From The Issue: January/February 2022

Cover Story | Communicate and Collaborate: Making Your Pharmacy The Hub

The communication and collaboration tools available today give pharmacy owners the ability to connect not just with staff, but with providers and patients as well. Here we’ll take a look at the core communications tools at three pharmacies, and find out how they are
deploying them.

Plus | Now Hear This: Adopting Cutting-edge Pharmacy Messaging

In a preview of a ComputerTalk podcast interview, RedSail Technologies Director of Platform Components Louie Foster talks about the
state of adoption of the latest pharmacy messaging types.

Pharmacy Forward | Key to Health-System Pharmacy? Be Flexible and Adaptable

From implementing a meds-to-beds program to serving hospital employees, the outpatient pharmacy at Hackensack Meridian Health has taken every opportunity to demonstrate its value to the health system.

Feature | Care Collaboration: Pharmacy Technicians Partner for the Patient’s Outcome

by Christine Cline-Dahlman, B.F.A., C.Ph.T

As pharmacy evolves to a clinical model away from primarily dispensing, the need for trained staff to support programs and communicate with patients is clear. Technicians are in a key position to do this, and with new training and certification programs available, there isn’t a better time to support technicians in taking on new roles.

Feature | Pharmacy Software at the Center of Success

Samson Mekonnen, business operations manager at Vibrant Care Pharmacy — which serves assisted living facilities, residential care facilities for the elderly, adult residential facilities, group homes, and specialty behavioral health centers — has made it his mission to ensure that his pharmacy runs as many processes as possible from its central dispensing system.

Publisher’s Window | Mining Gold

Technology Corner | Digital Health Happenings in the Pharma Industry

Viewpoints | Rethinking the Pharmacy Business Model

Catalyst Corner | Headlines Point to Continued Pressure on Pharmacy