pharmacy

Also known as chemist, drug store, chemist's shop, community pharmacy, drugstore, pharmacies

health facility where medicines are sold and medical advice is given

AI overview

A pharmacy is a place where you can buy medicines and get advice about your health from trained staff. It matters because it provides people with access to the medications they need and professional guidance on how to use them safely.

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Research

901,727 papers

Reforming Pharmacy Benefit Managers - A Review of Bipartisan Legislation.ReviewThe New England journal of medicine · 2023Cai C, Rome BNDOI: 10.1056/NEJMp2309533
Pharmacy-Based Infectious Disease Management Programs Incorporating CLIA-Waived Point-of-Care Tests.ReviewJournal of clinical microbiology · 2020Herbin SR, Klepser DG, Klepser MEDOI: 10.1128/JCM.00726-19
Pharmacy Deserts and Pharmacies' Roles Post-Extreme Weather and Climate Events in the United States: A Scoping Review.Journal of primary care & community health · 2023Sahota H, Guzman S, Tordera L et al.DOI: 10.1177/21501319231186497
The rise of E-pharmacy in India: Benefits, challenges, and the road ahead.ReviewIndian journal of pharmacology · 2022Dcruz AC, Mokashi VN, Pai SR et al.DOI: 10.4103/ijp.ijp_445_21
RURAL-CP: a rural community pharmacy practice-based research network in the USA.ReviewRural and remote health · 2023Carpenter D, Mashburn P, Hastings T et al.DOI: 10.22605/RRH8092
Amazon Pharmacy: distraction or disruption?The American journal of managed care · 2021Hohmeier KC, Gatwood J, Boucher BDOI: 10.37765/ajmc.2021.88719
The pharmacy as a primary care provider.Frontiers in public health · 2023Mor N, Sen D, Zaheen S et al.DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1221439
Flip the Pharmacy's impact on comprehensive medication management performance.Journal of the American Pharmacists Association : JAPhA · 2023Herbert SMC, Herbert BM, Hake KL et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.japh.2023.04.006

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OpenStreetMap tag: amenity=pharmacy
Commons category: Pharmacies
equivalent class: schema.org/Pharmacy
Merchant Category Code: 5912
NCI Thesaurus ID: C114863

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Article

A green cross is the symbol of pharmacies in many European countries. A pharmacy (also called drugstore in North American English or community pharmacy or chemist in Commonwealth English and both in Australian English) is a premises which provides pharmaceutical drugs, among other products. At the pharmacy, a pharmacist oversees the fulfillment of medical prescriptions and is available to counsel patients about prescription and over-the-counter drugs or about health problems and wellness issues. A typical pharmacy would be in the commercial area of a community.

Brick and mortar pharmacies