Rite Aid Rolls Out HIV Training

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Rite Aid Rolls Out HIV Training

American Druggist--HIV Supplement (11/98) Vol. 1, No. 1, P. 10
Slezak, Michael

Over 400 Philadelphia-area Rite Aid drug stores have introduced a continuing education program on HIV/AIDS for pharmacists. The four-hour program was videotaped and will be sent out to an additional 1,200 Rite Aid stores as part of a national program. The program focuses on keeping pharmacists educated on up-to-date methods of dispensing and processing HIV medication. In an effort to enhance disease management services, the chain instituted a policy whereby anyone bringing a script in for HIV medication will receive at least a 72-hour supply, even if they are listed as ineligible for coverage by pharmacy computers. Eileen Zacconi, a pharmacy care pharmacist for Rite Aid, explained, "We're making sure that patients stick with their regimens. We want to make sure no patient becomes non-compliant due to a lack of money or an inability to get their insurance problems straightened out." Rite Aid policy also calls for the notification of patients who have not refilled their prescriptions.

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