I recently had the chance to interview Steve Hoffart for my monthly podcast show; PharmacyCrossRoads. Steve owns Magnolia Pharmacy, a remarkable, full-service pharmacy in Magnolia, TX.
One area of the conversation that impressed me was our discussion on point-of-care testing. He says about 4 years ago he was approached by Becton-Dickinson to try out their new strep and flu testing program. After taking some training on the device and digesting the regulations associated with the program, he jumped in. Now he says he is glad he did.
Hoffart says that offering point-of-care testing
has opened up a bridge to serving new, cash-pay, patients he might not have otherwise been able
to serve. And the testing has provided
his pharmacy with a whole new range of services that he can market to
people in his community.
In addition to being a high volume pharmacy he is a compounder and a leader in nutritional supplement. He says his compounding practice helped set the stage for his strep and flu program as he was already providing saliva testing for hormone replacement and testing to support his nutritional supplement practice.
You can listen to the entire conversation with Steve at: www.pharmacycrossroads.com
