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New SCRIPT Is Off and Running. Are You?
As of January 1, new SCRIPT 2017071 officially replaced version 10.6, and it came with potential advantages to pharmacy’s workflow speed and patient care. Have you gotten underway with the new ePrescribing standard? Read on for why you shouldn’t delay. If you [...]
New SCRIPT: Prioritized Prescriptions
In part 2 last week of our series on the NCPDP’s new standard for ePrescribing, which becomes effective January 1, we talked about the standard’s new ways for pharmacies and prescribers to communicate. In this third installment, we explore an [...]
New SCRIPT: Easier Changes and Clarifications
In part 1 last week of our series on the NCPDP’s new standard for ePrescribing, which becomes effective January 1, we talked about the many new fields contained in version 2017071. In this second installment, we explore the standard’s new two-way [...]
New SCRIPT: More Prescription Information
Nobody likes gaps in information that can cause missteps in decision-making. That’s especially true when you’re responsible for someone’s health and safety, and it was a big concern when updating the NCPDP standard for ePrescribing. Beginning January 1, e-prescriptions should be [...]
It’s Time for a New SCRIPT. Are You Ready?
All systems are go for the new e-prescribing standard, SCRIPT 2017071, which replaces the current version 10.6, effective January 1, 2020. If you receive and transmit electronic prescriptions, you’re probably aware that they conform to a standard set by the [...]
How to Gain the Most From your LTC Delivery Process
Delivering your LTC prescriptions in an efficient, timely manner is vital to both serving your patients and lowering the operating costs of running your pharmacy. Delivery efficiency is becoming even more important as industry-wide issues — high delivery costs, special [...]
How to Survive and Thrive in a Value-Based Payment Environment
Listen to Irving Stackpole at the #2018Integraconference discuss how to survive & thrive in a value-based payment environment, courtesy of our friends at Pharmacy Podcast Network. There is an inarguable shift occurring within healthcare from “volume” based reimbursement (fee-for-service) to [...]
Millennials: Why You’ll Need Them & How to Keep Them
Lou Ann Brubaker Brubaker Consulting If you were watching the television show, 60 Minutes, on November 11, 2007, you’d have heard Morley Safer tell viewers that “The Millennials are coming.” It sounded the warning that we should prepare ourselves for [...]
Real-Time LTC Pharmacy Analytics Software With Mevesi
What do you know about your LTC Pharmacy's data? Your data can be confusing. We get it. It’s like a giant bucket of information without any parameters. Imagine what you could do with your various data sets, from accounting, Rx, With [...]