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evolving retail health market....demand is going to be so great for providers in the next 10 years that healthcare providers are going to have to figure out how to provide patients with access to care...."we've learned that to deliver quality care, the retail site has to change. It's not just one room. It's more about having a healthcare setting within a retail setting. That's the best of both worlds."......

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,..

PillPack..introduced its Medication Reminders mobile app..its the first health app of its kind to automatically import a customer's current medication list regardless of which pharmacy they currently use, and use geo-tracking sensors to create custom reminders based on location, activity or time to more naturally fit with people's daily routine.

when options are slim, a continuous balancing act takes place…day between prescribers, payers, manufacturers and specialty pharmacies...By employing a methodology that includes product awareness, formulary understanding, co-pay assistance management and REMS participation, a specialty pharmacy can successfully help patients access high cost specialty therapies.

Cardinal Health…announced the introduction of the Adherence Advantage program, which features an expanded suite of solutions designed to help retail pharmacies improve medication adherence…

1. Cardinal Health Repackaging Solutions
2. Consumer adherence products
3. Dispill
4. Pharmacy Health Connect
5. Reimbursement Consulting Services

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

1996 through June 2014, organizations surveyed… have provided more than 150,000 overdose reversal kits containing naloxone to laypersons who have reported 26,463 overdose reversals in that time… recommend providing naloxone kits to laypersons who might witness an opioid overdose; to patients in substance use treatment programs; to persons leaving prison and jail; and as a component of responsible opioid prescribing."

CVS has 7,800 retail stores…also maintains 1,500 walk-in Minute Clinics nationwide, providing access to healthcare for 60 percent of the country's population… becoming known for its interest in improving population health across the country. Last year it became the first major pharmacy chain to stop selling tobacco products,…

Albany College of Pharmacy...announced...opening of a student operated pharmacy...In addition to dispensing medications, the pharmacy will serve as a "collaboratory" where the College will partner with local health care providers to offer an expanded range of clinical services.

"No technician wants to do anything to compromise patient safety and health, as it goes against their training, compassion, and empathy,"..."But when pharmacies get overwhelmed, it can be easy to lose sight of that, so it’s important for pharmacies to implement ways to minimize potentially dangerous mistakes."