Bringing Providers Into the Pharmacy Can Help Foster Better Relationships, Improve Patient Care
Drug Topics
JANUARY 6, 2025
Rebecca Lahrman, PharmD, MS, BCACP, discusses her experience taking medical students for rotations in a community pharmacy.
Rice’s Pharmacy Leads the Way
Drug Topics
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
Rice’s Pharmacy has not only navigated the evolution of community-pharmacy but has thrived with their dedication to local patient care and practice transformation.
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Community Pharmacy Is Working to Define Itself
Pharmacy Times
NOVEMBER 15, 2023
The business model took time to catch up to pharmacy’s potential, and community-based patient care leads the way
The Significance of Community Pharmacies' Services Beyond Dispensing Separation
Pharmacy Times
JANUARY 18, 2024
Pharmacists in community-based settings are now capable of developing innovative pharmacy practices and offering patient care services.
Expert: Diabetes Initiatives Led by Community Pharmacists, Students Drive Treatment Innovation
Pharmacy Times
AUGUST 18, 2024
Jon Easter talks about community pharmacy's role in propelling diabetes innovation and optimizing patient care.
Expert: Community Pharmacies Remain Pillar of Patient Care
Pharmacy Times
AUGUST 6, 2024
Chris Peshek of Discount Drug Mart discusses the importance of community pharmacies and the process of building relationships with patients, and how a profession in the field can be rewarding for those seeking to pursue it.
Why Community Pharmacy Is the Future of Patient Care
Omnicell
JANUARY 10, 2023
More than 95% of Americans live within 5 miles of a community pharmacy, making the pharmacist the most accessible and trusted healthcare provider – only nurses rank higher. helping them to efficiently manage appointment-based prescription refills while enhancing patient adherence. It’s easy to see why.
Pharmacy’s digital transformation spotlighted in new FIP report
Hospital Pharmacy Europe
MAY 18, 2023
Digital advancements have the potential to revolutionise hospital pharmacy by streamlining processes, improving medication safety and enhancing patient care, a new report from the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) has concluded.
Navigating Life’s Challenges: A Pharmacist’s Transformative Journey of Dedication and Compassion
Pharmacy Is Right For Me
FEBRUARY 1, 2024
Initial Hesitations By age 16, Jorie had earned her technician license and actively volunteered at a hospital pharmacy, solidifying her commitment to the pharmacy profession. What helps her get through those times is to offer empathy and compassion and create a solution along with the patient. Sources 1 Berenbrok, L. Gabriel, N.,
Community Pharmacy Can Help Solve Health Equity Challenges in Clinical Research
Pharmacy Times
MARCH 22, 2024
A lack of equity in clinical research has direct impacts on patient care and outcomes
Government progress on pharmacy in England ‘requires improvement’
Hospital Pharmacy Europe
JULY 27, 2023
Progress on Government commitments to support both hospital and community pharmacy services in England ‘require improvement’, an expert panel commissioned by the parliamentary Health and Social Care Committee has found.
Crucial role of pharmacists in safe and effective healthcare celebrated on World Pharmacists Day
Hospital Pharmacy Europe
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
‘Our profession inspires me every day’ Professor Claire Anderson, president of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS), described World Pharmacists Day as ‘a moment to reflect on our accomplishments as a profession and express gratitude for the remarkable efforts of pharmacy teams in promoting and preserving health.’ ‘The
Finding Pharmacy Solutions through Entrepreneurship
Pharmacy Is Right For Me
JANUARY 25, 2023
Franklin Roye, PharmD, is President of IndyCare , a retail health and wellness center based in North Carolina that provides technology-enhanced, collaborative care on-demand at your local independent community pharmacy. It’s a community pharmacy health hub practice setting. What led you to this career path?
CVS and Walgreens Walkouts: What Independent Pharmacies Should Know
Digital Pharmacist
OCTOBER 26, 2023
Walgreens organizers are not only planning walkouts and rallies but are also considering pushing for unionization for pharmacy staff who are not currently represented by one. Invest in Staffing: Ensure that your pharmacy is adequately staffed to handle the volume of prescriptions and patient care services efficiently.
Portugal: A Study and Comparison Class
Blog: Ask a Student Pharmacist
MAY 11, 2023
to improve pharmacy practice and patient care. Prior to the course, students learn about pharmacy regulations, associations, advocacy, and independent community settings in Minnesota and the United States so that they can compare and contrast with the systems in Portugal.
