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title: Pharmacy Automation | RxSafe Blog (21)
description: Pharmacy automation for independent retail pharmacies and outpatient hospital pharmacy managers, pharmacists and pharmacy owners. We write on topics including pharmacy profitability, adherence packaging, workflow, accuracy & speed, space savings, narcotics security, inventory management. (21)
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## [How adherence helps fight depression](https://info.rxsafe.com/blog/how-adherence-helps-fight-depression)

May 23, 2019 [RxSafe](https://info.rxsafe.com/blog/author/rxsafe) [pharmacy automation](https://info.rxsafe.com/blog/tag/pharmacy-automation), [strip packaging](https://info.rxsafe.com/blog/tag/strip-packaging), [patient adherence](https://info.rxsafe.com/blog/tag/patient-adherence), [compliance](https://info.rxsafe.com/blog/tag/compliance), [medication nonadherence](https://info.rxsafe.com/blog/tag/medication-nonadherence), [depression](https://info.rxsafe.com/blog/tag/depression)

May is National Mental Health Month. This month, [RxSafe](https://rxsafe.com/solutions/rapidpakrx/) continues its new blog series, entitled: “How adherence helps with \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ (fill in the blank).”

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## [Non-adherence costs surpass half a trillion dollars in U.S.](https://info.rxsafe.com/blog/non-adherence-cost-surpasses-half-a-trillion-dollars-in-u.s)

April 26, 2019 [RxSafe](https://info.rxsafe.com/blog/author/rxsafe) [independent pharmacies](https://info.rxsafe.com/blog/tag/independent-pharmacies), [multi-med packaging system](https://info.rxsafe.com/blog/tag/multi-med-packaging-system), [adherence strip packaging](https://info.rxsafe.com/blog/tag/adherence-strip-packaging), [adherence packaging](https://info.rxsafe.com/blog/tag/adherence-packaging), [consumables](https://info.rxsafe.com/blog/tag/consumables), [medication nonadherence](https://info.rxsafe.com/blog/tag/medication-nonadherence), [healthcare spending](https://info.rxsafe.com/blog/tag/healthcare-spending)

For years, we’ve been telling pharmacy owners that medication non-adherence costs the United States more than $310 billion each year in preventable health…

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## [How adherence helps fight cystic fibrosis](https://info.rxsafe.com/blog/how-adherence-helps-fight-cystic-fibrosis)

April 25, 2019 [RxSafe](https://info.rxsafe.com/blog/author/rxsafe) [patient adherence](https://info.rxsafe.com/blog/tag/patient-adherence), [automated strip packaging](https://info.rxsafe.com/blog/tag/automated-strip-packaging), [retail pharmacies](https://info.rxsafe.com/blog/tag/retail-pharmacies), [community pharmacies](https://info.rxsafe.com/blog/tag/community-pharmacies), [medication nonadherence](https://info.rxsafe.com/blog/tag/medication-nonadherence), [cystic fibrosis](https://info.rxsafe.com/blog/tag/cystic-fibrosis)

This month, [RxSafe](https://rxsafe.com/) continues its blog series, entitled: “How adherence helps with \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ (fill in the blank).”

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## [Thinking outside the bottle](https://info.rxsafe.com/blog/thinking-outside-the-bottle)

March 30, 2019 [RxSafe](https://info.rxsafe.com/blog/author/rxsafe) [strip packaging](https://info.rxsafe.com/blog/tag/strip-packaging), [patient adherence](https://info.rxsafe.com/blog/tag/patient-adherence), [retail pharmacies](https://info.rxsafe.com/blog/tag/retail-pharmacies), [community pharmacies](https://info.rxsafe.com/blog/tag/community-pharmacies), [consumables](https://info.rxsafe.com/blog/tag/consumables), [blister cards](https://info.rxsafe.com/blog/tag/blister-cards), [vial filling](https://info.rxsafe.com/blog/tag/vial-filling)

As [compliance packaging](https://rxsafe.com/solutions/rapidpakrx/) becomes increasingly popular, pharmacy owners are starting to look at dispensing costs -- not in terms of drug wholesale costs,…

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## [How adherence helps fight heart disease](https://info.rxsafe.com/blog/how-adherence-helps-fight-heart-disease)

March 29, 2019 [RxSafe](https://info.rxsafe.com/blog/author/rxsafe) [automated strip packaging](https://info.rxsafe.com/blog/tag/automated-strip-packaging), [retail pharmacies](https://info.rxsafe.com/blog/tag/retail-pharmacies), [community pharmacies](https://info.rxsafe.com/blog/tag/community-pharmacies), [compliance](https://info.rxsafe.com/blog/tag/compliance), [medication nonadherence](https://info.rxsafe.com/blog/tag/medication-nonadherence), [heart disease](https://info.rxsafe.com/blog/tag/heart-disease)

This month, RxSafe continues its new blog series, entitled: “How adherence helps with \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ (fill in the blank).”

