While experts have been measuring the impacts stemming from US pharmacy deserts, they are also working to establish a path forward to reduce closures and increase access.
Kyle Pudenz, DBA
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Kyle Pudenz is the Senior Vice President of Enterprise Data & Analytics at Cencora. He has an extensive background in analytics and usually works with companies looking to use smarter solutions to achieve their goals.
Articles by Kyle Pudenz, DBA
How the Rise in US Pharmacy Deserts Impacts Patients’ Health
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When independent and retail storefronts close across the country, creating a lack of pharmacy services in the community, pharmacy deserts arise.
Cencora representatives with expertise into pharmacy desert insights joined Drug Topics to discuss issues in pharmacy access and what is being done to address them.
Jennifer Zilka and Kyle Pudenz, DBA, from Cencora joined Drug Topics to discuss the role of independent pharmacies in addressing pharmacy deserts across the US.
Representatives from Cencora’s Good Neighbor Pharmacy Network discussed legislation created to improve declining pharmacy rates and who is accountable for addressing pharmacy deserts.
Jennifer Zilka and Kyle Pudenz, DBA, introduced the issue of pharmacy deserts and discussed what has been driving store closures across the US.
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