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Four Times When My Pharmacy Had To Say “No” — And We Weren’t Just Being Difficult

The Happy PharmD

They wanted to give him a controlled substance for pain upon discharge. We filled prescriptions for inpatients. Who was writing the prescription for this controlled substance? In order to write a prescription for controlled substances for a discharged patient, a physician must have a DEA number.

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So You Want To Build An Outpatient Pharmacy For Your Hospital? Here’s What’s Involved.

Proxsys Rx

I was also there to determine the number of units we’d be serving, as well as their average number of inpatients and outpatients.” While we’d signed on with the hospital to build and manage their outpatient pharmacy, our working relationship progressed so well that they asked if we would also manage their inpatient pharmacy.

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Does the Drug Shortage White Paper Fall Short?

FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

To address the underlying causes of shortages, the White Paper suggests that the creation (by Congress) of two programs that link inpatient hospital purchasing and payment decisions to supply chain resilience practices would better incentivize investments in mature manufacturing practices.