(ONLY FOR RESIDENTS OF OHIO)
We, the undersigned, are concerned citizens of Ohio who urge our Board of Pharmacy to examine various levels of compliance with OBRA-90, ORC and OAC as related to: pharmacist counseling, prospective drug utilization review, pharmacist-specific notations (prospectively) in patient profiles that are relevant to individual drug therapies, the levels of compliance obtained through automation verses thoughtful pharmacist interaction, and conclude whether or not these occurrences satisfy the intended meaning of Ohio law as established by the people in order to thwart abuse and misuse of prescription medications.
According to Ohio law, pharmacists share an equal and corresponding responsibility with physicians to ensure that a prescription is written for a legitimate medical purpose. In consideration of Ohio’s opiate addiction rate and deaths due to overdose, hospitalizations due to preventable medication errors, a voluntary Ohio Drug Take Back program that nets 18 tons of unused drugs in 2016, investigative reports in other states, the growth of MTM (retrospective), studies which show 90% over-ride rates on DUR warnings, high rate (90%) of patient counseling declines evidenced in log books, and the absence of voluntary error reporting; we ask the Ohio Board of Pharmacy to determine whether or not there is reasonable pharmacist compliance with OAC rules and standards of care in retail outpatient and mail-order pharmacies that either reside or do business within our state. The standards of care in this petition are especially but not limited to:
OAC 4729-5-18
OAC 4729-5-20
OAC 4729-5-21
OAC 4729-5-22
Updates
Reached 100 supporters
March 26, 2017
21 Comments
I've worked for both of the largest pharmacy chains in the United States. I have stood witness to declining patient care and intolerable working conditions. Please help our profession enforce employers to ensure the legal requirements are being met. Most pharmacists working for chains are forced to sign documents to maintain employment knowing that they can not possibly comply with all the documents signed. Pharmacists are no longer provided with the tools and staffing needed to safely fill prescriptions. Pharmacy employers no longer help the pharmacists limit distractions and have opened up the pharmacies to the detriment of patient care.
Corporate metrics are causing pharmacists to not dedicate themselves to keeping our patients safe. There are only so many hours in a day, and with more "goals" (aka higher script count with minimal help, flu clinics, higher immunization goals, doctor detailing, etc) we don't have enough time to spend going over durs and counseling properly.
I want to thank everyone who signed this petition. Your signatures, both online and written, were delivered to our BOP in person and that was followed by about an hour worth of conversation. It is reasonable to assume that there is a general agreement that something needs looked at with respect to OBRA compliance and they already had a meeting set for July to talk about it. It will be open to the public for those who would like to attend. Thanks again to those who have taken the time to understand this issue...we petition our government for a redress of grievance because of it. Hook up to me on FB to stay updated.
The VERY high rates of Rx's filled absolutely preclude R.Ph. involvement in patient care.. OSBP should protect the public by interceding and stopping thee high Rx rates. It is nonsensical to say it can be done..By the same token if R.Ph.'s are released from high volumes they should mandatorily counsel patients for adherence, disease awareness, drug-drug interactions etc.
Pharmacy practice as it exists today, often places the public in a dangerous position. Employer groups and PBMS have placed the pharmacist in a very precarious position by imposing unrealistic metrics that prevent good patient care. The pharmacist is caught in the middle, trying to meet those metrics in order to preserve his job while trying to provide good care for his patient. Often times this means important checks are being missed, at the patient's expense. Intervention is needed. A solution must be found.
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(ONLY FOR RESIDENTS OF OHIO)
We, the undersigned, are concerned citizens of Ohio who urge our Board of Pharmacy to examine various levels of compliance with OBRA-90, ORC and OAC as related to: pharmacist counseling, prospective drug utilization review, pharmacist-specific notations (prospectively) in patient profiles that are relevant to individual drug therapies, the levels of compliance obtained through automation verses thoughtful pharmacist interaction, and conclude whether or not these occurrences satisfy the intended meaning of Ohio law as established by the people in order to thwart abuse and misuse of prescription medications.
According to Ohio law, pharmacists share an equal and corresponding responsibility with physicians to ensure that a prescription is written for a legitimate medical purpose. In consideration of Ohio’s opiate addiction rate and deaths due to overdose, hospitalizations due to preventable medication errors, a voluntary Ohio Drug Take Back program that nets 18 tons of unused drugs in 2016, investigative reports in other states, the growth of MTM (retrospective), studies which show 90% over-ride rates on DUR warnings, high rate (90%) of patient counseling declines evidenced in log books, and the absence of voluntary error reporting; we ask the Ohio Board of Pharmacy to determine whether or not there is reasonable pharmacist compliance with OAC rules and standards of care in retail outpatient and mail-order pharmacies that either reside or do business within our state. The standards of care in this petition are especially but not limited to:
OAC 4729-5-18
OAC 4729-5-20
OAC 4729-5-21
OAC 4729-5-22
Updates
Reached 100 supporters
March 26, 2017
21 Comments
Giving the patient a phone number to call (which is never answered yes a pharmacist) does not meet the law.
I've worked for both of the largest pharmacy chains in the United States. I have stood witness to declining patient care and intolerable working conditions. Please help our profession enforce employers to ensure the legal requirements are being met. Most pharmacists working for chains are forced to sign documents to maintain employment knowing that they can not possibly comply with all the documents signed. Pharmacists are no longer provided with the tools and staffing needed to safely fill prescriptions. Pharmacy employers no longer help the pharmacists limit distractions and have opened up the pharmacies to the detriment of patient care.
Corporate metrics are causing pharmacists to not dedicate themselves to keeping our patients safe. There are only so many hours in a day, and with more "goals" (aka higher script count with minimal help, flu clinics, higher immunization goals, doctor detailing, etc) we don't have enough time to spend going over durs and counseling properly.
I want to thank everyone who signed this petition. Your signatures, both online and written, were delivered to our BOP in person and that was followed by about an hour worth of conversation. It is reasonable to assume that there is a general agreement that something needs looked at with respect to OBRA compliance and they already had a meeting set for July to talk about it. It will be open to the public for those who would like to attend. Thanks again to those who have taken the time to understand this issue...we petition our government for a redress of grievance because of it. Hook up to me on FB to stay updated.
The VERY high rates of Rx's filled absolutely preclude R.Ph. involvement in patient care.. OSBP should protect the public by interceding and stopping thee high Rx rates. It is nonsensical to say it can be done..By the same token if R.Ph.'s are released from high volumes they should mandatorily counsel patients for adherence, disease awareness, drug-drug interactions etc.
Pharmacy practice as it exists today, often places the public in a dangerous position. Employer groups and PBMS have placed the pharmacist in a very precarious position by imposing unrealistic metrics that prevent good patient care. The pharmacist is caught in the middle, trying to meet those metrics in order to preserve his job while trying to provide good care for his patient. Often times this means important checks are being missed, at the patient's expense. Intervention is needed. A solution must be found.
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Giving the patient a phone number to call (which is never answered yes a pharmacist) does not meet the law.