CVS/pharmacy

lack of consistency are the five common causes of bad customer service. Example of Retailers With Bad Customer Service The top five retail stores with the worst customer service in the United States are Walmart stores, Inc., Rite Aid Corporation, CVS Caremark Corporation, Walgreen Company and Macy’s Inc.. Among these five retailers, Walmart is rated as store with the worst customer service and it receives the lowest score on the American Customer Satisfaction Index. There are four reasons to…

Should The Pharmaceutical Industry Provide Free Medication To Those Who Cannot Afford It? Raghavendra Appalla #1675363 Fairleigh Dickinson University EPS 8109_8P Abstract In this paper the importance of free medication is explained clearly in this paper.In this paper the various aspects like intellectual property,finance drug development and the development on framework for essential drugs distribution.In this paper all the above aspects are analyzed and then these are supported with…

out, the responsibility of my elderly parents’ healthcare was left to me. From a young age I informed my parents how many pills they needed to take. When I became old enough I would drive them to their doctor appointments for examinations and to pharmacies to pick up their medications. From the beginning it was fascinating to me how these drugs are helping my parents live longer and healthier lives. At first I was only interested in the biochemical and physiological effects drugs had on the…

As strange as it may sound, my first encounter with pharmacy happened even before I learned how to speak. In Vietnam, there is this spiritual First Birthday ceremony by which all one-year-olds must pick an item such as a stethoscope or a money note from a tray of twelve, each of which is thought to link to the baby’s future career and will “forever seal their fate”, in the words of my grandmother. According to my mother, when facing with the tray, I immediately chose a drug box! Years later, I…

Adverse drug events and medication errors are major safety issues in the medical field. According to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, adverse drug events are defined as harm experienced by a patient as a result of exposure to a medication. Also defined by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, a medication error is an error at any step along the pathway that begins when a clinician prescribes a medication and ends when the patient actually receives the medication. Even…

Some of the existing methods and services that a satellite pharmacy does are drug preparations. In most operating rooms drug preparations and distribution are assigned to technicians with the watchful eye of the pharmacist. Drugs that are used for non-anesthesiology purposes and nonspecific cases, pre-determined medications can be produced and may be used for any patient. Automated medication storage and distribution devices are used to supply medication to surgeons and nurses. These…

The question was, is there any way to know if this customer is getting the same prescription note from other doctors and going to other pharmacies to get the same medication? The answer depends on where you live. A large majority of the states in the country have their own form of a database, but not all. These databases are not connected, either. If every pharmacy or doctors office had access to a shared database regarding their clients prescription abuse rates would be lower, unlawful…

intervention such as adequate pharmacist training e.g., measurement of BP or management of hypertension” (p. 8). There are numerous types of blood pressure monitors that are in the pharmacy setting from personal experience at working in retail pharmacy, including digital BP monitors that are available in the pharmacy store. The pharmacist should educate the patient on how to use the BP monitor and tell them what the values on the monitor indicate, as well as provide the goals of the blood…

These state government rules and standards are completely necessary for pharmacies to run smoothly and effectively. There are HIPAA laws and regulations that keep the patient’s medication and doctor’s information/treatment private. “Founded in 1904, the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP) is the impartial professional organization that supports the state boards of pharmacy in protecting public health. NABP aims to ensure the public’s health and safety through its…

The career of pharmacy has interested me ever since I was a little girl and this has been one of my passions ever since. Some of the different pharmacy careers that really stood out and interested me are community pharmacy, pharmacy opportunities in rural communities, ambulatory care clinics, and medication therapy management programs. A community pharmacy is a healthcare facility that focuses on providing services to a single specific community within an area. A community pharmacist is…