This article maybe a little late to the game but as consultants and accountants to the independent pharmacy industry we view the operations of many more pharmacies than the average person and have noticed the focus of medication synchronization has dropped off. It was the “popular†subject at every tradeshow and at nearly every pharmacy for several years but now we do not hear it as much. We are also not seeing the % of patients on med sync rising year on year as much as we once did.
Medication Synchronization should be a continued focus in almost every independent pharmacy. The reason why, it is the only process that impacts the 3 most important levers in a pharmacy, revenue, inventory/cost of goods sold and payroll. Med Sync increases revenue because the patients on Med Sync are more likely to get all their refills on time, it allows you to practice a true just in time inventory, whereby you order inventory when the patient needs improving your cash position and it reduces payroll in several ways (reduces number of inbound calls, reduces number of check outs/deliveries and reduces amount of separate fills you have to data entry, count, bag, etc.).
With lowering reimbursement pharmacies have to be more efficient and the process that makes the largest impact on efficiency is med sync. So, if you have 30% of your patient base on med sync we encourage you to strive for 60% and if you are starting or buying a pharmacy make med sync one of the priorities when you take over!
