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Today's pharmacy POS systems offer powerful tools for managing the front end, from inventory to pricing and reporting. They can also help you meet regulatory requirements such as PSE logs and reporting, fill in missing details about prescriptions dispensed through integration with the pharmacy management system, and raise your customer service to a higher level. Read about how five pharmacies are putting POS to work every day in a variety of ways. story begins on page 21
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Ahead of the Curve

by John Becker

HarmarVillage Care Center, located in Cheswick, Pa., and part of the Grane Healthcare family of skilled-nursing facilities, has taken an active approach to implementing a shorter dispense cycle and pouch packaging to reduce medication waste and increase nurse productivity. This is well ahead of the January 2013 deadline for long-term care pharmacies to dispense brand-name oral solids in supplies of 14 days or less. The results have been tangible and positive.


Strategic Thinking: Developing an Automation Plan

by Will Lockwood
Fruth Pharmacy has recently established a long-term automated-dispensing strategy. Instead of installing a robot here and a tabletop counter there, the pharmacy group now has some form of dispensing automation in each of its 25 locations.

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