September 30th 2024
The event will focus on innovating with cutting-edge technology, featuring the likes of pharmaceutical technology companies revolutionizing the industry.
August 18th 2024
To scale up diabetes intervention programs, sustainable workflows, trainings, and payment models are key.
August 17th 2024
Sustainable pharmacy partnerships require addressing financial, technology, and customer needs.
June 24th 2024
The can’t-miss event on July 13 features speakers and CE sessions focused on streamlining pharmacy finances and services.
April 1st 2024
The can’t-miss event on April 13 features speakers and CE sessions focused on elevating patient-centric care.
“Pharmacists are the drug experts. Call us first!”
Independent community pharmacists found plenty to think about at the recent McKesson ideaShare Conference in San Diego.
Nine tips on how to manage like a boss
Three community pharmacy professionals share their top tips on what makes pharmacists successful managers.
What’s holding up biosimilar development?
Canada, the E.U., South Korea, Japan, India, and Australia - all have had clear regulatory pathways in place for years. The United States has been working on a biosimilars pathway for almost a decade. What's different?
Indie pharmacists find Rx for success at McKesson ideaShare
Three successful pharmacy owners tell us how it's done.
Birth control and med adherence are connected how?
What does birth control have to do with medication adherence? David Stanley connects the dots.
Don’t like working for “The Man”? Do something about it!
Confronted by overwhelming workplace challenges, pharmacists sometimes forget they have options. It's time to step outside the limits of habitual thinking and take a look around.
Compounding after NECC: Higher standards, superior outcomes
Sterile compounders have voluntarily undertaken several upgrades to their processes and products. The results benefit patients, pharmacists, and the profession overall.
The market side of biosimilars
R&D and product manufacture are only the beginning. When the time comes to enter the marketplace, biosimilars still face numerous obstacles.
Marketing your pharmacy through social media
Some tips on making community connections
A host of new generics launch in 2015
A look at some of the year's launches from key manufacturers.
Jump start your immunization practice with “The Pink Book”
Start your immunization practice here.
McKesson conference explores the future of independent pharmacies
Community pharms discuss competitive options at McKesson's ideaShare.
Pharmacy mistakes, Part 3: State BOPs and public safety
When people are injured by pharmacy mistakes, it is a public safety issue. Where are the state boards of pharmacy?
Why so many pharmacy robberies in Indiana?
Many people are pondering that question following the recent release of statistics from the Drug Enforcement Administration that showed Indiana led the nation in pharmacy robberies.
National drug take-back scheduled for Sept. 26
The Drug Enforcement Administration recently announced plans to hold its 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back on September 26, 2015.
The new pharmacy: Revenue streams, Part I
If you're a pharmacist looking for another route to success, satisfaction, and reward, start here.
Walgreens expands free HIV testing in Virginia
In partnership with the Virginia Department of Health, Walgreens has increased its number of locations to 32 where free HIV testing is offered.
Who is to blame for pharmacy mistakes?
When multiple factors are involved, the issues may not be as clear-cut as you think.
Managing vaccine inventories: Tips for pharmacy services
Vaccines are specialty medicines in pharmacy inventory management. Here are some tips on their proper handling, storage, delivery, and administration.
Pseudoephedrine primer: Federal and state regulations
Federal and state laws impose limits on the amount of pseudoephedrine a person may buy and a pharmacy may sell. Your state's limits may be more strict than the limits imposed by the feds.
When lawmakers prescribe
Is it really good medicine when legislators call the shots?
Seasoned hospital pharmacist seeks qualified manager, serious applicants only
If you don't know what you want in a manager, you're far more likely to end up unsatisfied. Better give it some thought.
Provider pharmacists and union employees
In this country, the practice of pharmacy is valued in two markedly different ways. Consequently, two different responses are necessary.
Pharmacists on the frontline of preventive healthcare services
For patients, preventive services are a vital healthcare resource. For the healthcare delivery system, they produce cost savings. Pharmacists are a key link.
More Rx-to-OTC switches on the horizon?
Statins and ED drugs lead the way, and there are plenty more on the horizon.
Rite Aid to offer skin cancer screenings
As sponsor of The Skin Cancer Foundation’s Road to Healthy Skin Tour, Rite Aid will offer free skin cancer screenings at locations in Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Virginia this summer.
Restrictions on pseudoephedrine sales foiling illegal meth labs
The number of methamphetamine lab seizures in West Virginia is plummeting, and some are attributing that decline to pharmacy restrictions on pseudoephedrine products such as Sudafed and Claritin-D.
My most serious pharmacy mistake
Over the course of a career, errors are inevitable. For pharmacists, who never forget that lives are at stake, the prospect is chilling. Yet close calls still happen. This was one.
APhA introduces self-management tool for diabetes patients
The American Pharmacists Association Foundation has introduced a self-management tool designed to improve healthcare outcomes for diabetes patients and to reduce overall costs.
Top 20 states for pharmacy robberies
Despite efforts by law enforcement and increased security measures by many pharmacies, the number of pharmacy robberies across the country increased during the first five months of 2015.