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Specialty pharmacy presents tremendous opportunities for community pharmacies, but is also perceived to present serious challenges. Different specialty pharmacy models have specific demands, and each one can be successfully pursued using specialty pharmacy software platforms in the market right now. Hear from two pharmacies making these models work, and from the software vendors providing the right tools for each model.

American Society of Consultant Pharmacists (ASCP) CEO Chad Worz, Pharm.D., BCGP, about where he and ASCP see technology playing the biggest role in pharmacy this coming year.

The key for many independents is the ability to customize their stores to reflect their own expertise and interests. For Keith Hersey, Pharm.D., and his wife Deborah, this approach was essential as they have weathered the most unusual of years in which to open their own pharmacy.

When software and technology close the loop on pharmacy data, providing better business intelligence within the pharmacy system, pharmacists have an easier time with their patients. In this interview with ComputerTalk’s Maggie Lockwood, Speed Script’s CEO Chuck Welch explains how patient relationship management (PRM) is the future of pharmacy.

In early 2020, Strickland began researching for a replacement pharmacy robotic dispenser. He found the newest Kirby Lester model, the KL-SR secure robot, and he found the prescription dispensing accuracy his pharmacy needed.

A wide range of pharmacy technology industry executives and experts off their thoughts on the big changes to expect for pharmacy in 2021, what will make the biggest impact in the pharmacy market, and what adds value to the pharmacy and pharmacy technology systems.

For the final story of the year we asked vendors and pharmacies what they thought the key issues, technologies, and goals will be for the coming year, 2021. Despite what you might think based on a tumultuous and challenging 2020, there is a great deal of optimism for the coming year among technology vendors.

Priyank Patel, Pharm.D., talks in this podcast about his new PrimeRx pharmacy system's interface with Surescripts Real-Time Prescription Benefit, which has cut Rx processing time by 75% by delivering patient-specific benefit and cost information in the electronic workflow.

SoftWriters celebrates its 20th anniversary of its pharmacy management platform, FrameworkLTC, and serving long-term care pharmacy. Tim Tannert, president, talks about commitment to customers, the challenges facing the industry today, and how the philosophy to deliver solutions that support success still holds true.

For many long-term care (LTC) pharmacies, offering value-added services while maintaining the bottom line can be a challenge. When considering new technology for your LTC pharmacy, Marc Johnson, key account director for long-term care at AmerisourceBergen, suggests you ask yourself these three questions.