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LANGLEY, B.C. — With the rise in digital and virtual technology in pharmacies, Pharmasave is starting to see many patients expecting a faster, easier, and more seamless experience. While the sky’s the limit in how Pharmasave can support their patients digitally, they are proceeding in a thoughtful way. Rather than bringing in the latest and
RENTON, Wash. — Pharmacy teams play a critical role in health care delivery and are in a unique position to improve access to care. As key partners to consumers and providers, pharmacists and pharmacy technicians provide a variety of clinical services that ensure the safe use of medications, improve medication adherence and result in better
In the past few years, “vertical integration” has been a hot topic for leaders in all health care businesses, from pharmacies to insurers to hospitals. Health care parent companies, including pharmacies like Walgreens Boots Alliance and CVS Health, payors like UnitedHealth Group, Cigna and Humana, and even retailers like Amazon, are racing to build a
RICHMOND, British Columbia — Looking back on 2022, it was a year of continued hard work managing vaccines but also one of excitement and new opportunities, recalls Chris Chiew, general manager of pharmacy and healthcare innovation at London Drugs. In September 2022, the British Columbia health minister made an announcement that gave pharmacists the ability
Value is about how much something is worth, in terms of either cash or importance. In our industry there are a number of different ways to think about value: from the consumer’s eyes; the patient’s eyes; the retailer’s eyes; the brand’s eyes; or the payer’s eyes. Beauty, or in this case value, is in the
PQA, the Pharmacy Quality Alliance, launched an initiative in 2019 to develop a standardized set of pharmacy performance measures. Our work is in response to calls from our member organizations, including NACDS (the National Association of Chain Drug Stores) and NCPA (National Community Pharmacists Association), as well as language in proposed rules issued by the
Earlier this summer, I had a front-row seat for the amazing progress biopharmaceutical companies are making in the battle against cancer. The deluge of data at this year’s American Society for Clinical Oncology (ASCO) meeting provided many reasons to cheer. There were blows struck against some of the biggest cancer killers and impressive progress against
AI (artificial intelligence) is transforming various industries in numerous ways, and companies, scientists and researchers are already using the technology across the health care and drug store retail sectors — from helping with early diagnosis of medical conditions to improving patient outcomes in health care, and from inventory management of drug stocks to automated prescription
Try as I might, I’m not much help to one of my kids when it comes to trading Pokémon cards (I can’t pronounce half of the names of the characters and long for the simplicity of baseball cards.) But watching the kids’ bartering reminds me of the basics of real negotiations — he wants a
ARLINGTON, Va. — More than six months into NACDS’ 90th Anniversary Year, the association continues to leverage a defining moment for pharmacy and for health and wellness. Bipartisan momentum continues to swell at the federal and state levels for the policy priorities that are essential to patients and consumers — and to the NACDS-member chains
President Joe Biden earlier this month unveiled a series of measures designed to help rein in high health care costs, which constitute a heavy financial and psychological burden for many Americans. An extension of previous moves, the executive actions include a crackdown on so-called junk insurance, guidance intended to curb surprise medical bills, and steps
Perhaps the most underrated and underappreciated retail trade event in America today is the exposition about to unfold in San Diego. For those of you who have been living in a fairy tale world in which all good things come eventually to those who sit and wait, the event in question is called Total Store
