Fake Walgreens Pharmacist Alleged to Have Filled 750,000 Prescriptions
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Well in all honesty, she was a hard worker
Climber
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From one aspect, their job is easy...counting pills.
However, they are supposed to check your other prescriptions and recognize any potential cross-prescription issues. This may be completely handled by the system these days, not sure, but there is no way the system couldn't be automated to provide that check.
I'm sure they do some things that require the years of schooling they go through.
It does seem like the profession has become obsolete, but then how is Walgreen's going to make a profit if you aren't forced to wait 15-30 minutes for your prescription? :dunno
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From what I understand pharmacists often know more about the drugs than doctors. Doctors often need to consult with pharmacists to prepare a drug treatment plan. Not all pharmacists are in retail drug stores. Many are employed by hospitals and large health systems. Pharmacists need to complete regular continuing education and publish/present papers just like other health care professionals. Labeling pharmacists at pill counters is an inaccurate description of the profession.
aminalmutha
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Why do you post that shit everywhere?
CoorsLight
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seadog
Veteran
+1. Not even close to being just a pill counter.
OTOH 750k prescriptions over 11 years assuming 5 days a week (8 hour days) and 2 weeks vacation a year would be 34 per hour. Roughly 11 per hour for each location. And most are open longer than 8 hours a day. I gather the prescriptions filled by the staff are considered to be filled under the authority of her license. That's reasonable.
Abacinator
Unholy Blasphemies
Pharmacy techs are pill counters. Pharmacists are most definitely not.
Uh... cause I don’t see it as “shit”?
Cause I thought folks would find amusement in my post?
Because I am clever?
Perhaps I am not.
Perhaps I am confused. I’ll work on that.
But seriously...
Everywhere?
Caddywumpus
4N631
You look confused young man.
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alien
renxianqiclone
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Not surprised she's Viet.
DTM74
It's not my fault...
Conform or be cast out...
Yakoo752
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They don't even count them anymore, 95+% is all automated or dispensed in the bottle form. So easy, a caveperson can do it. For 95+% of dispensing.
FWIW: retail pharmacy IS fairly easy work. These are similar to your General Practitioner. They got the degree and they got a job.
Now, think about the pharmacist in the hospital. The one approving the medications post surgery. The one approving your medications for chemo. The one compounding your medication. The one managing both the inpatient and outpatient pharmacy, the 2 surgical centers, the 3 nicus, the picu, the icu, the ER. Managing drug shortages and coming up with alternative treatments when it does occur. This is the pharmacist you best hope is at the top of their game, practicing at the top of their license.
Sure there is software like med sync and gold standard to help with this all but it's pretty limited. Nobody likes to share data outside of their 4 walls which makes it all challenging.
Snaggy
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Pharmacists are needed in retail because somebody has to be available to work with doctors when issues like substitutions, supply problems, dosing errors and interactions come up. They also check the techs work. Sure, the computers spot the interactions usually, but sometimes the pharmacist will get information from the patient the doctor didn’t. It’s a good backup for patient safety.
I guess new business models and automation might allow for consolidation and reducing the number of pharmacists needed. That’s probably true of a lot of jobs. I know Amazon’s been lusting after the business.
I guess new business models and automation might allow for consolidation and reducing the number of pharmacists needed. That’s probably true of a lot of jobs. I know Amazon’s been lusting after the business.
