PHARMACIST STEVE

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/04/22/some-flight-delays-appear-as-faa-furloughs-kick-in-due-to-sequester/ The sequester cut the FAA budgets… so they cut staff and told the flying public that they are just going to have to stand in line… and expect delays… because they want to make sure that the flying public’s safety is their highest priority. Of course, the FAA doesn’t have to show a PROFIT… […]

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First of all … I have been asked by the law firm that is doing the whistle blower lawsuit in PA.. that I stop referring to them generically.. so here is their website http://bernabeipllc.com/ This firm besides working on this huge whistle blower lawsuit.. has been able to act as a referral source for other […]

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Everyday I get a report of things that people do a web search for that causes my website/blog end up showing up in their search Here is a list of  searches for the last 7 days and their frequency pharmacist steve 53 walgreens good faith dispensing policy 22 good faith dispensing walgreens 9 pharmacist work […]

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This was posted as a comment on my blog… pharmacist at cvs getting the runaround- saw your blog – decided to write- am getting REALLY tired of a supervisor that decides NOT to return my phone calls ad suddenly YANKS me out of a store Ive been for 8 yrs because I sent a letter […]

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We continually hear from RPH’s about anticipated increase Rx volume while having to deal with reduced RPH and tech hours. We have had only one state BOP that has attempted to put some “rational thinking” into staffing levels… a number of years ago, they promulgated rules/regulations that stated that it was ILLEGAL for RPH’s to […]

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http://health.wusf.usf.edu/post/safety-questions-arise-pharmacy-staffing-bill Safety Questions Arise on Pharmacy Staffing Bill When you figure that the typical RPH has two eyes & two ears.. and expected to oversee SIX TECHS ? From the article: The bill sharply raises the number of technicians who can be assigned to a single pharmacist for supervision, from a maximum of three to […]

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GOOD DEED MOMENT !! – from another FB post Will all of you on this group please like a FB page for me. A little boy near my hometown has stage IV hepatoblastoma. He loves to look at FB every day and see how many people “like” him. The page is Praying for Silas. It […]

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New Jersey woman sues CVS for $1M for racist receipt http://www.whas11.com/home/New-Jersey-woman-sues-CVS-for-1M-for-racist-receipt-203646411.html From the article: “CVS/pharmacy is committed to treating all of our customers with dignity and respect,” Michael DeAngelis, spokesperson for CVS, told ABCNews.com.  ”We have a firm non-discrimination policy. While the allegations in the complaint are not in keeping with our values or our […]

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/harold-meyerson-taking-the-service-out-of-the-s. And then the confounding way of tech budgets!! Rx budget to increase 2.5% and tech budget to REDUCE by 5%.ervice-sector/2013/04/16/b0a47efe-a6b6-11e2-8302-3c7e0ea97057_story.html Retail sales have dropped for 9 months in a row… One thing that is very interesting about this article is that there is nearly 2200 comments at the time of writing this post… Maybe […]

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Approximately 1.5 yr ago, I was asked to be the National Pubic Relations Director for The Pharmacy Alliance (TPA). At the time, the focus of the TPA was on the work environment of the garden variety pharmacists – particularly those who work in the community setting. The concern was about patient safety… but … in […]

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