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Access to Community Pharmacies Increased Willingness to Receive Flu Vaccine

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Researchers investigated the acceptability of community pharmacy-led influenza vaccination and patients willingness to return for future immunization.

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New Technology Can Help Pharmacies Better Deliver Clinical Services

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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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Pharmacists Help Patients Manage Chronic Pain

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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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Op-Ed: Celebrate Direct-to-Career Paths and Primary Care Pharmacy Practice

Pharmacy Times

Yet, many graduates will enter our community pharmacies—or, as I refer to them, primary care pharmacy practices. We need to recognize that community-located pharmacists are, indeed, assuming roles as primary care pharmacists. 3,4 Now more than ever, we need additional PharmD graduates in the direct-to-career route.

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Study Finds Depression May Increase Risk of Developing Dementia

Pharmacy Times

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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. Next, they rolled out immunization reminders.

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Knowledge Gaps Limit Pneumococcal Vaccination in Community Pharmacies

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Investigators said that targeted education and interventions are key to the long term success of community pharmacy immunization programs.