Pharmacy Technology

NEW YORK The name of the game in diabetes management is compliance. For patients and their healthcare advocates/practitioners, compliance translates into better health outcomes that will prove to be considerably less costly over the life of the patient. And for retailers and blood-glucose meter manufacturers, compliance translates into a high-frequency/high-marketbasket consumer as compared with the average pharmacy patron.

NEW YORK First, the research only underscored what’s happening in America today — more and more Americans are turning toward self-care remedies as a way to curtail escalating healthcare costs. A June poll of consumers released by the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation found that 55% of Americans were putting off health care because of costs; and 37% of all Americans (not just those 55%) are defraying healthcare costs by buying more over-the-counter and natural health solutions.

NEW YORK That connection between healthy foods and pharmacy is the most powerful card a supermarket pharmacy retailer can play in the battle for prescription-drug marketshare.

NEW YORK This is target marketing at its finest; not only are Hispanics more likely to embrace homeopathy, but baby care as a category resonates extremely well among Hispanics. And in it’s a format that will appeal to today’s new mothers — multi-cultural women who have embraced the Internet.

According to a Pew Hispanic Center report, 78% of Latinos who are English-dominant and 76% of bilingual Latinos use the Internet, compared with 32% of Spanish-dominant Hispanic adults.

NEW YORK The findings of the Take Care Health Systems’ survey are important as they undoubtedly underscore the importance of worksite clinics, which are growing increasingly common as U.S. employers look for ways to curb skyrocketing healthcare costs and bolster employee health and productivity.

NEW YORK News that Take Care Health Systems now offers treatment for skin conditions and minor injuries is further evidence that the retail-based clinic model continues to evolve and implement valuable services to augment patients’ healthcare needs.

NEW YORK This battle was supposed to be over by now.