LNP 154 Did the Pharmacy Really Fill Your Prescription Correctly? Dr. James O’Donnell

By Patricia Iyer MSN RN LNCC | February 12, 2018

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James O’Donnell is an Associate Professor of Pharmacology at the Rush Medical College in Chicago. He is a diplomat of the American Board of Clinical Pharmacology and also a fellow in the American College of Clinical Pharmacology. He has evaluated many cases involving prescription errors.

Dr. O’Donnell estimates that he’s testified in more than 400 trials. His experience is in malpractice cases and criminal cases also he has a lot of experience in pharmacy error cases. He’s written extensively on that topic.

Listen in as Pat Iyer and James O’Donnell chat about these points

  •  What are some of the most common allegations against pharmacists?
  • How can a pharmacist do a drug review if the prescriptions are spread out between competing companies
  • What are the safety factors that are built into the prescription filling process
  • Why the number of written prescriptions is predictably shrinking and why
  • What prescription drugs are commonly involved in errors, also are certain ones deadlier than others?

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Your Presenter

James Thomas O’Donnell, Pharm.D., M.S., FCP, ABCP, FACN, R.Ph., is a pharmacologist, pharmacist and nutritionist.. His career has included pharmacy practice in a variety of settings, as well as teaching, research, publications, and consultations in pharmacology, pharmacy, and nutrition to industry, government, health care, publishing and legal fields.

He is Associate Professor of Pharmacology at the Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, where he served as the Course Director for the Medical Pharmacology program. Dr. O’Donnell is a Diplomate of the American Board of Clinical Pharmacology, a fellow of the American College of Clinical Pharmacology, and a fellow of the American College of Nutrition.

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