Wednesday, August 09, 2006
Good News
J was giving me a hard time today about not blogging. I started a post 2 weeks ago. When I was half way through, the computer froze up and it was lost. It is hard to make yourself recreate a lost post. It was about my son going on vacation with my family while I stayed home and blogged. Now two weeks later, I have other stuff to blog about.
I created a MySpace page for myself and for the pharmacy. My page is so-so, but I really like the pharmacy page. You can check it out at http://www.myspace.com/carolinafamilypharmacy
There is a ton of positive stuff going on here in Pleasantville. A family practioner will be opening his office in the building next to us by October 1st. He has come in here several times to meet me and talk to me. He will be e-prescribing. That means he will be able to send prescriptions directly from his office to us at the pharmacy. E-prescribing reduces errors due to mis-read prescription. It also reduces diversion of narcotics. I think it will also encourage people to use this pharmacy since they can transmit it while the patients check-out at their office. We will be able to have the prescriptions ready by the time they get here.
The next bit of good news is that the builder is close to signing a contract for two of the units in my building. The business is supposed to be a veterinarian's office. This would be great for us also. Many of the same medications used in humans are also used in animals. Animals have no prescription insurance. They are strictly cash clients. The vet would also help us to move more quickly towards compounding medication.
July was a much better month in sales. We are going to put out flyers next week and try to keep the upward trend going. K started 4th grade yesterday. We were all a little bit nervous. J started her child fellowship this month. It means longer hours and more intense work. We are having K's birthday party on Saturday and a Premier Jewelry party on Sunday. We are very busy!
I created a MySpace page for myself and for the pharmacy. My page is so-so, but I really like the pharmacy page. You can check it out at http://www.myspace.com/carolinafamilypharmacy
There is a ton of positive stuff going on here in Pleasantville. A family practioner will be opening his office in the building next to us by October 1st. He has come in here several times to meet me and talk to me. He will be e-prescribing. That means he will be able to send prescriptions directly from his office to us at the pharmacy. E-prescribing reduces errors due to mis-read prescription. It also reduces diversion of narcotics. I think it will also encourage people to use this pharmacy since they can transmit it while the patients check-out at their office. We will be able to have the prescriptions ready by the time they get here.
The next bit of good news is that the builder is close to signing a contract for two of the units in my building. The business is supposed to be a veterinarian's office. This would be great for us also. Many of the same medications used in humans are also used in animals. Animals have no prescription insurance. They are strictly cash clients. The vet would also help us to move more quickly towards compounding medication.
July was a much better month in sales. We are going to put out flyers next week and try to keep the upward trend going. K started 4th grade yesterday. We were all a little bit nervous. J started her child fellowship this month. It means longer hours and more intense work. We are having K's birthday party on Saturday and a Premier Jewelry party on Sunday. We are very busy!
