XiConnect Pharmacy Newsletter, Vol 1, Issue 1

VOL. 1, ISSUE 1 | NOVEMBER 2023

Pharmacy Leaders Advocate for Expansion in Pharmacy Care OmniSYS recently partnered with Drug Store News to host a webinar that examined the benefits of pharmacy teams expanding their clinical offerings. David Pope , Chief Pharmacy Officer at OmniSYS, XiFin Pharmacy Solutions, led the conversation. The following pharmacy leaders joined Pope to discuss the growing need to transform the role pharmacists play in supporting community health:

■ Dr. Marc Watkins , Chief Medical Officer at Kroger Health ■ Dr. Ilisa Bernstein , Senior Vice President of Pharmacy Practice and Government Affairs at the American Pharmacists Association ■ Dr. Kyu Rhee , former CMO of CVS, Health and Human Services and IBM, and the new CEO of the National Association of Community Health Centers ■ Dr. Kevin Ban , Chief Medical Officer of Walgreens Boots Alliance Now, you can watch this must-see webinar at your convenience. Watch Now Test and Treat: Maintaining Pharmacy’s Legacy of Improving Community Health Improving community health outcomes by establishing test and treat procedures at your pharmacy requires commitment and know-how. Newly proposed legislation could extend pharmacists' important role in the healthcare ecosystem. The Pharmacy and Medically Underserved Areas Act, S.1491 , was recently introduced to the United States Senate and could codify pharmacists’ ability to provide services such as testing and treating certain illnesses, maintaining drug regimens, and more. Now is the time to start setting up your pharmacy’s test-and-treat program. The process can be challenging if you don’t understand how to start.

HEALTHCARE EQUITY & ACCESS DEMANDS PHARMACISTS AS PROVIDERS

Learn more about creating and implementing a test-and-treat program at your pharmacy by exploring A Playbook for Test and Treat .

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Fusion-Rx to Enhance Security and Performance Soon At OmniSYS, we continually enhance our solutions to serve our customers better. In the latest releases of Fusion-Rx, we’re providing important security and performance improvements, as well as new functionality to improve our customers’ ability to engage patients through interactive voice response (IVR). The updates also include: ■ Call Center Routing functionality that works by diverting telephone calls away from busy in-store pharmacy staff to an organization’s call center at some or all stores ■ Various platform improvements to security, IP-PBX integration, and the pharmacy staff User Interface The rollout is scheduled to begin shortly.

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