From the Desk of the CEO

Since Washington became the first state to give pharmacists prescriptive authority under CPAs in 1979, they have become a cornerstone of efforts to expand pharmacists’ roles in direct patient care. 

Sonya Collins

The federal False Claims Act (FCA) allows citizens and the government to share financial penalties that must be paid by a dishonest seller of products to the government.

David B. Brushwood, BSPharm, JD

Pediatric patients are vulnerable to higher rates of adverse drug events for a variety of reasons, including frequent off-label drug usage, individualized dose calculations, and age-related differences in drug disposition and effect.

Institute for Safe Medication Practices, Horsham, PA

From health care informatics to public health leadership, pharmacists around the country are practicing in nontraditional roles. Few pharmacists may have charted these territories, but in the years to come, these roles may become more commonplace.

Loren Bonner

Pharmacy technicians have always been integral members of the pharmacy care team, and now, with health care growing more complex by the day and the national shortage of pharmacists showing no signs of abating, technicians are taking on expanded roles in the care of patients and finding new paths forward in pursuit of their own career goals.

Elizabeth Briand