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How COVID-19 Has—and Will Continue to—Transform the Pharmacy

PM360

Would it surprise you to know that the COVID-19 pandemic turned pharmacy priorities on its head, which could have the potential of morphing pharmacies into full-fledge healthcare centers over the long term? Pharmacy technicians (aka “techs”) and pharmacists alike were affected by COVID-19. The role that I play is much larger.

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How retailers and “payviders” are disrupting U.S. healthcare in 2024

Clarivate

More recent developments provide a look into Amazon’s interest in treating patients with chronic conditions, including a pharmacy consultation pilot for high-risk seniors with complex medical needs. Amazon’s big splash happened in February 2023 when it purchased the national primary-care practice One Medical for $3.9

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Celebrating Pharmacists: The Rise of Pharmacists in the Community Setting

Pharmacy Times

Amber Bush, PharmD, RPh, BCPS, BCCCP, pharmacy research coordinator for Mayo Clinic discusses the future of pharmacy through her role within research clinical trials

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The future of healthcare?

World of DTC Marketing

In addition to immediate access to a physician, they offer on-site labs to analyze blood, MRI and CAT scan machines, pharmacies, and a full range of OTC products. The post The future of healthcare? Urgent care centers aren’t new, but they are evolving to become “total care” in some areas.

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Leading speciality pharmacies in pharma

Pharmaceutical Technology

Speciality pharmacies play a crucial role in medication dosing, disease and side effects management, and patient care. Speciality pharmacies provide comprehensive medications for individuals with serious medical conditions requiring complex treatments, including cancer, cystic fibrosis, haemophilia, hepatitis, HIV, and others.

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Bring point of care testing to the community for a preventative, cost effective, Net Zero NHS

pharmaphorum

Just 4% of would choose the hospital as the preferred location of testing, compared to 46% for the GP surgery, 18% for a community hub, 15% for a patient’s home and 12% for the pharmacy. With results in minutes, the technology enables a patient to be assessed, tested, and treated in the first clinical contact.

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Breathing easy: How digital inhalers are changing asthma treatment

Pharmaceutical Technology

Dr. Amy Chan, senior clinical research fellow at the School of Pharmacy, University of Auckland, says digital inhalers have existed for almost 30 years. In a 2020 study, Chan found devices that can easily calculate adherence to activation and inhalation could have the greatest utility in clinical practice.