Who will stand up for pharmacy?
February 10th 2014An 89-year-old woman walked 3,200 miles in 14 months for a cause she believed in - and then got herself hauled off to jail for reading the Declaration of Independence in the Capitol Rotunda in Washington, D.C. If she could show up for her cause, suggests Kim Ankenbruck, RPh, what are we willing to do for ours?
VIDEO: How independents can reach customers through websites and social media
February 7th 2014Most customers want to sample your pharmacy before they ever step foot into it. So if you don’t have an online presence you are losing business. Liz Tiefenthaler, president of Pharm Fresh Media, discusses how pharmacies should be using websites and social media to reach customers.
Will other chain pharmacies follow CVS in banning the sale of cigarettes?
February 6th 2014An interdisciplinary group of pharmacists, pharmacy school and medical school faculty, pharmacy students, nurses, physicians, attorneys, and health advocates have called on Walgreens and Rite Aid to join CVS Caremark and stop the sale of tobacco products in their stores.
Pharmacist engagement with health IT is key to boosting medication adherence
February 3rd 2014Engaging pharmacists in healthcare information technology is crucial to increasing overall medication adherence in healthcare, panelists on the “Connected Health, Better Adherence” roundtable at the Pew Conference Center in Washington, DC, told attendees last week.
Obama praises healthcare reform in State of Union address
January 29th 2014More than 3 million Americans under 26 years of age have health insurance through their parents’ health plans. More than 9 million Americans have signed up for private health insurance or Medicaid coverage. And no American can be dropped or denied health insurance because of a pre-existing condition, said President Barack Obama about the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) during his fifth State of the Union address on January 28th.