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NASCSA Offers Free CE Credit Activity Explaining the Impact of Pharmacy-Reported PMP Data

National Association of Boards of Pharmacy

The National Association of State Controlled Substances Authorities (NASCSA) has partnered with Talem Health to create a one-hour, on-demand continuing education (CE) activity for pharmacists and pharmacy technicians to improve prescription monitoring program (PMP) data.

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Lifelong Learning in the Role of a Pharmacy Inspector 

National Association of Boards of Pharmacy

Unfortunately, the COVID-19 pandemic and other issues in our profession have placed increased demands on pharmacists and pharmacy technicians in providing patient care. One challenging situation facing pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, patients, and inspectors is pharmacy working conditions.

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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. They wanted my pharmacy to fill the prescription. 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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Using My Medical Advocate Skills To Detect And Eliminate Errors With My Girlfriend’s Prescription

The Happy PharmD

These were the problems my girlfriend and I experienced with Dexamethasone oral solution: The pharmacy does not carry Dexamethasone oral solution. Dexamethasone oral solution is not a narcotic or controlled substance. It is not a product that a pharmacy would be scared to have on its shelf (due to theft). Excuse me?”

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Harness the PharmD Power to be a Rockstar Engineer

The Nontraditional Pharmacist

Company that focuses on improving pharmacy workflow by providing automated medication management solutions. So currently I work as one of the project managers and QA engineers for Kit Check, where I primarily work on Bluesight for controlled substances and I’ll go definitely go down exactly what that is.