Daniel Shifrin, Author at The Happy PharmD

Encountering Unique Mantras That Enhance Style While Leading To A Successful Career

by Daniel Shifrin | Oct 4, 2022 | Career, Career Path, Success Story

It rarely happens. In fact, it almost never happens. My pharmacy was embarking on a new service. The hospital was going to become more accurate in their patient drug charges. The way our hospital charged for medication was simple. Each day my pharmacy sent a...

Sometimes Involving My Vice-President Made Him Look Like A Fool

by Daniel Shifrin | Sep 8, 2022 | Career Path, Success Story, Workplace Matters

I’ve been very lucky in my hospital career. For the most part, I always had good bosses. Usually, they left me alone to run the pharmacy department. This was because they knew I could do the job. They knew I would do what was right. They knew that I was...

Drug Shortages Plague The Pharmacy— Yet Are Often Overlooked By The Public

by Daniel Shifrin | Jul 27, 2022 | Career, Career Path, Professional Skills

There’s a baby food shortage occurring in the United States. Imagine, first toilet paper and then baby food! I guess it’s a good thing that a shortage never occurred with drugs. Of course, it has. I started putting together a weekly list of drug shortages when I...

Realizing That A True Blameless Culture Corrects The System and Increases Medication Error Reporting

by Daniel Shifrin | Jul 1, 2022 | Career, Network, Professional Skills, Workplace Matters

A while ago, there was a news story about a medication error. It seems a nurse gave a patient the wrong medication. The patient died. After a recent court battle, the nurse got three-years of probation. People make mistakes. Administrations and their...

The Issues With Evaluations— A Necessary Evil That Needs To Be Dealt With

by Daniel Shifrin | Jun 3, 2022 | Blog, Career, General, Professional Skills

Evaluations— they were a necessary evil of my job. I didn’t like writing them, I didn’t like giving them. My staff didn’t like getting them. So why did I do them? Two reasons: 1) Management thought that employees liked or needed feedback about how well they were...

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Encountering Unique Mantras That Enhance Style While Leading To A Successful Career

Sometimes Involving My Vice-President Made Him Look Like A Fool

Drug Shortages Plague The Pharmacy— Yet Are Often Overlooked By The Public

Realizing That A True Blameless Culture Corrects The System and Increases Medication Error Reporting

The Issues With Evaluations— A Necessary Evil That Needs To Be Dealt With

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