New Medicare Plan - Mixed Reaction among Pharmacists.
Pharmacists have mixed reaction about the new Medicare Prescription Drug Plan. The cost of prescription will be taken care by the Government Health Insurances for seniors. This is according to the Medicare // reform act. waryThis will result in the uninsured and a few people who buy medications from the Canadian pharmacy back top the market. There will an increase in the sales of dru...Manitoba Ombudsman Warns Pharmacists
Pharmacists have been warned by the Manitoba Ombudsman that they should respect the desire of patients to remain anonymous, particularly while receiving emergency// contraception. A woman had already complained that embarrassing questions were asked by the pharmacists while she was buying the Levonorgestrel, also called the drug Plan B. The questions asked were with regard to the woman’s sexual r...Hospitalized patients better of with help from Pharmacists
Studies conducted at the University of Iowa and Department of Veterans Affairs has suggested that pharmacists who are based at hospitals turn out to be helpful to inpatients// and health care teams when they come out of their workstations and involve in caring for the patients. This is also effective in bringing down the errors in medication and related problems in patient care. The ch...Pharmacy Board Says Pharmacists Have Right To Refuse Morning-After Pill
The state Board of Pharmacy has voted to allow pharmacists to decline to sell morning-after emergency contraceptive in Washington//. But the governor, some lawmakers and women's rights organizations are furious with this decision. Rod Shafer, executive director of the Washington State Pharmacy Association had said earlier this year that pharmacists should have the right to decline to...Alberta pharmacists vested with authority to prescribe
The provincial government has permitted the Alberta pharmacists to prescribe drugs and administer vaccines, without a doctor’s approval//. But drugs under the narcotics category or addictive drugs will still need a doctor’s approval. Now, beginning fall, pharmacists who have undergone a full-fledged training program can prescribe medicines for ailments like asthma and high blood press...