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 This year’s report summarizes the results of our proprietary survey of 28 chains representing 8,034 pharmacies. Read about where these chains are in their upgrade cycles, their hardware and software priorities, how they’re deploying automation, continued efforts to improve safety, and more.
Plus... A Look at the Priorities
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FeaturesOld Meets New at The Compounding Shoppe by John Becker
Pharmacist Scott Wepfer has spent the last 13 years building an impressive compounding business at The Compounding Shoppe Pharmacy in Birmingham, Ala. Now he opens the doors to ComputerTalk and offers a guided tour of the operation, from the old penny scale out of his grandfather's pharmacy to his state-of-the-art technology.
Flexible Spending Accounts: The Rules Have Changed
by Brad Jones
If you aren't up to speed on the new IRS rules for processing FSA/HRA debit cards, just what SIGIS is, why your POS system needs to be certified, and the fact that there's a Jan. 1, 2009, deadline looming for all of this, then this is a must read — no matter the size of your OTC business and whether you have POS now or not.
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Publisher's Window
Here We Go Again
Industry Watch
George's Corner
Communicating
Technology Corner
DEA Proposes E-Prescribing Regulations
Viewpoints
DMEPOS Competitive Bidding: Where We Stand
Catalyst Corner
National Health IT AgendaMoves Ahead
Conference Circuit
McKesson Pharmacy Strategies Conference
The American Society for Automation in Pharmacy Midyear Industry & Technology Issues Conference
The QS/1 Customer Conference
PeopleTalk
Web Sites to Visit
Index of Advertisers
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Long-term care is an important business — for the pharmacies that provide the services and for the residents who rely on them. Whether you are mixing LTC with your retail business, focusing on it exclusively, or doing your research to get into the field, you’ll want to read about the technology that’s getting it done for eight pharmacies. From pharmacy systems to document management to automation — and more — it’s all here. by Will Lockwood
On-demand computing — where the user doesn’t own the software or maintain the server it runs on — has a long history in pharmacy. Increasingly, this model, now known as software as a service (SaaS), is becoming the first choice for number of pharmacies that want to eliminate the time spent maintaining in-store systems. Read about what vendors are offering and how pharmacists are beginning to put SaaS into action every day. 
The 2008 Retail Buyers Guide features more than 50 profiles of vendors that specialize in Pharmacy Management, Productivity, & Workflow System; Long-Term Care & Assisted Living; Point-of-Sale Systems; Specialized Products & Services.
The word is that 2008 should build on a solid 2007. While the number of pharmacies remains constant, the push to increase efficiency and safety is ramping up. Even taking into consideration the uncertainty that AMP has injected into pharmacy operations, ComputerTalk's annual industry survey found a strong sense of optimism in the technology sector.
Workflow has been the pharmacy buzzword for the past few years. We take a look at what workflow entails and the benefits that can be derived from this new prescription-processing model. You will hear what the system vendors have to say about the eatures in workflow systems that are reshaping pharmacy. 
