time and patience to make sure that their patient received the highest quality of care. Today‚ the healthcare industry is not as personable due to the rising number of lawsuits from patients claiming negligence. I would like to examine the field of pharmacy and explore how an individual in this profession might be held liable for negligence. I will also examine ways that they may proactively avoid or prevent that negligence. A pharmacist is the healthcare provider that has a duty to dispense
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emerging of the IPAD and Iphone. The Scriptpad is the inevitable trend. 2. Through the years‚ it was approved that 40% of the handwritten prescriptions contain minor errors (per case 2.1 in the textbook)‚ some are even with major problems. 3. Pharmacies are trying their efforts to reduce number of times of ‘call back’‚ in order to raise the efficiency and keeping the patients to wait less time in store. 4. Patients have the desire in getting fully correct prescriptions‚ since there are 7‚000
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Situation Analysis: Express Scripts Holding Company Express Scripts‚ a wholly-owned subsidiary of Express Scripts Holding Company‚ is one of the largest pharmacy benefit management (PBM) companies in North America.The company operates in the US and Canada. It is headquartered in St. Louis‚ Missouri and employed 13‚ 120 people as ofJanuary 2013. In the five years to 2012‚ Express Script ’s revenue increased an annualized rate of 17.2% to $48.2 billion. This was an increase of 2.6% over FY2012
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pharmacists knew all the patients by name and could answer a lot of questions about them without having to ask the patient. It seemed they knew just about everyone’s life story. This is one area that I need to improve on. While working in a community pharmacy‚ I find that I focus most of my attention on the drugs themselves. I am always very particular in what I pull from the shelves and what I am counting. While this is all very important‚ I need to realize that there is more to filling prescriptions
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throughout it. b. This can be implemented through a small injection of the medicine into the body each year. 2. A month or two before flu season starts in January‚ call up your physician and ask them about the flu shot. You can also go to a CVS pharmacy‚ Walgreens‚ and a rite aid. a.) Get the Flu
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newest PhD pharmacist in our pharmacy‚ it is for this reason I choose to interview her. She is responsible for checking medications for drug interactions‚ correct data entry‚ counseling patients‚ maintaining a correct narcotic inventory‚ interacting with doctors’ offices on behalf of patients to obtain new prescriptions or for medication therapy management. Some of her interpersonal job duties include the management of technicians‚ and delegate work load within the pharmacy environment when needed
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impressed me‚ that the very uncertainty of the future is full of opportunities‚ for exploration to discover something we are passionate about. In the beginning‚ I expected to be a clinical pharmacist at a hospital‚ since I had taken a pharmacy degree with clinical pharmacy major. Nevertheless‚ the food and beverage industry has captivated my interest enough for me to pursue a career in it‚ especially related to the innovation and development of functional foods. In terms of previous formal education
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LIFE ORIENTATION 2. FURTHER STUDY OPTION 2.1 Pharmacy is a dynamic‚ patient-oriented profession committed to fulfilling the health care needs of South Africa and its people. It is a profession that is expanding in new directions to meet the health care needs of all South Africans. Movement is away from the traditional compounding and dispensing of medicine towards a more professional advisory and primary health care role. Through innovative application of knowledge and skills the pharmacist
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the beginning‚ I expected to be a clinical pharmacist at a hospital‚ since I had completed my pharmacy degree with that focus. Nevertheless‚ the food and beverage industry has captivated my interest enough for me to pursue a career in it‚ especially as related to the innovation and development of functional foods. In terms of previous formal education‚ I obtained my bachelor degree in the field of pharmacy from the University of Surabaya (UBAYA). Several weeks before the undergraduate orientation
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called to see how their current medications were working and to see if they were ready for refills. I educated many individuals on medication adherence. I believe I averaged four calls a day. Goal 2: I will analyze the needs of the patients at the pharmacy and develop an educational brochure suited specifically for them within my first two weeks. Plan: I will analyze the needs of the patient population during the first week. I will design the brochure at the beginning of the second week‚ and hand
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