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Advocacy, PBM Reform Remain Crucial for Independent Pharmacy Survival

Drug Topics

The National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) is leading the way on PBM reform. Ginny Langbehn, vice president of marketing and communications at American Associated Pharmacies (AAP) sat down with B.

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CVS and Walgreens Walkouts: What Independent Pharmacies Should Know

Digital Pharmacist

By understanding what led retail pharmacy team members to take these drastic actions, we can look at what independent pharmacies can do to avoid similar issues and also how independents can help members of these communities affected by the closures of retail chains.

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Back To School Preparedness For Independent Pharmacy Owners

DiversifyRx

Independent pharmacies can play a significant role in helping local communities prepare for back to school. As a local independent pharmacy owner, you can help prevent and treat common ailments arising from back to school activities. Watch out for communication when it is live. Greg The Chemical Guy.

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Enhancing Communication With Employees: The Power of The Disc Assessment

DiversifyRx

The DISC personality assessment can help you identify your team member’s unique strengths and weaknesses, communication styles, and behavioral preferences. Each style represents unique behavioral tendencies, communication preferences, and decision-making approaches. Let’s review the four personality styles.

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Mentorship in Independent Pharmacy

DiversifyRx

Mentorship in independent pharmacy is important for owners and those coming up behind us. As independent pharmacy owners, we often find ourselves juggling numerous roles and responsibilities. One crucial role that is often overlooked is mentorship in independent pharmacies. Not each other.

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Empowering Your Independent Pharmacy Employees

DiversifyRx

My goal at DiversifyRx is to make owning a pharmacy fun and profitable again. Empowering your independent pharmacy employees is a great way to reduce your burden and have happy employees. Running an independent pharmacy is both rewarding and challenging. Some fire is always happening in an independent pharmacy.

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The Evolution of Patient Needs: How Independent Pharmacies Can Grow & Adapt

Digital Pharmacist

In this changing environment, independent pharmacies face increasing competition from retail, online, regional, and mail-order pharmacies. To stay competitive, it is key for independent pharmacies to adapt to changing patient needs by leveraging technology and providing elevated patient care beyond their medication needs.