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5 Ways to Prepare for a Successful 2023 at Your Pharmacy

Digital Pharmacist

People used to consider the pharmacy as a place to fill their prescriptions, but, pharmacies and pharmacists do much more than prepare medications. Most people fill their medication and medicinal devices from their local community pharmacies. Additional Pharmacy Services. OTC Products. Customer Specific Service.

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At the Precipice of Retail Pharmacy Transformation

Omnicell

A great deal of awareness was generated about the importance of community pharmacies in healthcare and patient outcomes due to the pandemic. Some pharmacies operated in a manual setting, attempting to accomplish everything simultaneously. Harp administered over 20,000 vaccines without overwhelming their operations.

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Professor Klaus Meier on the collaborative future of oncology pharmacy

Hospital Pharmacy Europe

Transformative developments On the positive side, technological and scientific advancements are reshaping the oncology pharmacy landscape and optimising the care that healthcare professionals can offer patients. At the start of the pandemic we knew very little about Covid-19, there was no vaccine, only panic, he recalls.

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Can you work while in Medical School? The Physician Pharmacist Do's and Don'ts

The Physician Pharmacist

The COVID-19 Pandemic has created plenty of part-time pharmacist positions involving vaccination clinic assistance. This is how I personally started my pharmacy career during medical school! The hours are flexible and the work is relatively straight forward (in comparison to running a community pharmacy).

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9 pharmacy technician tips for smooth pharmacy operations

SingleCare

They count pills, call insurance companies, staff the register and the drive-thru, verify insurance coverage, check inventory, and talk to doctor’s offices, all while answering phones, responding to customer questions and complaints, and sometimes even administering vaccines.

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How Amazon could Disrupt Pharmacy Services

The Digital Apothecary

Pharmacy has drastically changed, and with the patient view of most pharmacists just 'Count-Lick-and Pour' medications for patients it's not hard then to think of how to just automate the process. It's what makes a large scale mail-order pharmacy operation possible. Which, to be honest, is a thing right now.

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How Digital Technologies are Optimizing Patient/Member Health Outcomes

Omnicell

In fact, more than 95% of Americans live within just a few miles of a community pharmacy, which is one reason why pharmacies will be on the frontlines of administering the COVID-19 vaccine once it’s available.