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More pet parents than ever are claiming their animals as members of the family, which may represent an opportunity for retail pharmacy as those consumers begin looking for pet pharmaceuticals from the same trusted professional who supplies medicines for the rest of the family - the neighborhood pharmacist…"This [trend] is going to create a disruption in the industry,"

University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy has created a program that will allow working pharmacy professionals to earn a master of science in pharmacy business administration...The...program was piloted with CVS employees…transition into leadership roles and until now did not have a program that focused on the business of medicines..

Mitali Nagrecha, counsel at Bergen Pharmacy, discusses tactics specialty pharmacies can use to maintain medication adherence.

"The two biggest categories vying for OTC status right now are statins and erectile dysfunction drugs,"…ED drugs are probably closer to OTC approval than statins. The massive OTC advertising campaigns behind all of the ED products from their initial approval set the stage for OTC status.

Rite Aid Health Alliance are 36% more adherent to their medications; they've lost an average of 7.7 pounds; they have a 39% reduction in blood pressure; and they've lowered their blood sugar by 36%..."The key to this program is that the pharmacist and the care coach work together with [their] patient to achieve the goals and ultimately to improve outcomes,"

Stephen F. Eckel, PharmD, MHA, associate professor at the Eshelman School of Pharmacy at UNC talks about the challenges that health-system pharmacists are currently facing. (video)

Have you ever wondered what opportunities exist for pharmacy technicians..

1. Chain pharmacy (70% of the 350,000 pharmacy technicians)
2. Independent pharmacy
3. Hospital pharmacy (17%)
4. Managed care (Less than 10%)
5. Nuclear pharmacy (1%)
6. Industry
7. Government agency
8. Mail-order pharmacy
9. Home infusion
10. Poison control
11. Academia

Pharmacists in hospitals across the U.S. are performing more medication-related patient transition of care interventions, medication order review, and patient medication counseling,...Pharmacists’ movement into more direct patient care roles combined with the widespread use of medication-use technology are improving efficiency, safety, and clinical outcomes,..

MedAware…offers a big-data software platform that integrates with a hospital's electronic health-record system to detect prescription errors before they happen. It draws from patterns in millions of patient records to flag medication-order outliers.

Automated compounding technology can help curb... errors...the use of an automated intravenous preparation device could virtually eliminate compounding errors, reducing hospital costs related to adverse drug events such as emergency intervention, extended hospitalizations, patient injury and additional treatment…