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...
I’ve been keeping a secret from you over the past year as I’ve struggled with family members’ health and my own mental health. In this interview with Mike Koelzer from The Business of Pharmacy, I finally talk about exactly what I’ve been going through. We cover how...
Cash on delivery. That’s when you must have a check ready when they deliver the merchandise. If the check isn’t there, the merchandise is put back on the truck and taken away. Our hospital wasn’t cash on delivery. We were cash in advance. When our pharmacy ordered...
I was reading a major pharmacy journal. The article was talking about forming a team. The author was discussing which would be better: having an outstanding individual or having an outstanding team. The author and his article favored the team. Do I agree? For the...
By Daniel Shifrin, R.P., M.S. In 2003, ABC came up with a game show called, “Who Wants to be a Millionaire?” It was a simple concept; answer 15 multiple choice questions on a wide array of topics, with each correct answer bringing the contestant closer and closer to...
