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Few employers have a thorough understanding of specialty pharmacy benefits, and only a fraction are of them are aggressively managing what is becoming one of the fastest-growing areas of health care spending, a new survey shows. A  national survey released Sept. 29 by the nonprofit Midwest Business Group on Health in Chicago, one of theRead more

Pharmacy Job Highlight: At AHS PharmStat, we know you have options when it comes to work, and we have opportunities for pharmacist and pharmacy technicians across the country! Our job is to help you find that dream job that makes you want to get up every morning. In places you have always dreamed of visiting.Read more

Pharmacy Jobs.  What are you looking for? According to AACP, the demand for trained pharmacy professionals has increased in past years due the rapid growth of the healthcare and pharmaceutical industries, especially for the growing elderly population. The number of pharmacists in healthcare services is also growing, as pharmacists become more actively involved in drugRead more

Painkillers like these being counted at the Oklahoma Hospital Discount Pharmacy in Edmond, Okla., need to be used far less often, some prominent doctors say. In a bracing call to action, three doctors from California are telling their peers to think twice before prescribing potent narcotics for patients with chronic pain. Drugs such as Vicodin,Read more

Congratulations Tom Batie our August Pharmacist of the Month! Tom has gone above and beyond to help pharmacies fill relief shifts.  Always readily available without complaint, he steps in when needed.  His “can do” attitude and willingness to help is greatly appreciated by all who work with him. Thank you, Tom, for your flexibility andRead more

More people are going to the store to get their flu shot than ever before. All 50 states now allow pharmacists to give the vaccine. The national trend is to offer even more immunizations, like hepatitis and tetanus at local pharmacies and many doctors are hoping New York doesn’t follow the trend. Flu shots allowRead more

Proposed legislation creates parity for community pharmacies; keeps $7 billion in economic stimulus and over 25,000 jobs in Keystone State.   A proposed bill in Pennsylvania’s Senate and House of Representatives is the “booster shot” local pharmacies need to compete with mail order prescription plans. The legislation allows individuals to have their prescriptions filled byRead more

In recent months, Florida was home to half of the nation’s new pharmacy applications, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration reports. A new Florida law aimed at curbing the state’s prescription-drug epidemic by banning most doctors from selling painkillers at their offices is raising concerns that rogue physicians and entrepreneurs are moving into the pharmacy business.Read more