WILLIAM BROWN
ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR
- 7/12/2016
Conferences, conferences and conferences
Everyone appears to have a good time at the plethora of professional events associations hold each year. But these conferences appear to ignore the many significant challenges staff pharmacists face today. - 6/12/2016
Should regulated pharmacy techs be better paid?
A recent article making the rounds outlined several reasons pharmacists should support higher pay for technicians. Do I support the author’s position? In theory, probably, but in reality I see a number of obstacles to this happening any time in the near future. - 5/17/2016
IPGs: The casualties of incompetence
It’s a sad story I’ve heard far too often: an international pharmacist is lured here by the promise of a better life only to discover he’s been sold a bill of goods. Now under employed and poorly paid, these professionals deserve our respect and a helping hand. - 4/26/2016
Deprescribing: An oxymoron in today’s practice reality
At a time when profits are increasingly put ahead of patients, good luck getting pharmacies to dispense fewer medicines. - 4/5/2016
Assisted Dying: Life is like television…
There should be few restrictions to changing channels. - 4/4/2016
Why is adherence suddenly a priority?
Whenever Big Pharmacy Retail takes a keen interest in something the cynic in me comes out. Take its renewed focus on compliance, for example. Is it driven by genuine concern for better patient outcomes? I’m not convinced. - 2/25/2016
The continuing scourge of professional services quotas
A survey confirms what we already knew: our working conditions have deteriorated and quotas are one of the main culprits. When will our associations and regulatory bodies wake up and do something? - 2/9/2016
Welcome to the real world
Schools owe it to students to provide them with a clear picture of what pharmacy is actually like in the real world as early into the curriculum as possible. - 12/18/2015
Cracks showing in BPR's boat?
I can see the eventual decline of Big Pharmacy Retail on the horizon. - 11/9/2015
The moment of truth
Give patients evidence-based advice and let the chips fall where they may.
