/24-7PressRelease/ - BELLEVUE, WA, April 23, 2008 -- Pharmacy OneSource, Inc. today released the results of its exclusive on-line polls for the first quarter of 2008. Highlights include that nearly 42% of pharmacy professionals have worked in retail and would not do it again, and 74% of pharmacy professionals think there should be a law requiring all prescriptions to be electronically produced instead of handwritten.
The full results of each poll from January - March 2008 are listed below. Media sources are encouraged to utilize these poll results and attribution to PharmacyOneSource.com is requested.
Should pharmacists and doctors in addiction treatment programs still be allowed to practice?
Yes 43.4%
No 31.3%
Other 25.3%
Total 198
Have you or someone you know ever been affected by addiction?
Yes, I have 20.0%
Yes, someone I know 55.0%
No 20.0%
Other 5.0%
Total 60
Do you think state reporting of infections and adverse health events will lead to better quality care?
Yes, significantly 40.0%
Only somewhat 42.5%
No 17.5%
Total 40
Do you get a flu shot every year?
Yes, it's mandatory 4.5%
Yes, voluntarily 69.3%
Only some years 4.5%
I never get a flu shot 20.5%
Other 1.1%
Total 88
Which healthcare initiative do you think will have the greatest impact on patient safety?
The National Quality Forum's Never Events 4.7%
CMS Hospital Quality Measures 16.3%
AHRQ Patient Safety Indicators 7.0%
JCAHO National Patient Safety Goals 34.9%
None of the above 25.6%
Other 11.6%
Total 43
Have you or would you ever work in retail pharmacy?
Currently working in retail 21.7%
Have and would again 17.5%
Have and would not again 41.7%
Have not and never would 9.2%
Have not, but might in the future 4.2%
Other 5.8% 7
Total 120
Are you for or against some kind of universal health insurance in the U.S.?
For 56.1%
Undecided 10.3%
Against 29.9%
Other 3.7%
Total 107
Should there be a law requiring all prescriptions to be electronically produced instead of handwritten?
Yes 74.2%
No 14.2%
Other 11.7%
Total 120
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