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HobbitFoot t1_iu5lf5s wrote

That is probably a good idea. Not thinking of it too hard, people might think higher number is better. However, there may be reasons that there is variance across staff, like complications with the prescription or patient.

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Almainyny t1_iu5mc15 wrote

Plus the incentive to go faster may mean the pharmacist might make mistakes. Mistakes are the last thing you want to have happen when a patient’s health is on the line. Period.

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DertyCajun t1_iu66727 wrote

Don't worry. Walgreens has a plan for that. They immediately turn it over to an insurance company to fight for them. The insurance company will quickly tell you that taking the wrong or too much of a medication for a week isn't a big deal. Problem solved.

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Almainyny t1_iu68qid wrote

Fucking insurance companies. Of course they’d have their dirty hands in this too.

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Thoughtfulprof t1_iu6i6wd wrote

The older I get, the more I think that capitalism and insurance are a terrible mix.

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AlHuntar t1_iu83ssn wrote

Insurance is capitalisms natural progression. Not saying there shouldn't just be stuff like healthcare for all. But mediocre costing care, for high monthly rates, and the ability to legally drain your opponent in court when they will never have the resources to fight you sounds like easy profit. Why wouldn't insurance be as scummy as it is.

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mikehamm45 t1_iu7m6tv wrote

Its not the making of a mistake you should be worried about, that doesn’t happen often… it’s not finding the mistakes that should worry you.

A pharmacist’s chief role is to find the mistakes, prevent the errors from getting do you.

If doctors where perfect, it wouldn’t be necessary to have a pharmacist.

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apoliticalinactivist t1_iu70f0k wrote

This is why you dont hire biz consultants to actually manage your company, only to advise. Making decisions like 90% faster saving $X and only costing $Y in lawsuits!

Sometimes you get objectively malicious/idiotic metrics too, like Bush #2 evaluating teachers based on year over year improvement in pass rate. Only problem is that students change every year and excellent teachers have no where to go but down...

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