With a newfound focus and pressure on pharmacies and pharmacists as frontline healthcare providers, the industry needs to ensure these pharmacies are equipped to handle such demand. How can pharmacists streamline operations, reallocate their st

Patient Relationship Management and the Future of Pharmacy

Dec 30th, 2020

When software and technology close the loop on pharmacy data, providing better business intelligence within the pharmacy system, pharmacists have an easier time with their patients. In this interview with ComputerTalk’s Maggie Lockwood, Speed S

Starting from Scratch: Fulfilling a Dream of Ownership

Dec 29th, 2020

The key for many independents is the ability to customize their stores to reflect their own expertise and interests. For Keith Hersey, Pharm.D., and his wife Deborah, this approach was essential as they have weathered the most unusual of years

Accuracy Was Number One When Choosing A New Robot

Dec 21st, 2020

In early 2020, Strickland began researching for a replacement pharmacy robotic dispenser. He found the newest Kirby Lester model, the KL-SR secure robot, and he found the prescription dispensing accuracy his pharmacy needed.

COVID-19 Driving Pharmacy Automation

Oct 20th, 2020

Blister packaging is often the most repetitive, time-consuming task in pharmacies, and the SynMed system has proven over time to be a reliable solution to automate this process, limit touches, and better service facilities. Today nearly 95% of

Meeting Pharmacy Purchasing Needs During a Crisis

Jun 15th, 2020

A multiwholesaler analytics platform approach gives pharmacies the ability to shop for the best opportunities among wholesalers' catalogs by price, NDC specificity, package size, or general availability, while maintaining compliance with any co

Keeping It Personal While Keeping Safe: Pandemic Response and Your Pharmacy POS System

Jun 12th, 2020

Pharmacies are finding standard practices are being upended. In order to keep patients and staff safe, the transaction workflow must change to accommodate “social distancing.” A speedy transaction is more appreciated than ever. Your POS system

Simple Technology Fits Today’s Urgent Needs

Jun 10th, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has meant that already busy pharmacies have seen big spikes in Rx volumes and a need for capital improvements and staff expansion that were not in the 2020 strategic plan or budget. Find out how three pharmacies found Kirb

Understanding Patient-Centric Workflow

Jun 8th, 2020

Randy Burnett, QS/1 senior product manager, PrimeCare and NRx and Zach Princell, Pharm.D., QS/1 assistant product manager on customizing workflow, especially in patient-centric models.

A Modern Workflow System

Jun 8th, 2020

Larry Brantley, owner and CEO of RxMaster, Rogers, Ark., explains how he and the staff at RxMaster develop software and solutions to impact the pharmacy operation, part of our May/June Cover Story on Workflow Efficiencies.

Defining Clinical Workflow Goals

Jun 8th, 2020

Chris Fitzmaurice, Pharm.D., ScriptPro’s director of industry data resources, explains the importance of putting in the up-front work to define a clinical workflow and how ScriptPro's patient case management platform, Advanced Pharmacy Clinical

A New Interface Creates a Niche to Build Pharmacy Business

Mar 19th, 2020

Six years ago, Lois, R.Ph., and Kim Koontz, R.Ph., Blue Ridge Pharmacy Midtown owners, noticed the buzz around adherence packaging. Pharmacy owners for 20 years, they were curious about what packaging could do for their pharmacy. They looked at

The Future of Community Pharmacy: Datascan Integrates with CPESN for Developing eCare Plans

Feb 18th, 2020

While many pharmacists feel they’re at the mercy of the behemoth PBM, there is still hope for each and every community pharmacy. Organizations like CPESN (Community Pharmacy Enhanced Services Networks) are fighting to bring about industry-wide

The Next Big Thing: A Commitment to Community Pharmacy

Jan 13th, 2020

If you’re a pharmacist looking to improve your pharmacy in 2020, what’s the next big thing? Perhaps it’s starting a med sync program, using eCare plans, or adding a piece of automation. Diana Lischin, R.Ph., owner of Coats Pharmacy and Angier F

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