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Volume 29 Number 5 • September/October 2009 For The Pharmacist<br />
www.computertalk.com<br />
POS<br />
Power Users<br />
Whether it’s inventory, pricing, reporting, receivables management,<br />
prescription tracking, or signature capture, the POS power users<br />
we spoke to have found many ways to put this technology to use.<br />
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America&<a title="ComputerTalk for the Pharmacist page 1" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/54552122?page=1">Volume 29 Number 5 • September/October 2009 </a> Volume 29 Number 5 • September/October 2009 <a title="ComputerTalk for the Pharmacist page 2" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/54552122?page=2">What’s Your Story?America’s pharmacies a</a> What’s Your Story?America’s pharmacies a<a title="ComputerTalk for the Pharmacist page 3" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/54552122?page=3">Workflow that’s tailored specificallyfor the lon</a> Workflow that’s tailored specificallyfor the lon<a title="ComputerTalk for the Pharmacist page 4" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/54552122?page=4">In This Issue: Cove</a> In This Issue: Cove<a title="ComputerTalk for the Pharmacist page 5" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/54552122?page=5">PharmacyConsultingWh</a> PharmacyConsultingWh<a title="ComputerTalk for the Pharmacist page 6" 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href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/54552122?page=11">This will allow prescribers to use thetransmitte</a> This will allow prescribers to use thetransmitte<a title="ComputerTalk for the Pharmacist page 12" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/54552122?page=12">IndustryWatchcontinued from page 9closed-syste</a> IndustryWatchcontinued from page 9closed-syste<a title="ComputerTalk for the Pharmacist page 13" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/54552122?page=13">September/October 2009 11</a> September/October 2009 11<a title="ComputerTalk for the Pharmacist page 14" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/54552122?page=14">Filling a VoidHow a progressive regional chain </a> Filling a VoidHow a progressive regional chain <a title="ComputerTalk for the Pharmacist page 15" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/54552122?page=15">featureTelepharmacythere, too, but for less cos</a> featureTelepharmacythere, too, but for less cos<a title="ComputerTalk for the Pharmacist page 16" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/54552122?page=16">featureTelepharmacycontinued from previous page</a> featureTelepharmacycontinued from previous page<a title="ComputerTalk for the Pharmacist page 17" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/54552122?page=17">featureTelepharmacyimpact on workflow at the h</a> featureTelepharmacyimpact on workflow at the h<a title="ComputerTalk for the Pharmacist page 18" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/54552122?page=18">featureTelepharmacycontinued from previous page</a> featureTelepharmacycontinued from previous page<a title="ComputerTalk for the Pharmacist page 19" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/54552122?page=19">Pharmacy SecurityPreventing Retail Theftby Bru</a> Pharmacy SecurityPreventing Retail Theftby Bru<a title="ComputerTalk for the Pharmacist page 20" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/54552122?page=20">featureSecuritycontinued from previous pageope</a> featureSecuritycontinued from previous 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