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

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
12/29/2013
The difference between stakeholder and member is critical
Simply having a stake in pharmacy should not entitle an entity to membership in an organization that is supposed to represent pharmacists.

WILLIAM BROWN
12/23/2013
The Globe and Mail unfairly targets pharmacists
However, there is a strand of truth to their story on fraud in pharmacy in that it highlights what happens when pharmacists lack control over their profession.

WILLIAM BROWN
12/17/2013
Important questions remain unanswered
While provincial associations are right to press for increased payments for pharmacy services, they need to address a few key issues first.

WILLIAM BROWN
12/11/2013
The present is the point of power
In response to those who took the time to weigh in on my last blog, I'd like to offer some comments, and prompts for action.

WILLIAM BROWN
12/4/2013
What’s a pharmacist? What’s a pharmacy?
The growing disconnect between the profession and our employers is creating serious challenges. Here's my solution.

WILLIAM BROWN
11/27/2013
The Flu Shot: Redux
To clarify the main point of my last blog: While having pharmacists deliver flu shots is probably a good idea, I'm strongly against making it a condition of employment.

WILLIAM BROWN
11/20/2013
The Flu Shot: Great intentions, not so great execution
The aggressive roll out of pharmacist immunizations once again shows the inherent conflict between mass retailing and pharmacy as a profession.

WILLIAM BROWN