Appeals court asked to rule on pharmacy slaying conviction

Tulsa World-Dec 30, 2017

Former pharmacist Jerome Jay Ersland is taking his last-ditch challenge of his murder conviction to the federal appeals court in Denver. Ersland, 66, is serving a life sentence for fatally shooting an unarmed, already wounded teenage robber in 2009 inside an Oklahoma City pharmacy. He is not eligible for parole until 2049.

Pharmacists slow to dispense lifesaving overdose drug

WBIR-TV-Dec 30, 2017

Gale Dunham, a pharmacist in Calistoga, Calif., knows the devastation the opioid epidemic has wrought, and she is glad the anti-overdose drug naloxone is becoming more accessible. But Dunham said that so far, she has not taken advantage of a California law that allows pharmacists to dispense the medication to ...

All My Pharmacy Students Learn to Code

Pharmacy Times-Dec 27, 2017

We all know that health care is changing rapidly. The mobile phone, augmented by health and wellness trackers, apps, and sensors is shifting care into the home. Pharmacists must be leading new practice model initiatives and, at a minimum, be familiar with connected technology. The chief clinical officer of Partners 

For Pharmacist Turned CEO: CVS' Larry Merlo Faces Biggest ...

Hartford Courant-Dec 31, 2017

When Larry J. Merlo took the CEO job at CVS in 2011, some wondered if his experience heading the drugstore chain's retail operations had prepared him enough to tackle CVS's strategic transition into a health care company. But since assuming the helm, Merlo steadied a faltering merger with pharmacy benefits manager ..

New Nevada law aims to tackle opioid epidemic

Las Vegas Review-Journal-9 hours ago

The Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention Act, passed by the 2017 Legislature, outlines safeguards for doctors before they prescribe controlled substances to treat pain and increases requirements ... At 27, Wells injured his spinal cord while snowboarding, an injury compounded by an unnecessary surgery years later.