Pharmacy Operations Archives - The Honest Apothecary

June 25, 2022 • 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...

June 17, 2017 • 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...

February 18, 2017 • 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...

October 15, 2016 • 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?...

September 3, 2016 • Pharmacy Operations • Prescription Drugs

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...

August 24, 2016 • 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...

July 29, 2016 • 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...

May 9, 2016 • 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...

November 18, 2015 • Pharmacy Operations

Understanding MEDICAID Drug Formularies

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

November 10, 2015 • Pharmacy Operations

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...