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5 things to do if you want to be in business 5 years from now

Feeling burned out? Has your current effort been on growing your pharmacy OR dealing with vaccines, sanitizing, and putting out fires? From a business perspective, it’s time to move your focus back to thinking about growing your pharmacy. If you’re not growing, you're shrinking.

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2021: What went well and what’s next for pharmacy teams as vaccinators

In December 2020, Neighbourhood Pharmacies collaborated on a report about community pharmacy’s readiness for COVID-19 vaccinations, which highlighted the value pharmacy teams bring in terms of accessibility, knowledge and trust.

SAVE THE DATE!

Pharmacy U Toronto will be returning to the Toronto International Centre on April 2, 2022. Watch this space for more news!

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HOW TO IMPROVE THE AUTONOMY AND RELIABILITY OF OUR CANADIAN SUPPLY CHAIN

The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed Canada's dependence on foreign countries in the pharmaceutical industry. With 73% of prescriptions filled in Canada being for generic products^{^[1]}, it is now more important than ever to improve the reliability of the supply chain.

Promises, promises…. staying true to the pharmacist's oath

I believe that our oaths are one of those defined points that we must anchor ourselves to professionally and with our leadership. Oaths are promises that we make to the people we serve. And when we keep those promises, we can progress in an expected way.

Online customer experiences – What we can learn

As health-care professionals, pharmacists have a unique and important role that is multifaceted and ever changing. Every year our scope of practice grows, therapeutic approaches in clinical care evolve, and we face new business pressures.

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How to help your patients with Diabetic Ketoacidosis

With an increasing number of people managing COVID-19 from home, I have seen numerous ER doctors on social media mentioning a "serious and life-threatening condition that they are seeing frequently in hospitals: Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA).
How do you market prescription transfers?

Time after time it’s the same story. You look at advertising from most pharmacies and the message is always “transfer your prescriptions” or “fast, free, and easy transfers”.
How do you optimize your pharmacy staffing?

Whether you own one store or a chain of pharmacies, staffing is likely to be your largest expense, but also one of the major drivers of patients to your pharmacy.
Top tips to prevent third-party pharmacy audits and clawbacks in your pharmacy

It is probably fair to say that at the moment people hear they are going to be audited they feel a certain amount of anxiety. This is certainly no different in the world of pharmacy with respect to the auditing of prescription drug plan claims.