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How Amazon could Disrupt Pharmacy Services

The Digital Apothecary

Nonetheless, having Amazon as a disruptive player in the pharmacy sphere is worth having some thoughts about, for those inside the pharmacy space and outside have some very different takes on the matter. Rather, it's just 'one more mail order pharmacy.' I think this difference in views comes down to several items.

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Pharmacy Closures in 2024: What’s Really Happening and What It Means for You

The Happy PharmD

Nearly 2,300 pharmacies have shut their doors since the start of the year, with closures happening at a pace of around eight pharmacies a day. While a 3% drop in the number of pharmacies across the country might not seem significant on the surface, imagine if 3% of schools or hospitals closed.

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How ProxsysRx Quadrupled One 340B Entity’s Savings & Revenue In A Single Quarter

Proxsys Rx

Laying The Hospital’s 340B Program Groundwork Like so many 340B-eligible health systems, the hospital simply lacked the in-house personnel (not to mention the technology) to actively manage a successful 340B program. And so, our first order of business was connecting with all of the hospital’s eligible on-site providers.

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How ProxsysRx Quadrupled One 340B Entity’s Savings & Revenue In A Single Quarter

Proxsys Rx

Laying The Hospital’s 340B Program Groundwork Like so many 340B-eligible health systems, the hospital simply lacked the in-house personnel (not to mention the technology) to actively manage a successful 340B program. And so, our first order of business was connecting with all of the hospital’s eligible on-site providers.

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Why Pharmacists Are Leaving: Burnout, Low Pay & Unmet Expectations

The Happy PharmD

It’s chaos packed into a tiny bottle, and the situation in hospitals and other healthcare settings isn’t much better. The six-figure salary promised in pharmacy school barely covers the basics now, and those lucrative part-time jobs are a thing of the past. Then there’s the money situation.

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To carve in or carve out? Finding the best pharmacy benefit plan for you

HealthPartners

In their view, just as you wouldn’t separate drug therapies from medical care, pharmacy and medical benefits should be tightly integrated too. HealthPartners is a health solutions company providing care through hospitals and clinics, as well as insurance coverage for companies. And we agree. And we pass on all rebates to customers.

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Asking the wrong questions

Ramblings of a pharmacist

Schnucks subsequently sold its pharmacy operations to CVS pharmacy (similar to Target , who had sold their pharmacy business to CVS shortly after me starting pharmacy school). weeks go by and nothing has moved with the order.” Louis (alongside BJC and SSM). So today, the St.