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future of community pharmacy is a high-tech, connected world, where teleprescribing is common and pharmacists share information with patients via smart lenses. At least that is the vision of Dan Benamoz, RPh,..Pharmacy Development Services, a pharmacist training, consulting, and mentoring firm.

• Information sharing via "smart" lens
• Telepharmacy
• Pharmacogenomics
• Radio frequency technology

Consumer Reports’ poll shows one-third of Americans hit by high drug prices…Not all surprises are good, especially when that surprise means you pay more for a prescription drug you take all the time. Yet in the last 12 months, that’s exactly what happened...People said they paid an average of $39 above the usual cost for their prescription—and one in 10 said they paid a whopping $100 or more out-of-pocket..

Benzer Pharmacy announced…that it had begun a program encouraging its employees to be active and stay healthy… joins the growing number of companies who have implemented employee wellness programa(s)….realizes that employees spend the bulk of their days at the workplace and providing corporate wellness programs is a great way to engage employees,"

Pharmacists’ refusal to fill prescriptions for birth control and emergency contraception has sparked national controversy…reports have surfaced in at least 25 states, according to the National Women’s Law Center, a legal advocacy group focused on women’s issues. Many of these refusals are based on personal beliefs, rather than medical or professional concerns.

Richmond University Medical Center, Staten Island, N.Y., recently opened the first fully-functioning retail pharmacy… new 750-square-foot Richmond Pharmacy, which operates independently of the hospital, is expected to decrease the hospital’s readmission rates and improve medication adherence.

Ashley Talamo, Publisher: Pharmacy Times...(PTNN)...This weekly video program highlights the latest in pharmacy news, product news, and more. (video)

Royal Pharmaceutical Society and National Association of Primary Care have launched a consultation on radical proposals to integrate general practice and community pharmacy… The new proposals are designed to create an environment in which community pharmacists and GPs work much closer together, re-purposing resources to alleviate pressure points in general practice and improve patient care.

pharmacy benefit manager jobs are relatively rare,..pharmacists employed by PBMs found the following job aspects..

• most appealing: client interaction, constantly changing issues and challenges, flexible schedule, researching and evaluating clinical studies and peer-reviewed literature, and the opportunity to change pharmacy to a provider profession.
• least appealing: sitting at a desk for 8 to 10 hours a day and day-to-day functions such as answering emails, statistics, and paper work…a lack of direct patient contact.

Discount Drug Mart has opened the first.. .MetroHealth walk-in clinics… expanding access to health services… clinic will be staffed by a nurse practitioner, who can assess…basic medical needs, administer vaccinations and prescribe medications. Evening and weekend hours will be offered and walk-in appointments are accepted. Providing these services…is the first step to delivering services where, when, and how patients want care."

CVS Health… announced the launch of ScriptSync™, a new pharmacy service that enables patients with multiple medications to pick up their eligible maintenance prescriptions in a monthly…visit…patients…can manage their ScriptSync prescriptions 24/7 using…online support tools…aims to make it easier and more convenient for patients to take their medications as prescribed...