- Diabetes Counseling Points for Pharmacists (pharmacytimes.com)
Kristene Diggins, MBA, manager of professional practice at MinuteClinic, gives counseling points that pharmacists should provide to diabetic patients. (video)
- NABP report urges Internet drug website accountability (drugstorenews.com)Internet Drug Outlet Identification Program Progress Report for State and Federal Regulators: July 2015 (s3.amazonaws.com)
National Association of Boards of Pharmacy …released a progress report urging state and federal regulation for the thousands of websites that illegally distribute medications…These websites can place consumers at risk by distributing dangerous counterfeit drugs,…report recommends that the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers and domain name registrars closely monitor and shut down illegal websites.
- Why buying drugs online is safer than buying them on the street (washingtonpost.com)
"There's no way Silk Road could be reasonably expected to reduce violence," Federal District Court Judge Katherine Forrest said at the recent sentencing hearing for Ross Ulbricht, the convicted founder of the Silk Road online drug market. But if people are buying online, there's no turf to fight over -- "with Silk Road functioning to considerable degree at the wholesale/broker market level, its virtual location should reduce violence, intimidation and territorialism,"
- Voices of Pharmacy: Job Satisfaction Among Pharmacists (pharmacytimes.com)
…work gives satisfaction. What gives pharmacists satisfaction in the workforce? That depends on a number of factors.
- New mandatory logo for selling medicines online (gov.uk)
...anybody in the UK selling medicines online to the general public needs to be registered with the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency....Anybody buying medicines online can check if the website is legitimately registered and will be able to click on the logo which will take them through to a list of approved sellers.