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Profit Ideas
Growth in the Face of Adversity
By Dave Wendland
Not
dissimilar to other industries, organizations in the health care field are
undergoing significant change. Some of it results from the uncertainty engulfing
the current health care landscape, still other change is being forced by the
state of the economy, competitive pressure, or mergers and acquisitions.
Whatever the root causes, there is adversity. Read more on the Profit ideas page..
Special Feature
Suicide: Are Pharmacy Professionals
at Risk?
By Emily Dykstra, RPh
Proheights Consultants Inc.
“Everybody
knows” that getting information in
an organized manner from customers
and key suppliers makes sense. But,
what they sometimes wonder is if the
time and expense of convening a
formal advisory board is really
necessary. “After all,” they say,
“our people are well connected and
know what is going on.”
Read more on the Special Feature page..
Pharmacy Profile
Mail-Order Pharmacy Use Could
Improve
Patients' Medication Adherence,
Study Says
Buying
mail-order medications may encourage patients to stick to their
doctor-prescribed medication regimen, new research suggests.
In a
first-of-its-kind study, researchers from UCLA and Kaiser Permanente's Division
of Research in Oakland, Calif. found that patients with diabetes, high blood
pressure or high cholesterol who ordered their medications by mail were more
likely to take them as prescribed by their doctors than did patients who
obtained them from a local pharmacy. Read more on the Pharmacy Profile page...
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