GAO Report on pharmacy workforce
General Accounting Office reports on pharmacy workforce issues
Iowa R.Ph.s help cut seniors' Rx prices
Iowa pharmacists help devise Priority Prescription Savings Program, a statewide program to lower drug costs for senior citizens.
IPP good source of revenue for pharmacies
(In-person payemnts) IPP, company offers revenue source for pharmacies
Sony takes its digital photofinishing system on the road
sony's new picture maker for chains
Red, white, and blue...and green?
christmas 2001 how is it shaping up for pharmacies
New system offers last defense against IV errors
PatientGuard teams up with UltiMedex to curb bedside errors
GPOs in long-term care: Safety in numbers?
Group purchasing organizations in long-term care
CPSC to require child-resistant packaging on some household products
CPSC requires child resistant packaging for common household products containing hydrocarbons, including some baby oils
California hospitals brace for med error law's 2002 deadline
California's new law governing med errors in hospitals takes effect in two months
Ohio R.Ph. indicted in Rx error death
A Toledo, Ohio, hospital pharmacist faces involuntary manslaughter charges for allegedly dispensing fatal overdoses of two chemotherapy drugs.
Cipro Rxs need professional judgment, say officials
Pharmacists should consider whether scripts for Cipro as an precaution against anthrax are clinically appropriate, according to the American Pharmaceutical Association.
Birth control takes new turn with approval of hormonal ring
Organon's NuvaRing is approved for birth control.
Keeping PACE in long-term care
PACE programs in long-term care (Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly)
New Hampshire addiction project eyes use of R.Ph.s
New Hampshire project may have pharmacists dispense and adminiser methadone to recovering addicts in underserved rural areas.
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Error prompts Philadelphia hospital to revamp lab procedures
warfarin error at St. Agnes in Philadelphia
New service helps pharmacists mix drugs more easily and get paid for them
New service helps pharmacists with compounding
New Hampshire eases Canadian R.Ph.s' entry
Canadian pharmacists can take the NAPLEX in New Hampshire without going through the foreign pharmacy graduate examination certification process.
Improving the professional relationship between pharmacists and nurses
How pharmacists can improve their relations with nurses in nursing homes
Florida R.Ph.s fuming over Medicaid audits
florida pharmacists react to state's medicaid audits
RUNNING ON EMPTY
What's behind the current rampant drug shortages? Pharmacists want to know
Pharmacies sought for testing new claim standard
NHIN offers test to help pharmacies, PBMs, and software vendors transition to NCPDP's version 5.1 claim standard
Are consultant R.Ph.s doing a good job with DURs?
cutting back on medications in nursing homes
HHS report claims that pharmacies purchase Rxs at AWP minus 22%
Pharmacies acquire Rxs at AWP minus 22%, report by HHS IG states
In answer to RxHub, pharmacy associations launch SureScript
NACDS and NCPA launch SureScript to compete with RxHub
Pharmaceutical product ID: An industry in crisis?
How to code claims
Medication safety officer: A new breed of pharmacist
ASHP pushes for a medication safety officer in every hospital
State Medicaid agencies blast PBMs' claims tactics