Community/Retail Pharmacy providers as a group are made up primarily of business entities and/or provider groups. In general, the Community/Retail Pharmacy specialty is very male-centric with 61% of providers reporting as male as compared to 38% reporting as female. People living in California, Texas, Florida, New York, and Pennsylvania enjoy living in one of the 5 most popular states/territories where Community/Retail Pharmacy providers practice. In all, there are 78,682 registered Community/Retail Pharmacy providers in the United States with over 6,210 of those located in California alone while around 5,970 chose to practice in Texas.
Community/Retail Pharmacy providers have been assigned the 3336C0003X taxonomy code in the NPI registry, which is a Level III Area of Specialization. Click here for more information about medical specialty types.
Overall, Community/Retail Pharmacy specialists practice in 58 different states/territories.
A pharmacy where pharmacists store, prepare, and dispense medicinal preparations and/or prescriptions for a local patient population in accordance with federal and state law; counsel patients and caregivers (sometimes independent of the dispensing process); administer vaccinations; and provide other professional services associated with pharmaceutical care such as health screenings, consultative services with other health care providers, collaborative practice, disease state management, and education classes.