Pharmacy Technician

National Association of Chain Drug Stores CEO and president, and 2 other experts discuss the importance of advocacy on the statewide policy level.

Enhanced care involves a pharmacy technician serving as a patient navigator who screens for health-related social needs quarterly and helps to connect patients with community resources.

Can the profession afford not to retain expanded job roles for technicians in a post-pandemic era?

Across all vaccines for adults, regardless of income, location, or sex, most of the administration took place in a pharmacy, report shows.

To help advance patient care and address health equities for underserved communities, McKesson is investing in certified pharmacy technicians who are passionate about making a difference.

Pharmacists report a myriad of reasons for joining the profession, including the connections they can build with patients.

From newsworthy moments to groundbreaking research, these were the most-read articles on Pharmacy Times in 2022.

Technicians can also greatly assist managers with design considerations and with monitoring the success in appointment-based model med sync programs.

Pharmacists and student pharmacists became the center of responding to the Monkeypox outbreak by providing immunizations to their communities.

Tom Greenlee, retail pharmacy manager at the University of Missouri Health Care, and Kayla Hodges, 340B Analyst in Pharmacy Business at the University of Missouri Health Care, discuss how a successful career ladder can help retain pharmacy technicians.

Increasing workplace diversity, addressing health disparities, and overcoming disruptions from COVID-19 are considered top goals among pharmacy stakeholders.

Walgreens plans to focus on improving pharmacy staffing and retaining and rewarding current staff.

A compliance officer role represents an exciting new challenge to ensure safe handling in compliance with United States Pharmacopeia.

Currently, no national pharmacy organization has defined wellness in the pharmacy profession, which is needed so that others have a sense of guidance around wellness within the profession.

Burnout, drug and technician shortages, home care, remote work, and telehealth continue to trend

The pharmacy industry operates through people with different talents filling all types of responsibilities.

Pharmacists are the premier medication experts within health care, who understand more about medication interactions than most physicians and have the unique ability to prevent complications, improve adherence, and save lives.

It is time to compensate pharmacy technicians in accordance with their value.

Technicians are vital members of pharmacy teams and stepped up even more during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Last year in particular, pharmacists played a greater role in patient care with an increased workload as they connected patients, providers, and payers.

Purpose-built assisted reality solutions help streamline processes and maintain regulatory compliance from the laboratory to the factory floor.

Providers working in collaboration with pharmacists saw significantly more patients than providers who worked independently.

In a panel, pharmacy technicians discuss the future of pharmacy technicians in United States, Portugal, and the United Kingdom.

Modifications related to final product verifications, immunizations, and remote work loom on the horizon for 2023.

In a panel, pharmacy technicians across the world discuss the role of automation in United States, Portugal, and the United Kingdom.

In a panel, pharmacy technicians across the world discuss what immunizations and point-of-care testing looks like in United States, Portugal, and the United Kingdom.

In a panel, pharmacy technicians across the world discuss the different continuing educations requirements in United States, Portugal, and the United Kingdom.

In a panel, pharmacy technicians across the world discuss how the role for pharmacy technicians will continue to grow post-pandemic in United States, Portugal, and the United Kingdom.

A more comprehensive body of regulations is required to achieve consistency and safety for patients.

Many pharmacy professionals feel discouraged, underutilized, and undervalued, but the support staff often saves the day.