IRVING, Texas — Helping community pharmacies generate more clinical services revenue will be a key focus area for Health Mart as its fifth Town Hall Continuing Education (CE) series gets under way. Health Mart said it plans to host more than 80 Town Hall CE events nationwide through early 2018. The latest Town Hall series
NEW ORLEANS — McKesson Corp. has kicked off ideaShare 2017, its annual forum for community pharmacists nationwide to help sharpen their health care capabilities and growth their businesses. Running through Sat. July 15, the McKesson ideaShare 2017 gives pharmacy industry attendees access to industry thought leaders, pharmacy programs and solutions, continuing education courses, and networking
NEW ORLEANS — A Health Mart in Oregon has been honored as the 2017 Pharmacy of the Year by McKesson Corp. Nicole Winnen, the owner of Mac Prescription Shop, a Health Mart pharmacy in McMinnville, Ore., is slated to receive the award at a special ceremony on July 13 during the opening general session at
Members of McKesson Corp.’s senior management know what it takes to be a major player in the global health care marketplace, and they are moving decisively to ensure that going forward the company remains a dominant force in the sector. McKesson in recent years has made a number of strategic acquisitions that deepen and extend
Westlake Health Mart Pharmacy in Forth Worth, Texas, understands what today’s pharmacy customer wants: convenience and digital access. The new Health Mart, serving the Dallas-Fort Worth area, has a brick-and-mortar location but describes itself as a “digital pharmacy” whose “main goal is to provide medications in a timely manner, creating a convenient and stress-free service
SAN FRANCISCO — Health Mart’s Pathway to Better Pharmacy Performance and Profit is helping its more than 4,800 stores shift clinical pharmacy operations and performance to improve their financials and grow their business, says president Steve Courtman. Introduced at last year’s McKesson ideaShare meeting in Chicago, the Health Mart Pathway provides a step-by-step road map to
NEW ORLEANS — The National Community Pharmacists Association recognized pharmacy professionals and students with an array of awards at the NCPA 2016 Annual Convention, which started here this weekend and runs to Oct. 19. Health Mart pharmacist Randy McDonough, co-owner of three independent pharmacies in Iowa, has been named the 2016 Willard B. Simmons Independent
SAN FRANCISCO — Health Mart recently kicked off its fourth Town Hall CE series with events in Birmingham, Ala., and Oak Park, Ill. The new peer-to-peer series focuses on how independent pharmacies can maintain profitability and advance care in a changing pharmacy world, according to Health Mart, a network with more than 4,700 locally owned
SAN FRANCISCO — Health Mart has launched its fourth Town Hall CE series with events in Birmingham, Ala., and Oak Park, Ill. The educational tour is designed to help independent pharmacies better understand the shifting market dynamics in the pharmacy, health care arena and front end so they can improve the operation and performance of
COSTA MESA, Calif. — Pharmacies operating under the Health Mart, Sam’s Club and Publix Supermarkets Inc. banners are among the leaders in patient satisfaction, according to the J.D. Power U.S. Pharmacy Study. The analysis notes that high customer satisfaction with both mail order and brick-and-mortar pharmacies is reflective of an increased focus on customers and
COSTA MESA, Calif. — Health Mart came in first among chain drug retailers in a pharmacy customer satisfaction survey by market research firm J.D. Power. Still, chain drug stores as a group trailed supermarket pharmacies and mail order pharmacies in terms of patient satisfaction, according to the J.D. Power 2016 U.S. Pharmacy Study, released on
CHICAGO — Health Mart, which now has more than 4,700 stores nationwide, has grown by 50% over the past three years because it helps member pharmacies deliver and be recognized for top clinical performance, according to president Steve Courtman. “In addition, our innovative solutions and implementation support help members level the playing field against the
CHICAGO — In the opening general session of McKesson ideaShare 2016 in Chicago, Chris Dimos, McKesson’s senior vice president for corporate strategy and business development, highlighted four major forces impacting the health care provided by independent pharmacies. These forces — generics scale; consolidation and integration; product mix shift; and reimbursement, performance and access— are shaping
Unveiled at last week’s McKesson ideaShare 2016 conference in Chicago, the myHealthMart online portal is aimed at helping independent pharmacies in the Health Mart network better manage their business by making personalized, up-to-date data and pharmacy programs and insights readily available. The online tool serves up a full picture of a pharmacy’s clinical and business
