Pharmacy News
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Health Business Systems Integrates with Will-Call Solution
Health Business Systems (HBS) has released the integration of its Pharmacy Service Portal with PickPoint’s will-call retrieval and bagging system. The lighting of the bags for pickup in the PickPoint system is handled during patient engagement at the point of service through...
PrescribeWellness Completes Phase 1 Pharmacist eCare Plan
PrescribeWellness has obtained official notification of its successful completion of phase 1 of the Pharmacist eCare Plan initiative. This is the first step in enabling the sharing of care plans electronically and supporting care coordination and payment management through a...
Pharmacy Owners Boot Camp: Learn how to beat CVS, Walgreen’s, Walmart, and Rite Aid at Their Own Game
Don Grove, R.Ph., is excited to host a LIVE boot camp at his J&D Pharmacy in Warsaw, Mo. January 18-19, 2018. Sales at Don’s pharmacy are two times the national average of an independent pharmacy, according to NCPA sales...
ScriptPro Addresses DIR Fees
ScriptPro has taken steps to address the DIR (direct and indirect remuneration) fees, also referred to as clawbacks, through its centrally hosted Third Party Management System (TPMS). According to Mike Coughlin, ScriptPro CEO, the company has deployed functionality within TPMS...
John C. Maxwell and Earvin “Magic” Johnson Keynote PDS Super-Conference
At this year’s Pharmacy Development Services’ 14th annual Super-Conference to be held Feb. 22 to 24 in Orlando, attendees will hear keynote speakers John C. Maxwell and Earvin “Magic” Johnson.
Maxwell is the number-one New York Times bestselling author, coach, and speaker who has sold...
Creative Pharmacist and Rx30 Launch Partnership
Creative Pharmacist and Rx30 have launched a partnership to provide the Pharmacist eCare Plan to Rx30 pharmacies through the STRAND platform. This platform is the first pharmacy-focused platform in the country with the ability to develop the Pharmacist eCare Plan, a shared...
QS/1 Offers Electronic Immunization-Reporting Interface
QS/1 has teamed with Script Management Partners (SMP) to offer pharmacies an electronic immunization-reporting interface to state and local immunization information systems (IIS) as a turnkey solution.
“The current model for immunization reporting to each registry is antiquated. Pharmacy staff spend too much...
NCPA Innovation Center Honors Andrew Finney for Adherence Efforts
Andrew Finney, Pharm.D., owner of Perkins Drugs in Gallatin, Tenn., was honored with the 2017 NCPA Innovation Center Outstanding Adherence Practitioner Award, which is sponsored by PrescribeWellness. The award was presented at the NCPA 2017 Annual Convention, held Oct....
McKesson RxOwnership Expands Support of Independent Pharmacy Ownership
Adds Student Ownership Boot Camp to Ongoing NCPA Pharmacy Ownership Workshop at Annual Convention
Expanding its support of independent pharmacy ownership, McKesson’s RxOwnership team partnered with the National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) to sponsor a series of educational programs aimed...
Trenton Jenks Receives NCPA 2017 Prescription Drug Safety Award
Trenton Jenks, R.Ph., owner of the Prescription Pad Pharmacy in Fruitland, Idaho was named the winner of the National Community Pharmacists Association 2017 Prescription Drug Safety Award. Sponsored by Computer-Rx, the award recognizes pharmacists who have reached out in...