Marketing to Pharmacists: Understanding Their Role and Influence

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Marketing to Pharmacists: Understanding Their Role and Influence will help pharmaceutical marketers better understand pharmaceutical practice in order to develop better relationships with pharmacists and effectively market products. This book examines important trends in pharmaceutical health care, including patient education and compliance, quality of life assessment, disease management, and cost... Read more

Marketing to Pharmacists: Understanding Their Role and Influence will help pharmaceutical marketers better understand pharmaceutical practice in order to develop better relationships with pharmacists and effectively market products. This book examines important trends in pharmaceutical health care, including patient education and compliance, quality of life assessment, disease management, and cost containment strategies that assist pharmacists in providing better care to patients which results in increased sales for your business. From Marketing to Pharmacists, you?ll learn how pharmacists influence product selection, monitor drug therapy, and serve as a primary source of patient education in order for you to create successful marketing strategies for your company.

Recognizing that cost control is a key goal for all members of the health care system, Marketing to Pharmacists provides you with advice and strategies that emphasize working together with pharmacists. This will help you determine demand for a specific product so you can devise your own marketing strategies to meet the needs of both the pharmacist and patient. With Marketing to Pharmacists, you?ll improve your marketing skills by using innovative techniques and suggestions, including:

understanding pharmacists’influence in prescription product selection to help develop effective marketing strategies
asking for pharmacists’assistance in designing care management programs, participating in the development and negotiation of care management contracts, and offering knowledge as pharmacotherapeutic experts to emphasize patient advocacy and accessibility to patients
understanding the dimensions of the quality of life and other aspects of pharmaceutical care to design effective sales tactics to pharmacists
communicating with pharmacists to learn about the needs of certain patients in order to create effective marketing strategies that will lessen the occurrence of unclaimed prescriptions and decrease the loss of revenue to pharmaceutical companies
developing a positive relationship between pharmacists and pharmaceutical companies by displaying genuine customer interest, providing pharmacists with useful and accurate information about products, and establishing ethical guidelines

Containing charts, tables, and graphs to give you a comprehensive look at techniques and data, Marketing to Pharmacists will help you create marketing strategies that will successfully meet the needs of your customers and result in economic benefits for your company.

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Introduction, A History Lesson: Can You Dispense with Pharmacists?, Community Pharmacists? Influence on Prescription Drug Choices, Leveraging Community Pharmacy to Improve Patient Compliance, Pharmacists and Disease Management, Pharmacists and Quality of Life Assessment, Trends in Patient Counseling and Education, Current Perspectives: Establishing Relationships with Pharmacists, Index, Reference Notes Included

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Benjamin F. Banahan

Marketing to Pharmacists Understanding Their Role and Influence

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