February 4, 2012
Pharmacy news, jobs, continuing education, community and more.
National Pharmacist Day is celebrated on January 12th of each year. Not only do pharmacists serve in a vital role throughout the healthcare system, the pharmacist profession remains as one of the most trusted professions around today. So on January 12, 2011, be sure to thank your pharmacist! Since many of you are looking forward to National [...]
(Part of a series) Molecular biology is the field that overlaps with other areas of biology and chemistry, particularly genetics and biochemistry. Molecular biology chiefly concerns itself with understanding the interactions between the various systems of a cell, including the interrelationship of DNA, RNA and protein synthesis and learning how these interactions are regulated. Researchers [...]
While pharmaceuticals have always had a vital impact on patients’ outcomes and improved quality of life, they also have played a large role in the growing expenditures of healthcare. Increased spending on pharmaceuticals outpaced every other category of healthcare expenses throughout the 1990s. But in the past few years, managed care pharmacy executives have had [...]
With the focus on healthcare changing, everybody in pharmacy is scrambling to show value added services and improved healthcare at lower reimbursement rates. It’s everyone’s guess where the potential health plan will land, but rest assured, there will be a need for patients to spend more time looking at ways to make their healthcare dollars [...]
Recently I was filling in a shift at a local retail pharmacy and was listening to a couple of technicians talk about Central Fill coming to their company. As you can imagine, the first thought that came to their head was “Am I being replaced by a robot?” Good question, but not likely. Although central [...]
Seven Key Questions to Avoid Drug Errors as News Spreads about 1.5 Million Americans Being Injured Annually A new study shows that more than 1.5 million Americans are injured every year by drug errors in hospitals, nursing homes and doctor’s offices. The study, conducted by the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP), estimates at least [...]
I have been fortunate in my career to work in four areas of pharmacy; retail, mail service, specialty, and nuclear. The recent troubles in the US economy, which have many fearing a coming recession, have proven problematic at best for many Americans — especially those without health insurance or who are on fixed incomes. Many [...]
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