Category Archives: Pharmacy

Harvey County Detention Center Receive Free Pharmacy Discount Cards And Tribute by Charles Myrick Of http://www.freemedicationhelp.com ." Enjoy a brief recap of this great organization doing a fantastic service in the community!" -Charles Myrick - President ... By: Bonni Jones … Continue reading →

AUGUSTA, Maine Maine's crime rate fell slightly in 2012, but robberies showed a sharp increase because of the record number of pharmacy holdups, officials said Wednesday. Maine's overall crime fell by 1 percent during the year, but robberies rose by 14 percent, the Department of Public Safety announced. The 35,074 crimes reported to police represent a crime rate of 26.4 offenses per 1,000 people, far below the national rate of 33.1 offenses per 1,000 people. Commissioner John Morris attributed the robbery increase solely to the 56 pharmacy robberies during the year. Without those, the robbery category would have gone down. "Drugs remain a key reason for much of the crime in Maine as addicts commit these robberies to feed their habits," Morris said in a statement. "Prescription drug abuse is responsible for much of the state's drug problem." The statistics show that aggravated assaults and burglaries were each down by 5 percent, car theft decreased by 8 percent and rape decreased by 6 percent. There were 26 homicides, down from 28 in 2011. Crime in both rural and urban area was down and arsons fell by 13 percent. Domestic violence reports rose by 5 percent, and juvenile arrests went up … Continue reading →

Posted on: 3:39 pm, May 29, 2013, by Zaneta Lowe, updated on: 07:47pm, May 29, 2013 (Memphis) There are new details on a MidSouth pharmacy connected to tainted medication and now at the center of a nationwide recall. Main Street Family Pharmacy in Newbern, Tennessee announced a voluntary recall Wednesday of more than 300 types of drugs it specially made. This after at least seven people had a bad reaction from a steroid shot made by the pharmacy. Its the same type of steroid that killed dozens of people and made hundreds of others sick in a meningitis outbreak last year. So far, there are no reports of anyone in Tennessee getting sick but the suspect meds were shipped to clinics in 14 states, including some in the MidSouth. Besides steroids, the recall list also includes HCG and lipotropic shots, plus dozens of drugs used in hormone replacement therapy. All the recalled drugs have a use by date on or before November 20, 2013. Speaking of dates, the On Your Side Investigators uncovered a trail of problems for Main Street dating back to 2011. A spokesperson with the Tennessee Department of Health says pharmacy inspections are confidential by statute. However, … Continue reading →

Senator Roberts Calls for Swift Action on Pharmacy Compounding Safety Legislation By: U.S. Senator Pat Roberts … Continue reading →

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2 teens arrested in armed robbery at Franklin pharmacy Police have arrested two teens suspected in an armed robbery at a Johnson County drugstore that prompted police to lockdown Franklin Community Schools on May... By: RTV6 (WRTV - Indianapolis) … Continue reading →

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FDA warns of infections tied to Tennessee pharmacy WASHINGTON, D.C. - A West Tennessee pharmacy is at the center of what health officials hope isn't the beginning of another national health scare. The Main St... By: foxnashville … Continue reading →

BOWIE, Md., May 28, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --Inovalon, Inc., a leading provider of data-driven healthcare solutions, today announced the completion of a collaborative study with the Pharmacy Quality Alliance (PQA) on healthcare quality measurement testing of Adherence to Non-Warfarin Oral Anticoagulants. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120605/MM17779LOGO) The Adherence to Non-Warfarin Oral Anticoagulant measure uses Proportion of Days Covered (PDC) to assess the percentage of patients covered by prescription claims for drugs within the same therapeutic class. The PDC threshold is the level above which the medication has a reasonable likelihood of achieving the most clinical benefit. For quality measurement purposes, a standard PDC threshold of 80% is commonly used. Warfarin was not included in the adherence measure as frequent dosing adjustments that occur with warfarin therapy make accurate adherence calculation improbable. The study targets adherence to non-warfarin anticoagulants in the absence of surrogate lab testing such as INR. The measure rate was calculated and produced utilizing Inovalon's Medical Outcomes Research for Effectiveness and Economics (MORE2 Registry) data warehouse which contains information from more than 6.5 billion medical events from more than 85 million unique (and de-identified) individuals across the country. The dataset goes beyond claims data to include information about demographics, enrollment, diagnoses, procedures, … Continue reading →

Ferris State University DCCL, College of Pharmacy and Arts Sciences May 2013 Commencement This is the May 10, 2013, 7:00pm May Commencement for the Doctorate in Community College Leadership, College of Pharmacy and the College of Arts and Sciences at Ferris State University, which... By: FerrisStateVideo … Continue reading →