Taking stock of NHS medicines optimisation
pharmaphorum
SEPTEMBER 16, 2021
In Sussex, for example, ICS, CCGs and Primary Care Networks support care home staff to deliver medicines optimisation in care homes. This has improved residents’ medicines usage and released savings to be re-invested in patient care. Devolving governance.
At the Precipice of Retail Pharmacy Transformation
Omnicell
JANUARY 10, 2023
Using cutting-edge digital technologies to enhance patient engagement, maximize revenue performance, and deliver high-value clinical services, frees pharmacists' time to provide patient care. Some pharmacies operated in a manual setting, attempting to accomplish everything simultaneously.
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Is a Pharmacy Residency Worth it?
The Pharmacist Blog
APRIL 25, 2015
It has been increasingly difficult for new pharmacists without residencies to get jobs outside of community pharmacy (retail pharmacy). Is a Pharmacy Residency worth it for Community Pharmacy? If you are planning to work as a community pharmacist there is absolutely no reason to do a residency.
Building a Quality Improvement Foundation
PQA
JULY 28, 2023
They also share the importance of applying quality improvement principles in the value-based health care environment, and examples of how practical tools are used in real-world scenarios to improve medication use quality. You'll also hear from experts in ambulatory care, the payor space and community pharmacy on interventions to improve care.
Building a Quality Improvement Foundation
PQA
JULY 21, 2023
They also share the importance of applying quality improvement principles in the value-based health care environment, and examples of how practical tools are used in real-world scenarios to improve medication use quality. You'll also hear from experts in ambulatory care, the payor space and community pharmacy on interventions to improve care.
Why pharmacy technicians are important in education
The Checkup by Singlecare
AUGUST 3, 2023
Why is more education better for pharmacy technicians—and patient care? Some states require certification and training for pharmacy technicians, while others do not. There have been movements to standardize pharmacy technician certification nationwide, but individual states currently determine requirements.
Is Infusion Pharmacy Right For You?
The Happy PharmD
SEPTEMBER 4, 2024
Their day-to-day responsibilities include medication preparation, dispensing, clinical monitoring, and patient education across various healthcare settings. While there’s no specific board certification solely for infusion pharmacy, many professionals opt for oncology certification due to the overlap in patient care.
Is Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Right For You?
The Happy PharmD
JULY 6, 2024
Pharmacists in this role act as specialists, collaborating with healthcare teams to deliver patient-centered care across various settings, from outpatient clinics to hospitals and community pharmacies. Certified ambulatory care pharmacists number over 6,000, indicating a growing but specialized field within pharmacy.
Impact of medicines shortages on pharmacy staff wellbeing highlighted in RPS survey
Hospital Pharmacy Europe
FEBRUARY 20, 2025
Some 24% of pharmacy professionals working in hospitals said their patients had been put at risk as a result of medication shortages, which rose to half of those working in community pharmacy and general practice (52% and 47% respectively). Some 40% of all respondents were RPS members.
How AI can help pharmacists
The Checkup by Singlecare
JULY 17, 2024
3 ways to use AI to help patients Let’s explore how pharmacists can use AI services to help patients. Streamlining workflow AI can automate certain aspects of pharmacy workflow, allowing pharmacists to focus more on patient care. The bottom line AI technology has the potential to transform pharmacy practice.
Five for Friday September 20: Celebrating Success in Advancing Medication Use Quality
PQA
SEPTEMBER 20, 2024
We also highlight our members' perspectives on expanded pharmacy services, social determinants of health and access to care through community pharmacy. She addressed working with health plans on new programs and services that create patient impact.
Five for Friday January 31: Celebrating Success in Advancing Medication Use Quality
PQA
JANUARY 31, 2025
We also highlight our members' perspectives on the pharmacists' patient care process, the Southern California wildfire response, and the future of community pharmacy.
2024 Pharmacy Trends to Look For
Digital Pharmacist
DECEMBER 22, 2023
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.
EQUIPP® Enhanced Services
PQA
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
This approach enables health plans to obtain necessary blood pressure and point-of-care test results to facilitate treatment of care gaps. EQUIPP is currently accessible to 95% of community pharmacies, and the platform offers patient opportunities for pharmacies to make an impact to patient lives in their communities.
Appreciating pharmacists’ role in healthcare
pharmaphorum
JUNE 13, 2022
Parisa “Risa” Vatanka, PharmD, CTTS, senior director of corporate alliances at the American Pharmacists Association (APhA), tells us about the ideal role of pharmacists in patient care and their effort to gain provider status. .
