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

Proxsys Rx

On June 12, ProxsysRx opened its pharmacy in Holyoke Medical Center — a 198-bed independent community hospital in Holyoke, Massachusetts. The pharmacy is currently offering full retail service, and some patient-discharge prescription support (Meds To Beds), but the Employee Prescription plan still has a few hurdles to overcome.

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Using My Medical Advocate Skills To Detect And Eliminate Errors With My Girlfriend’s Prescription

The Happy PharmD

I was a staff pharmacist working in my first hospital. I liked working as a staff pharmacist in a hospital. We received medication orders to fill for the patients. Most of them were written by residents in the hospital. I have been in hospital pharmacy management for over thirty years. This one baffled me.

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