Pharmacy Benefit Management

has taken me many years to get to this point in my life, but I can finally say I am ready to pursue my Doctor of Pharmacy degree. To better understand what has brought me to this point; I 'll start from the beginning. I began my job pursuit at the age of 17. Not knowing what to anticipate, I tried my chance in procuring a job at my local Walgreens. Unbeknownst to me, my journey to pharmacy school had already begun. As a beauty advisor, I worked diligently and pleased my store manager with the…

Orlando Health Central retail pharmacy. The pharmacy is located inside the hospital. Lorraine is responsible for filling prescriptions only for patients that are being discharged from the hospital, employees that work within the hospital system and any of the outside public patients/consumers that may have been seen by one of the private doctor offices, outpatient settings that are within Orlando Health network. Lorraine has 20 years of experience, has a doctorate in pharmacy and is very…

operation without this propaganda needed, yet they are labeled corrupt because the amount of money made off of this advertisement is being taken advantage of. Pharmaceutical industries do care very much for their new employees that have finished through pharmacy school yet they have slowly been teaching them that the corrupt ways of influence are necessary throughout their careers. Without cheating the system and telling a false accusation here and there they would simply not profit enough money…

Physician (Krantz). The duties were different and the products were also. Pharmacists were given the material to make and distribute drugs, and the physician would handle the patient. Here in America, Benjamin Franklin was the first to recognize pharmacies in hospitals, taking a huge step by assigning an apothecary to the Pennsylvania Hospital (Krantz). After World War II, the role of a pharmacist evolved once more, changing their duties from just distributing basic medication to sometimes…

Pharmacy is a branch of health-care system which deals with the medicines, its dosage, drug delivery system, its effects on human body, and drug interactions. Pharmacy is a combination of chemical science and health science which ensures the effective and safe use of the medications. Since my childhood, my curiosity was developed in the field of medicinal science, which developed a keen interest to know mechanism of drugs on human body. During the course of my previous education, I was…

Medication Reconciliation in the Hospital Setting The transition of patients from an acute care setting to a home setting is often challenging and stressful. It can be complex for the patient to understand the instructions for discharge and, more importantly, it can be challenging and dangerous when it comes to ensuring the patient understands the medication reconciliation process. Successful transition to home is multifaceted and depends partially on an accurate and complete overview of all…

Protection of Human Subjects. After receiving approval from Baptist Hospital and University of Florida IRB committees data collection began. Data was gathered by Tanya Warner, DNP student and employee of Baptist Hospital. Data was kept in Tanya Warner’s office on campus at Baptist Hospital. Computer data and patient’s medical records were password protected. No identifiable data was included in data collected. 2014 Results 2014 Age and Gender. Patient’s identified as being discharge with…

Patterns Several patterns are evident in the microsystem. The staff is routinely interrupted in the course of a shift. The unit has an open concept nurse’s station which contributes to constant commotion. There are several phone lines on the unit that contribute to a noisy environment. Metrics that Matter Quality information on falls with injuries, hospital acquired pressure ulcers, catheter associated urinary tract infections, and central line associated blood stream infections are readily…

INTRODUCTION Oral Controlled Release Drug Delivery Systems1, 2: Oral controlled release drug delivery is a drug delivery system that provides*give the continuous oral delivery of drugs at predictable and reproducible kinetics for a predetermined period throughout the course of GI transit and also the system that target the delivery of a drug to a specific region within the GI tract for either local or systemic action. All the pharmaceutical products formulated for systemic delivery via*throw…

distributing drugs/medicine that is not over the counter. Three, certain pharmacists specialize in pharmaceutical research and/or marketing and sales of certain medicines. 2. Working Conditions (Where and how you do the work): I would be working at a pharmacy. Pharmacy’s typically tend to be very well organized and clean. I would be spending most of the work day on my feet. For the most part my attire would be to protect myself from chemicals I am working with (Gloves, Mask, Goggles, etc.).…