Medication Management

The government does have data on the hours paramedics spend waiting in emergency rooms to transfer patients to the care of a hospital, which are often a key factor in ambulance availability, but won’t disclose it.

Conference objective is to provide pharmacy technicians with networking and education opportunities to grow their roles beyond the dispensary.

This continuing education lesson discusses practical approaches for pharmacy teams to help COPD and asthma patients improve control of their lung condition.

Wednesday’s tornado touched down near Rocky Mount, North Carolina, and ripped up the roof of a Pfizer factory that makes nearly 25% of all sterile injectable medicines used in U.S. hospitals, according to the drugmaker.

When free medications were given to people who couldn’t afford them, the overall healthcare system saved an average of $1,488 a year per patient. 

The plant produces anesthesia and other drugs as well as nearly 25% of all sterile injectable medications used in U.S. hospitals.

Pharmacy technician Alicia Levman provides some tips on keeping cool when patients behave badly.

Because of the delays in one patient's healthcare, her cancer had spread to bone and lung. She had wasted 18 months on the waitlist. I have hundreds of stories like this.