|Videos|December 16, 2013

The Affordable Care Act and Health-System Pharmacists

Stephen F. Eckel, PharmD, MHA, discusses how the ongoing implementation of the Affordable Care Act will affect health systems generally and health-system pharmacists in particular.

In this video, Pharmacy Times Health-System Edition Editor Stephen F. Eckel, PharmD, MHA, discusses how the ongoing implementation of the Affordable Care Act will affect health systems generally and health-system pharmacists in particular.

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