I just learned from a Friend in Florida that a “remote pharmacy bills “ that are moving forward. If they pass, pharmacist won't be needed in about 60% pharmacies or maybe more... Remote is technician in a place and pharmacist supervising offsite. Not sure about controlled substances, may be not for C2s.......Oh well
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Hawaii has a provision like that for mega rural areas where there would be no pharmacy access without it. It’s basically a technician and a Pyxis/omnicell who can grab drugs released by the remote pharmacist. Hopefully FL will restrict this similarly.
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They were pushing for this in California too. I'm thinking it benefits chain pharmacies and introduces unwanted competition for independents in small towns.
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I guess it was signed in Oct. Bill Text - AB-401 Pharmacy: remote dispensing site pharmacy: telepharmacy: shared clinic office space.
I have already worked that system a couple of times..covering two remote......Very, Very likely the wave of the future...Good idea? Who knows? That won't matter.
The law about it is here: 461-10.5 http://files.hawaii.gov/dcca/pvl/pvl/hrs/hrs_pvl_461.pdf
But it was amended to include the provision that no more could be opened, and the two in existence at the time could remain. I don’t know if they still operate, but if they do, at least one is probably on the island that non-natives aren’t allowed on.
I can just see such sites being vandalized and even hacked.
Just think of all the "clinical work" the pharmacists can do when they don't have be in the pharmacy.... *rolls eyes*
You can blame chain pharmacists who are helping to destroy the profession along with PBMs.
It would give me enough time to complete the three $12 MTM cases that I've got in my queue. That's enough money to feed a family in Angola for a week!
What's frightening is the amount of pharmacists that actually believe this. I just don't understand how someone can be so naive. The moment your employer doesn't HAVE to pay you, guess who is getting cut?
