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Survey
Last month's survey results:
Do you carry personal malpractice insurance, in addition to the coverage provided by your employer?
I am a community pharmacist and I do not carry personal malpractice insurance. 13%
I am a community pharmacist, and I do carry personal malpractice insurance. 38%
I am a health-system pharmacist and I do not carry personal malpractice insurance. 15%
I am a health-system pharmacist and I do carry personal malpractice insurance. 34%
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This month we would like to know...
In your practice setting, has the process for Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies (REMS) implementation been automated?
• Yes, we are using an automated system.
• No, we are not yet using an automated system.
• No, but we plan to use an automated system in the next 6 months.
• No, but we plan to use an automated system in the next 12 months.
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The Drug Enforcement Agency should consider community pharmacies as disposal locations for controlled substances, urged new comments submitted to Congress by the National Community Pharmacists Association. Read full article. |
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A discussion generated by
Drug Topics’ readers, editorial staff, and advisory board
Norb Salamonski is a community chain-store pharmacist in Marshfield, Wis. |
The upside of efficiency
Read full article.
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More than 6,000 pharmacists and pharmacy technicians have created profiles as part of the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy and the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education's new CPE Monitor program. Read full article.
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The National Association of Chain Drug Stores and other organizations are partnering with the Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on a program that seeks to improve patient health and lower healthcare costs. Read full article.
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Script Your Future, a campaign to improve medication adherence, held its kickoff meeting on April 19, 2011, in Sacramento, Calif. Read full article.
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Postmenopausal women who were evaluated after taking conjugated equine estrogen had neither an increased nor decreased risk of coronary heart disease, and a decrease in breast cancer risk persisted, according to a post-intervention follow-up study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Read full article. |
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Meetings and Events
May 15-19, 2011 NCPDP 2011 Annual Technology & Business Conference
Phoenix
Contact:
Jenny Powers
480-477-1000 ext. 143
jpowers@ncpdp.org
May 17-19, 2011 ASCP Spring Conference + Exhibition (formerly known as the ASCP Midyear Conference)
Las Vegas
Contact:
Alexandria, VA 22314
Phone: 703-739-1300 or 800-355-2727
Fax: 703-739-1321 or 800-220-1321
info@ascp.com
May 23-25, 2011 NCPA Legislative Conference
Washington, DC
Contact:
100 Daingerfield Road
Alexandria, VA 22314
800-544-7447
June 1-2, 2011 PQA Annual Meeting
Washington, DC
Contact:
Karen Peterson
9687 South Run Oaks Drive
Fairfax Station, VA 22039
Fax: 703-690-1756
kpeterson@pqaalliance.org
June 2-3 PQA/URAC Medication Adherence Summit
Washington, DC
Contact:
Jackie Green
1220 L Street NW, Suite 400
Washington, DC 20005
703-927-1599
jgreen@pqaalliance.org
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