Pharmacy Management

The growth of telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic has caused health care providers to search for innovative solutions for harder to reach patient populations.

Pharmacists are well suited to help patients overcome the barriers that prevent access to therapy regimens.

It is essential to change the way pharmacists address the needs of diverse populations.

Pharmacists can play a more active role in educating patients on tools and resources available to them, enrolling patients in programs, gathering subjective and objective data.

Patient data are essential to providing coordinator care, but more data also creates heightened risks.

Prescription medications are vital to optimal patient outcomes, but they are also becoming increasingly expensive.

Patients want more out of community pharmacies in a post-pandemic culture.

Pharmacists’ performance and ultimately their own well-being on the job can be largely determined by their effectiveness in time management.

Telehealth use expanded in the pharmacy during the pandemic, however, pharmacy personnel face challenges when implementing these services, beginning with regulatory requirements.

Oncologists and rheumatologists reported the highest costs to their practices at $6700 and $7900 per month, respectively.

Proactive retention strategies can improve employee satisfaction and reduce turnover rates.

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Capital budgeting accompanies planning and is at the heart of very important decisions made from what can appear to be conflicting goals.

Pharmacy managers can cultivate an innovative mindset amongst staff members by adopting an attitude that is welcoming to change.

Patient-centered communication incorporates patients’ concerns, ideas, and abilities when developing a treatment plan.

Just culture framework helps to balance safety and accountability in medication error by identifying the root cause without blaming an individual.

Pharmacy Times spoke to Seth DePasquale, RPh, BCSCP, senior director of hospital and health systems at Visante, about his session at the APhA 2022 Annual Meeting & Exposition, titled "Keeping Up with USP 800."

All patients present opportunities, but patients who might be considered more challenging due to their condition are often the cases where pharmacists might make the greatest difference

Gauging patients’ satisfaction with pharmacy services provides an opportunity perhaps for improved patient outcomes in certain situations.

Bill Ladwig, senior vice president of professional services at Lewis Drug, discussed the pharmacy's 80-year history.

Pharmacy technicians can help provide value-added services that save time and even promote patient safety.

Medication synchronization may be beneficial, but understanding how to integrate the service into operations is just as important as offering the service itself.

Pharmacists are taking advantage of new opportunities, but there remain many other opportunities yet to be seized.

Pharmacy managers are the single most important factor in the level of engagement among their staff.

Pharmacy managers would do well to stay atop of literature and developments, but also learn to engage others within and outside of pharmacy in order to elicit their support and also acquire ideas.

Continuing leadership education can help further develop pharmacy leaders by teaching effective utilization of various power strategies.

There are many opportunities for pharmacists to hone and overcome their personal discomfort with exercising power and to broaden their repertoire of leadership skills.

Promoting a positive organizational culture is an essential requirement for the effective management of a community pharmacy.

Paying close attention to the pharmacy’s operational and financial success does not have to come at the expense of quality patient care.