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Study looks at patients picking up prescriptions via automated kiosks

December 14, 2020 by Chain Drug Review Irvine and UC San Diego, Jan Hirsch, pharmacy kiosks, University of California Pharmacy, Technology

IRVINE, Calif. — A study by the University of California, Irvine and UC San Diego found that patients using an automated kiosk in their workplace had better prescription pickup rates without sacrificing instruction from pharmacists. “If you don’t pick your prescription up, you’re not going to be adherent with your medication,” said Jan Hirsch, founding

UCI to launch innovative School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences

August 4, 2020 by Chain Drug Review Irvine, Susan and Henry Samueli College of Health Sciences, University of California Pharmacy

IRVINE, Calif. — As part of a prescription to reshape 21st-century health care, the University of California, Irvine (UCI) is announcing the establishment of the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, the first public pharmacy school in the Los Angeles-Orange County region and a pillar of UCI’s expanding Susan and Henry Samueli College of Health Sciences.