|Videos|July 14, 2015

Challenges for Health-System Pharmacists

Stephen F. Eckel, PharmD, MHA, Pharmacy Times Health-System Edition editor, talks about the challenges that health-system pharmacists are currently facing.

Stephen F. Eckel, PharmD, MHA, Pharmacy Times Health-System Edition editor and associate professor at the Eshelman School of Pharmacy at UNC talks about the challenges that health-system pharmacists are currently facing.

This video was recorded at APhA's Annual Meeting and Exposition in March 2015.

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Challenges for Health-System Pharmacists

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