It's a double edged sword. Patients want their scripts for as cheap as possible and quickly. However a business does need to generate a profit, provide patient safety, and take care of their employees.
Per Florida law, each pharmacist may have 2 techs at one time. Per our chain we have an extension to give 3 per RPh.
To keep up with demand we would need to have 2 Rph and 6 Techs on one shift, however this would essentially double labor costs and yield to rising Rx costs. Which would be passed to the patient for higher insurance/cash rates. OR could lower pay of all employees overall 🙁 Sad but maybe true with extra-grads in the future.
Perhaps if a pharmacy was capped at a certain script limit per week and the extra scripts that were maybe on auto fill would go to a slower nearby pharmacy.
There's no best answer but there is change happening within the field. Time will tell!
Edit- Never rush! Never let pressure alter your decision making capabilities! Take your time and explain to the patients you can have it in 5 minutes, or you can let us check it entirely to ensure your safety! I Doubt patients will argue.
