Curtis E Haas, PharmD, FCCP, Pharmacy Times Health-System Edition Editor In Chief

Broad and successful implementation of technologies in complex health systems presents challenges, but is essential.

Although in 2018 we had a reprieve from the usual annual drug price increases, it was short-lived, with most manufacturers announcing a new round of price increases to start 2019 that exceed the overall inflation rate for goods in the United States.

We face many challenges in this very dynamic practice environment, with the prospects of declining revenue, increasing costs, major changes in reimbursement models, and ever-increasing demands on departments of pharmacy to positively affect drug-related outcomes and quality of care.