Newsletter
October 2026
Beyond the Prescriptions
More Ways to Care, More Ways to Grow
New Vendor
Extend the Care you Already Provide with Tenovi
Your pharmacy is doing more than ever to help patients manage their health – from weight management and diabetes care to medication adherence and chronic disease support. But what if the pharmacy could extend those services beyond the pharmacy counter?
IPC is excited to bring on Tenovi as our newest preferred vendor partner to help you expand on the foundations you’ve already built. Tenovi’s connected health platform with over 60 devices is perfectly aligned to support your pharmacy’s focus with scales, blood glucose monitors, blood pressure monitors, pulse oximeters, medication adherence devices & more. Patient readings can be transmitted automatically, without apps, Wi-Fi setup, or patients manually sending information. That means – No more scrap paper, pocket sized notebooks, or data through unsecured emails from your patients!

Build Revenue Around Services You Already Offer
The opportunity isn’t necessarily about creating another program. It’s about adding a connected monitoring component to something your pharmacy is already doing.
- Weight Management: A connected scale can provide ongoing weight data between visits, supporting follow-up, coaching, and patient engagement.
- Diabetes Care: Connected glucose monitoring can give your team visibility between interactions, supporting medication management, education, adherence, and clinical conversations.
- Medication Adherence: Smart medication devices can help identify adherence challenges and create opportunities for pharmacist follow-up, turning an occasional conversation into a more continuous service.
Where’s the Recurring Revenue opportunity?
Connected monitoring can potentially turn a one-time consultation or monthly visit into an ongoing cash-based monitoring service. Pharmacies can explore membership models that combine devices, monitoring, pharmacist support, and continued patient engagement – creating recurring revenue around services they already provide.
Depending on the patient population, workflow, documentation, and applicable requirements, connected monitoring may also support reimbursable services such as Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM).
The IPC Member Advantage
IPC members receive full onboarding and training directly from Tenovi, helping your team understand the platform, devices, and implementation process. Members also receive discounts on one-time device purchases, making it easier to incorporate connected monitoring into existing programs.
The bigger opportunity isn’t just the device—it’s the data. Tenovi helps pharmacies extend care beyond the counter, while giving your team more opportunities to engage patients, identify interventions, and build ongoing clinical value.
Front-End Optimization: Turn Everyday Patient Needs into Retail Revenue
Your pharmacy’s front end has more potential than you may realize, no matter how small your retail space.
With the right product mix, you can meet patient needs, strengthen customer loyalty, and generate additional revenue without adding another clinical service. The key is choosing products your patients want, making them easy to find, and turning routine visits into additional sales.
This month, IPC is highlighting three Vendor Advantage Network partners that can help independent pharmacies make more of their existing retail space: Vim&Vigr compression wear, Mason Vitamins, and Biolyte hydrations products. Explore the patient demographics these products serve and how to easily introduce them.

Make Compression Wear a Specialty Retail Opportunity
Compression wear can help your pharmacy serve patients who need supportive legwear while creating a higher-value retail category. Vim&Vigr combines graduated compression with comfortable fabrics, colors, and styles patients may be more likely to wear consistently. At around a 48% profit margin, they’re the perfect addition to your clinical conversations.
Who could benefit?
- Older adults and patients seeking physician-recommended compression wear.
- Patients who spend long hours standing, including healthcare workers, teachers, and retail employees.
- Travelers looking for comfortable compression wear.
- Patients managing leg discomfort or swelling who have been advised to use compression garments.
Because compression wear carries a higher price point than many front-end items, even modest unit sales can contribute meaningful revenue.




Build a Convenient Wellness Destination
Vitamins and supplements are a natural extension of the pharmacy’s role in supporting everyday health. Mason Vitamins offers an opportunity to build a dedicated vitamin section that makes wellness products easier for patients to find and purchase. For those smaller footprint stores, standalone fixtures with product mixes that are important to your business are a great option. IPC’s Mason program includes a free four-foot vitamin section and BOGO offers on select products for qualifying new customers.
Who could benefit?
- Adults interested in everyday wellness and nutritional support.
- Older adults discussing nutritional needs with their pharmacist.
- Patients seeking pharmacist guidance on appropriate supplements alongside their medications.
- Families looking for convenient access to commonly used vitamins and supplements.
The opportunity is to make the section visible, organized, and easy to shop. Use pharmacist recommendations and thoughtful product placement to help patients navigate the assortment, while reviewing supplement appropriateness and potential medication interactions when needed.
Capture Convenient Hydration Purchases
Hydration products offer an opportunity to turn everyday front-end traffic into incremental purchases. Biolyte provides ready-to-drink electrolyte beverages and portable hydration sticks, giving pharmacies options for both grab-and-go shoppers and customers who prefer products they can carry with them.
Who could benefit?
- Active adults and recreational athletes.
- Outdoor workers and people spending time in hot weather.
- Travelers and busy customers looking for convenient hydration options.
- Adults seeking electrolyte beverages during periods of increased fluid loss, when appropriate for their individual health needs.
Placement near checkout, cold beverages, or other high-traffic areas can encourage trial and impulse purchases. Keep in mind that patients with conditions requiring sodium or fluid restrictions may need guidance from their healthcare professional before choosing electrolyte products.


Are the Right People on Your Team Seeing This Newsletter?
Your pharmacy’s technicians and support staff are often the ones who know where new products, services, and workflow solutions could make the biggest difference. They’re closest to the daily challenges, patient needs, and opportunities to improve efficiency.
Share IPC’s monthly VAN newsletter with your team to put practical solutions in front of the people who can help identify opportunities, drive implementation, and make a real impact on your pharmacy’s success.
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