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The Value of a Medically Integrated Pharmacy to Maximize Cost Avoidance and Reduce Waste of Oral Oncolytic Medications

Pharmacy Times

This research shows the impactful interventions implemented within a medically integrated pharmacy (MIP) model, specifically focusing on how oncology-trained nurses can leverage comprehensive chart reviews and reassessments to identify discrepancies before medication dispensation, ultimately leading to substantial cost avoidance and waste reduction.

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To Combat Medication Errors, Proper Pharmacy Inventory Counts Are Essential

Pharmacy Times

Medication dispensing errors and prevention. Last Updated February 12, 2024. Pharmacy internal controls: A call for greater vigilance during the COVID-19 pandemic. Pharmacy (Basel). 2020;8(4):216. doi:10.3390/pharmacy8040216 3. Tariq RA, Vashisht R, Sinha A, Scherbak Y. National Library of Medicine. Pharmacist. Medi-Dose, Inc.

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Understanding DSCSA: Insights for All Dispensers

Pharmacy Times

As the full act will be enforced in November 2024, all medication dispensers must ensure they’re fully prepared.

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More Diversion Cases and WCF’s Opioid & Fentanyl Abuse Management Summit

FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

We learned this week that Palomar Health, one of California’s largest healthcare districts, agreed to pay $250,000 to resolve allegations that numerous vials of fentanyl had been diverted from automated medication dispensing machines over a five-month period and that the hospital did not properly dispose of unused fentanyl.

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Part Two Of Getting My Girlfriend’s Prescription With Hopes That Part Three Never Occurs

The Happy PharmD

Part two is supposed to come out in June 2024. In the article, I discussed the problems that my girlfriend and I encountered in obtaining the medication. Imagine if they called for a refill and you dispensed only two tablets. In some cases, the quantity of medication dispensed is less than the actual quantity prescribed.

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How Recent 340B Changes Impact Specialty Pharmacies In 2025

Proxsys Rx

Moreover, the very first specialty pharmacy ProxsysRx guided through that process opened its doors in June, 2024 and within six months was generating a monthly net income of more than $1 million. Circuit Court (May 2024) The U.S. Subsequent 340B legal cases: Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation v. Johnson D.C. AstraZeneca v.