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Very interesting Reddy.
Walmart has Home Delivery now for all the $4 (30 days) and $10 (90 days) generics at no extra charge, which is nice for seniors.
Our local supermarket chain here in Missouri has the same $4 and $10 generic list as Walmart. On top of that the grocery stores also have a FREE generic antibiotics program, which includes about 50 of the usual suspects.
I don't see how mom & pop pharmacies manage to stay in business......
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reddybiggs: While I agree pharmacists play a role in medication safety, do we have any objective evidence that the 'saving lives' by shopping at only one pharmacy is actually true? Any studies that show that?
While I agree pharmacists play a role in medication safety, do we have any objective evidence that the 'saving lives' by shopping at only one pharmacy is actually true? Any studies that show that?
None that I am aware of.
I primarily think patients should have "one spot" for their medications. In today's world, that is one pharmacy.
It is certainly hard to pick up drug interactions when they aren't on the computer.
I wonder if pharmacists can enter medications the patient is taking, but they aren't prescribing ?
I want "one spot" for medications mostly for efficiency reasons, not for safety reasons.
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DrMurdoch: I want "one spot" for medications mostly for efficiency reasons, not for safety reasons.
In theory it should be more efficient, but if patients are able cherry-pick the drugs from different pharmacies based on their actual out-of-pocket expenses, THE PATIENTS'S perception of price efficiency is that what they are doing is MORE efficient.
William "Reddy" Biggs, MD
Managing Partner, 22 physician Internal Medicine group
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A couple of ways.. pharmacy history shows what was filled for that patient at the pharmacy, regardless of the method for transmittal to the pharmacy.
On a site note I'd be pissed at my EMR vendor if they required me to use special paper. Most the 'expensive' EMRs have created the ability to print on laser paper with the required anti-forgery safeguards for Medicare.