IRVING, Texas — Health Mart kicked off its sixth annual Town Hall and continuing education (CE) series titled Power Your Partnerships. The new series offers independent pharmacies practical advice for creating and maintaining prescriber relationships to improve patient outcomes and grow their businesses. The pharmacist-led series will supply pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and pharmacy owners with the tools to develop
IRVING, Texas — Supplylogix has announced two new product enhancements at the NACDS Total Store Expo 2018. These enhancements highlight an extensive investment in product innovation for the powerful suite of tools that enables pharmacies to maximize replenishment activities, increase efficiencies, and minimize losses from returns, thereby helping to lower operating costs. Expanding on its
SAN FRANCISCO — McKesson Corp. today named Brian Tyler president and chief operating officer, effective August 2. In his new role, Tyler will report to John Hammergren, chairman and chief executive officer, and will become a member of the executive committee. McKesson also announced the departure of U.S. Pharmaceutical and Specialty Solutions president Nick Loporcaro, effective
LAS VEGAS — Over 170 exhibitors from McKesson ideaShare 2018 closed out the annual conference held here this week with a donation of 1000s of personal hygiene items, including soap, shampoo and toothpaste to Nevada Childhood Cancer Foundation (NCCF) on behalf of families of children diagnosed with cancer. Established in 1993, NCCF is a local
LAS VEGAS — McKesson ideaShare 2018, McKesson Corporation’s annual interactive forum for community pharmacists, kicked off today in Las Vegas. The annual event offers those in community pharmacy the opportunity to improve their knowledge, performance and profitability while networking with industry experts. Featured at this year’s event is Health Mart Atlas, the nation’s largest PSAO (pharmacy
IRVING, Texas — Bartle’s Pharmacy of Oxford, N.Y., received McKesson’s Pharmacy of the Year Award. The Health Mart community pharmacy is being recognized for their superior clinical performance, high-touch patient relationships and proactive advocacy efforts. Owner Brian Bartle and his daughter, Heather Ferrarese, have been managing the clinical and business operations for 55 years and this is their first
IRVING, Texas — As the future of pharmacy technology continues to expand past simple work-flow tools, pharmacies are beginning to shift their focus to implementing solutions that not only help them deliver better patient care but also drive improvements in their clinical, operational, financial and regulatory compliance performance as well. Systems that fully integrate with
IRVING, Texas — For more than 35 years McKesson’s ideaShare has been the premier education and networking event for community pharmacies. The leading conference is designed to help independent pharmacy owners and their staff improve their knowledge, performance and profitability. This year, McKesson expects more than 1,500 independent pharmacies will come together from July 8-12,
TORONTO — McKesson Canada’s Rexall chain is closing 40 outlets in Ontario and Western Canada, nearly one-tenth of its total store base, according to a memo sent to company employees. The closings come about a year and a half after San Francisco-based McKesson Corp. finalized the purchase of Rexall Health. They take place amid a challenging
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Ask pharmacist Hashim Zaibak how he came to own 11 pharmacies (all under the Hayat Pharmacy umbrella) in Milwaukee, and he’ll tell you about a workshop he attended several years ago, conducted by the National Community Pharmacists Association. “I had wanted to own my own store since pharmacy school,” Zaibak said, “But my training was in pharmacy, not business,
CHICAGO – Health screening kiosk supplier higi today announced an initiative with Wegmans Food Markets Inc. to allow the grocer’s customers and employees to link their health data directly to the chain’s pharmacy management system.The service, which uses McKesson’s EnterpriseRx, will enable Wegmans pharmacists to better help consumers understand their measurements, review health data trends, and connect with appropriate care. “Consumers
What will the second year of the Trump administration look like? Is the demise of the Affordable Care Act imminent? Will pharmacists get the greater role in health care they have long sought? These are among the questions top chain drug industry executives are pondering as they look to 2018. With spiraling health care costs and
SAN FRANCISCO — McKesson Corp. announced two key personnel moves, including the promotion of Chris Dimos to president of retail solutions for McKesson U.S. Pharmaceutical and Specialty Health. Dimos will now oversee the Health Mart pharmacy network, taking over from Steve Courtman, who left the company to join health insurer Cigna as senior vice president
SAN FRANCISCO — A new chief financial officer is slated to take the reins at McKesson Corp. starting next month. McKesson said Monday that James Beer, executive vice president and chief financial officer, is leaving the company to become CFO of Atlassian, a San Francisco-based enterprise collaboration company in February. With Beer’s departure, Britt Vitalone,