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Pharmacists Have Shifted into the Bridge Between the Patient and the Provider, Offering Personalized Care

Pharmacy Times

Grace Yun, PharmD, and pharmacy manager at St. Francis Hospital, discussed the value of the pharmacist and how she sees the future of pharmacy evolving.

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Navigating Life’s Challenges: A Pharmacist’s Transformative Journey of Dedication and Compassion

Pharmacy Is Right For Me

Jorie Kreitman, a dedicated pharmacy manager at Walgreens. Early Inspiration Dr. Kreitman’s passion for pharmacy ignited at the tender age of 7 when she was diagnosed with Supraventricular Tachycardia (SVT), a condition characterized by irregularly fast or erratic heartbeats.

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So You Want To Build A 340B Specialty Pharmacy. How Hard Can It Be?

Proxsys Rx

Fair Warning: If you ever dismissively ask that question of someone whos led the planning and launch of a 340B hospitals specialty pharmacy, and did it with no outside support, theres a good chance youll get punched. WHY is it so hard to build a 340B specialty pharmacy? Yes, its that difficult.

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Expanding Pneumococcal Vaccinations to Healthy Adults Aged 50 to 64 Years Offers Significant Health, Economic Benefits

Pharmacy Times

Furthermore, an investigation conducted by Norwalk et al found significant differences between Black and non-Black populations in pneumococcal mortality and length of hospital stay. Racial disparities in adult pneumococcal vaccination indications and pneumococcal hospitalizations in the US. MMWR Morb Wkly Rep. 2025;74:1-8.

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How My Meetings Became More Effective – Due To Other People’s Poor Practices

The Happy PharmD

I participated in many meetings as a hospital pharmacy manager. Every month, my pharmacy department held a staff meeting. At these meetings, both my pharmacists and pharmacy technicians expressed what was right and wrong about the department and the hospital. Their doctors had privileges at the hospitals.

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Encountering Unique Mantras That Enhance Style While Leading To A Successful Career

The Happy PharmD

My pharmacy was embarking on a new service. The hospital was going to become more accurate in their patient drug charges. The way our hospital charged for medication was simple. Each day my pharmacy sent a 24-hour supply of medication to each patient. My pharmacy properly credited the patient for missed medications.

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The Issues With Evaluations— A Necessary Evil That Needs To Be Dealt With

The Happy PharmD

Two reasons: 1) Management thought that employees liked or needed feedback about how well they were performing their job, and 2) evaluations were usually tied to some kind of merit increase. I wrote and gave the greatest number of evaluations when I was a pharmacy manager in my second hospital. strive for five).