How to Promote Your Private Label OTCs in Your Pharmacy and Score Big Margins
Since I’m out this week at a tradeshow, I didn’t have time to work with Karen on this week’s blog. So, this week, I dug deep into our archives and...
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Patient Care
Two Questions to Ask Before You Make a Change in Your Pharmacy
Over the last several weeks I’ve been busy packing up my home, preparing to move. When you combine all the possessions of my toddlers, the many bits...
Patient Care
Online Shopping doesn’t Have to be a Huge Threat to Your Pharmacy
For retail businesses, it seems that the battle to stay relevant is constant. For pharmacies, the needs of consumers are always evolving, and their...
Efficiency
Takeaways From the World Series to Help Your Pharmacy Excel
What can we in the pharmacy world learn from the teams that have survived to play each other in October?
Efficiency
Smart Alternatives to Self-Checkout for a More Profitable Pharmacy
In 2014, RMS published an article detailing the reasons why pharmacy shouldn’t adopt self-checkout POS. And while time can bring a great many changes...
Improve Patient Outcomes and Increase Pharmacy Profitability at the Same Time
At RMS, we strive to constantly find ways to improve our client’s bottom-line. As a matter of fact, it’s part of our mission statement. To this end,...
Efficiency
How to Use Technology To Increase Pharmacy Staff Engagement
Here are 3 ways pharmacy technology can help you achieve a higher level of engaged, happier employees.
Efficiency
Some Sobering Statistics About Employee Engagment in Your Pharmacy
As a pharmacy owner or manager, you can’t be everywhere at once and you can’t do everything on your own. That’s why it’s important for your employees...
Customer Loyalty
What Are Your Pharmacy Competitors Doing Right?
We at RMS frequently focus on the things that independent and hospital outpatient pharmacies excel at when compared to the big chains and box stores:...
Patient Care
Incorrect Assumptions by your Pharmacy Staff Can Waste Time and Energy
When I was a kid, I used to watch Wheel of Fortune every night without fail. I loved solving the puzzles and trying to fill in the blank with as few...
Patient Care
Why Relying on Experts Will Make your Life Easier in your Pharmacy
We all have our strengths and weaknesses. Very few of us, or maybe none of us, are just naturally good at everything. We also choose to pursue...
Payment Processing
Pharmacies – What’s the latest on EMV?
Almost exactly one year ago, the EMV liability shift went into place. For most pharmacies, nothing really changed. There was, and still is, a good...
Turning “Cannot” into “Why Not” When it Comes to Mobile Pharmacy POS
Mobile point-of-sale for pharmacy can remove a lot of barriers. For institutions, the push for meds to beds programs is only getting stronger. For...
Training
The Power of Why
Mondays are always hectic. But they are also great days to think about how the new week could be better than the week before. To start off the week,...
Training
5 Ways Improving Your Leadership Skills Will Benefit Your Pharmacy
How often do you take a step back and consider the impact that your leadership has on your pharmacy?
