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A grocery store and the pharmacy Dr. Pepper owned both burned down in the late 1990s, but the soda company has been working with the town to potentially help fund the pharmacy’s revival. Dr. Charles T. Pepper earned his medical degree at the University of Virginia in 1855 and worked as a surgeon for the Confederacy in the Civil War before moving to Rural Retreat and opening up his own store..

Todd Eury speaks to Jason Poquette, RPh, creator of The Honest Apothecary. This blog delves into the profession of pharmacy, pharmacy careers, pharmacy-related interviews, and other subjects pharmacists need to know about.

A successful EHR implementation should begin well before your selected vendor partner arrives at your practice to install your system. Even before you choose an EHR, your practice should conduct its due diligence by making a careful assessment of staff needs and wants.

ASHP has asked the Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration to give hospitals and health systems more time to comply with track and trace requirements ...Title II of the Drug Quality and Security Act requires that prescription drug data be tracked through the supply chain, from the manufacturer or end user, or dispenser.

.... originating at Morrison's Old Corner Drug Store....Charles Alderton, a young pharmacist.... is believed to be the inventor of the now famous drink.

In response to the health care sector's high rate of workplace injuries, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration is expanding its oversight program for inpatient care facilities,..

FDA has announced its plans to hold a scientific workshop…..on naloxone uptake and use in specific medical and nonmedical settings to reduce fatalities associated with opioid overdose.

The ICD-10 code set, scheduled to go live on Oct. 1, 2015...W61.33 Pecked by a chicken...Z63.1 Problems in relationship with in laws...Y92.253 Hurt at the opera....Y93.D1 Accident while knitting or crocheting...V97.33 Sucked into jet engine....

Program to enroll 125,000 COPD patients to gather data and integrate social online platform to address third leading cause of death in U.S. The COPD Foundation’s COPD360 program is being assembled to accelerate research and foster innovation...

..Publix Super Markets is planning to invest $15 million to expand its pharmacy distribution services.…. operates more than 1,100 stores, applied for tax-exemption incentives with the Orange County Commission for a warehouse…would be renovated into a pharmacy distribution facility.