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Turbo-charge community pharmacy to save A&E millions of hours, says NPA

The Pharmacist

Community pharmacies could save 6 million hours of accident and emergency (A&E) time if their role was ‘turbo charged’, research from the National Pharmacy Association (NPA) has found. The NPA’s analysis of NHS England data into conditions treated in A&E in 2023/24 found that 325,000 people had visited A&E with a sore throat or a […] The post Turbo-charge community pharmacy to save A&E millions of hours, says NPA appeared first on The Pharmacist.

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Help Patients Prevent and Treat Dry Mouth

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RxIDB - Dynamic Database

RX Note

Introduction After a deep dive into the programming world, I felt it was time to return to the familiar realm of medicine. I paused for a moment to reflect: with my current understanding of app development, how can I address some common needs of pharmacists? In the past, we often relied on no-code platforms like Open As App and Wistify to convert spreadsheets into databases.

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NHS manager ordered to stop selling ‘sleep drug-laced’ children’s gummies

The Guardian - Pharmaceutical Industry

Regulator tells Sally Westcott to pull product that allegedly has undeclared levels of prescription-only melatonin An NHS manager has been stopped from selling children’s gummies allegedly laced with undeclared levels of a prescription-only sleeping drug, the Guardian can reveal. Magnesium glycinate gummies for children who have trouble sleeping have been sold since March last year by Nutrition Ignition, an Epsom-based company owned by Sally Westcott, whose other job is a clinical therapy lead a

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Navigating Payroll Compliance: Future-Proofing Payroll in an Evolving Regulatory Landscape

Speaker: Jennifer Hill

Payroll compliance is a cornerstone of business success, yet for small and midsize businesses, it’s becoming increasingly challenging to navigate the ever-evolving landscape of federal, state, and local regulations. Mistakes can lead to costly penalties and operational disruptions, making it essential to adopt advanced solutions that ensure accuracy and efficiency.

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Calling New Interns: 17 Tips For Surviving Your Intern Year

Board Vitals - Pharmacist

For a lot of people, July is the start of summer, complete with fireworks, pool time, barbecues, and days at the beach. But for the latest class of medical school graduates, this is the time to get to work. As a new medical intern, you will finally experience working as a doctor during your year-long medical internship. We talked to Dr. Karen Shackelford, and she shared some tips on surviving, excelling in, and dare we say it… enjoying your intern year.

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Scalability At A Cost

RX Note

Introduction Traditionally, companies maintained large, specialized teams to manage infrastructure and handling tasks such as server provisioning, security patching, database backups, and network troubleshooting. While robust, this model introduced significant operational overhead and often slowed down product development cycles. With the rise of cloud computing and Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) offerings, the industry has undergone a major shift.

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STAT+: Senate GOP tweaks health care measures in tax bill to win holdouts, please parliamentarian

STAT

Senate Republicans unveiled late Friday changes to health care policies in tax legislation that they made to win over holdouts in their party and pass muster with budget rules.   The changes were made public around midnight, and the long voting process for the bill could start on Saturday. Republicans are using a budget process called reconciliation that allows them to pass the bill without Democratic support.

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Scalability At A Cost

RX Note

Introduction Cost optimization is paramount for web applications aiming for commercial viability and scalability, especially when leveraging cloud platforms with their pay-as-you-go models. Every operation, from data reads and writes to API calls and authentication events, contributes to the overall cost. As usage increases, these expenses can quickly become a significant operational concern.

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Opinion: STAT readers on vaccines, research funding cuts, and organ donation

STAT

First Opinion is STAT’s platform for interesting, illuminating, and provocative articles about the life sciences writ large, written by biotech insiders, health care workers, researchers, and others. To encourage robust, good-faith discussion about issues raised in First Opinion essays, STAT publishes selected Letters to the Editor received in response to them.

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