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Harvest Builds Counseling Roomst Foods' newest pharmacy opening next month will afford pharmacy customers some privacy. The store, now being built in Fort Smith, Ark., will include a counseling room next to the pharmacy, said Gary Reinhardt, Harvest's pharmacy director. The room will have a desk and chairs.The decision to include such a room was influenced in part by OBRA regulations. "There's always

Harvest Builds Counseling Room

st Foods' newest pharmacy opening next month will afford pharmacy customers some privacy. The store, now being built in Fort Smith, Ark., will include a counseling room next to the pharmacy, said Gary Reinhardt, Harvest's pharmacy director. The room will have a desk and chairs.

The decision to include such a room was influenced in part by OBRA regulations. "There's always been a need for some privacy," said Reinhardt. "The regulations are helping it along."

Meijer Offers Coupon Calendar

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. -- In-store pharmacies operated by Meijer here have been giving out a 1994 calendar that contains coupons on a variety of over-the-counter and health and beauty care products. The coupons, said to have a value of "over $37," have staggered expiration dates corresponding to the last date of the following month. A full page of the calendar is devoted to promoting the food chain's 65 pharmacies, listing among the pharmacy's services, "Friendly, professional health care advice," "a comprehensive drug interaction program," and use of Healthtouch, an electronic system that answers questions about prescription and OTC medications.