Podcasts
Our GNP Connect Podcasts Are Filled With Useful Tips and Info
Listen in as we chat with leading independent pharmacy experts on a variety of topics, covering everything from collaborative practice agreements to business diversification to back-to-school shopping. During these casual conversations you’ll hear about real-world examples, best practices from your peers and much more as we explore the latest trends in independent pharmacy.
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New Ownership Best Practices and Legacy Landmines
Buying or selling a pharmacy can be a harrowing experience, and even in a bull market, the difference between failure and success often lies outside of the sales contract. Join your host, Justin Baker, as he unveils some insider trade secrets and tips and explores what they DON’T tell you during the negotiation!
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How to Have Difficult Conversations: Mental Health & Independent Phcy
Dr. Zakaria is motivational, empowering, and discusses the importance of reframing mental health as “brain health” or “brain science” in order to make it approachable to each patient. In this conversation, Dr Zakaria helps to identify “low hanging fruit” opportunities in your existing patients, and gives entry point options requiring no advanced training and minimal time and resource investments.
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1,073 Reasons for Independents to Implement an Immunization Strategy
Don’t miss this exciting episode as Gold and Justin walk through opportunities in workflow maximization, technician opportunities and leverage, billing tips, messaging and network building, and next steps for you to practice at the top of your license!
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Meeting Patients Where They Are
The beauty of independent pharmacy is that each store is as unique as the communities and patients they serve. Adding a new twist to this episode is guest Kelley De La Fuente. Like your host, Justin Baker, Kelley is also a Business Coach. With Kelley consulting pharmacies in urban Los Angeles and Justin in rural Texas, they see the same struggles, but through two very different lenses.
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Pharmacy Deserts: What They Are and Why They May be a Larger Issue Than You Think
Ronna shares that through her joint research efforts with USC, they have not only uncovered that a quarter of the US population reside in a pharmacy shortage area, but also confirmed that over 30% of census tracts are completely reliant on their independent pharmacy to avoid becoming a pharmacy shortage area.
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Point-of-Care Testing; We’re Only Getting Started!
With her cutting-edge approach to Point-of-Care Testing and clinical services, store owner Chichi Ilonzo Momah has been stirring up a lot of dust. Justin was lucky enough to sit her down for a few minutes to discuss what the hubbub was all about.
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What We’ve Learned and Where We’re Going: COVID Reflections
Brandon Antinopoulos, PharmD, Good Neighbor Pharmacy business coach, talks to host Justin Baker about the rapid changes that have taken place over the past 24 months and what independent pharmacies can do to “capture this moment” as they’re now being seen in a different light.
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Point-of-Care Testing: Beyond COVID
Join host Justin Baker and Jared Thornhill, owner of Thornhill’s
Pharmacy in West Texas, for a countertop conversation about successfully
implementing point-of-care testing in your pharmacy. Jared discusses his
philosophy, methodology, and the steps he took to reimagine his independent
pharmacy business.
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Pharmacy Ownership: Transitioning Out of the Pharmacy
John Pross, Pharmacy Acquisition Advisor, AmerisourceBergen, and Jeremy Thompson, CEO and Founder of Adaptive Financial Consulting, walk through the lifecycle of owning a pharmacy and then share forward-thinking steps to consider when exiting the business.
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NCPA Fellowship Program
Join Carlie Traylor, PharmD,
Director of Strategic Initiatives and Student Affairs for the NCPA, as she
discusses how the NCPA Fellowship Program allows participants to reach into the
minds of the nation’s best practitioners to learn how to implement advanced
patient care services.
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Special Edition: Insulin Biosimilars, Part 2
Hear AmerisourceBergen experts Sean McGowan, Michelle Jesse,
and Brad Tallamy continue their discussion on biosimilars as they talk about the
FDA approval of Semglee, what this could mean for the category, and how to
prepare for interchangeability.
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Community Involvement with Pharm A Save Monroe Pharmacy
Listen to Pharm A Save Monroe Pharmacy owner Bridgett Edgar share how
she and her team stay involved in the community and practice being a good
neighbor to the patients they serve through initiatives like charity events, a
free vitamin program with local schools, and more.
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Hometown Pharmacies: Defining Excellence and Success
Listen to Hometown Pharmacies owner Ted Grothe and director
of operations Chris Noth discuss their drive for excellence and success, as
well as how their “Critical Driver” methodology has helped them achieve
increases in OTC sales, DME scripts per patient, and med sync during the
pandemic.
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Women Helping Women
Hear Amber Haag, owner of Haag Pharmacy, talk about her decision-making
methodology on how to best serve her community, especially her female patients,
and the personal struggles she’s faced juggling her responsibilities as a wife
and mother, all the while running a growing business.
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Opioid Awareness and "SBIRT" Protocol
Listen to Andrew Peterson, Executive Director, Substance Use Disorders
Institute, and George Downs, Professor of Clinical Pharmacy, from the
University of the Sciences talk about the opioid abuse epidemic and the crucial
role of pharmacists as both a clinician and as a trusted resource.
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Advocating for Independent Pharmacy During COVID-19
Listen in as Beth Mitchell, Senior Director, Government Affairs, and Ashley O’Sullivan, Senior Manager, Legislation and Policy, AmerisourceBergen, discuss what’s happening at the federal and state levels of government relative to COVID-19 response.
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Drug Topics Podcast
2021 Opportunities and Headwinds Facing Pharmacy
Hear guest host Brian Nightengale, president of Good Neighbor Pharmacy, discuss the outlook for 2021 with Rich Tremonte, executive vice president and president of community and specialty pharmacy at AmerisourceBergen, and Doug Hoey, CEO of the NCPA.