Pharmacy Operations

Pharmacy Operations

In Defense of Silos

Bashing silos is all the rage in corporate culture. “Tear down the silos” and “Stop working in silos” and “We...

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Pharmacy Operations

If Disney Ran Your…Pharmacy? Part 1

I have just begun reading “If Disney Ran Your Hospital” by Fred Lee. In this book, Fred, an experienced hospital executive who...

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Pharmacy Operations

What if Pharmacies Billed Like Hospitals?

dropcapR/dropcapetail pharmacy has been on a downhill pricing race for a long time now. The result is that pharmacies are closing and...

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Pharmacy Operations

The Anatomy of a Prescription LABEL

Have you ever looked closely at and read everything on the label of the prescription medication you picked up from the pharmacy?...

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Diltiazem Dilemmas – Why So Many Diltiazems?

Having worked in the retail pharmacy atmosphere for over 20 years, and having trained (or ruined?) more pharmacists and technicians than I...

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Pharmacy Operations

11 Features of a GREAT Pharmacy Software System

While the pharmacist and pharmacy technician are the most critical “pieces” to a fabulous pharmacy, the tool that is most...

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Pharmacy Operations

Mastering The Pharmacy Drop Off Window

One of my favorite scenes from the Disney movie “Finding Nemo” is when Nemo’s father, Marlin, finally allows his...

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Pharmacy Operations

The “So-Called” Pharmacy Help Desk

dropcapT/dropcaphis post is neither a rant nor a roast.  I have no intention to cast every Pharmacy Help Desk under the bus or paint every...

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Pharmacy Operations

Understanding MEDICAID Drug Formularies

dropcapA/dropcapttention pharmacists and pharmacy students!  You can file this post in your “favorites” folder entitled...

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5 Reasons Hospitals NEED an Outpatient Pharmacy

dropcapH/dropcapospitals are complex health care institutions.  Patients wandering around the halls and floors of a typical hospital can...

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