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Todd Eury speaks to Jason Poquette, RPh, creator of The Honest Apothecary. This blog delves into the profession of pharmacy, pharmacy careers, pharmacy-related interviews, and other subjects pharmacists need to know about.

Walgreens and Greater Than AIDS are teaming up this year to offer free HIV testing in more than 150 cities across the country.....we have helped nearly 20,000 people access free testing. We are pleased to be able to continue to help make it easier for those in the communities that we serve to know their status."

Imagine a world where access to any health information or services you needed was available at any time through your digital device. We are not there yet, but CVS Health is doing its best to create that world with its new Digital Innovation Lab located in Boston..."We want to change how healthcare is delivered in this country, and digital is at the heart of the transformation."

Pharmacists in California will soon be able to prescribe birth control. That’s under a new state law that grants expanded authority to pharmacists. While some doctors’ groups are skeptical, lawmakers say pharmacists can fill a need for primary care providers, especially in rural areas.

Doyle Jensen, talks to Drug Store News about the technology solutions available to help pharmacists spend more time delivering patient-facing care and less time filling prescriptions.

Emphasizing the importance of quality and affordability, the National Association of Chain Drug Stores urged the Senate ....to look to pharmacy in providing accessible, cost-effective preventive health services that can improve care for Medicare patients with chronic conditions.

Rite Aid...introduced a medication synchronization program as part of its pharmacy offerings called OneTripRefills..."As part of our efforts to make our pharmacy experience more convenient,...when combined with our existing service to send alerts via text message, email or phone when a prescription is ready to be picked up, it creates a more patient-friendly experience...."

DrugAbacus ... lets you compare the price the company charges to a price based on value – a price called the "Abacus Price." How does DrugAbacus find the value of a drug? It doesn’t. You do… lets you combine … information in many different ways, based on the idea that a drug’s value can be broken up into its parts.

To increase revenues, retail pharmacies must grow their customer base – and increase the quality of customers they attract.....first determine their ideal customers. "If your target audience is ‘everyone’, you don’t have a target audience," ...."In pharmacy [in general], the ideal customer is geriatric [customers], followed by pediatrics.

..... session at the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists’ 2015 Summer Meetings ....Tom Frank, PharmD, BCPS, ......walked health-system pharmacists through the new drugs for 2015.....a detailed list of 22 new medications, describing the indications, pharmacology, adverse effects, dosing, and associated costs for each.