Shane P. Desselle, RPh, PhD

Volunteer service strengthens pharmacists’ empathy, confidence, and communication, boosting patient trust, teamwork, and community connection.

Community pharmacists boost asthma control by improving adherence, inhaler technique, and access—cutting exacerbations and emergency department visits.

Respiratory syncytial virus hits older adults hard and is often missed. Learn symptoms, testing, and how new vaccines and pharmacists help prevent severe illness.

ADCs are reshaping metastatic breast cancer and pharmacists' roles in treatment management.

Biosimilars lower biologic costs and widen access.

Evolving myeloma therapies and pharmacist-led care reshape outcomes, tackling resistance, toxicity, and personalized treatment sequencing.

A practical look at redesigning tasks and integrating artificial intelligence to improve efficiency and patient outcomes

Why smarter supply chain management protects patients and pharmacy operations

A transformational leader can make the difference between an efficient, profitable organization and one that is mired in mediocrity.

This expansion of their role goes beyond traditional dispensing duties, positioning pharmacists as an essential bridge between patients and the broader health care system.

The pharmacist integration model filled in gaps in care that appeared to positively affect MIPS and PCMH quality measures.

The expanded role of oncology pharmacists includes the opportunity to work in ambulatory settings, infusion centers, delivery of specialized in pharmacy services, evaluation of investigational new drugs, and manager roles in drug chain supply and in coordination of care.

Pharmacists who are proactive—in other words, taking account of the environment and being able to foresee health systems and patients’ needs ahead of time—are more effective in promoting practice change.

Health information technology is becoming available an accelerated pace, and it will take time to train individuals on how to effectively employ a new technology and convince them of its merit.

The ability of pharmacists in the United States to dispense naloxone in many states could be a considerable help for this public health problem.

Pharmacy organizations have produced advisories to guide workflow and optimize services, yet there still exists a gap in further integration of pharmacists into public health and safety initiatives.

Pharmacists must develop professional behavior and a common professional identity that goes beyond their personal values and self-interests.

Pharmacy managers should offer access and incentivize pharmacy staff to take part in self-development activities that can promote self-efficacy.

This week’s tip stresses that negotiation is a learned skill.

Pharmacists and pharmacy managers would be well served by learning some finer points of negotiation.

Reflection is a key strategy to facilitate self-identity and other aspects of personal development that benefit pharmacy practice.

Having a sense of professional identity is important for longevity in the profession, prevention of burnout, ethical practice, and mentorship of others in the same field.

Pharmacists must demonstrate value to achieve success when implementing new services and especially when establishing an entirely new practice.

Variability in prescrption handoffs might make the difference between a patient who is adherent or not.

Pharmacists must demonstrate value to achieve success when implementing new services and especially when establishing an entirely new practice.

The most effective leaders recognize their strengths and limitations and surround themselves with people who will complement their abilities.

There are a number of ways to examine issues around supporting and developing pharmacy technicians, but perhaps the best way is to frame the issue using an organizational behavior lens.

Awareness of various methods, conceptual approaches, and theories can help generate success for a pharmacy entrepreneur.

In pharmacy management, a ‘one-size-fits-all’ approach might not be the most appropriate for providing performance feedback during formal review sessions.

Pharmacy managers can resort to any great number of tools to help promote self-efficacy, including positive performance feedback, delegation, and empowerment.