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Lawrence H. Summers, former US Secretary of the Treasury, explains that he is optimistic regarding pharmacy’s increasing role in fighting future pandemics.

Data have shown there is a rising need for mental health and substance use disorder services, yet there is a shortage of psychiatrists in the country that is estimated to worsen by 2024.

Catherine Oakar, special assistant to the President for Public Health and Disparities in the Domestic Policy Council at The White House, discusses plans to address diet-related diseases in a conference held at The White House in September 2022.

Although the COVID-19 pandemic may have ostensibly required global populations to stand still, this stillness shrouded what was in fact a period of extensive acceleration.

Although innovation in the pharmacy space is continuing nearly 3 years into the COVID-19 pandemic, provider status and reimbursement are both necessary to continue this innovation in the future.

In addition to garnering more public awareness in recent years, expert Michael Zimmerman said supply chain disruptions have “hyper-evolved” during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Although pharmacies have repeatedly proven their value and continue to be essential to providing equitable health care, Jason Ausili, PharmD, said commensurate reimbursement is necessary to move forward.

A panel at the National Association of Chain Drug Stores Total Store Expo discusses the importance of expanding parental leave policies for new parents as well as mentorship for women pursuing leadership positions.

Following the seemingly endless disruptions to the country’s supply chain over the past 2-year period, signs are showing more pain before things get better.

At the National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) 2022 Total Store Expo, Pharmacy Times spoke with Danny Sanchez, senior vice president and general manager of EnlivenHealth.

Pharmacy Times will be covering the National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) Total Store Expo, taking place in Boston from August 27 to 29, 2022.

The Total Store Expo is taking place in Boston from August 27 through 29, 2022.

There is nothing that hurts us more when a pharmacist stands up and is not passionate about the job that we do and the care that we provide.

The first thing is educating these folks, because it's hard for them to understand our challenges if they don’t understand what we do.

Get involved, attend their sessions, attend their conferences, understand what they’re saying, make sure that we’re, again, speaking with that one common voice.

You just need to tell your story and be genuine and be real, and it makes such a difference.

We have to have this one voice that we've been talking about, this one consistent message.

Whether it was the ability to vaccinate, whether it was the ability to test, whether it's now the ability to prescribe Paxlovid for patients, those are big progress moves for the profession of pharmacy.

When we talk about access, that is a pharmacist.

Health Mart University also offers "basic technician training programs," to allow pharmacies to bring those new technicians on board, help them meet the PTCB examination standards, and really get that new technician ready to go.

Once the revisions to <797> become approved, there will be a minimum grace period of 6 months for pharmacies to comply.

Kevin Straughn, PharmD, clinical pharmacist at Duke Regional Hospital, said once the 2 compounding chapters, <797> and <795> become enforceable, there will be a 6-month grace period before USP <800> becomes enforceable.

Health Mart was able to deliver the targeted education they needed in a virtual manner to allow them to start in the uniting and to keep their immunization credentials.

We need to be able to build on that momentum, and at the same time, we need sustainable reimbursement models.

Health Mart University started as a platform to be franchise standards.

The most common way to detect bacteria and determine the right medication to use is with the gram stain test, which will show whether the bacteria is gram-positive or gram-negative

There's a lot of complexity in the agreements, so pharmacies like Health Mart Atlas provide reporting and resources.

Pharmacies need to kind of move beyond those models that are more punitive and look for true pharmacy-based measures and the ability to pay for performance and outcomes for patients.

Seeking personal fulfillment over money can help when assessing one’s value as a pharmacy technician.

It's really been a challenge for Health Mart pharmacies with the labor market the way that it is.