If there’s a single event that has affected pharmacists’ scope of practice, it is without a doubt the COVID-19 pandemic. Because of the expansion of pharmacists’ authority to vaccinate during this time, millions of Americans received a vaccine from a pharmacist.
Loren Bonner
Experts worry that COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy is spilling over into other vaccines, which could ultimately cause a public health crisis with vaccine-preventable illnesses if people—especially school-aged children—do not receive appropriate guideline-recommended vaccines.
Clarissa Chan, PharmD
Pharmacists and other health care professionals have anxiously awaited the most recent update to the Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes from the American Diabetes Association (ADA), which is finally here with some important updates, including how health care providers can approach pharmacologic treatment for those with type 2 diabetes.
Pharmacists and pharmacy technicians are humans, and humans make mistakes. Human errors can be reduced though system improvements, but they cannot be completely avoided.
David B. Brushwood, BSPharm, JD
The technology to provide health care remotely via phone or video has existed for years. The only thing missing was demand.
Sonya Collins