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I am getting so fed up with the poorly trained staff at nursing homes and the similar types that corps hire as pharmacy techs. I see a order for Clonidine 0.1mg and to DECREASE the dose to 0.5 mg .. this is what came from the nursing home and the tech typed in “TAKE FIVE […]
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Collectively, our profession has an acute case of Optimism Bias.. According to Wikipedia… Optimism bias is the demonstrated systematic tendency for people to be overly optimistic about the outcome of planned actions. I don’t need to expound on every thing that we let slide… short cuts we have allowed to develop … that we know […]
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According to a article published in www.NJ.com… According to Thomas Calcagni, director of the state Division of Consumer Affairs, which oversees the licensing and enforcement of doctors, dentists and other prescribers, as well as pharmacists… “… plans to unilaterally revoke drug privileges from doctors, pharmacists and other licensed professionals suspected of breaking the law…” Whatever […]
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We have four major cell providers AT&T, Verizon, Sprint & T mobile.. Recently the Justice dept refused to let the merger of AT&T and T Mobile go thru. Even after the merger, that would have left us with three major players. However, Justice seems destine to allow the merger of Medco & ESI to become […]
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Here is a quote from the Indiana practice act “Qualifying pharmacist” means the pharmacist who will qualify the pharmacy by being responsible to the board for the legal operations of the pharmacy under the permit. — this is the PIC definition — compare it to your practice act… Here is the definition of a what […]
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There is one that I almost lost my dinner on when I read this one… I shouldn’t read these things this close after a meal. CMS Proposal Here is a quote from the article In addition, the CMS proposal draws on incorrect perceptions about the ethics of consultant pharmacists, according to the American Society of […]
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The North Carolina legislature passed a new law that mandates Pharmacist must get non-validated driver’s license for C-II’s and certain C-III’s. What is really interesting is that the ID can be of the person on the Rx or ANYONE willing to present a ID. Mail order pharmacies are exempt from the regulation BUT.. if the […]
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http://newsok.com/article/3635678 According to a statement in the Oklahoma City News … according to its website “the state’s most trusted news” The District Attorney from Ada, OK – Chris Ross stated that “It is not unusual for medical examiner to rule a drug overdose death as ACCIDENTAL… they rule on what they can see, and not […]
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the National Precursor Log Exchange (NPLEx) is a national database that officially starts in a lot of state this Jan 1st. In Indiana this program was pushed through the legislature by the Indiana Sheriff’s Assoc and the Indiana State Police. Neither the Indiana Board of Pharmacy nor the Indiana Pharmacists Alliance were involved in getting […]
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http://www.linkedin.com/news?viewArticle=&articleID=980134975&gid=1827349&type=member&item=85441645&articleURL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.inc.com%2Filya-pozin%2F7-things-highly-productive-people-do.html&urlhash=LIc-&goback=.gmr_1827349.gde_1827349_member_85441645 1. Work backwards from goals to milestones to tasks. 2. Stop multi-tasking. No, seriously—stop. Switching from task to task quickly does not work. In fact, changing tasks more than 10 times in a day makes you dumber than being stoned. 3. Be militant about eliminating distractions 4. Schedule your email 5. Use the phone. […]
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