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Pharmacist Blog: Mentor-Gram
Oswald's
NOVEMBER 12, 2024
After my first year of pharmacy school, the classes started to combine science knowledge with disease states and patient care, which I really loved. In addition to these patient-centered courses, we also learned about drug literature and drug development.
In conversation with Regius Professor of Pharmacy Ian Wong
Hospital Pharmacy Europe
AUGUST 22, 2023
After finishing his degree here, he undertook his pre-registration in a busy community pharmacy in a deprived area of east London. One of the most valuable lessons he learnt from this experience was the importance of communication. ‘As He has continued to strive to be the best at what he does ever since.
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Five for Friday December 15: Celebrating Success in Advancing Medication Use Quality
PQA
DECEMBER 15, 2023
Patel joined the PQS Quality Corner Show podcast to discuss the evolving role of pharmacists and how the managed care community can engage with community pharmacies to support adherence and clinical measures like controlling blood pressure.
Optional guidance published by NHS England to address pharmacist workforce issues
Hospital Pharmacy Europe
DECEMBER 14, 2023
The guidance sets out optional workforce models that hospital pharmacy departments and community pharmacies may wish to consider in collaboration with primary care networks (PCNs). At the same time, the guidance outlines some potential benefits of shared workforce models, both for employers and pharmacists.
What Do You Appreciate About Your Pharmacy Technicians?
indispensable health
OCTOBER 20, 2020
Pat goes on to explain that every pharmacy technician she works with at Indispensable Health's retail pharmacy is really competent, have excellent customer service skills, and at the end of the day that's so important in a community pharmacy setting because taking care of patients as individuals is a top priority.
My healthcare journey: from appendicitis to Hospital Pharmacy Europe
Hospital Pharmacy Europe
MAY 2, 2023
Almost a decade later, having spent much time focusing on consumer healthcare and community pharmacy, and most recently the other side of the coin in pharmaceuticals, I’m now delighted to have joined Hospital Pharmacy Europe and Hospital Healthcare Europe as Editor. I found my niche and I haven’t looked back.
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Government urged to ‘resource and enable pharmacists’ as NHS England abolished
Hospital Pharmacy Europe
MARCH 13, 2025
Fully funded, well-supported pharmacy teams across all sectors are essential for delivering quality patient care. We have asked the Government for more details on any proposed transition and its impact on pharmacy colleagues. History tells us this will cause disruption while the transition is taking place.
Medicare Beneficiaries in Underserved Areas and Pharmacist Provider Status
Omnicell
JANUARY 10, 2023
Provider status would enable pharmacists to provide services permitted by state pharmacy practice acts and in collaborative agreements with physicians. Additionally, it will enhance the quality of patient care and employment satisfaction of pharmacists while fairly compensating them.
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The Evolution of EQUIPP®
PQA
AUGUST 8, 2022
Humana provided incentives to pharmacies as they improved patient outcomes for specific diabetes quality measures within the EQUIPP® dashboard. The Present EQUIPP® was designed to engage with pharmacy staff by providing quality measure performance information from participating health plans. Sheer et al.,
Case study: The pinnacle of person-centred care in hospital pharmacy
Hospital Pharmacy Europe
NOVEMBER 29, 2023
The ePMA system has been rolled out across the trust over the last few months in tandem with person-centred care and Charlotte says this has been important. From a time point of view, what you’re saving with ePMA, you can spend on better patient care,’ says Charlotte. ‘We That’s the bit we need to bridge, isn’t it?
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Five for Friday March 10: Celebrating Success in Advancing Medication Use Quality
PQA
MARCH 10, 2023
Pilots to Evaluate Blood Pressure and Hemoglobin A1C Measure Concepts PQA is leading the nation’s work to develop a set of standard pharmacy performance measures that would be appropriate for assessing pharmacy performance and for use in value-based arrangements.
Retail vs. Hospital Pharmacy: Which Career Path is Right for You?
The Happy PharmD
JANUARY 24, 2025
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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PQA's APPE Rotation: Experiential Learning for Pharmacy Students
PQA
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
When I enrolled in my college’s PharmD program, I immediately sought to learn more about non-traditional avenues of pharmacy. My program’s curriculum focuses little on career pathways outside of community pharmacy and clinical practice. I have worked in retail pharmacy for over three years.
Why Neglecting Digital Health is a Danger for the Pharmacy Profession
The Digital Apothecary
OCTOBER 4, 2019
Current Issues in Pharmacy Foremost, I think there are a lot of issues hitting the pharmacy profession that really are important right now that are leading towards pharmacists concerns to problems that are a large issue right now, such as: DIR Fees and Lost Profits - The loss of money in community settings is enormous.
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