Advocacy, information and resources for the pharmacy profession.
It happened. Did you hear about it? Or was it totally under your radar? How prepared are you to manage six technicians? What? Manage six technicians? Yup, on May 3, 2017, the allowed technician-pharmacist ratio in Colorado was DOUBLED to
Read moreIt’s that time of year when activity ramps up in the Colorado legislature. The 71st session of the Colorado General Assembly convened on January 11th, 2017. As of January 12, 118 bills had already been introduced in the house and senate.
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You’ve no doubt heard Do what you love, the money will follow. Are you in love with serving your patients? How often are you fulfilled by doing what you love? Perhaps you find yourself pursuing compensation? Or, are you bogged down
Read moreValue Pharmacists is now one year old. We’re feeling very grateful and fulfilled. We officially launched this blog and advocacy site with a first email in early December 2015. It’s been quite the year. Our “stats” as of December 8th, 2016
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Val had the opportunity to meet with Dan Scales, Pharm.D., owner of Scales’ Pharmacy in late July 2016. Scales’ Pharmacy was established in 2014 and is located in Denver’s Uptown neighborhood. Dr. Scales has built his pharmacy into a thriving
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We’d like to introduce you to Dr. Matthew McClure. Our first two interviews – Dr. Amy Panza and Dr. Blair Thielemier – focused on established pharmacists and their new, creative practice models. In this interview, we asked Dr. McClure to
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We’ve had the opportunity to meet pharmacists from all over the United States in our role as Executive Staff of the state association for over 20 years. Hundreds have transited through working committees and events; many have remained friends through
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Value Pharmacists has been hearing concerns about the future of pharmacy for a few years. How do you see the state of the pharmacy profession? Is it precarious? Or maybe just your position within pharmacy is uncertain? That’s not unusual
Read moreThrough the years, being married to a pharmacy organization director gave me many opportunities to hear the scuttlebutt about “provider status.” I interpreted this issue as pharmacists wanting to be recognized as healthcare professionals and to be paid for their
Read morePharmacist contact works! The study finds that the simple step of asking customers if they would like to speak with a pharmacist causes overall satisfaction to improve by 54 points. In addition, when customers perceive their conversations are handled with
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