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📲 "Hey bestie, have your prescriptions arrived yet?" That might not be the first text a patient expects to get from their pharmacist—but don't worry—we cover the notifications to keep your patients informed on the delivery status of their most important medications.

Our pharmacy intern and PharmD candidate at The Ohio State University, Rahul Patel, guest wrote a blog to share his insights on entering the industry today. Check it out here: https://lnkd.in/e2QHttNs

URAC 5.0 introduced distribution management as a foundational focus area for specialty pharmacy accreditation. Learn more about these new standards in our latest blog and stay ahead of your next accreditation cycle: https://bit.ly/4ejucQW

When one of our clients left behind his cellphone states away, we sent our guy Jake Kelly to retrieve it (and ship it back to him). That's just the customer service you get with VPL. 

Specialty pharmacies are reporting more distribution errors than ever—8x more distribution errors than dispensing errors. Optimizing your shipping workflow can help prevent these errors and promote better patient outcomes. Read more in our latest blog: https://bit.ly/457hjFH

Don't forget to register for Wednesday's webinar!

Is AI coming after pharmacists' jobs? Nope. But it does have the potential to make their jobs a whole lot easier. Here's how: 1. More efficient R&D With AI, younger pharma companies have already achieved a combined pipeline equivalent to 50% of the output of big pharma. 2. Better distribution AI-enabled inventory management has helped pharmacies predict purchasing patterns with 90% accuracy to maintain adequate stock and reduce delivery times. 3. Healthier patients AI systems can prepare 350,000 medication doses with 100% accuracy. Better accuracy means better patient outcomes. All this translates to more time for pharmacists (particularly those in specialty pharmacy) to focus on the high-touch, personalized patient care that can’t be automated with AI.

In the fourth and final blog in our series on Getting Comfortable with the Uncomfortable, we dive into the evolution of resilience planning in the healthcare supply chain post-pandemic. Read more: https://bit.ly/3VlJGLV