PHARMACIST STEVE

I was told by the PIC at a local chain store – the one whose stock price is about the same as two large candy bars – that a local Pharmacist at this chain was recently FIRED because he was in the Rx dept wearing BLUE JEANS… ON HIS DAY OFF ! So let this […]

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inheritable reasonableness When I was in the HME ( Home Medical Equipment) business… early 80’s to mid-late 90’s.. the real go-go years for HME.. back then referred to as DME ( Durable Medical Equipment). I started just as the DRG’s were being implemented in the hospitals and home nursing services were really gaining ground.. people […]

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There was a complaint filed with the Indiana Board of Pharmacy… which was referred to the AG’s office… concerning a chain drug store refusing to fill C-II’s without a ICD9 provided by the prescriber.. Didn’t not make any difference if the pt and/or the doctor was known to the pharmacy staff, nor if the pt […]

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My bog has been very quite of late… I had a group of 10 hr days scheduled in a row plus a 30-45 minute commute each way..  not leaving much time for comments. Thursday night, getting home around 23:00 all hell broke loose.. apparently I had picked up some gastro bug…  and things starting coming […]

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http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324077704578360492527284364.html IMO.. this author, JEN WIECZNER, must have a quota of articles to write… in reading the  “10 things”  it reminds me of discharging a shot gun… if you are far enough from the target.. the shots within in the discharge will “hit” all over the target.. as they spread out with distance. Are we […]

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An object at rest will remain at rest unless acted upon by an unbalanced force; An object in motion will remain in motion unless acted upon by an unbalanced force. This is also known as the Law of Inertia. The first part of Newton’s law seems to define the pharmacy profession. A small portion of […]

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While you are trying to meet all your own metrics… we want you to pay attention to what the competition is doing in 7 different categories. Don’t forget our policies and procedure manual states that we encourage our Pharmacist to take a meal break, but don’t it the “red icons” stack up !

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Drugstore Sales Drop Along with Drug Trend: Implications for Retail Pharmacy http://www.drugchannels.net/2013/03/drugstore-sales-drop-along-with-drug.html Pharmacies have had the benefit of growing number of generics available and the growing per-cent of generic utilization.. By 2016 it is estimated that the tsunami of brand to generic conversion is going to come to an abrupt end and at some point […]

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IC 25-26-13-16 Pharmacist’s professional judgment; honoring and refusal to honor prescriptions; immunity Sec. 16. (a) A pharmacist shall exercise his professional judgment in the best interest of the patient’s health when engaging in the practice of pharmacy. (b) A pharmacist has a duty to honor all prescriptions from a practitioner or from a physician, podiatrist, […]

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