Pharmacy Times October 17, 2024
Key Takeaways
- Pharmacies now offer value-added services, improving patient outcomes and increasing store visits, but causing pharmacist burnout and understaffing.
- Ready-made products, like pen needles with sharps containers, enhance safety and reduce pharmacy team workload.
- Pre-measured medications and self-service options improve workflow efficiency, allowing pharmacists to focus on patient care.
- Value-added products boost profitability through increased sales and insurance reimbursements, without altering pharmacy layouts.
Measures like hassle-free safe sharps disposal packaging save critical staff time and resources.
America’s pharmacies have increasingly become community hubs for medical services and information. In fact, the majority of patients visit their local pharmacy nearly twice as often as their physician.1
No longer just quick stops to fill a prescription, most pharmacies now...