The Front Porch: Recent Episodes
Lauren Carpenter, Perry Lewis
The Front Porch: Where Pharmacy and Healthcare Access Meet is a healthcare podcast with a pharmacy industry focus. Through conversations with experts from across the American healthcare landscape, we learn not only about the obstacles facing patients, pharmacists, and providers, but also about innovative solutions to the problems of high drug and healthcare costs, pharmacy deserts, access to care, and much more.
Has your pharmacy ever run out of your prescription medication? How and why does that happen? In this episode of The Front Porch, Perry Lewis talks about pharmacy inventory management with the newest member of ScriptDrop's Advisory Council, George Lazenby, CEO and co-founder of OrderInsite. George explains how OrderInsite's pharmacy inventory software helps pharmacists control the stock on their shelves and ensure patients get the medications they need.
A transcript is available! Find it on the ScriptDrop blog.
Please note: this episode is part 2 of 2. In this episode of The Front Porch, Perry Lewis talks with his friend and colleague Lee Ann Stember, President and CEO of NCPDP, the only pharmacy standards development organization in the nation. Lee Ann tells us more about NCPDP, the impact of the Real-Time Benefit standard, and why tech innovators should take an interest in standards development.
A transcript is available! Find it on the ScriptDrop blog.
Please note: this episode is part 1 of 2. In this episode of The Front Porch, Perry Lewis talks with his friend and colleague Lee Ann Stember, President and CEO of NCPDP, the only pharmacy standards development organization in the nation. Lee Ann tells us a bit about her background and provides insight into NCPDP, its mission, its membership, and some of their current strategic objectives.
A transcript is available! Find it on the ScriptDrop blog.
Even if you work in healthcare, wrapping your mind around the impact of healthcare legislation on day-to-day care can be incredibly difficult. In this episode of the Front Porch, government affairs expert Sloane Salzburg talks with former NCPDP Chairperson Perry Lewis about the complex landscape of healthcare legislation.
A transcript is available! Find it here on the ScriptDrop website.
*Note: this episode was recorded on October 28 and aired on November 8, 2021 on YouTube. Due to the changeable nature of legislation, details of specific bills will be out of date.
Welcome to the first episode of The Front Porch podcast series! Do you know what a pharmacy desert is? Have you ever thought about how people who live in rural areas get their medications? Learn all about it in this conversation between former NCPDP Chairperson Perry Lewis and retired Rear Admiral Pam Schweitzer about the healthcare access challenges that rural patients face and how companies like ScriptDrop can help.
A transcript is available! Find it here on the ScriptDrop website.
*This episode originally aired on YouTube on August 27, 2021.