Ah, the 4th of July. Independence Day. The day in 1776 when the Continental Congress gave Great Britain the finger and declared that the thirteen American colonies were no longer a part of the British Empire. America was born. “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are [...]

I always find it interesting to see what brings people to my website and what they decided to read once they get here. Most read posts over the past 7 days: An almost disastrous bar-coding mishap – I said almost a disastrous mishap people, almost. Bloodthirsty savages. Quick Hit – Mobile devices in our pharmacy [...]

I always find it interesting to see what brings people to my website and what they decided to read once they get here. Most read posts over the past 7 days: Cool Technology for Pharmacy – RxVerify – RxVerify is a neat piece of software that fits a nice little niche. Cool Technology for Pharmacy [...]

I always find it interesting to see what brings someone to my website and what they decided to read once they get here. Most read posts over the past 7 days: Medscape Mobile for the BlackBerry – Still rolling along after several weeks at the top. The BlackBerry is a long way from being dead. [...]

I try to keep my weekend posts light, and today is no different. As I sit here waiting for the rest of the Fahrni crew to come to life I ran across a tweet from Garry Sykes that simply said “tool of the trade….very occasionally!” Following the link in the tweet takes you to a [...]

I always find it interesting to see what brings someone to my website and what they decided to read once they get here. Most of the time it isn’t pharmacy related at all. Funny how that works. Most read posts over last week: Medscape Mobile for the BlackBerry – This has appeared at or near [...]

First things first, a little back ground is in order. Most people probably don’t realize that hospital pharmacists aren’t allowed out much. This is especially true when it comes to sending pharmacists to conferences. It’s expensive and often creates a hole in the work schedule. In my experience the general rule of thumb is that [...]

This blog was started one year ago today. During that time I’ve learned a great deal about a great many things and have met some incredibly interesting people along the way. The site doesn’t generate much traffic, which just goes to show you that pharmacists are an interesting group that rarely crawl out of their [...]

During the implementation phase of an important project you never want to hear someone say “oh, <insert name here> is the only one that can do that and they’re gone until Monday.” Doh! Just a friendly piece of advice: no company larger than one employee should have individuals that are so specialized that no one [...]

Several years ago a member of pharmacy leadership at the hospital I was working for told a bunch of pharmacists, me included, that he could get a monkey to do our job. The statement became a running joke in the department as the pharmacists began bringing in monkey stuffed animals, monkey pencil toppers and putting [...]