All systems are go for the new e-prescribing standard. New SCRIPT 2017071, which replaces current version 10.6, is effective on January 1, 2020. Getting the standard to the point of release was a huge undertaking. That indicates there are solid reasons behind it, so read on for details.
The NCPA Innovation Center is now taking submissions for its annual NICE Awards, which recognize the best of community pharmacy branding and marketing. QS/1 is excited to sponsor these awards. Why should you consider applying?
QS/1, the premier pharmacy operating system provider and innovator, is excited to announce it has teamed with DrFirst to facilitate medication history delivery from its customers across the country who use DrFirst’s MedHxSM solution.
Pharmacist salaries, OTC cold remedies for kids, a pharmacy exam cheating scandal, and sharing data on pharmacy techs – check out 4 developments in our field that are worth knowing about, plus one for some Halloween fun.
Typing “AI pharmacy” into Google one day generated a list of articles with titles like “Could a Robot Do a Pharmacist’s Job?” and “The Pharmacy of the Future is Here and It’s Run by Robots.” It’s enough to make any pharmacist a little nervous. So what’s the threat to our livelihood, and how can we protect it? It’s all about embracing our humanity.
Did you know there’s an oft-quoted statistic that 64% of features in a piece of software are never used? What a waste of both resources and potential, right? It’s enough to make us all ask ourselves, about both our software and our career in general, “What am I wasting because I’m not effectively using what I already have?”
They say there’s a silver lining to every cloud, but pharmacists know there can also be extra complexity with every additional revenue stream. Not to say it’s not worth it! Each pharmacy added brings the potential for greater profits. But having multiple pharmacy locations can present a dilemma to owners – paradoxically, this is especially […]
Exhaustion. Indifference. Tense muscles, loss of appetite, trouble sleeping. Irritability, anxiety, relationship problems, depression – this is what burnout looks like, and it’s reached a critical juncture for today’s pharmacists, say leading industry organizations. They want it to change.
QS/1, the premiere pharmacy operating system provider and innovator, is excited to announce a partnership with Therigy, the trusted partner in specialty pharmacy software, consulting, and outcomes, to improve specialty pharmacy operations between their dispensing system and therapy management software.
It’s hard not to notice that specialty drugs are becoming pharmacy’s biggest players. New drugs with price tags upwards of 2 million dollars are hard to ignore. Even while society wrestles with these drugs’ unprecedented health and financial implications, community pharmacists have been exploring what their role in specialty dispensing might be. Specialty definitions and […]
(Spartanburg, S.C., June 26, 2019) – QS/1, the premiere pharmacy operating system provider and innovator, has announced a new agreement with Ricoh USA, Inc.® to enhance its end-to-end Hardware Maintenance support, extending its on-site support coverage nationally.
If you receive and transmit electronic prescriptions, you’re probably aware that they conform to a standard set by the National Council for Prescription Drug Programs (NCPDP).