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## [“Saving time, saving time, saving time” - California Pharmacy](https://info.rxsafe.com/blog/saving-time-saving-time-california-pharmacy)

March 15, 2019 [RxSafe](https://info.rxsafe.com/blog/author/rxsafe) [independent pharmacies](https://info.rxsafe.com/blog/tag/independent-pharmacies), [adherence strip packaging](https://info.rxsafe.com/blog/tag/adherence-strip-packaging), [patient adherence](https://info.rxsafe.com/blog/tag/patient-adherence), [RapidPakRx](https://info.rxsafe.com/blog/tag/rapidpakrx), [time savings](https://info.rxsafe.com/blog/tag/time-savings)

An independent pharmacy in California, is known for solving patient problems, says the pharmacist & owner.

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## [RxSafe Launches PakMyMeds Network](https://info.rxsafe.com/blog/pakmymeds-network-launched)

March 5, 2019 [RxSafe](https://info.rxsafe.com/blog/author/rxsafe) [independent pharmacies](https://info.rxsafe.com/blog/tag/independent-pharmacies), [PakMyMeds](https://info.rxsafe.com/blog/tag/pakmymeds), [RapidPakRx](https://info.rxsafe.com/blog/tag/rapidpakrx), [adherence packaging](https://info.rxsafe.com/blog/tag/adherence-packaging), [consumables](https://info.rxsafe.com/blog/tag/consumables)

RxSafe recently announced the launch of PakMyMeds™ Network, a no-hassle solution to connect independent pharmacy owners with local patients who want an…

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## [Adherence ROI: 3 ways to put more cash in your pharmacy’s register](https://info.rxsafe.com/blog/adherence-roi-3-ways-to-put-more-cash-in-your-pharmacys-register)

February 28, 2019 [RxSafe](https://info.rxsafe.com/blog/author/rxsafe) [independent pharmacies](https://info.rxsafe.com/blog/tag/independent-pharmacies), [adherence strip packaging](https://info.rxsafe.com/blog/tag/adherence-strip-packaging), [RapidPakRx](https://info.rxsafe.com/blog/tag/rapidpakrx)

Independent pharmacy is a tough business. With increasing competition from chain stores, shrinking reimbursement, growing DIR fees and [clawbacks](https://info.rxsafe.com/blog/new-clawbacks-coming-in-2019) -- and…

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## [How adherence helps fight cancer](https://info.rxsafe.com/blog/how-adherence-helps-fight-cancer)

February 28, 2019 [RxSafe](https://info.rxsafe.com/blog/author/rxsafe) [independent pharmacies](https://info.rxsafe.com/blog/tag/independent-pharmacies), [patient adherence](https://info.rxsafe.com/blog/tag/patient-adherence), [medication nonadherence](https://info.rxsafe.com/blog/tag/medication-nonadherence), [cancer](https://info.rxsafe.com/blog/tag/cancer)

This month, RxSafe continues its new blog series, entitled: “How adherence helps with \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ (fill in the blank).”

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## [RapidPakRx “a great fit for us” - Southern Pharmacy](https://info.rxsafe.com/blog/rapidpakrx-a-great-fit-for-us-southern-pharmacy)

February 19, 2019 [RxSafe](https://info.rxsafe.com/blog/author/rxsafe) [patient adherence](https://info.rxsafe.com/blog/tag/patient-adherence), [RapidPakRx](https://info.rxsafe.com/blog/tag/rapidpakrx), [automated strip packaging](https://info.rxsafe.com/blog/tag/automated-strip-packaging), [blister cards](https://info.rxsafe.com/blog/tag/blister-cards)

When Kyle Lomax, pharmacist & owner at [Southern Pharmacy](https://info.rxsafe.com/blog/rapidpakrx-a-great-fit-for-us-southern-pharmacy), wanted to grow his adherence program, he realized that manually filling blister cards was a huge…

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