tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-467338074067710824.post1505661375203759275..comments2009-08-13T15:25:02.024-07:00charleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04200784969448980003noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-467338074067710824.post-72845428821349669002009-08-13T15:25:02.024-07:002009-08-13T15:25:02.024-07:00@Paul,<br />Thanks for the comments! It has become kind of a personal mission for me to let people know what pharmacists really do.Charles Westergardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04200784969448980003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-467338074067710824.post-49991735686010950392009-08-13T14:56:22.407-07:002009-08-13T14:56:22.407-07:00Charles, <br />Great post and follow up comments. I will admit, before I started at Pharmacy OneSource I was one of those that thought pharmacists were just &quot;pill counters&quot;. I have become very aware of how false that is. But many of my peers that are not involved with healthcare really are unaware of what pharmacy and pharmacists are responsible for. <br /><br />It seems the general public needs to be better educated on what their neighborhood pharmacist does for them.Paul Mnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-467338074067710824.post-46851304847024829762009-08-12T09:45:48.976-07:002009-08-12T09:45:48.976-07:00@Anonymous<br /><br />Thanks for the comments! I agree with you that patients need to be part of the solution here. But a large part of the patient perception of pharmacy comes from how they interact with the pharmacists they see, as you so rightly put it, at retail pharmacies. These pharmacists are NOT encouraged by their corporate over-seers to &quot;practice&quot; pharmacy, only to ring out as much profit as possible. For a very poignant example of this, see todays post on the Pharmcy Chick&#39;s blog<br /><br />~charlesCharles Westergardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04200784969448980003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-467338074067710824.post-86771757647474417632009-08-12T08:30:04.780-07:002009-08-12T08:30:04.780-07:00Right on Charles! &#39;Seeing is believing&#39; still rings true with mankind.<br /><br />Unfortunately (or perhaps fortunately) Mrs. Jones doesn&#39;t see hospital pharmacies anywhere near as often as the retail pharmacies in Target, ShopKo, Wal-Mart or on nearly every high-traffic street corner (Walgreens, CVS and Rite-Aid to name a few). <br /><br />I wonder if patients are like my children were when they were less than three years old...my kids just asked to buy things and never thought about where the money came from...just how to spend it. Are patients not thinking about where the medications come from are just expecting that they only need to take that medication and get better (never wondering/questioning will this harm me)? <br /><br />The five rights...I bet most non healthcare folk would try to cite 5 rights from the Bill of Rights. <br /><br />We need to do more. Thanks for getting the word out there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com