Key to Health-System Pharmacy? Be Flexible and Adaptable

In his years at Hackensack Meridian, Robert Schenk has relied on Rx30 pharmacy software from Transaction Data Systems (TDS) to implement cutting-edge pharmacy programs. Robert Schenk was an independent pharmacy owner since 1986 when pharmacy technology was in its infancy. From the start he looked to the newest software updates to improve his operations. After 18 years as an independent owner, he moved into consulting pharmacy. In 2006, Hackensack Meridian Health’s Ocean Medical Center founded the Pharmacology Institute to provide medication therapy management to the community.

He went from consulting in nursing homes to doing the same work for the general public. With his retail background he was promoted in 2009 to manage the retail pharmacy arm of the hospital system. After adding a second pharmacy in less than eight years, the growth took off as the hospital switched from using its inpatient pharmacies to outpatient to better service its employees and take advantage of lower drug co…