Pharmacy Heroes

Pharmacy Times will be celebrating pharmacists throughout the month of October to recognize their contributions to the health care field.

In a national survey, pharmacists reported on the extent to which various services were provided.

Pharmacists now play an integral role as medication experts of the health care team, ensuring optimal medication use and improving patient health outcomes.

Vast opportunities are opening every day for pharmacists, especially with the upcoming complex biological products that need a lot of therapeutic drug monitoring and fine adjustment of doses.

The efforts of pharmacists to keep their doors open during the pandemic, build COVID-19 testing sites, and prepare for and administer COVID-19 vaccinations took extraordinary investment and determination.

Bipartisan legislation has been introduced in the US Senate that would give millions of Medicare patients in medically underserved communities access to critical primary health care services delivered by pharmacists across the country.

Historic COVID-19 vaccination efforts have illustrated the value of pharmacists, reinforcing many pharmacy students' desire to be a part of the profession.

However, as of 2021, the biggest concern for students at MCW is getting into a residency program in general.

A community pharmacist reflects on spending time in quarantine after a positive COVID-19 test in the family.

The perception of creativity has been limited merely to art and innovation, neglecting one of the main sectors that strives for this: education.

Pharmacists must juggle the delicate balance of integrating clinical services into traditional dispensing environments, while being forced into performance metrics set forth by corporate entities.

The event focused on the care, compassion, and connections the are important to pharmacists, and how the profession can tackle challenges such as payment reform and public awareness.

Pharmacy Times® interviewed Amanda Epp, MBA, the CEO of ScriptDrop, on how granting provider status to pharmacists can allow them to better support the health care system in the fight against COVID-19.

Pharmacy Times® interviewed Maryland Secretary of Commerce Kelly M. Schulz on how growth in the health care and biotech industry can support economic revitalization during and following the COVID-19 pandemic among community and retail pharmacies.

Today, we’re celebrating the pharmacy team at Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Desert Canyon in Las Vegas, Nevada.