After rolling out its password manager to a limited number of users in April, Proton has finally released the service to the general public. The tool, called Proton Pass, uses end-to-end encryption to keep your usernames and passwords away from third parties, including Proton itself. It also lets you create and store randomly...
Still happy with bitwarden's family plan and ecosystem, but I am happy that there is more OSS in the space. Hopefully competition will push both to be even better!
If you haven't read this short story, first published on June 26, 1948 and written by Shirley Jackson , you should! It quite possibly makes June 27th the creepiest/scariest day of the year (outside on Halloween of course)...
Yes, and brave, and a pihole, and pfblockerng... I hate ads so much, that I can't watch cable TV at all unless its a sporting event (In which case I would rather be at the game anyways).
Personally, I am a huge fan of UpToDate; however, my job gives me access Dynamed and strangely Lexicomp (owned by uptodate company), but not UpToDate itself. My partner works in an environment where they have access to UpToDate though, so I can bum off their login. They also get access to NCCN Guidelines
Stat Pearls gives some amazing info at a quick glance, and Dailymed is great to look up inactive ingredients for any given NDC (really nice for Alpha-Gal patients, and patients with weird allergies like potato starch)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Birth control could be prescribed and dispensed by pharmacists in Wisconsin under a bill that passed the Republican-controlled state Assembly on Wednesday with broad bipartisan support.
Recently introduced to the U.S. Senate, the Protect Patient Access to Pharmacies Act (S. 2052) will help to secure Medicare patients’, typically seniors, freedom to receive medications and care from the pharmacy of their choice choice through improvements to the “any willing pharmacy” law.
The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN)—an alliance of leading academic cancer centers—published survey results today that shed light on just how widespread the current platinum chemotherapy shortage is, and shared a statement calling on the whole oncology community to work together on solutions.
I have been in pharmacy for almost 18 years! I started out as a CPhT, then went on to school and got my PharmD. I've been practicing now for 8 years!
I've worked in a couple different areas. Starting as a CPhT I worked in a federal IHS Facility, then as a PharmD I've been in LTC, Onco, and now work clinically in a trauma center.
I love the different cases I get to see on a day to day basis, the staff that I work with, and the freedom my job gives me to actually influence patient outcomes.
I have concerns now mostly about our new generation of pharmacists coming out of school, or rather the education these students are getting. It just doesn't seem to be up to par of what we had in the past decade. Then again I could just be getting older.
For nearly three years, Roscoe Rike has been picking up his hormone-replacement therapy prescriptions at the same Walgreens in Oakland without a hitch....
As a pharmacist myself, this shit pisses me off to no end. While we have a right to refuse, it should be used to save lives and mitigate problems (drug interactions, disease interactions, etc) ... not CAUSE more problems.
Fortunately most pharmacists I know don't give 2 shits about birth control or HRT or plan B... but those very very few ruin the profession for the rest of us. It is why I got out of retail and went hospital, plus I can have more direct impact on patient health than sitting behind a counter arguing with insurance all day long.
Pharmacists don't take a Hippocratic oath... though 1st year in pharm school the school had us get in groups and sort of create our own, and while I would say for the most part it lines up with the HO, it wasn't exactly the same and we didn't recite it or anything. I think that in general 'do no harm' is a good over-arching ideal to strive for. This pharmacist did not live up to that ideal.
I mean it is literally going on right now with abortion rights. Even before RvW was over turned, the hospital I work in (catholic of course) would have to consult a nun over religious ethics if an abortion was needed (even in times to save the life of the mother) which is ABSURD. I'm sorry, but if you want to be a "public" hospital, get tax breaks, and all other benefits that come with it, then a nun should not have a right of first refusal over someone's life. Blew my mind when we got an email from the Cardinal of our local diocese that said that ectopic pregnancies were "now allowed" but the patient still needed to brought to the nun for further engagement. If I had to go through that, then be FORCED to talk to a nun afterward, I would freak the fuck out.
If all physicians prescribed 100% according to guidelines? We would've been replaced yesterday. However, they don't prescribe 100% according to guidelines. Have you ever heard the term "off-label"? It is where a medication is prescribed for a condition that the medication is not "approved" for. There is also a lot of "grey" areas in meds, for example: drug-drug interactions that are severe, but the physician feels the benefit outweighs the risk. OR what about drug allergies? Patient says they have a penicillin allergy, and the doc writes for Keflex. Well keflex is in the penicillin class, but it is a cephalosporin and cross-reactivity is about 3-5%. Will a machine approve the med for the patient?
