tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8793561531129775733.post8967024507249039569..comments2023-04-17T04:11:33.193-07:00Comments on Counsel Me: Stupid "News" ReportingFrantic Pharmacisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15804872250102867314noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8793561531129775733.post-11488604353694714952009-03-01T00:42:00.000-08:002009-03-01T00:42:00.000-08:00I'm thinking of going to med school and maybe doin...I'm thinking of going to med school and maybe doing family med/GP. If that happens, I plan to beat it into the office staff, if the pharmacy calls about something and I'm not with a patient, give them to me or take a message I'll return as soon as I'm out of the room. Though I hope alot of the calls I might get are about insurance problems and not drug interactions. I hate nothing more than getting office staff on the phone who think they know everything or docs who seem to think I can only talk to him/her through the office staff, just hand them the damn phone, it will go alot quicker without the chance for something getting lost in translation.MDBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03503814725611559227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8793561531129775733.post-42728685889808169682009-02-17T11:33:00.000-08:002009-02-17T11:33:00.000-08:00For years, it was NPR and PBS. Although some of th...For years, it was NPR and PBS. Although some of the sensationalism prevails, especially for story content, at least they let the affected parties speak, and some authorities on various topics get a chance to speak their 'piece', so that there is some limit on talking point summaries by the reporter. But, still, as a healthcare provider in the middle of the maelstrom, I occasionally gnash my teeth wondering why they have a physician representing the AMA speak to an issue that pharmacy is expert. I very rarely hear opinions from actual pharmacists. Jim Plagakis and others would have us be a little more forthright on this particular issue--but, just exactly does a pharmacist call on? It sounds as if our bargaining power is scattered or non-representational of the whole profession. Is this part of the endemic pharmacy-related problem, that we cannot dissociate ourselves from a product or manufacturing company? That we cannot say we haven't touched the smut in anything we do? Or, is it a credibility issue? Or, is it an issue that all medical professionals have to deal with; someone representing a public news source disseminating information to the uninformed in a way that is not fully accurate, truthful, or even might be ambiguous? Agree with the 'dumbing down' statement.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com