ASHP’s Outlook for the Pharmacy Profession in 2025
Joseph DiPiro, PharmD, FCCP, FAAAS, broke down the importance of the ASHP Pharmacy Forecast and the process in which its content is curated.
For pharmacists in both academic and practice settings, it’s important to stay ahead of the curve and keep up with the dynamic landscape of their profession. While it can be hard for them to juggle continued pharmacy education and day-to-day tasks behind the counter, the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) bridges that gap with its annual Pharmacy Forecast report.
The ASHP Pharmacy Forecast is “written to identify and contextualize emerging trends that will influence health care, health systems, and the pharmacy profession.” This year’s report delved into several key areas impacting the pharmacy profession, including generative artificial intelligence (AI), addressing health care workforce shortages, and so much more.
“We begin with a group of advisory committee members…who are experts in various aspects of the pharmacy field and enterprise,” said Joseph DiPiro, PharmD, FCCP, FAAAS. “They help us decide what domains to pursue. Then, a survey is constructed that goes out to 300 leaders in pharmacy around the country. The other parts of this survey [are] given to chapter authors who put together an analysis and interpretation from the survey results and put their spin on it as well. The final part of it is each of the chapters [have] recommendations that are meant for pharmacy leaders.”
Joseph DiPiro is a Professor in the Department of Pharmacotherapy and Outcomes Science at the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Pharmacy and he was one of the leading co-editors of the 2025 Pharmacy Forecast. He recently sat down with Drug Topics to discuss overarching themes in this year’s report and why it’s such a useful resource for pharmacists looking to succeed in a challenging profession.
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