A recent Great Falls Tribune article by Peter Johnson (“Providing rural health services”) describes a telepharmacy that was set up in Big Sandy, Montana. Until 2010, the small town of went without a pharmacy after the local drug store closed in 1992. During those 18 years, staff at Big Sandy’s nursing home, rural health clinic [...]
A couple weeks ago, the Buckeye Career Center in New Philadelphia, Ohio inducted over 20 students into the National Technical Honor Society (NTHS). The 24 inductees are studying various career programs including Pharmacy Technician, Intro to Nursing, Law Enforcement, Cosmetology, Construction Technology, Computer Technology & Networking Systems, Medical Assisting and more. NTHS has over 200,000 [...]
Consider these stats: Approximately 6.8 million Americans abuse prescription drugs, says the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). That’s nearly double the number of Americans that use cocaine, heroin, hallucinogens and inhalants combined. Visits to the emergency department due to prescription drug abuse/misuse has increased 98.4% since 2004, according to AWARxE. In 2010, over 22,000 people died [...]
In their ongoing effort to improve CPhT qualifications, the PTCB has announced that they will now require one hour of continuing education in patient safety as part of the existing 20 hours needed. ”By continually learning more about how to prevent harm, CPhTs can have a positive impact on advancing the patient safety culture within [...]
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) states that as of May 2013, there were 362,690 pharmacy technicians employed across the United States. Career opportunities for pharmacy technicians exist in every state, and, according to Projections Central, are estimated to increase everywhere (except the Virgin Islands) from 2010 to 2020. However, some states come out [...]
Earlier this year, we did a piece on long-term care pharmacy. It was inspired by pharmacy technician Jillian Hernandez after she was named Professional Woman of the Year (2013/2014) by the National Association of Professional Women. Hernandez has been working as a pharmacy technician for over a decade. She is currently the e-MAR Specialist at [...]
Sacramento is the capital city of California and is located in the northern portion of the state’s Central Valley. The city itself has a population of over 470,000 people. The Greater Sacramento Area (Sacramento–Arden-Arcade–Yuba City, California-Nevada) has been described as one of the country’s fastest growing regions and boasts over 2 million residents. The Sacramento [...]
Advocacy group Change to Win has filed a complaint with Florida’s Board of Pharmacy, alleging that Walgreen’s Pharmacy is violating the state’s pharmacist-to-technician ratio. As Florida’s legislature is considering increasing the allowed ratio, will the complaint have any effect? Will other states follow suit? Share your opinions! Email us at admin@pharmacytechschools.com.
Central City Concern’s Old Town Clinic (located in Portland, Oregon) meets the pharmaceutical needs of nearly 4,000 low income individuals. Over the last few years, it has grown from filling 200 prescriptions per day to 500 (and it is predicted this could increase to 1,000 scripts per day in the coming year). Two generous gifts [...]
Curt Bielski and Kari Teel have at least two things in common: Both, as baby boomers, enrolled in college pharmacy technician programs. They are not alone as more and more individuals in their 50s and older are going back to school in order to start new careers, either out of necessity or because they are [...]