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Columns
Profit Ideas
Survival of the
Fittest by Dave Wendland
Recently
some retail experts have used the term “Retail Darwinism” to refer to the
current circumstances of the industry. Retailers unprepared to weather the
incredible pressures placed on their operations are quickly becoming extinct.
Consider the fate already met by many of the country’s once-leading operators —
Circuit City, Sharper Image, and Linens & Things, just to name a few. In this
uncertain new landscape, paying attention to every aspect of the retail supply
chain has become a requirement for survival. Read more on the Profit ideas page..
Special Feature
Record-Breaking Internet Pharmacy
Prosecution
Nets Millions for Iowa Law
Enforcement
Six-Year Federal Investigation
Results in 26 Convictions, Forfeiture of Over $7 Million, and Sharing of Over $4
Million in Dubuque, Cedar Rapids, and Des Moines Areas. Read more on the Special Feature page..
Robot Speaks Many Languages -
Improves Pharmacy Patient Outcomes
Language
is sometimes a barrier for patients
when it comes to understanding
instructions for taking medications.
A prescription label language
barrier increases the risk that a
patient will use medication
improperly and fail to obtain the
benefit or suffer an adverse drug
event, says a recent news release
from ScriptPro, headquartered in
Mission, Kan., which develops,
provides and supports
state-of-the-art, robotics-based
management and workflow systems for
pharmacies.
Read more on the Special Feature page..
Pharmacy Profile
Hamilton Installed
as APhA President
Ed
L. Hamilton, PharmD, FAPhA director of pharmacy at the Regency Medical Center in
Winter Haven, Fla., was installed as president of the American Pharmacists
Association (APHA) at the closing session of the association’s 157th Annual
Meeting & Exposition in San Antonio, Texas, earlier this year. Read more on the Pharmacy Profile page..
Action
Words
by Chris Decker
When
I was a pharmacy student I recall listening to pharmacists address our class.
These were successful people by my measure; all were leaders within the pharmacy
profession. I remember questioning myself whether these people were “involved”
because they had been successful or, rather, had they been successful because
they were actively involved within the profession? I have since learned the
answer. Read more on the Pharmacy Profile page..
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