Pharmacies
2013
2011
Be a dick, get a gift card!
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A wise man (OK, its my employer, fine) told me that the smartest investment a business can make is in its employees.
2010
We wish you a merry Crackmas!
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Here are a few things that I have written to celebrate the overly-medicated holiday season:
The truth about California pharmacy tech licenses
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Pharmacy tech schools/programs are cropping up around here in California like herpes after the prom.
2009
Bribing patients with gift cards
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Unlike some angry websites out there, I will never make you send money to a politician campaign fund for articles (who will just be bribed by your employer to sit there and do nothing like most politicians.
A profession of fighting
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Has anyone but myself noticed how pharmacy has turned into a profession of nothing but fighting?
One pharmacy to rule them all…
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Going along with my previous (and popular) socialized medicine post, I have a solution from the pharmacy aspect that I thought of while reading some responses to it.
ePrescribing for eIdiots
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ePrescribing is the stupidest thing to come to pharmacy to date.
2008
When chains rule the world…
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Although they sure as hell don’t realize it, PBM’s (like ScamImp-.
Professional courtesy and shitting where you sleep
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Am I the only one who gets disgusted quite frequently at our own profession?
DEA is useful as tits on a boar
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I hope the DEA is reading this, because they are not only a burden, but a tax drain on pharmacies and on the public in general.
ATAP: Medication changes and how I deal with them
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I received this question from a doctor who frequents the site:
Doing other people’s jobs
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Now I don’t mind explaining to people how their medication works, how to take it, and what it does.
Chain Pharmacists have it SO HARD
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Theres some talk about how bad pharmacists that work for chains have it.
2007
Black Monday after Thanksgiving
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For as long as Pharmacy has been in existance, there has always been the Black Monday after Thanksgiving.
Shooting ourselves in the foot, $4 at a time
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Say you are an insurance company, and you are looking at reimbursement rates to give to your participating pharmacies.
Mail Order Scum
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Now everyone knows that nobody is safe from The Angry Pharmacist(tm).
Pharmacy Certainties
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There are some things that go on in a pharmacy that are set in stone like the sun rising in the morning.
CPhT – Why?
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One of my staff has recently taken the CPhT exam (thats Certified Pharmacy Tech for those at home).
NPI – Someone needs to get a real job
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Who thought this NPI (National Provider Identifier) would be a good idea?
Dos and Donts when asking for Copies/Transfers
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Usually my rants are about patients, doctors, the system, etc.
2006
Angryness and Me
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So i’ve been doing some self thinking as to why I get angry at work.
Walgreens: The Pharmacy that Screws America
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Gee, where do I start bitching about Walgreens.
FDA shot themselves in the foot.
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All this Sudafed hooplah really has my panties in a bunch.
Mail Order Pharmacies: shove that stamp up your ass.
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Apologies to any pharmacist that I may insult with this post.