Drug Topics

JULY 17, 2025

Image Credit: StratfordProductions - stock.adobe.com Drug Topics®: From a practical standpoint, what are the most effective recommended practices for improving inventory turns in a community pharmacy? Healthy Margins: How Independent Pharmacies Can Strengthen Their Bottom Line Chris Cella, R.Ph.,

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Drug Topics

JUNE 20, 2025

Drug Topics : What are the primary contributors to stress or frustration among pharmacy technicians today? I think one of the biggest resources that we think of in pharmacy specifically is, yes, manpower, yes people, but also time.

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Drug Topics

JULY 10, 2025

2 This potential to boost profitability is critical for independent pharmacies navigating tight operating budgets. 3 These value-conscious, quality-driven customers provide independent pharmacies with an opportunity to strengthen loyalty and increase basket size.

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Drug Topics

JUNE 9, 2025

Many pharmacists are familiar with medication therapy management (MTM) services that tend to routinely focus on disease states commonly seen in the community pharmacy setting, such as diabetes, high blood pressure, and cholesterol management.

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Drug Topics

JULY 17, 2025

The event also features a Community RX Innovation Lab in partnership with Good Neighbor Pharmacy to explore strategies for sustaining community pharmacies.

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Drug Topics

JULY 25, 2025

I think the other aspect or factor that continues to come up is just the overall corporatization of pharmacy. This is especially prevalent in the community setting. We saw a huge shift from independent community pharmacies. The flexibility, the involvement in decision making, there's just less hierarchy.

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Drug Topics

JUNE 18, 2025

3 “The future of smart pharmacy, to me, fundamentally looks different.” Community pharmacies, which are very accessible to the public, are well positioned to address social determinants of health (SDOH), including food insecurity.

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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.

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Drug Topics

JUNE 17, 2025

A narrative literature review: Community pharmacy technician well-being and its implications. References 1. Fick G, Osei J, Kim S, et al. J Am Pharm Assoc (2003). 2025 May 9:102419. doi: 10.1016/j.japh.2025.102419. 2025.102419. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40349976.

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Drug Topics

JUNE 8, 2025

Similar interventions in the community pharmacy setting also demonstrated significant value, with pharmacists identifying unaddressed issues with mood in nearly two-thirds of patients and increasing the uptake of naloxone. Implementation and assessment of a pilot, community pharmacy-based, opioid pain medication management program.

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Drug Topics

JUNE 23, 2025

Experts Debate Diabetes Care in Community Pharmacy vs Health Systems Despite evidence of improved diabetes outcomes, all pharmacy settings are capable of having a significant impact on diabetes care, according to a presentation at the American Pharmacists Association (APhA) 2025 Annual Meeting and Exposition.

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Pharmacy Times

JULY 14, 2025

McKesson ideaShare 2025 brought thousands of independent pharmacists, pharmacy owners, technicians, and industry leaders together in Nashville, Tennessee, shining a spotlight on innovation and advocacy in community pharmacy.

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Pharmacy Times

JULY 22, 2025

SHOW MORE Pharmacy deserts can have far-reaching consequences, especially in rural and low-income communities. Pharmacy accessibility means that all individuals receive equitable pharmacy services, regardless of background, abilities, or circumstances.

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Drug Topics

JULY 17, 2025

" Finally, pharmacist-led interventions were all conducted in community pharmacies, outpatient clinics, or hospital settings. Interventions had to be pharmacist-led and could include any form of pharmaceutical care or counseling,” the authors wrote.

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Pharmacy Times

JULY 12, 2025

4 Novak added that these services align well with appointment-based models and can be layered with immunizations, chronic disease monitoring, and medication therapy management. 1 With continued innovation, collaboration, and advocacy, pharmacy leaders are well-positioned to redefine their role in health care delivery—and to do so sustainably.

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Pharmacy Times

JUNE 25, 2025

Practice settings included supermarket chain pharmacies, independent pharmacies, travel health clinics, and community pharmacies. 1 About the Author Jennifer Gershman, PharmD, CPh, PACS, is a drug information pharmacist and Pharmacy Times contributor who resides in South Florida.

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Drug Topics

JULY 1, 2025

Assertive Self-Expression Crucial in Community Pharmacist Deprescribing. Drug Topics. April 7, 2025. July 1, 2025.

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Drug Topics

JULY 7, 2025

On June 11, Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds signed into law Senate File 383, a bill significantly pulling back on pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) practices, limiting their ability to exclude community pharmacies, impose strict contracts, and force the use of mail-order pharmacies, among other practices. “We're

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Drug Topics

JULY 18, 2025

The Community RX Innovation Lab, a partnership with Good Neighbor Pharmacy, invites teams to develop sustainable solutions for community pharmacies amid industry shifts and closures.

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Drug Topics

JULY 10, 2025

According to a study published in the journal Pharmacy , community pharmacists are well-positioned to increase the availability of mindfulness-based interventions because of their higher accessibility compared to primary care providers, particularly in rural areas. Pharmacy (Basel). BMC Womens Health. 2023 Jul 14;23(1):373.

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Drug Topics

JUNE 30, 2025

Pharmacists not only in community pharmacy settings where this is allowed can provide this education, but also in other settings, such as a hospital or an emergency department. Nicole Cieri-Hutcherson, PharmD, BCPS, MSCP, FCCP : There's a lot of steps in the process that pharmacists can provide patient with information about.

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Lifewell Rx Pharmacy

JULY 9, 2021

Pharmacists from your community pharmacy in Kentucky are the most approachable healthcare professionals you can talk to. LIFEWELL RX PHARMACY is an established independent pharmacy in Louisville, Kentucky. We offer high-quality medical supplies and services, such as basic compounding and immunization.

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PQA

JULY 11, 2024

The guide was designed to spark conversation and foster collaboration between community pharmacy organizations, pharmacists and health care payers. Loren Kirk, PQA’s Senior Director of Strategic Partnerships, managed the task force and development of the action guide.

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PQA

AUGUST 8, 2022

In the October 2021 edition of the American Journal for Managed Care, EQUIPP® was highlighted in an article on how a collaborative effort of MAPD plans with community pharmacies could impact vaccination rates for pneumonia and influenza by providing low site of care cost immunizations to the populations served. Sheer et al.,

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Lifewell Rx Pharmacy

OCTOBER 6, 2021

A person’s immune system is an extremely important defense mechanism that can identify invading organisms and consequently destroy them. The immune system can be triggered naturally or artificially. The latter is done by immunizations and vaccines. This is done by administering vaccines, such as those available at our pharmacy.

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