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).
(Spartanburg, SC – June 12, 2019) QS/1 is pleased to announce that effective May 3, 2019, NRx® and RxCare Plus® have been certified by Surescripts® to send and receive electronic prescriptions and prescription-related information using the new SCRIPT Standard version 2017071.
Is it strep or the flu? When they’re sick, your patients want the answer as soon as they can get it, and the shortage of primary care physicians makes you a logical, trusted, and easy alternative.
Check out 4 developments in our field that are worth knowing about – and 1 extra, just because.
Some of our favorite things to do in the summer come with health implications that are also predominant during warm weather.
The shower of crumbs after turning over the average keyboard is probably a good indicator of how much TLC most computer hardware gets. But if your hardware isn’t fast enough, can’t handle the latest features, or is even running non-supported software (Windows 7 users, look out), then you are struggling unnecessarily – which affects your pharmacy’s performance.
We love our moms, and even when we’re grabbing a card and flowers at the last minute, we love to show them on Mother’s Day. Aside from stocking popular gifts for their special day, what are some simple ways your pharmacy can show moms the love – every day?
Check out 4 developments in our field that are worth knowing about – and 1 extra, just because.
Chances are, you’re still filling a prescription for a patient years after you first dispensed it. You’ve probably also had to alert patients or their doctors that a prescription they brought in might not be a good fit with what they’re currently taking. With so much of healthcare becoming drug based, it was probably inevitable that people would end up being prescribed more meds, for longer, than is good for them.
As a saying goes, “A comfort zone is a beautiful place, but nothing ever grows there.” Could you be avoiding fruitful collaboration with physicians because you’re just – umm – uncomfortable about how to start?