Datascan Blog

According to a study by Cardinal Health, only 6 out of every 100 customers enter a chain pharmacy and leave without buying something from the front end.  However, 56 out of every 100 leave an independent without buying something from the front end; statistics that are truly astonishing! Between dwindling reimbursements, increased DIR fees, mandatory mail...

It comes as no surprise that the world of independent pharmacy is rapidly changing.  It takes a lot more than just filling prescriptions to not only be profitable, but to compete with the chains on every corner, and combat the PBMs. Because you cannot have a successful independent pharmacy by just filling prescriptions the old way, you have two choices:...

RX Software Pharmacy - Back in the late 1970s and early 80’s quite a few pharmacy software companies were born.  The challenge back then was to get pharmacies to pull away from hand and typewritten claims and move to computerization ---a task that proved to be quite difficult!  As the years progressed more companies entered the market, which was a good...

With more and more independently-owned, community pharmacies opening up each year, the future of the industry is more than promising. One of the great things about owning an Independent Pharmacy is the freedom to choose the vendors and partners that you work with. After all, choosing the right partner can make or break your overall success and bottom...

2017 Economics of the Independent Pharmacy Another year in the books, and another year of declines – but why?  How are you supposed to survive at this rate –and at what point do you throw in the towel?   According to Drug Channels, the average pharmacy owner saw their salary decline by 20% in 2017.  Your gross margins are declining --- DIR fees continue...

A personal, one on one demonstration of the Datascan Pharmacy Software shows you exactly how Datascan can help you save financial and human resources, increases efficiency, and improve your bottom line. While the competition is herding potential software buyers in like sheep into an online demo with 15 other people, we pride ourselves on the fact that...

Year after year we meet so many independent pharmacy owners that are simply unhappy with the product or level of service they are getting from their existing pharmacy management software vendor –but they refuse to make a change! So they struggle on, losing out on opportunities to increase profits in their pharmacies, they miss out on new technology and...

Independent pharmacies share a certain bond with their customers. For them, each customer is an individual, not an account number, who trusts their pharmacist for professionalism, courtesy, and quality care. In the same way that independent pharmacists take the time to talk to their customers, alleviate their concerns, and understand their prescriptions,...

As we have spoken about in the past, when an industry changes, the businesses within that industry must change as well. Prosperity within the world of independent pharmacy has become tougher and tougher over the last decade. It’s important to note that we still have a tremendous number of clients that are doing extremely well in the very same industry...

Does it feel like your software vendor is abandoning you?Did the company you worked with for years sell off to some large corporation?Is your software vendor forcing you to switch systems because they no longer want to support the one you have used for years? Any community pharmacist will tell you there is no comparison between an independently owned...