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After a relatively long gestation period, the business model for retail walk-in health clinics is becoming clear. The winner in the competition, in my opinion, will be the large drugstore chains like CVS and Walgreens. In previous notes, I had also discussed the "big-box store" clinics that had been launched... 
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As the number of prescriptions increases, so does the number of pharmacy errors. Some experts are saying that a new proposed law could make the problem even bigger.
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A scheme to train pharmacy counter staff in the most deprived communities of North Wales to give guidance to families on a range of health issues around the early years has been hailed a success.
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When Tim Calcagno moved his business up a floor this fall, he tripled the size and gained some curious passersby who stopped to see just what Montana Compounding Pharmacy is.
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During recent executions, inmates were observed to gasp, convulse, and turn purple over periods much longer than the typical lethal injection. All of these executions used drugs made by pharmacies not regulated by the FDA.
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When a patient in a long-term care facility is started on one regimen of a medication for seizures and agitation and that schedule is later modified by the prescriber, resulting in a transcription error by the nurse, will the pharmacist and pharmacy be held liable when the patient suffers a seizure that later leads to her demise?
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Stanley's Pharmacy in New York is a neighborhood drugstore that provides herbal teas and sodas alongside its medicines and remedies.
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The Spanish government has announced a new payment plan aimed at eradicating, by the end of the year, pharmacies’ debts with drug wholesalers dating back to 2011.
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It’s an interesting time to be a designer. Design started to creep into our daily lives with the introduction of affordable homes and furniture, like what the Eames and Herman Miller were working on. Then we had companies like Sony, Apple, and Netflix who changed the way we enjoyed media or communicated, but those aren’t necessarily life or death causes. Now we have designers starting companies like Fitbit or Nest to help us with our personal health and safety which to me feels like the ultimate goal in design, solving real problems. Now there’s a new startup (I think that’s what you’d call it) called PillPack which wants to challenge the way we think of pharmacies.
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Planet pharmacy will be providing SMS alerts to customers on their mobiles for medication time and expiry dates.
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Pharmacists rely heavily on technology to help them do tasks that are often complex. Stephen Goundrey-Smith takes a look at what is available on the market
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The Kansas Department of Health and Environment has worked out a solution so that KanCare patients can get diabetic blood testing supplies from Dillon’s pharmacies across the state.
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Charlotte Coates, research manager at the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, describes “Arthriting”, a pharmacy-led project to help young people cope with their arthritis
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According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, employment of pharmacy technicians is expected to grow by 32 percent from 2010 to 2020, much faster than the average for all occupations. Specifically, the healthcare industry is seeing a growing need for qualified, certified pharmacy technicians with applicable on-the-job experience.
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Health Mart’s Tarrytown Pharmacy has rolled out beacon technology throughout its store to provide a more personalized interaction with shoppers as they browse shelves. The beacon technology is powered by beacon platform Shelfbucks that leverages iBeacon, Bluetooth Low Energy and near field communications. Shelfbucks beacons are installed on Tarrytown Pharmacy’s shelves and provide real-time offers and coupons on nearby products via the Tarrytown Pharmacy application.
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When mega retailer CVS opened a drugstore in Hanover 10 years ago, I figured it was only a matter of time before Eastman’s Pharmacy ran up the white flag.
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The employee-owned grocer says the acquisition of Amber will help it expand its pharmacy services for complex cases and for patients dealing with chronic illnesses. Amber Pharmacy has locations in Omaha, Chicago, Dallas and Philadelphia. It will continue to operate independently of Hy-Vee.
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Attorneys for a death row inmate are arguing that the drug, allegedly a compounded version of pentobarbital, causes unnecessary, lingering and thus inhumane pain.
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Efforts by manufacturers to improve the way they label and package drugs—prompted by new guidelines issued by the FDA just over a year ago—have been largely successful, according to the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP). The recommendations have made many companies prioritize the information on labels, avoid too similar designs among different products and standardize ways to indicate drug strengths.
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The good and bad things about being a pharmacist both involve working with people because although some wonderful relationships develop many people are there...
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Close to half a million people die because of tobacco products every year in this country. Some shopped at CVS
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The numbers are astounding – nearly 400 million people worldwide suffer from diabetes and many patients may not realize they are at risk for a condition known as hypoglycemia.
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Once limited to filling and dispensing drugs, pharmacists are increasingly providing direct care to patients. Across the country, they are working with doctors to give immunizations and help patients safely manage medications. In some places, they can even write prescriptions after a physician's diagnosis.
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CVS Caremark, the country's largest drugstore chain in overall sales, announced on Wednesday that it planned to stop selling cigarettes and other tobacco products by October. The company's move was yet another sign of its metamorphosis into becoming more of a health care provider than a largely retail business, with its stores offering more miniclinics and health advice to aid customers visiting its pharmacies.
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Quality, easy-to-understand information about medicines is a key aspect of any treatment regimen, but the UK public still remains unaware of one of the best places to get advice.
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