Pharmacies serving LTC homes play a vital role in healthcare delivery. Investments in automation and operational resources improve efficiency alongside clinical services, a crucial component of LTC pharmacy.
Dr. Eric Cadesky contrasts how people perceive the value of other goods and services, like dentistry or restaurants, with how they undervalue the work of physicians.
For decades, pharmacists have been listed among the most trusted professionals. That trust comes from character. It comes from heart. It comes from having access to all sorts of powerful tools (medications) and making sure they are used to their greatest benefit!
When I realized that patients want and expect their medication experts to guide many of their choices, I began putting effort into developing workflow that would reduce the number of times patients visited or called for interactions that did not require the pharmacist.
When it comes to options for self-care and treatment of common ailments with nonprescription products, there is arguably no one who needs the guidance of a pharmacist more than the older patient.
In the world of professional sports, there are a lot of superstars with very big egos, who really aren’t “nice people” at all. Johnny Gaudreau was the exception.