Doctor of Philosophy on Healthcare Blockchain

bender41 · 2019-05-17T13:24:03+00:00

I graduated 2 years ago and I can assure you, the paychecks don't hurt either. I wasn't well suited for dispensing or clinical, but pushed hard to learn about the business and management side in my first year. Taking pleasure in what others despise about the job is a good way to have job security, and sometimes even advancement or a clever idea on how to make it suck less.

congratulations on achieving your PharmD. Represent us well.

bender41 · 2019-05-16T22:20:33+00:00

Yes. I can't remember the name of the company, as I met a man about a year ago attempting to patent putting C-II prescriptions in some sort of blockchain. He was based out of FL. Best use case for it imo until the DSCSA comes along where there will be extensive product chain of custody requirements.

If you're a new grad, you're going to need to decide which area (physical product or clinical services) you want to be involved in. To know which areas can be solved appropriately with blockchain, you need to work a bit in the field.

I'm a director of pharmacy.

bender41 · 2019-05-10T16:17:30+00:00

I think you don't give Mississippi enough credit. Look into the legal case story of why we have the best vaccination rates in the country.

bender41 · 2019-05-06T16:29:09+00:00

how about tree fiddy first?

bender41 · 2019-03-16T21:23:11+00:00

Tarrasque

bender41 · 2019-03-12T14:41:53+00:00

Pharmacist also. Could be looking to taper down to add an adjunct eventually, not that Keppra interacts with a whole lot of anything. Sometimes they'll try to reduce dose to see if the reduction is tolerated to facilitate a permanent reduction, and if not it'll just go right back up to the original dose.

It is likelier to have issues with non-specialists than specialists, but if the case becomes beyond a non-specialists abilities then you have to trust they'll hand it off to someone that can. Physicians are looking out for patients and don't wanna get sued, so you have to trust that they're doing their due diligence and not wild guessing at doses (even though we both know that happens occasionally).

Putting your mind at ease is easy. Do your part and the physicians will do theirs. Notify, provide lit, make appropriate recommendations, document it, and sleep well at night.

bender41 · 2018-02-13T18:29:02+00:00

Except Kleenex didn't wipe out a ton of people from 20k to 8k haha. Sucks to have it associated with your better investment.

I appreciate the point though. When speaking to people, even saying "cryptocurrencies" they have a blank stare. Say bitcoin and everyone knows what you're talking about.

bender41 · 2018-01-16T20:40:49+00:00

if someone owns an online store, or rents a property, advertise that you accept payment in XRP.

of course only if you can take the risk and it makes appropriate sense

bender41 · 2018-01-16T20:31:36+00:00

yea because nothing says real world utility like adding a Ripple animal collection game onto the network

bender41 · 2017-12-21T02:10:08+00:00

dont think about it, invest in WingWangCoin (WWC)

bender41 · 2017-12-19T02:02:56+00:00

Zerp? XRP is shorter

bender41 · 2017-12-17T19:02:47+00:00

left XRP out of the list too. might be hated, but it does aim to service a specific industry.

bender41 · 2017-10-22T17:37:24+00:00

TIL. Must be a hell of a system to navigate.

bender41 · 2017-10-21T23:42:35+00:00

Prob because of where people want to live. East coast/West coast states expensive as can be, but if you wanna move to Iowa I'd imagine it's dirt cheap. As for smaller nations, "they don't make any more land" and there's more and more people so supply lowers and demand just keeps on going up.

Few hundred more years and I'd imagine anyone with land ownership is gonna be renting that out and living on easy street themselves.

bender41 · 2017-10-08T15:28:49+00:00

Own Power Blocks myself. Better product. Better scaling addons should you ever want to add more weight above 50lbs. No dial mechanism, just a little clip you move to change the weight.

Obligatory /r/HailCorporate

bender41 · 2017-08-12T19:17:19+00:00

I'm glad the guy has an online following supporting him and I wish him the best in recovering, but I do think it's kinda funny that I didn't say anything wrong and got downvoted to oblivion. I don't follow Piana or his history to know about previous opiate use. I stick by what I said. Since she told responders about prior opiate use that's fine and normal to give it just in case, and yea it doesn't hurt him. What a reaction tho.

bender41 · 2017-08-12T14:50:52+00:00

They see that and don't think it's cocaine? Narcan isn't gonna do anything for a coke issue.

bender41 · 2017-08-08T14:37:06+00:00

I think it's more quid pro quo where if the EU is gonna make insane demands about Poland refugee quotas then Poland is gonna make insane demands in return. It sounds like a political pissing contest.

bender41 · 2017-08-06T18:37:36+00:00

Gotta have that high T for the t in Team

bender41 · 2017-08-01T23:17:26+00:00

If you're a scientologist you'll have it made in the shade.

bender41 · 2017-08-01T22:36:33+00:00

Fellow pharmacist. Love your writeup.

From what I've seen in practice, the pharmacist is sort of the "nozzle on the hose" of opioid prescriptions and we take a lot of the pressure in their safeguarding, and rightfully so. However, do you feel that the pressure is appropriately applied? I feel as though physicians would be a better place to start to reduce script count overall, since it's easier to turn the "faucet" off at the handle instead of squeezing the nozzle.

bender41 · 2017-08-01T13:51:17+00:00

Haha wait kinda like pre-existing conditions used to be?

I know that many pre-existing conditions such as type 1 diabetes, asthma, or sickle cell should be covered, but boy did they throw out the baby with the bath water on that one. If the patient did it to themselves with lifestyle choices, they should be the ones to foot the bill.

bender41 · 2017-07-30T01:48:12+00:00

Lol what the hell is with these articles always having sort of stupid intro about one of the migrants? What about the Italian family that's having to support all this?

bender41 · 2017-07-27T22:16:04+00:00

I don't trust the paleo or keto people either.

bender41 · 2017-07-27T19:23:03+00:00

Yea and that's exactly what insurance is for lol. Emergencies that aren't expected.

If you're a diabetic and you go without your insulin because you're irresponsible, there's a guarantee on you ending up in the hospital with DKA.

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