Between filling scripts, counseling patients and providing additional services, independent community pharmacies often have more tasks than they can complete. But there are tools that can help your business by…
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Common Online Complaints & How to Respond
Websites and social media pages are a great way to reach new patients and to keep in touch with your current ones, but dealing with negative online comments can be…
How to Connect With Baby Boomers on Facebook
Facebook tends to be associated with a younger crowd, but surprisingly you can use this social media platform to connect with the quickest-growing demographic of social media users—baby boomers. People…
Health Apps: What You Need to Know
Using apps on smartphones to monitor health conditions is one of the latest trends among patients. As more health apps continue to enter the market, it’s important to stay informed…
Have You Googled Your Pharmacy?
Does your pharmacy have a website? Even if you don’t, that doesn’t mean your business isn’t represented online. A simple Google search might reveal a web presence you never knew…
The Best Apps to Download for Your Pharmacy
It can be difficult to know when to implement today’s technological breakthroughs in your independent pharmacy and when to hold off. The amount of learning required and the uncertainty that…
5 Tips to Avoid HIPAA Violations in Social Media
Independent community pharmacies work diligently to make sure their business meets HIPAA regulations. But what about when pharmacists and employees go online individually? When the Health Insurance Portability & Accountability…
5 Pharmacy Social Media Blunders (And How to Avoid Them)
The time has come for independent community pharmacists—and their businesses—to join the conversation on social media. Social media provides a viable opportunity for marketing, education and discussion with patients and…
A Must-Have Tool to Simplify Medicare Part D
A visit to Medicare.gov to help patients compare Part D plans can try the patience of even the most tolerant pharmacist. Frustration with the slow, complex and hard-to-navigate site is…
8 Reasons to Offer Text Alerts to Patients
Helping your patients stay on top of their prescriptions is just a text message away. It’s easy to let patients know when their prescription is ready and when it’s time…
Are You Making These 5 Email Mistakes?
Although you may not use email to communicate with your patients, you likely do use it to correspond with your business partners. While email is an efficient way to connect…
Rethinking Robotics: Automation for Independent Pharmacies
Between filling scripts, counseling patients and providing additional services, independent community pharmacies often have more tasks than they can complete. But there are tools that can help your business by…
Common Online Complaints & How to Respond
Websites and social media pages are a great way to reach new patients and to keep in touch with your current ones, but dealing with negative online comments can be…
How to Connect With Baby Boomers on Facebook
Facebook tends to be associated with a younger crowd, but surprisingly you can use this social media platform to connect with the quickest-growing demographic of social media users—baby boomers. People…
Health Apps: What You Need to Know
Using apps on smartphones to monitor health conditions is one of the latest trends among patients. As more health apps continue to enter the market, it’s important to stay informed…
Have You Googled Your Pharmacy?
Does your pharmacy have a website? Even if you don’t, that doesn’t mean your business isn’t represented online. A simple Google search might reveal a web presence you never knew…
The Best Apps to Download for Your Pharmacy
It can be difficult to know when to implement today’s technological breakthroughs in your independent pharmacy and when to hold off. The amount of learning required and the uncertainty that…
5 Tips to Avoid HIPAA Violations in Social Media
Independent community pharmacies work diligently to make sure their business meets HIPAA regulations. But what about when pharmacists and employees go online individually? When the Health Insurance Portability & Accountability…
5 Pharmacy Social Media Blunders (And How to Avoid Them)
The time has come for independent community pharmacists—and their businesses—to join the conversation on social media. Social media provides a viable opportunity for marketing, education and discussion with patients and…
A Must-Have Tool to Simplify Medicare Part D
A visit to Medicare.gov to help patients compare Part D plans can try the patience of even the most tolerant pharmacist. Frustration with the slow, complex and hard-to-navigate site is…
8 Reasons to Offer Text Alerts to Patients
Helping your patients stay on top of their prescriptions is just a text message away. It’s easy to let patients know when their prescription is ready and when it’s time…
Are You Making These 5 Email Mistakes?
Although you may not use email to communicate with your patients, you likely do use it to correspond with your business partners. While email is an efficient way to connect…