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“The pharmacist should have realized that the prescription was incorrectly written and should have communicated with the provider, who would have then understood that the titration schedule was incorrect, and all this wouldn’t have happened.”

Beyond these roles, pharmacists indicated that their value was rooted in specific skills and attributes deemed important including adaptability, flexibility, continuous learning and growing, networking within and outside of the organization, and a strong sense of responsibility for the NGO’s outcomes.

Among the 2023 ASHP Pharmacy Forecast panelists, 73% predicted that health systems will be required to validate the safety and effectiveness of AI tools, while only 37% reported that they were prepared to perform the validation.

Multiple system failures – nurse transcription error creating lethal dose, pharmacist failure to question extraordinary opioid amount, and institutional non-disclosure to grieving family – created perfect storm for maximum legal liability.

The expansion of this recall highlights the critical importance of verifying medication packaging against blister strip labeling, particularly for controlled substances where precise dosing is essential.

Nearly 70% of 340B contract pharmacies are now associated with pharmacy benefit managers, potentially shifting the program’s focus away from its original intent of supporting safety-net providers.