|Articles|October 18, 2017

What Are the Benefits of Community Pharmacy Enhanced Service Networks?

Many pharmacies offer enhanced services today, and these networks aggregate these pharmacies together to better service the communities in which they are located.

Doug Hoey, RPH, MBA, who is CEO of the National Community Pharmacists Association, spoke with Pharmacy Times at the National Community Pharmacists Annual Convention held in Orlando, Florida his week about community pharmacy enhanced service networks, which aggregates pharmacies that offer enhanced services together to create clinically integrated networks.

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