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From The Issue: September/October 2022

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Podcast: Adopting Cutting-edge Secure Messaging In Pharmacy

Hear from RedSail Technologies Director of Platform Components Louie Foster about secure messaging and secure chat. Listen now to find out what these messaging tools have to offer pharmacies and where Foster sees us on the adoption curve for each.

Check Out Our Pharmacy Technology Buyers Guide

Click the button to jump to the Buyers Guide with vendor listings and quick reference tables to compare vendors and easily find out which offer the pharmacy software features and services you are looking for.

In The September/October 2022 Issue

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Understanding the FDA’s Plans To Increase NDC Length

The FDA is proposing to change the NDC to 12 digits in length, with three distinct and consistent segments and one uniform format. Additionally, the FDA is proposing to revise the drug product barcode label requirements.

Supporting Patients’ Use of Their Smartphones for mHealth

mHealth requires patient proficiency with smartphones and apps. A patient with greater smartphone proficiency can engage the pharmacy in new ways, accessing resources the pharmacy has already made available online and/or in an app.

Pharmacists + Technology = Patient Care Progress

Pharmacy teams are expanding their role in advancing patient care. Two examples can be seen in the progress of the Community Pharmacy Enhanced Services Network (CPESN) and Flip the Pharmacy, which aims to ‘flip’ community-based pharmacies to a model of longitudinal and patient-level care processes.

Managing Pharmacy Outcomes

As pharmacy moves beyond just dispensing prescriptions in the services it provides, the value of the pharmacist increases, including by being more active in recent years in helping people manage their medications to improve outcomes.

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Five Pharmacy Pain Points – And The Technology Solutions That Can Minimize Their Impact

The list of pharmacy pain points is certainly long. But there are solutions. Resources are available to help pharmacists navigate these challenges, most notably including technology-based solutions that can automate workflows and seamlessly perform tasks that used to require chunks of staff time.
Beginning in January 2024 direct and indirect remuneration (DIR) fees will no longer be collected retroactively. Instead, they will be collected up front, and deducted from reimbursements paid to pharmacies. But during the first few months of 2024, when the new process takes effect, pharmacies face the very serious situation of what can only be seen as a “double whammy” — 2024 DIR fee assessments withheld at the same time that 2023 fees are retroactively assessed. PrimeRx can help.

DIR Fees are Changing in 2024 – Are You Ready?

Beginning in January 2024 direct and indirect remuneration (DIR) fees will no longer be collected retroactively. Instead, they will be collected up front, and deducted from reimbursements paid to pharmacies. Are you ready?
BestRx Your Pharmacy App 5 Reason Why Your Pharmacy Needs A Mobile App

5 Reasons Your Pharmacy Needs a Mobile App

As consumers continue to move towards an app-dominated lifestyle, your pharmacy will need to adapt and meet patients where they are — on their mobile devices. Here are five reasons your pharmacy needs a mobile app.
The Medical AI Podcast: Health Informatics and AI

The Medical AI Podcast: Health Informatics and AI

Episode 11 of the Medical AI Podcast, in which host Dr Felix Beacher delves into the crossroads of AI and health informatics, guided by expert guest Professor Mark Braunstein, Professor Braunstein shares his expertise in the field of health informatics.
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Ways for Post-acute Pharmacies to Boost Revenue

Russ Procopio is executive vice president of the post-acute pharmacy team at Managed Health Care Associates, Inc. (MHA). In this interview with Will Lockwood, ComputerTalk’s director of editorial content, Procopio discusses ways these pharmacy segments can boost revenue.

Four Ways Technology Can Boost Your Pharmacy’s Services

The writing’s on the wall: technology is revolutionizing the way pharmacies provide services. Fortunately, as a pharmacist, you can take advantage of these advances to improve your services and increase customer satisfaction. At ComputerTalk For The Pharmacist, we always have a finger on the pulse of the pharmaceutical tech...
Increasing pharmacy revenue

3 Ways Pharmacies Can Generate Additional Revenue

Fighting shrinking margins at your pharmacy? Consider expanding to include products and services that require little to no third-party involvement. Learn how robust, user-friendly pharmacy software from BestRx can help stores efficiently manage many other revenue-generating services, beyond prescription sales. 

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Cover Story | The Opportunity in Long-term Care Pharmacy

The latest technology to best equip pharmacy to provide the highest service levels wherever patients reside. Our annual long-term care cover story highlights the success of pharmacists who have implemented technology that supports a focus on the patient and provides services that meet the needs of their facilities.

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More LTC Content: Product Selection and Drug Pricing in Long-term Care Pharmacy

A New Medical-at-Home Model in Community Pharmacy

Direct Access | Integra: Giving Pharmacies a Leg Up in the LTC Market

Integra is a company that introduced more efficient communications between pharmacies and long-term care (LTC) facilities through electronic exchange of documents. The company then went further in bringing better control over deliveries to the facilities. Bob Bates, president of Integra and QS/1, talks to ComputerTalk Publisher Bill Lockwood about how the company is continuing to help pharmacies do a better job in serving LTC facilities.

Direct Access | Transaction Data Systems: Taking Pharmacy to the Next Level

In this interview with ComputerTalk Publisher Bill Lockwood, Jude Dieterman, CEO of TDS, talks about what his company is doing to advance pharmacy’s role in healthcare by putting their client’s needs at the forefront of the solutions they develop to address compliance, clinical care, and reimbursement.

Feature | Vaccinations — Catalyst for Technology Upgrades

by Christine Cline-Dahlman, B.F.A., C.Ph.T-Adv As independent pharmacies became leaders in administering COVID-19 vaccinations over the past two years, technology gives technicians the ability to have a more active role in the patient experience.

Feature | Dispenser DSCSA Compliance — Common Questions

by J. Randall Hoggle, B.Pharm., D.Ph., M.B.A. Part III of this series on the Drug Supply Chain Security Act (DSCSA) addresses two common questions that dispensers ask: Who will be policing DSCSA compliance on Nov. 27, 2023, and what are the options for being compliant?

Publisher’s Window | Managing Outcomes

Technology Corner | Supporting Patients’ Use of Their Smartphone

Viewpoints | Understanding the FDA’s Plans for NDCs

Catalyst Corner | Pharmacists + Technology = Patient Care Progress