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
4/3/2014
If it looks like a duck…
Let’s call the Loblaw-Shoppers deal for what it is: a takeover.

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