First I give 5 stars for the friendly staff
1 star for the store pharmacy itself as it is chronically understaffed
You can not have 1 person working to
*fill prescriptions,
*run the register,
*answer questions,
*answer the phones,
*give vaccinations
*manage the paperwork
*stock and manage pharmacy inventory
A pharmacy this busy, this size needs a staff of at least 3 people
It's always frustrating trying to reach them by phone, but recently we had two critical issues that highlighted how dangerous this issue can become.
1st - critical med, required daily, doctor sent in refill on a Friday morning, we waited for text it was ready to pick up that, that never came. Online it said "in process" for a few days, then the rx vanished like it never existed. We called them multiple times Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday with no answer. Called Dr on Wednesday so she called them via the prescriber phone line and was told they weren't able to get the prescription (this is not a new prescription). The pharmacy should have notified the doctor ASAP that they couldn't get the medicine.
At least the doctor's phone call got answered
Our 37 phone calls went answered
2nd - urgent medicine needed sent in by Dr to pharmacy. It showed online it would be ready by noon, 24 hours later it still says online the prescription is "in process", numerous calls to pharmacy go unanswered. A friend is picking up for us, but I can't send them to the store until I know the rx is ready to pick up and the cost.
The only good thing is their online Medrefill system (which is tediously slow and omits important rx info like rx dates, refills, prices, etc). If not for that I would still be wondering if they even got the newest rx from the doctor.
The rx in the first issue was online as "in process" for days, then vanished. They never called Dr or us to tell us they couldn't get the rx.
On both of these the pharmacy was completely unreachable by phone, and during covid we shouldn't have to make unnecessary in person trips to the store. read more