Pharmacy Technology

Health Mart Atlas is only three months old, and already its PSAO partnership with American Pharmacy Cooperative Inc. is helping its independent pharmacies deal with the changes and complexities of managed care, experts said from ideaShare 2018.

TCGRx is unveiling LocalRx, a new product line that  expedites the will call process for prescription medications and includes a telepharmacy consultation option for patients via webcam and telephone.

The Irvine, Calif.-based company’s VRxAssist offers a virtual staff solution that it said can help support pharmacies who want to offer more services, optimize their performance on quality measures and improve their workflow.

As it surpasses this milestone, Pharmacy Quality Solutions said its EQuIPP platform would soon feature more performance measures, including expanded measure sets aimed at adherence for such categories as asthma inhalers, antidepressants and antipsychotics.

Phil LaFoy, pharmacist and co-owner of Blount Discount Pharmacies, which has locations in Alcoa and Maryville, Tenn., said that digital tools — a website that allows for prescription refills and a mobile app with similar capabilities — are one of the main ways independent retail pharmacies can stay competitive.

From patient engagement to inventory management and will-call, opportunities abound for pharmacies to get a technological assist.

The Senate Finance Committee has passed the Every Prescription Conveyed Securely Act, little more than a month after the House Energy and Commerce Committee passed its House counterpart.

The companies are rolling out MedAvail’s MedCenter self-service pharmacy kiosks in Phoenix and Tucson, offering securely dispensed chronic and acute prescriptions, as well as OTC medications 24/7.