That being said, mail-order pharmacies are just about getting to that point. Pharm Techs are only there to fill the robots and deal with insurance, and pharmacists are there for over-sight, final verification, and to answer questions. Someone still has to open the stock bottles and poor them into a robot, and what if a tech pours the wrong bottle into the wrong spot in the robot? could cause thousands of drug injuries.
Prior to the protest reddit was in full support of the protest. Most polls on subs supported a shutdown. Now, seemingly every community cant understand why the protest was needed and they're calling it a mod power trip. There is a 3rd possibility. This is an unfounded conspiracy but reddit themselves could be manipulating...
My partner still hasn’t left Reddit yet, but because it’s a habit for her now AND Apollo still works… once Apollo is gone she’s already signaled she is moving on.
I wonder how many others are just waiting for the third party’s to be killed before moving on?
I recently played an amazing DOS game where you have your country and you can declare war or peace with other ones, and i really enjoyed it. Growing up one of my favorite DOS games was Gobliiins 3, such cool memories!
Proton’s encrypted password manager is now available to everyone. - The Verge (www.theverge.com)
After rolling out its password manager to a limited number of users in April, Proton has finally released the service to the general public. The tool, called Proton Pass, uses end-to-end encryption to keep your usernames and passwords away from third parties, including Proton itself. It also lets you create and store randomly...
Happy June 27th, The day of "The Lottery"
If you haven't read this short story, first published on June 26, 1948 and written by Shirley Jackson , you should! It quite possibly makes June 27th the creepiest/scariest day of the year (outside on Halloween of course)...
Do you use adblock? Why? Why not?
I posted this question because I once saw a tweet that said something like:...
Disease State Sunday: Clostridial myonecrosis (AKA: Gas Gangrene)
Clostridial Myonecrosis...
Unofficial Subreddit Migration List (Lemmy, Kbin) (www.quippd.com)
A comprehensive mapping of old subreddits to new communities.
What are your favorite resources for medical info? CE? Does your job pay or reimburse you for either?
Do you like the resources you have for your job, or would you pay for outside resources?
A primer for the Joint Comission's "Do Not Use List Fact Sheet" (www.jointcommission.org)
Bill to let pharmacists prescribe birth control passes Wisconsin Assembly (scnow.com)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Birth control could be prescribed and dispensed by pharmacists in Wisconsin under a bill that passed the Republican-controlled state Assembly on Wednesday with broad bipartisan support.
Almost 5K matches made for pharmacy residency programs (www.healthcarefinancenews.com)
The number of positions has grown from 5,127 in 2019 to 5,832 this year, a sign that the pipeline for new pharmacists is getting bigger.
The Protect Patient Access to Pharmacies Act is the Latest Effort Combatting High Pharmacy DIR Fees (www.managedhealthcareexecutive.com)
Recently introduced to the U.S. Senate, the Protect Patient Access to Pharmacies Act (S. 2052) will help to secure Medicare patients’, typically seniors, freedom to receive medications and care from the pharmacy of their choice choice through improvements to the “any willing pharmacy” law.
NCCN addresses ongoing chemotherapy shortages: More than 90% of cancer centers are impacted (medicalxpress.com)
The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN)—an alliance of leading academic cancer centers—published survey results today that shed light on just how widespread the current platinum chemotherapy shortage is, and shared a statement calling on the whole oncology community to work together on solutions.
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Walgreens pharmacist cites religion in denying meds to trans man (www.latimes.com)
For nearly three years, Roscoe Rike has been picking up his hormone-replacement therapy prescriptions at the same Walgreens in Oakland without a hitch....
Meta says its new speech-generating AI model is too dangerous for public release (www.theverge.com)
Meta says its new speech-generating AI model is too dangerous for public release....
The Steam subreddit has been forced back open.
Looks like Reddit is forcing another sub open, but there are users advocating changing the sub to be about actual steam.
Did the reddit hivemind do a 180 or are the people left behind just the people who don't care.
Prior to the protest reddit was in full support of the protest. Most polls on subs supported a shutdown. Now, seemingly every community cant understand why the protest was needed and they're calling it a mod power trip. There is a 3rd possibility. This is an unfounded conspiracy but reddit themselves could be manipulating...
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What is your favorite ever DOS game?
I recently played an amazing DOS game where you have your country and you can declare war or peace with other ones, and i really enjoyed it. Growing up one of my favorite DOS games was Gobliiins 3, such cool memories!
Colossal asteroid the size of 99 narwhals to pass Earth Thursday - NASA (www.jpost.com)
Unraid 6.12 Stable Released (unraid.net)