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Pharmacies are finding standard practices are being upended. In order to keep patients and staff safe, the transaction workflow must change to accommodate “social distancing.” A speedy transaction is more appreciated than ever. Your POS system can help with the efficiency. But you’re still the ingredient that makes it personal. Here are some ideas.

With pharmacies being busier than ever these days, we polled system vendors and users to find out which software feature or application used increases operating efficiency. From developing new workflows to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic to revising steps to meet new business demands and goals, from how automation can impact workflow to how to work with your vendor to fine tune your pharmacy operations – Here’s what we found.

The COVID-19 pandemic has meant that already busy pharmacies have seen big spikes in Rx volumes and a need for capital improvements and staff expansion that were not in the 2020 strategic plan or budget. Find out how three pharmacies found Kirby Lester KL1 counting technology is a plug-and-play solution to address these issues.

Suddenly the slow but steady growth in the industry has been upended by an unprecedented demand for services. Once the crisis is over, and it will eventually end, what will be the effect on telehealth in the United States?

Pharmacist Ghada Abdallah discusses the need for pharmacies to embrace a role as providers of COVID-19 testing and the role that building a strong immunization program is going to play in ongoing pharmacy-based pandemic response.

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Pharmacies don’t get paid for services directly by Medicare, but get paid by the SNFs with which they contract to provide pharmacy services. So it's important for pharmacy owners and managers to understand how Medicare calculates payments to SNFs to ensure they are adequately compensated for pharmacy services.

Six years ago, Lois, R.Ph., and Kim Koontz, R.Ph., Blue Ridge Pharmacy Midtown owners, noticed the buzz around adherence packaging. Pharmacy owners for 20 years, they were curious about what packaging could do for their pharmacy. They looked at...

There are powerful tools out there for pharmacies looking to boost efficiency, change the patient care model, and improve patient satisfaction. We'll find out how pharmacies are using the power of interfaces to meet operational and clinical goals.

A robust point-of-sale solution allows pharmacies to accurately and safely process prescription sales, protecting both the pharmacy and its patients. Minimizing dispensing errors is a major focus of all pharmacies. POS can help in this endeavor. Additionally, for pharmacies with large patient databases and many similar names, using birth date verification functionality is a great safety check.