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| Oregon Pharmacy Board Survey: Only 25.9 percent of chain store pharmacists agreed working conditions promoted safe and effective patient care - How our health system is making us sick |
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by Steven R. Ariens, P.D. - February 13, 2012
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Provided by HEALTHBLOG
This is according to a survey by the OREGON BOARD OF PHARMACY survey. Whose results were published in a article
. Here is a quote from a Rite Aid spokesperson …
“We have a strong safety record because of our on-going education and training for pharmacy associates as well as our continued investment in technology for our pharmacies to maximize accuracy and patient safety,” said Rite Aid spokeswoman Ashley Flower.
Does anyone know a Pharmacist whose primary concern is patient safety? One must ask, if errors are increasing – as least per statements from chain Pharmacists – their ongoing education and training doesn’t seem to be doing such a good job… Maybe the Rx dept staff is too busy pushing flu shots and swatting timer on the Rx computer screen or arguing with patients as to why their free/discount Rx coupon doesn’t qualify because of the “fine print”… to remember – or take time to do things more accurately.
Here is another nice quote from the article:
Oregon is not the first to take on the issue, said Carmen Catizone of the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy. Iowa and North Carolina adopted stringent standards, with a workload review of every reported error where a customer was harmed.
Who decides what is “patient harm”? Do they have to be hospitalized for more than a few days, or near death, are revived more than once from cardiac arrest? If they let the chains decide what the definition of harm is, IMO the bar is going to be set pretty high… or get the patient to agree – in writing – that they did not consider themselves harmed. Of course, would you believe that some people’s self-determination if they had been harmed can be influenced by a check with a number fair number of zeros on it?
Steve has been a licensed Pharmacist for four decades and counting.
The viewpoint expressed in this article is the opinion of the author and is not necessarily the viewpoint of the owners or employees at Healthcare Staffing Innovations, LLC.
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