Hiring the right team to work at your independent community pharmacy is key to long-term success. And, once you find those one-of-a-kind employees—the ones who make your life easier and…
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10 Habits of Highly Successful Pharmacy Owners
So, you want to beat the odds and build a successful independent community pharmacy? While it’s no easy feat, it can be done. Aside from the blood, sweat, and tears,…
6 Tips to Keep Pharmacy Profits High, and Costs Low
When operating on thin margins, as independent community pharmacies do, it’s essential to keep profits high and costs low. If you take on too much overhead, or if costs inflate…
Pioneering Vintage Care: How Ritzman Pharmacy Created a Pharmacy of the Future
When Ritzman Pharmacy decided to create a pharmacy of the future, the pharmacy’s team had a bold vision in mind. “We want to redefine the experience that people have with…
Pay-for-Performance: How to Improve Patient Outcomes and Get Paid
Patients’ outcomes are tied to more than just their health. Increasingly, key metrics are being used to determine how much your pharmacy gets paid. Improving your patients’ outcomes and your…
The Top 5 Challenges of Owning an Independent Pharmacy
Running your independent community pharmacy requires a lot of hard work. At times it may seem as if you’re facing unending obstacles, but it’s possible to run your small business…
Budgeting Tips: 7 Ways to Keep Your Pharmacy’s Budget in Check
Every business runs on a budget, and your independent community pharmacy is no exception. Budgets aren’t easy to plan, and it’s common to set one and then forget to follow…
5 Ways to Test a New Business Idea for Your Pharmacy
As the owner or manager of your independent community pharmacy, it’s important for you to stay on top of trends and consistently strive to differentiate your business. The first step…
4 Signs Your Pharmacy Needs a Change
Whether it’s the addition of automation and robotics or thinking outside the box to become an industry innovator, change is essential to the success of your independent community pharmacy. Remaining…
Are You Offering the Most In-Demand Patient Care Services?
The way patients receive care is changing drastically, and pharmacists are at the forefront. According to the 2016 edition of the APhA Pharmacists’ Patient Care Services Digest produced by the…
9 Tips to Make Your Independent Pharmacy Highly Competitive
Sometimes it’s overwhelming to think of all the entities that your pharmacy has to compete against, including national chains, big box pharmacies, mail order pharmacies and other independent pharmacies, just…
The Profit of People: How Happy Employees Can Grow Your Pharmacy
Hiring the right team to work at your independent community pharmacy is key to long-term success. And, once you find those one-of-a-kind employees—the ones who make your life easier and…
10 Habits of Highly Successful Pharmacy Owners
So, you want to beat the odds and build a successful independent community pharmacy? While it’s no easy feat, it can be done. Aside from the blood, sweat, and tears,…
6 Tips to Keep Pharmacy Profits High, and Costs Low
When operating on thin margins, as independent community pharmacies do, it’s essential to keep profits high and costs low. If you take on too much overhead, or if costs inflate…
Pioneering Vintage Care: How Ritzman Pharmacy Created a Pharmacy of the Future
When Ritzman Pharmacy decided to create a pharmacy of the future, the pharmacy’s team had a bold vision in mind. “We want to redefine the experience that people have with…
Pay-for-Performance: How to Improve Patient Outcomes and Get Paid
Patients’ outcomes are tied to more than just their health. Increasingly, key metrics are being used to determine how much your pharmacy gets paid. Improving your patients’ outcomes and your…
The Top 5 Challenges of Owning an Independent Pharmacy
Running your independent community pharmacy requires a lot of hard work. At times it may seem as if you’re facing unending obstacles, but it’s possible to run your small business…
Budgeting Tips: 7 Ways to Keep Your Pharmacy’s Budget in Check
Every business runs on a budget, and your independent community pharmacy is no exception. Budgets aren’t easy to plan, and it’s common to set one and then forget to follow…
5 Ways to Test a New Business Idea for Your Pharmacy
As the owner or manager of your independent community pharmacy, it’s important for you to stay on top of trends and consistently strive to differentiate your business. The first step…
4 Signs Your Pharmacy Needs a Change
Whether it’s the addition of automation and robotics or thinking outside the box to become an industry innovator, change is essential to the success of your independent community pharmacy. Remaining…
Are You Offering the Most In-Demand Patient Care Services?
The way patients receive care is changing drastically, and pharmacists are at the forefront. According to the 2016 edition of the APhA Pharmacists’ Patient Care Services Digest produced by the…
9 Tips to Make Your Independent Pharmacy Highly Competitive
Sometimes it’s overwhelming to think of all the entities that your pharmacy has to compete against, including national chains, big box pharmacies, mail order pharmacies and other independent pharmacies, just…