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2024 Pharmacy Trends to Look For

Digital Pharmacist

The role of community pharmacies has seen significant shifts in recent years prompting a need for a proactive approach to meet evolving patient expectations. Digital pharmacies not only offer medication delivery, but they may have an array of services including telehealth consultations and virtual medication counseling.

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How to help patients during medication shortages

The Checkup by Singlecare

With this knowledge, they can implement operational changes that mitigate the harm of drug shortages to patients. For example, securing the same product from a different manufacturer or ordering it from a secondary wholesaler is a relatively seamless way to increase a pharmacy’s supply of a drug.

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Retail vs. Hospital Pharmacy: Which Career Path is Right for You?

The Happy PharmD

In terms of advantages, retail pharmacy offers direct patient interaction. Many pharmacists value the opportunity to build relationships with their community, although this isnt always possible in every retail setting. Those in smaller community pharmacies may have more chances to create lasting connections with patients.

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6. Pharmacist to Infectious Disease Physician with Dr. Brandon J. Smith

The Physician Pharmacist

Nathan Gartland Yeah, I think that's an interesting point because I worked in a hospital pharmacy. So it was a big hospital pharmacy. And we have these medicine carousels and we're doing compounding in the back rooms and sterile preparation and all this crazy stuff. So I love that.