Pharmacy Consulting Services
Pharmacy Law &
Regulation.
State and national law,
Boards of Pharmacy, DEA FDA, insurance coverage issues. Working with
attorneys from the many practice areas within Renaud Cook Drury Mesaros can
provides clients with a wide range of options and problem-solving alternatives.
Clients can learn to recognize and avoid situations before they become problems.
Risk Management / Quality
Practice. Identifying risks and selecting techniques to manage them is the
cornerstone of risk management and quality assurance. Many state laws require
pharmacists to implement quality assurance programs as a part of the
practice of pharmacy. Having and using
a system of risk management can reduce insurance premiums and foster competition
among insurance companies.
Compliance. Occasionally,
pharmacies and pharmacists find themselves in a situation in which they must
overcome prior difficulties and prove compliance with orders issued by boards or
other third parties. It may mean developing remedial plans or meeting
requirements for reducing potential errors and higher premiums.
Medication Errors / CQI.
Healthcare is a zero-tolerance professions; the standard is no mistakes, no
errors. While that standard cannot be met in real-life environments, it is
important to institute a workflow plan of continuous quality improvement. From
risk identification to plan implementation and from staff training to event
capturing, all require planning and design – simple, complete and practical.
Expert Witness. Ken Baker
is available, in selected cases, to serve as expert witness. Appropriate areas
may include standards of practice, pharmacy regulatory questions, medication
errors and quality assurance. In other cases, the attorneys at Renaud Cook Drury
Mesaros have an extensive network of litigation support resources in numerous
healthcare fields.
|