When will pharmacy catch on ?

Posted on February 18, 2012 by Pharmaciststeve

Some hospitals are starting to see the light. A recent article in The Tennessean Hospitals moving to change culture, admit mistakes One hospital has recognized that most errors are based in a system problem … Nashville’s Baptist Hospital is a case in point. In 2009, a 3-week-old infant in neonatal intensive care died when a […]

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Are we close to hitting a financial wall?

Posted on February 16, 2012 by Pharmaciststeve

For years we have been able to hold some of the increase in overall medication costs by the 1%-3% annual increase in generic utilization. As overall generic utilization is somewhere in the mid-high 70%… there has got to be a ceiling of generic utilization.. unless all R&D just stops and no new products start coming […]

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Can the Lawyers be far behind?

Posted on February 15, 2012 by Pharmaciststeve

Where the media goes… the law profession are usually close behind. According to a article in the www.Oregonlive.com a major majority of chain Pharmacists said that their employer and their work environment did little/nothing to promote patient safety – read keep medication errors to a minimum. The Pharmacy Alliance (www.thepharmacyalliance.com) in Jan 2012 ,sent a […]

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Cuts could doom USF pharmacy school

Posted on February 15, 2012 by Pharmaciststeve

University of South Florida budget cuts could “take out” pharmacy school.

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Here they come !!!

Posted on February 15, 2012 by Pharmaciststeve

IT would appear that attorneys are running out of “targets” CVS Pharmacy getting sued for filling two Rxs .. one time… Walmart getting sued for on going filling of acne cream

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Oregon Pharmacy Board Survey Only 25.9 percent of chain store pharmacists agreed working conditions promoted safe and effective patient care

Posted on February 12, 2012 by Pharmaciststeve

This is according to a survey by the OREGON BOARD OF PHARMACY survey. Whose results were published in a article Here is a quote from a Rite Aid spokesperson … “We have a strong safety record because of our on-going education and training for pharmacy associates as well as our continued investment in technology for […]

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Consumer complaints about major pharmacies

Posted on February 11, 2012 by Pharmaciststeve

Here is a website that consumers use to complain about pharmacy services from the BIG BOYS.. they have even indexed them by corporate offender

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Will we soon be a commodity or are we there already ?

Posted on February 11, 2012 by Pharmaciststeve

Look at how many things in our society that is based almost exclusively by price ! You want to fly somewhere… do you check the safety records of the various airlines… maybe the on-time record? Mostly likely, if we are flying out of a major airport.. we go to one of websites that offer “discount […]

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Where is the Florida Board of Pharmacy action?

Posted on February 7, 2012 by Pharmaciststeve

The DEA has swooped in and suspended the DEA license of two CVS stores in Florida. Here is the article. One one think that if the DEA has suspended a pharmacy’s right to stop filling controlled prescriptions, that the board of pharmacy would be taking a action against the BOTH the PIC/QP and the permit […]

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Have bureaucrats jumped to a conclusion with false facts?

Posted on February 4, 2012 by Pharmaciststeve

Here is a article from a TV station in NM. Either the doctor is lying about how many patients he see or the state’s PMP is full of forged Rxs in his name or both… What is interesting is that the representative from the state board commented that they had went back and checked all […]

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