WILLIAM BROWN

WILLIAM BROWN

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Bill Brown is a seasoned senior healthcare executive. His background includes providing consulting services to pharmacy benefits management, as well as CEO positions in life insurance and pharmacy wholesale distribution. Further back, he successfully launched his own company serving the medical rehabilitation section, which followed a period as a management executive in retail/chain pharmacy.

ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR

4/24/2014
Pharmacy Economics 101
Someone's still making money in retail pharmacy. Here's how they're cashing in.

WILLIAM BROWN
4/16/2014
Well, I'm not buying it
Sobeys wants us to believe its fighting Alberta's ban on inducements in the interest of better patient care.

WILLIAM BROWN
4/10/2014
The McDonaldization of pharmacy
Our increasingly concentrated market reminds me of the rise of Fast Food Nation.

WILLIAM BROWN
3/13/2014
Conflicting interests
Should chains have a spot on the board of a pharmacists association?

WILLIAM BROWN
3/9/2014
How valuable is your brand?
It is the most important professional asset you will ever own. Protect and cultivate it.

WILLIAM BROWN
3/3/2014
Why do our jackets need bigger pockets?
The answer will make you weep for our profession.

WILLIAM BROWN
2/24/2014
Clearing a hurdle to direct billing
We must prove to government that pharmacist provider numbers make financial sense.

WILLIAM BROWN
2/17/2014
Where do we go from here?
It’s time to disrupt the status quo with solutions.

WILLIAM BROWN
2/3/2014
Leading the race for the bottom
Few have degraded the profession of pharmacy more in recent years than relief agencies.

WILLIAM BROWN
1/28/2014
The OPA Open House: A glimmer of hope
While pharmacy is in a state of crisis, together we can make change happen.

WILLIAM BROWN
1/16/2014
OPA Chair’s response encouraging but inadequate
Nevertheless, it is important that all concerned pharmacists try to attend the association’s late-January meeting. Let's show them we're more than a handful of radicals with minor grievances.

WILLIAM BROWN
1/15/2014
What’s the R.O.I. of becoming a Regulated Pharmacy Technician? Not much
Someone’s benefiting from tech regulation. Unfortunately, it’s not the ones who’ve shelled out thousands of dollars for training and spent countless hours working towards the designation.

WILLIAM BROWN