Let’s face it. Patients hate getting the flu shot. Some of them are sensitive to needles, others are scared and some don’t think the pain is worth it. Imagine how…
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Here’s a Method That’s Helping Independent Pharmacies Find Their Competitive Advantage
In the pharmacy industry, competition is fierce. You can serve your patients well, feel like you’re doing everything right, and still lose them to your competitors. If it’s not the…
How Important Is Pharmacy Location to the Success of Your Business?
When you’re starting a new pharmacy (or opening an additional location), the first question is always the same. Where should it be located? You may think that if your business…
Are These Unexpected Competitors Stealing Your Pharmacy’s Patients?
What’s your independent community pharmacy’s most unexpected competition? It’s not national chain pharmacies. Or the dollar store down the road. This competition is less noticeable. While you’re busy watching the…
What Google Can Teach You About Running a Successful Pharmacy
The best way to learn is from the success of others. Especially if they’re multibillion-dollar successful. Take a cue from Google. Google’s former human resources executive Laszlo Bock hasn’t been…
5 Consumer Trends Your Pharmacy Should Know
Your patients are consumers. And your pharmacy is a retail outlet. Even though patients can’t choose their prescriptions, they can choose which pharmacy to fill those prescriptions at. (And they…
How to Grow Your Pharmacy by Tracking Your Time
You could probably fill all 24 hours of the day with tasks you want to get done. Besides your commitment to patients, you own a business, manage employees, pay the…
How to Improve Your (Pharmacy) Email Etiquette
Do you and your employees demonstrate good business etiquette at your pharmacy? Although you probably didn’t learn about business etiquette in pharmacy school, communicating well is vital to running a…
Balancing Act: The Dangers of Using Your Bank Account as Your Pharmacy Accounting System
If you use your bank account as your pharmacy accounting system, you’re jeopardizing your pharmacy business. Discover the dangers of this practice.
A Better Contract: How ProfitGuard Helps Independent Pharmacies Buy Better
Independent community pharmacies want to offset reimbursement pressures and maximize profitability. This starts with the primary wholesaler contract. “Pharmacies have to generate margin through their supplier relationship,” said Clark Balcom,…
Choosing a Wholesaler: How Independent Pharmacies Can Make the Most of Their Primary Wholesaler Relationship
Inside: Discover how to improve your pharmacy business by choosing the right primary wholesaler for your needs. As the source for purchasing and receiving the prescription drugs your pharmacy runs…
Here Are the Pain-Free Flu Shot Alternatives Your Patients Won’t Hate
Let’s face it. Patients hate getting the flu shot. Some of them are sensitive to needles, others are scared and some don’t think the pain is worth it. Imagine how…
Here’s a Method That’s Helping Independent Pharmacies Find Their Competitive Advantage
In the pharmacy industry, competition is fierce. You can serve your patients well, feel like you’re doing everything right, and still lose them to your competitors. If it’s not the…
How Important Is Pharmacy Location to the Success of Your Business?
When you’re starting a new pharmacy (or opening an additional location), the first question is always the same. Where should it be located? You may think that if your business…
Are These Unexpected Competitors Stealing Your Pharmacy’s Patients?
What’s your independent community pharmacy’s most unexpected competition? It’s not national chain pharmacies. Or the dollar store down the road. This competition is less noticeable. While you’re busy watching the…
What Google Can Teach You About Running a Successful Pharmacy
The best way to learn is from the success of others. Especially if they’re multibillion-dollar successful. Take a cue from Google. Google’s former human resources executive Laszlo Bock hasn’t been…
5 Consumer Trends Your Pharmacy Should Know
Your patients are consumers. And your pharmacy is a retail outlet. Even though patients can’t choose their prescriptions, they can choose which pharmacy to fill those prescriptions at. (And they…
How to Grow Your Pharmacy by Tracking Your Time
You could probably fill all 24 hours of the day with tasks you want to get done. Besides your commitment to patients, you own a business, manage employees, pay the…
How to Improve Your (Pharmacy) Email Etiquette
Do you and your employees demonstrate good business etiquette at your pharmacy? Although you probably didn’t learn about business etiquette in pharmacy school, communicating well is vital to running a…
Balancing Act: The Dangers of Using Your Bank Account as Your Pharmacy Accounting System
If you use your bank account as your pharmacy accounting system, you’re jeopardizing your pharmacy business. Discover the dangers of this practice.
A Better Contract: How ProfitGuard Helps Independent Pharmacies Buy Better
Independent community pharmacies want to offset reimbursement pressures and maximize profitability. This starts with the primary wholesaler contract. “Pharmacies have to generate margin through their supplier relationship,” said Clark Balcom,…
Choosing a Wholesaler: How Independent Pharmacies Can Make the Most of Their Primary Wholesaler Relationship
Inside: Discover how to improve your pharmacy business by choosing the right primary wholesaler for your needs. As the source for purchasing and receiving the prescription drugs your pharmacy runs…