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Reflecting on 2023 American Pharmacists Month

October has been a busy month with a range of awareness campaigns including Breast Cancer Awareness Month (BCAM), National Pet Wellness Month and National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM). Most importantly, October shined a light on independent community pharmacies with American Pharmacists Month.

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Pharmacy technicians working to the top of their license

What technicians may do varies by state and qualifications—and vary by pharmacy. But what is universal is that technicians do much more than just entering data, putting pills in a bottle, verifying medications and acting as cashiers. Investing in a technician’s career can make a huge difference for your pharmacy and your community.

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Virginia Keller and her family

Virginia Keller, RPh: A lifetime of achievement

At the opening general session during McKesson ideaShare 2023, Health Mart awarded Virginia Keller, RPh, with the Health Mart Lifetime Achievement Award for her 50 years of serving her community of Ponca, Nebraska. Her story is rich with many ups and downs with threads of family and community running through it.

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Celebrating Women in Pharmacy Oct. 12

Women Pharmacist Day was established several years ago by the Pharmacists Moms Facebook group. The day helps bring awareness to the growing influence women have in the pharmacy industry. According to the #WomenPharmacistDay website, Oct. 12 was chosen because October is American Pharmacists Month and the first recognized U.S. female pharmacist, Elizabeth Gooking Greenleaf was the mother of 12 children.

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Hesston Pharmacy team

Raise the level of your pharmacy technicians

In summer 2021, seven staff members left Hesston Pharmacy and Harvey Drug for various reasons, ranging from college graduations to caring for family. This situation forced the owners, Sandie and Adam Kueker to rethink their staffing and operations. Knowing what skills the pharmacy needed and how to train new employees made all the difference.

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Registration opens March 30

McKesson ideaShare will open registration on March 30. Providing a best-in-class community pharmacy event is our goal. While we originally planned on launching registration on

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Reflecting on 2023 American Pharmacists Month

October has been a busy month with a range of awareness campaigns including Breast Cancer Awareness Month (BCAM), National Pet Wellness Month and National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM). Most importantly, October shined a light on independent community pharmacies with American Pharmacists Month.

Read More »

Pharmacy technicians working to the top of their license

What technicians may do varies by state and qualifications—and vary by pharmacy. But what is universal is that technicians do much more than just entering data, putting pills in a bottle, verifying medications and acting as cashiers. Investing in a technician’s career can make a huge difference for your pharmacy and your community.

Read More »

Virginia Keller, RPh: A lifetime of achievement

At the opening general session during McKesson ideaShare 2023, Health Mart awarded Virginia Keller, RPh, with the Health Mart Lifetime Achievement Award for her 50 years of serving her community of Ponca, Nebraska. Her story is rich with many ups and downs with threads of family and community running through it.

Read More »

Celebrating Women in Pharmacy Oct. 12

Women Pharmacist Day was established several years ago by the Pharmacists Moms Facebook group. The day helps bring awareness to the growing influence women have in the pharmacy industry. According to the #WomenPharmacistDay website, Oct. 12 was chosen because October is American Pharmacists Month and the first recognized U.S. female pharmacist, Elizabeth Gooking Greenleaf was the mother of 12 children.

Read More »

Raise the level of your pharmacy technicians

In summer 2021, seven staff members left Hesston Pharmacy and Harvey Drug for various reasons, ranging from college graduations to caring for family. This situation forced the owners, Sandie and Adam Kueker to rethink their staffing and operations. Knowing what skills the pharmacy needed and how to train new employees made all the difference.

Read More »

Registration opens March 30

McKesson ideaShare will open registration on March 30. Providing a best-in-class community pharmacy event is our goal. While we originally planned on launching registration on

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