CVS to offer same day delivery at all locations

[Thoughtfulsinner]

Good move to combat Amazon. Wonder if Walgreens will follow suit.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cnbc.com/amp/2019/04/03/cvs-expands-same-day-prescription-delivery-nationwide.html

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[Pharmacy is a Scam]

Walgreens will definitely follow suit. And once CVS/WAG turn into a 90% home-delivery/mail order service, expect 90% of their brick-and-mortar retail pharmacists to be laid off.

Merlo and Pessina must be licking their chops at the idea of replacing $50/hr pharmacists with $10/hr truck drivers. Imagine how much money you can save...

 

[thecoolpharmboi]

Walgreens already has this.

 

[Thoughtfulsinner]

Walgreens already has this.

I don't believe walgreens offers the option to order OTC items along with the RX. Could, be wrong though. Also thought they only have next day delivery available.

 

[mentos]

I thought CVS already did it. Hasn't Rite Aid been doing this for years?

 

[BidingMyTime]

Walgreens will definitely follow suit. And once CVS/WAG turn into a 90% home-delivery/mail order service, expect 90% of their brick-and-mortar retail pharmacists to be laid off.
Merlo and Pessina must be licking their chops at the idea of replacing $50/hr pharmacists with $10/hr truck drivers. Imagine how much money you can save...

The only way CVS/WAG can offer same-day delivery, is by having brick and mortar stores. This is why Amazon only has same-day delivery in places close to one of their distribution centers.

 

[Pharmacy is a Scam]

The only way CVS/WAG can offer same-day delivery, is by having brick and mortar stores. This is why Amazon only has same-day delivery in places close to one of their distribution centers.

Well their pharmacies are inside their stores so the grocery/merchandising part will still be there. If anything I can see them getting rid of the pharmacy section in the back of the store and converting that space into a mini logistics/drug distribution center. Imagine that DMs get converted into “dispensing” pharmacists that oversee 10 “distribution centers” in person instead of 10 PICs, and at each store instead of a pharmacy there is a health kiosk that is managed by a telepharmacist to handle all the clinical stuff like counseling (also a ratio of 1 telepharmacist per 10 stores). Boom, 90% of retail pharmacist jobs are gone just like that.

 

[CetiAlphaFive]

Hahaah, I can't wait for the lawsuits to roll in when wrong med / wrong pt incidents start happening

 

[Dr Wario]

We have had same day delivery for caremark patients for around 6 months now, only time it has been used was when i sent 1 tablet of ibuprofen to myself to test it. Until the cost becomes 0 or maybe $1 the service will not be used.

 

[WorthlessOxygen]

Hahaah, I can't wait for the lawsuits to roll in when wrong med / wrong pt incidents start happening

Like mentos said above, Rite Aid has offered this for years without any large issues that I know of. Though it does seem like it's way more effort than it's worth to me.

 

[debtfreee2019]

Any CVS rph can tell me how to process same day deliver? what's the cut off time and is it USPS drivers come in to pick up?

Also how do you set the patient's profile so it will show Delivery on the label automatically?

 

[wagrxm2000]

Walgreens has been doing delivery for awhile, no one uses it.

 

[wagrxm2000]

Well their pharmacies are inside their stores so the grocery/merchandising part will still be there. If anything I can see them getting rid of the pharmacy section in the back of the store and converting that space into a mini logistics/drug distribution center. Imagine that DMs get converted into “dispensing” pharmacists that oversee 10 “distribution centers” in person instead of 10 PICs, and at each store instead of a pharmacy there is a health kiosk that is managed by a telepharmacist to handle all the clinical stuff like counseling (also a ratio of 1 telepharmacist per 10 stores). Boom, 90% of retail pharmacist jobs are gone just like that.

Huh?

 

[Thoughtfulsinner]

Walgreens has been doing delivery for awhile, no one uses it.

Is same day an option?

 

[VictorOfHungerGames]

Based on their current business model, auto accident rating is going to skyrocket. Can you imagine how FAST these drivers must drive in order to meet cvs demands lol

 

[mentos]

These drivers will probably have no urgency at all like Door Dash or Uber drivers.

I can see some customers waiting inpatiently, then run down to the store to get it. Then you can't give it to them cause the driver has it somewhere lol.

 

[BidingMyTime]

Well their pharmacies are inside their stores so the grocery/merchandising part will still be there. If anything I can see them getting rid of the pharmacy section in the back of the store and converting that space into a mini logistics/drug distribution center. Imagine that DMs get converted into “dispensing” pharmacists that oversee 10 “distribution centers” in person instead of 10 PICs, and at each store instead of a pharmacy there is a health kiosk that is managed by a telepharmacist to handle all the clinical stuff like counseling (also a ratio of 1 telepharmacist per 10 stores). Boom, 90% of retail pharmacist jobs are gone just like that.

I doubt this would be legal in any state. It certainly wouldn't be legal in IL. Granted laws could change, but laws changing isn't likely to happen overnight. At a minimum, these distribution centers would have to follow the same laws that mail-order pharmacies do. The could theoretically cut down on some pharmacist jobs, if the pharmacist was solely doing dispensing and not dealing with random, irate customers every 5 minutes, but there would still have to be a pharmacist. And a distribution center operating as a pharmacy, would still have to have a PIC.