Pharmacy Technician

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.

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

Improved workflow and optimal patient outcomes occur when technicians serve as vital members of the health care team, across the continuum of care.

Seventeen percent work in hospital settings, including compounding, inpatient, medication reconciliation, and outpatient areas.

In a panel, pharmacy technicians across the world discuss the qualifications and training pharmacy technicians need to have in the United States, Portugal, and the United Kingdom.

As part of American Pharmacist Month, Pharmacy Times is asking experts what they believe the value of the pharmacist is.