{"id":3454,"date":"2016-05-10T17:46:45","date_gmt":"2016-05-10T17:46:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/beaverx\/?p=3454"},"modified":"2016-05-10T17:46:45","modified_gmt":"2016-05-10T17:46:45","slug":"lincoln-alexander-15-first-alberstons-safeway-pharmacist-to-prescribe-birth-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/beaverx\/2016\/05\/10\/lincoln-alexander-15-first-alberstons-safeway-pharmacist-to-prescribe-birth-control\/","title":{"rendered":"Lincoln Alexander (’15) – First Alberstons-Safeway Pharmacist to Prescribe Birth Control"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nLincoln Alexander (’15), PharmD<\/em>\n<\/div>\n
Recent OSU College of Pharmacy graduate, Lincoln Alexander (’15), currently works for an Albertsons-Safeway store in Portland, OR. He has been with the company as they transitioned with the Implementation of 2015 HB2879 – Pharmacists Prescribing of Contraceptives. Albertsons-Safeway has been\u00a0at the forefront of\u00a0training of their pharmacists with theComprehensive Contraceptive Education and Training for the Prescribing Pharmacist<\/em>\u00a0course provided by OSU College of Pharmacy.<\/p>\n

With the transition, Albertsons-Safeway has named Lincoln Alexander (’15) as the First Pharmacist to Prescribe Birth Control in the Company. They held a Q&A session with him to learn about his personal experience. Here are a few of his\u00a0responses:<\/p>\n

Q: When in pharmacy school, is this the type of practice (i.e. the ability to prescribe)\u00a0you
\nwanted to have?
\nLincoln:<\/strong>\u00a0I envisioned it briefly at times, but I saw this as a far in the future (10+ years) community pharmacy development. It is still surprising to me how fast the rule was developed, passed, and implemented.<\/p>\n

Q: How was the patient interaction?
\nLincoln:<\/strong>\u00a0The interaction is pretty straightforward. When I’m present in the pharmacy and a patient expresses interest in birth control, the technician will typically refer the patient to me. The patient and I discuss the procedure for obtaining a prescription.<\/p>\n

Q: Did you approach the patient or did she ask for the birth control?
\nLincoln:<\/strong>\u00a0All patients have approached me for birth control prescription. This typically involves a patient coming to the\u00a0counter to inquire about the service because they saw the sign out front of the store or a story on the news. Or if I overhear a patient trying to refill a birth control prescription and it is out of refills, I will mention to them the service we offer to see if they are interested.<\/p>\n

Q: Was there anything in the process of prescribing that wasn’t covered in your training or that would be beneficial for prescribing birth control?
\nLincoln:<\/strong>\u00a0The training is comprehensive and includes many resources. My most used resource is the included table from Pharmacist’s Letter entitled “Comparison of Oral Contraceptives and Non-Oral Alternatives”. The chart includes a list of hormonal contraceptive brand names (since there are so many!) as well as included estrogen and progesterone dosages in each formulation.<\/p>\n

Q: What advice would you give to pharmacists who are hesitant to prescribe birth control?
\nLincoln:<\/strong>\u00a0Just jump in and get your feet wet! You are more prepared to do this than you realize. Plus, if you are nervous or have a question, figure out which pharmacists are already prescribing near you and call them to ask questions.<\/p>\n

In a final quote, Lincoln added, “This is a step in the right direction for patients, pharmacists and the American healthcare system! I’m passionate about the future of prescribing for pharmacists.”<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Lincoln Alexander (’15), PharmD Recent OSU College of Pharmacy graduate, Lincoln Alexander (’15), currently works for an Albertsons-Safeway store in Portland, OR. He has been with the company as they transitioned with the Implementation of 2015 HB2879 – Pharmacists Prescribing of Contraceptives. Albertsons-Safeway has been\u00a0at the forefront of\u00a0training of their pharmacists with theComprehensive Contraceptive Education […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6203,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3454","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/beaverx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3454","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/beaverx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/beaverx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/beaverx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6203"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/beaverx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3454"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/beaverx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3454\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3455,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/beaverx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3454\/revisions\/3455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/beaverx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/beaverx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/beaverx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}