Eighty percent of breaches in confidential customer data can be traced back to compromised passwords, according to a 2012 report from Verizon. As identity theft grows more prevalent, businesses like…
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3 Overlooked Ways to Be More Productive
All business owners want their businesses to be more productive. As the owner of an independent community pharmacy, being more productive can help you make a profit, grow your business,…
Redesigning Workflow: A New Pharmacy Workflow System
For 10 years, Don Grove, R.Ph., owner of J&D Pharmacy in Warsaw, Mo., has worked to improve the traditional pharmacy workflow. After three stages of major changes, he has now…
How to Safeguard Your Customers’ Credit Card Information
Each year, approximately 17 million Americans become victims of identity theft, and those numbers only continue to grow, according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics. The theft of information from…
How to Store Refrigerated Medications in Your Pharmacy
As summer swelters on, we search out any way possible to conquer the heat. But we aren’t the only ones needing cooler conditions. In your pharmacy, some medications require refrigeration…
How Worksite and Home Delivery Can Expand Your Pharmacy Business
Every day, large chain pharmacies are trying to entice your customers to switch. One way to diversify and grow your pharmacy is to offer a personalized home or worksite delivery…
3 Quick Tips for a Terrific Pharmacy Drive-Thru Experience
Hurried patients, short tempers and the expectation of convenience can drain pharmacy staff, and can lead to less-than-optimal interactions with patients. Here are three keys to perfecting your customers’ drive-thru…
10 Tips to Prevent Internal Theft in the Pharmacy
No independent pharmacy owner or manager wants to think about trusted employees diverting prescription medications illegally. But as prescription drug abuse continues to afflict the nation, pharmacy owners may need…
How to Spot a “Drug Shopper”
There’s no question that prescription drug abuse is a big problem in the U.S. According to the CDC, the number of deaths from opioids now outnumbers deaths from cocaine and…
10 Pharmacy Crime Prevention Tips
Taking measures to secure your pharmacy before a burglary or robbery occurs can make all the difference. How prepared are you? We’ve put together these ten tips to help you…
Pharmacy Burglaries: Prevention, Security and Safety
Pharmacy burglars aren’t looking for money. They usually want narcotics, and they are willing to go to extreme measures to get them. Burglars will cut a hole in a pharmacy’s…
Why (and How to) Strengthen Your Pharmacy Passwords
Eighty percent of breaches in confidential customer data can be traced back to compromised passwords, according to a 2012 report from Verizon. As identity theft grows more prevalent, businesses like…
3 Overlooked Ways to Be More Productive
All business owners want their businesses to be more productive. As the owner of an independent community pharmacy, being more productive can help you make a profit, grow your business,…
Redesigning Workflow: A New Pharmacy Workflow System
For 10 years, Don Grove, R.Ph., owner of J&D Pharmacy in Warsaw, Mo., has worked to improve the traditional pharmacy workflow. After three stages of major changes, he has now…
How to Safeguard Your Customers’ Credit Card Information
Each year, approximately 17 million Americans become victims of identity theft, and those numbers only continue to grow, according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics. The theft of information from…
How to Store Refrigerated Medications in Your Pharmacy
As summer swelters on, we search out any way possible to conquer the heat. But we aren’t the only ones needing cooler conditions. In your pharmacy, some medications require refrigeration…
How Worksite and Home Delivery Can Expand Your Pharmacy Business
Every day, large chain pharmacies are trying to entice your customers to switch. One way to diversify and grow your pharmacy is to offer a personalized home or worksite delivery…
3 Quick Tips for a Terrific Pharmacy Drive-Thru Experience
Hurried patients, short tempers and the expectation of convenience can drain pharmacy staff, and can lead to less-than-optimal interactions with patients. Here are three keys to perfecting your customers’ drive-thru…
10 Tips to Prevent Internal Theft in the Pharmacy
No independent pharmacy owner or manager wants to think about trusted employees diverting prescription medications illegally. But as prescription drug abuse continues to afflict the nation, pharmacy owners may need…
How to Spot a “Drug Shopper”
There’s no question that prescription drug abuse is a big problem in the U.S. According to the CDC, the number of deaths from opioids now outnumbers deaths from cocaine and…
10 Pharmacy Crime Prevention Tips
Taking measures to secure your pharmacy before a burglary or robbery occurs can make all the difference. How prepared are you? We’ve put together these ten tips to help you…
Pharmacy Burglaries: Prevention, Security and Safety
Pharmacy burglars aren’t looking for money. They usually want narcotics, and they are willing to go to extreme measures to get them. Burglars will cut a hole in a pharmacy’s…