Community Practice

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Prescription reimbursements: Tennessee lays down the law.

PQA, VoicePort, and Scientific Technologies are collaborating on ImmuSMART, the Immunization Services Model for Adult Rate Improvement project.

If you want improved working conditions in the pharmacy, you're gonna hafta help.

The answer, it turns out, is "Plenty." Just ask Topeka Pharmacy's Tom and Morag Miller.

An affiliate of Northeast Ohio Medical University and Ritzman Pharmacy of Wadsworth, OH. are working together to create a “pharmacy of the future” that is scheduled to open in January.

First of all, take a tip from The Hitchhiker's Guide: Don't panic.

Naloxone is now available without a prescription at CVS pharmacies in 14 states, the company recently announced.

With "Close the pharmacy," The Cynical Pharmacist was just warming up. Here's the beef.

Kroger pharmacies recently began offering free home delivery at all of its 104 Michigan stores.

Pharmacists who participate in community organizations find many benefits - and they give as good as they get.

Have a plan, know where you're going, do what it takes to get there. But if you want a rewarding career and a satisfying life, don't forget the bigger picture.

Here's another look at a different way of looking at things.

70% of small businesses that suffer a data breach go out of business within a year of the attack. Here are some strategies to keep your pharmacy strong.

It cuts both ways: You need to manage your manager, just as your manager manages you.

Medication synchronization: Good for patients, good for business, and good for performance metrics.

Three ways to increase income and reach patients in need

Sometimes you just wanna throw the thing at the wall.

AmerisourceBergen amps up its tools for community pharmacies

Mckesson's AccessHealth offers this take on current economic realities

Help patients find solutions to challenges arising from their medical issues, and they'll be back

Community pharmacies competing with preferred pharmacy networks can sharpen their game by focusing on some of the things they do best.

CPF puts its money where its mission is.

The Ninth Circuit Court has upheld a Washington state law requiring pharmacies to provide patients with all medications in a timely manner.

With Spark Health, pharmacists can track patients' data, monitor their outcomes, and give them plenty of warm fuzzies, 21st-century-style.

Guest columnist The Cynical Pharmacist offers a proposal every retail pharmacist will love.

Florida’s crackdown on pill mills has resulted in decreases in opioid prescriptions, according to an online study published by JAMA Internal Medicine.

Here's more of what blew up Dennis Miller's mailbox.

Pharmacists open up about the ones that haunt their dreams.

The future of community pharmacy is a high-tech, connected world, where teleprescribing is common and pharmacists share information with patients via smart lenses.