Resources

NCPA Innovation Center

The NCPA Innovation Center is a supporting organization of NCPA that develops and executes programs which inform and educate community pharmacists, allowing them to realize opportunities in an evolving health care market.

Ownership Resources

NCPA has all the information a community pharmacist needs to become a pharmacy owner, operate a successful business and transition out of ownership. Some of the ownership tools offered here are available to NCPA members only. Click the Join/Renew tab above or contact the membership department at 1-800-544-7447 for membership inquiries.

Currently, more than 10,000 "boomers" are turning 65 every day. What does this growing LTC market mean for pharmacy owners?

Long-Term Care Pharmacy

POCT provides an excellent opportunity for community pharmacy teams to enhance patient care and expand revenue-generating services while improving health at the patient and population levels.

Guide to Implementing Point-of-Care Testing

Ideas & Resources You Can Use to Boost Your Front-End Profits

Front-End Overhaul

Want to grow your pharmacy business and expand your horizons beyond traditional Rx Sales?

Diversified Revenue

Mental Health First Aid training is an 8-hour, in-person program designed to train you how to identify, understand and respond to signs of mental illnesses and substance use disorders.

Mental Health First Aid

Access materials to help your patients understand the value of your services and create customer loyalty.

Customer Satisfaction Marketing Materials

Costs associated with treating chronic illnesses are a major driver of rising health care costs in America. For many of these chronic illnesses, medications are the most cost-effective course of treatment. As the most trusted, accessible medication...

Adherence

Access a comprehensive tool package to help you become a community pharmacy owner.

Buyers

All the resources to help you sell your pharmacy and stay connected to the profession.

Sellers

Surescripts supports opportunities for community pharmacists to improve care, increase efficiency and reduce costs with e-prescribing and new capabilities, expanding the role of pharmacists.

e-Prescribing

References for pharmacy practice.

Star Ratings

Your community pharmacy may have been serving patients for the last 100 years, or may have just opened last month; no matter how long you have been in business, this quick, 10-question self-assessment can help you know if your pharmacy is prepared to...

Self-Assessment

NCPA has developed this members-only "Opportunity Toolkit" to help you market your services to that pharmacy’s patients. From a customizable letter to prescribers to sample signage designs to template multi media ads, the toolkit is for you.

Opportunity Toolkit

Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience (APPE) can be a viable mechanism to assist pharmacies in transforming their practice

APPE Resources

Student Resources

As a student pharmacist, you recognize the value of community. You aren't just earning a degree. You're building trust, cultivating relationships, and learning how to improve the lives of people you care about with each lecture you attend and shift you pull at the pharmacy.

At NCPA, we're about building a community. As America's community pharmacy association, we bring student pharmacists together to shape good ideas into best practices and to turn challenges into innovations. 

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Diabetes Prevention Program

Want to start a Diabetes Prevention Program at your pharmacy? Learn more about differentiated products and services designed to attract new business and provide an alternative revenue stream.

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dispose my meds

Dispose My Meds

Dispose My Meds, presented by the NCPA Foundation, provides members with a valuable service that their patients want, which may result in increased foot traffic, new patients, and marketing opportunities for the pharmacy. In fact, past medication return programs around the country have found that as many as 40-49 percent of customers returning medications for disposal were from other pharmacies, presenting a tremendous opportunity for customer conversion while making a difference for your community with a safe solution to improper drug disposal and potential drug misuse.

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NCPA Career Center

NCPA Career Center offers professional services to help you build and manage your career for maximum potential for success. Check out these resources!

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Books, training manuals, and other printed materials and resources to assist you with pharmacy ownership.