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Flash follow-up 12 Aug 2013 | 11:22 pm
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE In my last post, I suggested that patients carry a flash drive that contains their health information. This drive would contain all medical info...
Is the answer as simple as a flash drive? 10 Jul 2013 | 03:11 pm
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE Back in my community pharmacist days, one of my biggest pet peeves was the lack of coordination of care that occurred when patients were discharg...
No words needed 25 May 2013 | 06:53 pm
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Forget MTM, I'm doing PPC 29 Jan 2013 | 07:54 am
Medication therapy management. MTM. That's been the focus of the pharmacist organizations for the past several years. The thought of pharmacists providing direct care to patients in an effort to im...
Affordable Care Act...coming to a community pharmacy near you? 23 Oct 2012 | 12:00 pm
After sitting through several meetings last week, some of which included discussion of the value-based purchasing and readmission reduction programs that are included in the Affordable Care Act, I won...
Election day is on its way 9 Oct 2012 | 12:00 am
I've found that as I get older, I have a greater appreciation for what the United States of America is. I have a tremendous amount of respect for the men and women who serve in our armed forces, pres...
Free preventive care 22 Aug 2012 | 06:20 pm
Last night I received an email from the American Pharmacists Association that had a link to an article on the APhA website that caught my eye. This morning when I woke up, there were a few links to t...
Should I become a pharmacist? 15 Aug 2012 | 10:19 am
One of my oldest son's friends is entering her senior year of high school this year. Her plans after graduation...attend pharmacy school in order to become the clinical pharmacist in a children's hos...
Pharmacist prescribing 10 Jul 2012 | 07:30 pm
It hardy seems like it, but Monday was the one year anniversary of my switch from retail/community pharmacy to the hospital setting. After 16 years behind the counter I have spent the last twelve mon...
Who benefits from more OTC medications? 22 Mar 2012 | 08:25 am
Thursday and Friday (March 22 & 23) the FDA is holding its public hearings on "using innovative technologies and other conditions of safe use to expand drug products considered nonprescription". You k...
