How Chaos at Chain Pharmacies Is Putting Patients at Risk

By artappraiser on Sat, 02/01/2020 - 7:56pm |

Have you noticed long lines while picking up your prescriptions?

Pharmacists in more than 24 states are sounding the alarm. They say medication errors have become more likely because of staffing cuts and pressure to meet corporate performance metrics. https://t.co/3wZ2025EAN
— The New York Times (@nytimes) February 2, 2020

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https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/31/health/pharmacists-medication-errors.html

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reprint @ Seattle Times (no paywall?)

Pharmacists across the U.S. warn that the push to do more with less has made medication errors more likely. https://t.co/Zf3tgcIV8x
— The Seattle Times (@seattletimes) February 1, 2020

by artappraiser on Sat, 02/01/2020 - 7:59pm

Closely watch any chain pharmacist work for 30 minutes and you’ll drive out of your way to fill your prescriptions with a non-brand name pharmacist https://t.co/vHpDvdonGr
— Ron Fournier (@ron_fournier) January 31, 2020

A critical and frightening investigation from the great @egabler. One story that made me shudder: An 85 yo woman was given chemotherapy drugs instead of of antidepressants. She died after 2 weeks. https://t.co/h5NIpywa8y
— Julia Jacobs (@juliarebeccaj) February 1, 2020

an anonymouse whistleblower pharm person

Just got a district wide refresher on our social media policy and rules about talking to the press. THIS must be why.https://t.co/ceBJFy5gA3
— TheUnmutedPharm6 (@unmutedpharm6) February 1, 2020

pharmacists:

45,000%.

According to this article & a letter written by a group of senators, that is the percent increase in DIR fees paid to PBMs by pharmacies between 2010 and 2017.

45,000%. If that doesn’t stop you in your tracks as you read, it should.https://t.co/sHGWsEN624
— Gabrielle Pierce (@Gabrielle_Alyse) February 1, 2020

Thank you @nytimes for highlighting the very real and dangerous conditions pharmacists across the country have to deal with. https://t.co/1KIhfEAe0z
— Richard R. Waithe (@richard_waithe) January 31, 2020

health policy people:

I’m having a hard time with this @nytimes piece on chain #pharmacy operations. Mini-thread alert for anyone conflicted a bit on this one, just sharing some of my initial thoughts... (1/10)https://t.co/mMzPKLOmx3
— Joey Mattingly (@joeymattingly) January 31, 2020

Hard to reconcile this @nytimes piece on working conditions with the idea that we can solve it by just asking pharmacists to be more resilient: https://t.co/mgP32oZLlr
— Brent Reed (@brentnreed) January 31, 2020

by artappraiser on Sat, 02/01/2020 - 8:14pm

How Chaos at Chain Pharmacies Is Putting Patients at Risk

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