COVID-19: The HME/DME Response
Healthcare workers undoubtedly share many challenges in common during the COVID-19 pandemic, but each specialty also has its own concerns.
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COVID-19: Taking Community Pharmacy to the Doorstep
It’s not surprising to see how resourceful community pharmacists are being as they serve their communities during COVID-19. But the new, smart, creative ways these pharmacies are reaching their patients deserves showcasing, both to share best practices and to say thank you.
New SCRIPT Is Off and Running. Are You?
As of January 1, new SCRIPT 2017071 officially replaced version 10.6, and it came with potential advantages to pharmacy’s workflow speed and patient care. Have you gotten underway with the new ePrescribing standard? Read on for why you shouldn’t delay. If you receive and transmit electronic prescriptions, you’re probably aware that they conform to a standard set […]
New SCRIPT Part 3: Prioritized Prescriptions
In part 2 last week of our series on the NCPDP’s new standard for ePrescribing, which becomes effective January 1, we talked about the standard’s new ways for pharmacies and prescribers to communicate. In this third installment, we explore an important, if somewhat controversial, update in version 2017071 – the ability to mark a prescription as urgent.
New SCRIPT Part 2: Easier Changes and Clarifications
In part 1 last week of our series on the NCPDP’s new standard for ePrescribing, which becomes effective January 1, we talked about the many new fields contained in version 2017071. In this second installment, we explore the standard’s new two-way communication possibilities.
New SCRIPT Part 1: More Prescription Information
Nobody likes gaps in information that can cause missteps in decision-making. That’s especially true when you’re responsible for someone’s health and safety, and it was a big concern when updating the NCPDP standard for ePrescribing.
It’s NICE to Win – Awards for Community Pharmacies
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?
5 from QS/1: Highlights in Pharmacy News – October 2019
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.
Pharmacists, It’s Time to Step Away – 4 Reasons to Attend a Workshop
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?”
7 Essentials for Managing Multiple Pharmacies
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 […]
Learning How to Bend, Not Break – Resilience Among Pharmacists
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.
Is It Time to Get Serious about Specialty?
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 […]