on June 20, 2015 by Pharmaciststeve

This  doctor used the analogy of you don’t wait until you run out of gas before you buy some..  I got a “new ride” a month ago and on my return trip from the FL BOP special committee meeting last week in Orlando… I had been on the interstate for several hours and was needing […]

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At CVS where “health is everything”.. customers safety – NOT SO MUCH ?

Posted on June 20, 2015 by Pharmaciststeve

Cops: Robber continues spree, takes CUSTOMER hostage http://www.courierpostonline.com/story/news/local/south-jersey/2015/06/20/hostage-taken-woolwich-pharmacy-robbery/29046157/ WOOLWICH – The drugstore thief who carjacked a priest in Haddonfield has struck again, this time robbing a CVS Pharmacy in Gloucester County while armed with a crowbar, authorities said. The robber took a female customer hostage during the crime, which occurred shortly after 11 p.m. Friday […]

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Isn’t 1.7 billion more than 712 million… ?

Posted on June 20, 2015 by Pharmaciststeve

The Feds just made the largest ever healthcare-fraud bust  http://www.businessinsider.com/the-fbi-bust-medicare-fraud-scheme-2015-6#ixzz3ddboPMSB This week the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Department of Justice (DOJ), and local law enforcement in 17 different US cities arrested 243 individuals for an alleged $712 million in fraudulent Medicare charges. The nationally coordinated bust is the largest ever for […]

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Going to a hospital doesn’t always means that you will “BE HEALED”?

Posted on June 20, 2015 by Pharmaciststeve

Woman sues Mercy over wrong drug allegation http://www.cantonrep.com/article/20150618/NEWS/150619293/?Start=1 CANTON An 86-year-old Perry Township woman is accusing Mercy Medical Center of wrongly giving her a drug that caused a massive stroke and partial paralysis. Her lawsuit alleges that the hospital’s nursing staff gave propofol to Lois E. Arrendale instead of a prescribed antibiotic. Propofol is a […]

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