Handling Requests for Generics or Lower-Cost Medications
May 11, 2015
It is a situation that pharmacists see on a routine basis – patients asking for generic drugs or some other less expensive alternative to the…
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Growth of Specialty Pharmacy
- April 23, 2015
The use of specialty drugs is growing rapidly in the United States, creating the need for new strategies and methods in paying for these drugs…
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Did You Pay a Penalty to the IRS for not Having Health Insurance?
- April 16, 2015
To encourage people to sign up for healthcare coverage under the Affordable Care Act, the law includes the stipulation that those who can afford coverage…
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Are Your Patients Altering Medication Because of Cost?
- April 9, 2015
The cost of drugs has gone up rapidly in the United States. Even generic drug prices are climbing significantly. As a result, more patients are…
Read MorePharmacy Top Job for March: Certified Pharm Tech Needed in Avon Lake, OH
- April 2, 2015
If you have at least two years of recent experience as a pharmacy technician (preferably in a high-volume pharmacy setting), take a look at March’s…
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Dealing with Increased Patient Anxiety of Infectious Diseases
- March 26, 2015
Infectious disease has been in the news a good deal lately. It captured headlines for an extended time with the Ebola virus scare. In addition,…
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5 Ways to Ace the PTCE Test
- March 17, 2015
The Pharmacy Technician Certification Exam is a computer-based test. It contains 90 questions, and there is a two-hour time limit for taking the test. The…
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Handling an Angry Patient
- March 5, 2015
Occasionally, working as a pharmacist or pharmacy technician, you are going to encounter someone who is angry about something. When confronted with such a person,…
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The Importance of Having an Emergency Medicine Pharmacist in the ER
- February 19, 2015
Hospital emergency departments are recognizing the benefits of having an emergency pharmacist in the department, and more medical facilities are adding emergency pharmacists. Emergency pharmacists…
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Changes to Medication Safety Training
- February 12, 2015
MediMergent, LLC and the American Pharmacists Association (APhA) announced in November that they were forming a partnership that would develop and execute a nationwide medication…
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