Pharmacy Operations

Pharmacy Operations

Do You Have a PRESCRIPTION Insurance Card?

Pharmacists are expected to educate patients and healthcare professionals about drugs.  That makes sense.  But since our healthcare...

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Pharmacy Operations

Implementing a Pharmacist Follow-up Program in a Retail Setting

You’ve heard it said “no one cares how much you know until they know how much you care.”  This is true in many...

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Pharmacy Operations

Denying the shot like an early refill…

Sometimes I play street hockey.  Well, actually it is more like driveway hockey.  And I only play goalie.  That’s because my 10...

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Pharmacy Operations

The Scylla, Charybdis and The Pharmacist’s Dilemma

In Greek Mythology there was a nymph named Scylla, a 6-headed sea monster that destroyed boats that passed nearby.  Not far from Scylla...

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Pharmacy Operations

Pharmacist to Technician – In Search of the Golden Ratio

Mathematicians like to talk about the “Golden Ratio.”   It occurs when two numbers, divided by the larger are in the same...

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Patients: Do You Want Your Prescriptions Refilled Automatically?

Maybe you’ve heard the news.  Several agencies “broke” a story about a reportedly inappropriate abuse of technology...

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Only as Sick as Your Secrets: Addiction Help for Pharmacists (and others)

Our local newspaper, out here in the middle of nowhere, recently reported on a visit by Chris Herren to a nearby High School to share his...

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Pharmacy Operations

Communication Conundrums in Pharmacy

I don’t often tell stories about my actual experiences in the retail pharmacy.  I probably should do it more.  I tend to share only...

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Pharmacy Operations

Sperm Count Studies – Silly Things That Make Me Smile

I‘m grateful for the media.  When the FDA fails to approve any new drugs for a few days, and writers like me start wondering what to...

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Retail Pharmacy Staffing – The Dilemma part 1

Mark Twain quipped that “all generalizations are false, including this one.”  I don’t think, however, I am taking too...

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