Drug Topics

AUGUST 8, 2025

Nau, PhD, RPh, FAPhA Publication Article Drug Topics Journal Drug Topics July/August 2025 Volume 169 Issue 04 Colleges of pharmacy are retooling curricula and faculty skill sets to ensure students are prepared to use the technology of the next decade. Some systems claim an error rate of less than 1 in 1 million prescriptions filled.

Specialty Pharmacies

Drug Topics

JULY 1, 2025

Q&A: Pharmacies Grapple With Patient Influx Amid Rite Aid Closures / JHVEPhoto - stock.adobe.com In Pennsylvania, where Rite Aid is based, hundreds of stores across the state are expected to close. That is a real problem. We are now at the tipping point, if not beyond the tipping point. That's over 25% of the pharmacies in the state.

Health and Personal Care Stores

PQA

JUNE 26, 2025

This guest blog is one in a series by sponsors of the 2025 PQA Annual Meeting on unlocking clinical revenue from within pharmacy workflow. Introducing EQUIPP Copilot™: In-Workflow Clinical Documentation Payers and providers need to see the full scope of a pharmacist's impact beyond the prescription fill.

Documentation

Drug Topics

JUNE 5, 2025

This change is driven by a growing recognition that pharmacies can play a crucial role in closing patient care gaps and improving health outcomes. Payers and healthcare organizations are now willing to pay pharmacies for clinical services that go beyond traditional prescription filling.

Community Pharmacies

Drug Topics

JUNE 25, 2025

However, the prescription fill rates were low for patients with Medicare Advantage or those who were commercially insured, with only 9.7% of patients on a short-acting insulin and 2.3% on long-acting insulin only receiving a glucagon fill. June 20 to 23, 2025. Chicago, Illinois.

Insurance Coverage