When it comes to selecting a Medicare Part D plan, the process can leave your patients feeling like they’re lost in a maze. Medicare patients receive endless advice from countless…
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Pharmacy Management Series Part 5: The Skills You Need to be a Great Pharmacy Manager
At the heart of every good team is a great manager. As an independent community pharmacy owner or manager, you’re responsible for more of your team’s success than you might…
Pharmacy Management Series Part 4: How to Get the Most Out of Your Employees
Hiring an employee is an investment in your pharmacy’s future. It’s also a hefty financial investment. In 2014, the average hourly wage for a pharmacist in independent community pharmacies reached…
10 Tips for Promoting Employee Health & Wellness at Your Pharmacy
As a pharmacist, you help patients manage their health, and live their lives to the fullest capacity. But just because you focus on your patients’ health doesn’t mean you should…
Pharmacy Management Series Part 3: How to Transform Your Staff Into a Team
If you’re trying to transform your pharmacy from a functional workplace into a model of efficiency, teamwork might be the missing ingredient. Turning coworkers into teammates is a process. Creating…
Pharmacy Management Series Part 2: How to Be a Mediator
As an independent community pharmacy manager or owner, you take on many roles in your pharmacy. One of your most challenging roles is likely being a mediator when conflict arises…
Communication Problems: 3 Solutions to Better Communicate with Patients
You face communication challenges with patients every day in your pharmacy. Patients may be uninformed, hostile or reluctant to listen to your expert advice. And you know that miscommunication can…
Pharmacy Management Series Part 1: Common Causes of Workplace Conflict
Pharmacy school prepared you for many tasks associated with owning and managing a pharmacy, but you can only learn some things on the job. Managing employees is one of the…
A Guide to Setting a Fee for Your Pharmacy Delivery Service
Starting a prescription delivery service offers multiple benefits for your business, such as building relationships with patients and helping your pharmacy compete with mail order. It also comes with challenges.…
9 Tips to Put Embarrassed Patients at Ease
Patients may be reluctant to share embarrassing health issues – here’s what you can do to lessen the stigma.
5 Tips to Combat Prescription Drug Abuse in Your Pharmacy
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have classified prescription drug abuse as a national epidemic due to the staggering amount of abuse in recent years. Since 2000, the…
7 Ways Pharmacists Can Help Patients Navigate Medicare Part D
When it comes to selecting a Medicare Part D plan, the process can leave your patients feeling like they’re lost in a maze. Medicare patients receive endless advice from countless…
Pharmacy Management Series Part 5: The Skills You Need to be a Great Pharmacy Manager
At the heart of every good team is a great manager. As an independent community pharmacy owner or manager, you’re responsible for more of your team’s success than you might…
Pharmacy Management Series Part 4: How to Get the Most Out of Your Employees
Hiring an employee is an investment in your pharmacy’s future. It’s also a hefty financial investment. In 2014, the average hourly wage for a pharmacist in independent community pharmacies reached…
10 Tips for Promoting Employee Health & Wellness at Your Pharmacy
As a pharmacist, you help patients manage their health, and live their lives to the fullest capacity. But just because you focus on your patients’ health doesn’t mean you should…
Pharmacy Management Series Part 3: How to Transform Your Staff Into a Team
If you’re trying to transform your pharmacy from a functional workplace into a model of efficiency, teamwork might be the missing ingredient. Turning coworkers into teammates is a process. Creating…
Pharmacy Management Series Part 2: How to Be a Mediator
As an independent community pharmacy manager or owner, you take on many roles in your pharmacy. One of your most challenging roles is likely being a mediator when conflict arises…
Communication Problems: 3 Solutions to Better Communicate with Patients
You face communication challenges with patients every day in your pharmacy. Patients may be uninformed, hostile or reluctant to listen to your expert advice. And you know that miscommunication can…
Pharmacy Management Series Part 1: Common Causes of Workplace Conflict
Pharmacy school prepared you for many tasks associated with owning and managing a pharmacy, but you can only learn some things on the job. Managing employees is one of the…
A Guide to Setting a Fee for Your Pharmacy Delivery Service
Starting a prescription delivery service offers multiple benefits for your business, such as building relationships with patients and helping your pharmacy compete with mail order. It also comes with challenges.…
9 Tips to Put Embarrassed Patients at Ease
Patients may be reluctant to share embarrassing health issues – here’s what you can do to lessen the stigma.
5 Tips to Combat Prescription Drug Abuse in Your Pharmacy
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have classified prescription drug abuse as a national epidemic due to the staggering amount of abuse in recent years. Since 2000, the…