Viewpoints

Companies like ShiftRx are using technology to help solve the staffing shortage crisis in health care.

Current rules governing lawsuits must be revisited to strike a balance between legitimate and frivolous legal actions against health care providers.

Learn how one pharmacy chain adopted a cash pricing solution that offered new opportunities for profitability while still offering competitive pricing to customers.

Our congressional representatives have plenty of interaction with PBM lobbyists. It’s time they hear from patients as well.

The world’s information is at our fingertips, but understanding that information and applying it to patient care still requires a rigorous education.

In Germany, data live in the cloud, patients can fill prescriptions at any pharmacy, and the wholesale price of semaglutide (Ozempic) is a fraction of the cost.

The action taken by CVS staffers seems to be the only way to get the attention of corporate officials.

Farmers and welders have adapted to work with the current times. Pharmacists should consider adapting their profession as well.

Physician assistants have pulled well ahead of pharmacists in a recent listing of top jobs in the health care profession.

How much longer can independent pharmacists survive with the current method of reimbursement?

Through her work at the Centre Volunteers in Medicine, my wife—now retired—has made an impact on more people than I ever will.

PBMs, retail chains, and pharmacy schools have all contributed to the current state of the profession. It's time they worked on fixing it.

Issues within chain pharmacies have made the profession less attractive for new graduates.

Despite a massive COVID-19 vaccination campaign, many still fear a return to normal.

Rates of xylazine use have skyrocketed in since 2010, leading to an increase in overdoses and death.

The role of the pharmacy technician has evolved over the past 45 years—but pay hasn’t caught up

A local West Virginia mechanic exemplifies the kind of problem-solving that pharmacy executives from major chains should apply to their stores.

Government money to pay for COVID-19 vaccines has run out, but pharmacists are still obligated to provide these services without compensation.

While volunteering at a COVID-19 vaccine clinic, our columnist learned about the benefit of lightening up.

CMS and state officials are using payment incentives, data collection and program requirements to start edging the lofty ideals of health equity toward reality.

Telehealth, efforts to address social determinants of health and a focus on health disparities are likely to be among the top priorities in population health this year.

As pharmacists administer more immunizations than ever, managers must provide a larger tray (pharmacy technicians) or smaller plates (fewer responsibilities) to balance things out.

Learn how the challenges and opportunities of the last year have impacted independent pharmacy professionals around the world.

As we head into 2022, the pharmaceutical industry still faces uncertainty stemming from supply chain challenges.

Overwhelmed pharmacists are no longer scared of speaking up to managers.

Each autumn, Drug Topics® surveys its readers from across the country to take the pulse of the pharmacy profession before heading into the new year. This year, 1123 respondents were more eager than perhaps ever before to share their feelings on important workplace issues.

This occasional “reward” hardly makes up for the belligerent customers, insurance issues, and—yes—stressed-out pharmacists.

Small towns have faced everything and overcome all manner of struggles—until the opioid epidemic came to town.

A session at the virtual 2021 American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference & Exhibition offers insight into the common causes of medication nonadherence and how to improve adherence.