Med non-compliance crisis :About 125,000 people die annually because they took their medications incorrectly ?

Posted on January 4, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

Patients Forgetting Medication Can Be Costly, Fatal. Is Tech The Answer? http://www.capradio.org/articles/2018/01/04/patients-forgetting-medication-can-be-costly-fatal-is-tech-the-answer/ Neil W. MacLean and Sue Carey have built a quiet, simple life in their Sacramento home. The sitting room is lined with books, the coffee table covered in magazines and newspapers. Their long-haired dachshund Wally dozes to the ticking of a grandfather clock. […]

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CVS/Aetna merger: becoming a healthcare provider with an economic orientation to care outside of hospitals

Posted on January 4, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

Healthcare at the tipping point: 2018 has high risks for hospitals http://www.philly.com/philly/health/health-cents/healthcare-at-the-tipping-point-2018-has-high-risks-for-hospitals-20180104.html Innovation has been a buzz word and marketing tagline in healthcare for more than a decade.  Virtually every organization has invested in staffing an innovation activity.  Despite these investments the pace of change has been frustrated by an entrenched reliance of providers on […]

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Counting on the national pharmacy chains to “take care of you” ?

Posted on January 4, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

My husband and I have been refuses our medication because the pharmacy says they only get a certain amount. And it is not a neighborhood doctor that they are familiar with. My husband and I have both been on these prescriptions for pain control and is been on them for a little while now, well […]

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Nevada: new opiate law will provide further disincentives to take care of chronic-care patients

Posted on January 4, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

Sacrificing Pain Patients to Stop Opioid Epidemic?  http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/455136/sacrificing-pain-patients-stop-opioid-epidemic I’m all for fighting the opioid epidemic. But not at the price of preventing patients from receiving quality medical care. And that may be happening. Nevada doctors are apparently up in arms at a new Nevada law that they say is so vague, it could chill their […]

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Prescribing opioids – Navigating the minefields

Posted on January 4, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

Making healthcare safe for doctors file:///C:/Users/steve/AppData/Local/Packages/microsoft.windowscommunicationsapps_8wekyb3d8bbwe/LocalState/Files/S0/9796/Medical%20Malpractice%20Insurance%20is%20Not%20Enough%20%E2%80%93%20Medical%20JusticePrescribing%20opioids%20%E2%80%93%20Navigating%20the%20minefields[10789].htm Treating patients in pain with opioids creates serious legal quandaries for doctors. A 2010 study (based on the American Society of Anesthesiologists Closed Claims Database) found that malpractice claims related to chronic non-cancer pain management primarily involved patients with a history of risk behaviors. The study also found that […]

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Are we are a country of FIFTY STATES… or 50 COLONIES of the Federal Government ?

Posted on January 4, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/legal-pot/sessions-end-obama-era-policy-legalized-marijuana-n834591 Attorney General Jeff Sessions is giving U.S. attorneys the green light to aggressively enforce federal laws against marijuana — even in states where pot is legal. In doing so, Sessions is reversing an Obama administration policy that shielded legalized marijuana from federal intervention and enabled the pot industry to flourish, a senior Justice Department […]

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