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A new approach to lessen diabetic wound complications
Chronic wounds associated with burns and diabetes are a prevalent and costly problem in the United States, prompting demand for treatments that can heal wounds and prevent serious complications, such...
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Retailers looking at new health care solutions
Has anyone in the chain drug retailing community visited the new Wegmans in Brooklyn? Has anyone been to Dallas, Ga., to experience the bold and exciting new Walmart experiment in affordable and...
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Amazon rebrands PillPack
SEATTLE — According to published reports from CNBC, PillPack has updated its logo and other paperwork to include a new “Amazon Pharmacy” brand, and its chief executive officer, TJ Parker, has been...
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Self-care is playing a major role in retail’s future
Mark Mechelse The retail industry has experienced extraordinary disruption over the past decade, and it continues to shift today. But retail itself has also begun to disrupt a behemoth of an industry:...
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Good Idea’s Upgraded Water
LARKSPUR, Calif. — If a diabetes educator could give one single piece of advice, it would probably be to replace sugary sodas and energy drinks with water. Good Idea could be described as an upgraded...
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What you need to know about the new SCRIPT standard
Years ago, when I was a retail pharmacist at a local pharmacy in Brooklyn, it wasn’t uncommon for customers to come in to refill a medication that was originally prescribed to them after being...
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Walgreens debuts clinics, readies Medicare centers
DEERFIELD, Ill. — Walgreens continues to broaden its health care offerings, opening physician-staffed clinics and announcing the debut of in-store Medicare services centers. In Houston, the retailer...
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The common goals of health care providers and retailers
Dan Stanek There’s never been a better time for health care leaders to think outside the [big] box. According to consulting firm McKinsey, health care providers are experiencing a confluence of forces...
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CVS early leader in bid to remake Rx model
Long anticipated and much discussed, a new era in community pharmacy is finally unfolding. Spearheaded by a small group of visionaries, traditional brick-and-mortar pharmacies have started to evolve...
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Retailers need to promote ‘food as medicine’ concept
While it may be difficult to imagine, shoppers are becoming even more health- and nutrition-conscious than they already are. And, as their collective commitment to better nutrition intensifies,...
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