Pharmacy News
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Engagement is Part of Compelling Bigger Picture at NACDS Total Store Expo
At the National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) Total Store Expo Business Program today, retailer and supplier participants received a comprehensive briefing on ways that their NACDS engagement can shape their companies’ future, while helping to address issues...
Tri-Regulator Collaborative Release Position Statements Addressing Electronic Health Records, Practitioner Burnout
The Tri-Regulator Collaborative, the governing boards of the three organizations representing the state boards that license physicians, nurses, and pharmacists – the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB), National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP), and National Council of...
Medicine Shoppe Award Winners At Cardinal RBC 2017
The Medicine Shoppe International Clinical Innovation award, which honors commitment to new and expanded services, achieving outcomes and improving patient care, presented to Alok Patel, R.Ph., Dr. Roshni Patel, R.Ph., PharmD and Nirali Pirikh, R.Ph. of Whiting, N.J., and...
Jim Hunter Receives NACDS’ Prestigious Harold W. Pratt Award
The National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) today bestowed its prestigious Harold W. Pratt Award to industry leader Jim Hunter, vice president of supplier services, QuintilesIMS, during the Business Program at the 2017 National Association of Chain Drug...
Customer-driven Strategic Realignment at J M Smith Hones Focus in Long-Term Care Market
CTO Kevin Welch assumes leadership of all Long-Term Care Technology Solutions
PrimeCare, the most comprehensive long-term care (LTC) pharmacy software in America, will transition to the leadership of Kevin Welch and Integra LTC Solutions. The move will further sharpen customer...
Pedro J. Vanga Feliciano Receives Ken Wurster Community Leadership Award
After graduating pharmacy school, Pedro J. Vanga Feliciano set out to help the community that raised him. Feliciano opened his pharmacy, Super Farmacia Vanga, Inc., in the poorest community in San Juan, Puerto Rico and has never looked back....
Kinney Drugs Honored with Political Advocacy Award at NACDS Total Store Expo
Kinney Drugs was honored for its political engagement during the Political Involvement Reception at the National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) Total Store Expo.
Mike Duteau, vice president of business development and strategic relations of KPH Healthcare Services –...
Pharmacy HIT Collaborative Releases Updates to SNOMED CT Value Sets
The Pharmacy HIT Collaborative has announced an updated release of SNOMED CT value sets for pharmacy documentation. The value sets are accessible from the National Library of Medicine’s Value Set Authority Center (VSAC). Pharmacist providers, administrators, and IT professionals...
Medicap Pharmacist John Forbes Named Medicine Shoppe International Franchisee of the Year
Medicap Pharmacy owner, John Forbes, of Urbandale, Iowa, was awarded the Medicine Shoppe International, Inc. Franchisee of the Year Award at Cardinal Health’s Retail Business Conference (RBC) in San Antonio.
Medicine Shoppe International, a Cardinal Health company, is one of...
Retail Management Solutions and SnapRx Enhance Independent Pharmacy Marketing Efforts
Retail Management Solutions (RMS), makers of Star-Lite and Star-Plus point-of-sale (POS) solutions for pharmacies, has announced that their POS solutions now integrates with Snap Retailing’s SnapRx solution, a comprehensive online platform that provides independent pharmacists with the online marketing tools...