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  • Addressing the global surge in measles cases: An overview for pharmacists

    The consequences of measles infection extend beyond momentary health threats, encompassing severe illness, fatalities, even long-term neurological disorders.
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  • Pharmacy U presenter Ajit Johal: Travel medicine from theory to practice

    Travel medicine has become a valuable niche clinical service, which is excellent for patients and professionally satisfying for the pharmacists who deliver it. As you continue to expand the clinical services you offer, travel medicine is an excellent skill for your pharmacy repertoire!
    Ajit Johal

  • Get the negative to make positive change in your pharmacy

    I have had many negative results as a pharmacist, as a manager, and as a leader. But I learned over time (and you will, too) that those negative results showed me how to improve, as long as I 'got the negative.'
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  • 5 strategies to deal with pharmacy sick calls elegantly

    People get sick, it happens. But when we see obvious patterns like repeated incidents of staff calling in sick before a weekend or the same employee being sick on a weekly basis, there is some work do to.
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  • The hope of healthcare—none of us versus all of us

    The different perspectives we have acquired through our pharmacy careers bring value to the overall care that can be provided. But we must be willing to share the wisdom we have acquired, and more so, we must be willing to listen to the wisdom being shared so that it can produce the best value.
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  • 5 strategies to help pharmacists negotiate more effectively

    We are not lawyers. We are not real estate agents. However, that does not mean we are devoid of negotiating skills. Whether we are explaining a co-pay to a patient, signing an agreement with an employer, buying a pharmacy or making a staff schedule, there are parts of the pharmacist’s day where we just have to pull up our pants and negotiate.
    Jason Chenard

  • The hope of healthcare—the recap

    For some time now, I have been wrestling with this topic of the hope of healthcare. Deep down we all recognize not just the opportunity, but the need for healthcare to improve. How will this happen? Truth be told, there are many pieces that will contribute to the solution. What roles will pharmacists play in this solution? What roles can pharmacists play in this solution?
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  • Pharmacists embrace point-of-care testing

    As pharmacists we have proven repeatedly, especially during the pandemic, that we do not walk away from a challenge, especially when it has the potential to vastly improve patient care.
    Mohammed E
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