Reportlinker Adds Frost & Sullivan Speaks Candidly with U.S. Pharmacists.

NEW YORK, June 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue:

Frost & Sullivan Speaks Candidly with U.S. Pharmacists

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This study encompasses feedback provided by a healthcare pharmacist research panel consisting of 10-15 pre-selected participants and were conducted via online moderated discussion boards over a three-day period. Series of questions were asked around current topics of interest to pharmacists. Questions and discussions were designed to gage both short-term and long-term trends and impacts. Questions posed to the pharmacist panel covered the following main topics: the role of the pharmacist, patient management services, pharmacy trends, information technology and applications, and future trends.

Table of Contents

* Introduction 10

* Topics and Themes 11

* Changing Dynamics 13

* Questions Posed to the Panel 14

* Primary Responsibility 15

* Additional Responsibilities 16

* Patient Disease Management 17

* Patient Purchasing Behavior with Rx and OTC 18

* Pharmacists' Impact on Consumers Use of Alternative Medicines 19

* Key Messages 20

* Changing Dynamics 22

* Questions Posed to the Panel 23

* Experiences with MTMs (Benefits) 24

* Experiences with MTMs (Barriers) 25

* Experiences with MTMs (Ways Payers Could Overcome Barriers) 26

* Experiences with MTMs (Ways Providers Could Overcome Barriers) 27

* Patient Purchasing Behaviors in Relation to Conditions/Diseases 28

* Counseling Services 29

* Reimbursable Pharmacy-based Adherence Programs 30

* Key Messages 31

* Changing Dynamics 33

* Questions Posed to the Panel 34

* Issues/Trends in Retail Pharmacy 35

* Impact of Internet Pharmacies on Business 36

* Methods of Driving Patients to the Retail Store 37

* Trends in Compounding 38

* Leading M&A Trends in the Pharmacy Industry 39

* Trends in Retail Pharmacy Primary Care Clinics 40

* Key Messages 41

* Changing Dynamics 43

* Questions Posed to the Panel 44

* Types of Information Technology and Applications 45

* How Prescription Errors are Avoided 48

* Thoughts and Integration of PHRs and EMRs 49

* Benefits of Automated Workflow Solutions and Technology Platforms 50

* How Automation is Foreseen in next 5-10 Years 51

* Key Messages 52

* Changing Dynamics 54

* Questions Posed to the Panel 55

* Impact of Healthcare Reform 56

* Key Drivers in Healthcare for Creation of Prescribing Pharmacist 57

* Thoughts on Big Pharmaor Managed Care Organizations Acquiring Retail Pharmacies 58

* How the Industry is Foreseen to Change in the Next 5-10 Years 59

* Key Messages 60

* Conclusions 62

* About Frost & Sullivan 63

List of Charts

* RoleofthePharmacist:ChangingDynamics(U.S.),2010 13

* PatientManagementServices:ChangingDynamics(U.S.),2010 22

* PharmacyTrends:ChangingDynamics(U.S.),2010 31

* InformationTechnologyandApplications:ChangingDynamics(U.S.),2010 43

* FutureTrends:ChangingDynamics(U.S.),2010 54

* Pharmacists'Panel:Conclusions(U.S.),2010 62

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