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Why Community Pharmacy Is the Future of Patient Care

Omnicell

Point of care testing, medication therapy management, opioid counseling, and even tips to help quit smoking are examples of the range of health and wellness services now offered by community pharmacies.

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The Evolution of EQUIPP®

PQA

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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Patient centricity and the changing pharmaceutical vista

pharmaphorum

“We’ve almost got an opportunity to take it to the next level now, because we saw this with the collaboration with the COVID vaccine development and roll-out of the vaccination programme. As an overall term, ‘patient centricity’ itself has undergone a transformation, as well. We know that there are 3.5

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9 ways pharmacy technician roles are changing

The Checkup by Singlecare

9 pharmacy tech roles and responsibilities When it comes to patient care, the importance of pharmacy technicians cannot be overstated, Dr. Ojageer says. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) expanded pharmacy technicians roles to include administering vaccines and point-of-care testing during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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What's the Next Billion Dollar Pharmacy Startup going to be?

The Digital Apothecary

Pharmacists by and large are still on the bench (though now vaccinating as well) and pushing their drug filling process to meet metrics. It was before EHRs, and data interoperability (well, that's still a work in progress) which precluded pharmacists from access to data that could be utilized in patient care.