Pharmacy Heroes

Pharmacy Times will be celebrating pharmacists throughout the month of October to recognize their contributions to the health care field, especially in the ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.

Pharmacy Times® interviewed Anne Marie Kondic, PharmD, the executive director of the Community Pharmacy Foundation, on the grant opportunities on the horizon that support the practice of pharmacy in the community setting.

Pharmacy Times® interviewed Anne Marie Kondic, PharmD, the executive director of the Community Pharmacy Foundation (CPF), on the work CPF has been engaged in to promote the value of the practice of the community pharmacy.

Pharmacy Times® interviewed Clayton Edwards, RPh, MBA, chief operating officer of AllianceRx Walgreens Prime, on the importance of disaster preparation in pharmacies during hurricane season in the midst of a pandemic.

A New Jersey community stepped up to help a pharmacist whose bike was stolen from the front of his pharmacy.

Pharmacy Times® interviewed Clayton Edwards, the Chief Operating Officer of AllianceRx Walgreen Prime, on the value of a specialty pharmacist in the management of patient care.

National Association of Chain Drug Stores joins with 20 other groups in asking Congress to take action that includes designating pharmacists as providers under Medicare.

Study finds that health care systems need to develop additional strategies to protect workers from COVID-19.

As legislators debate the next stimulus package, pharmacists are expressing dismay that the current language does not include designating pharmacists as providers under Medicare Part B for COVID-19 testing and immunization.

Congress is in the middle of discussing this issue, Hogue said, meaning pharmacists need to advocate for provider status immediately.

Along with the duty to care for patients with COVID-19 is the psychological burden that develops in frontline care professionals, such as pharmacists.

The goal of the current format for retail pharmacy services is to continue providing people with the medications they need to maintain their health and longevity during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.

Caroline Bernal-Silva, a patient spokesperson for National Blood Clot Alliance, discusses the value of her pharmacist in her life, and how she still uses a pharmacist that she grew up with.

It is likely that in the coronavirus disease 2019 era and its aftermath, we may see worsening adherence to therapy due to known factors that affect adherence and others that are unique to what is happening currently.

Pharmacy Times® interviewed Tim Safley, MBA, the Program Director of Accreditation Commission for Health Care, on the value of a pharmacist in the LTC health care space.

Samir Balile, PharmD, the Clinical Pharmacy Program Manager of Giant Food, discusses the value of a pharmacist in their communities due to their accessibility when people need them most.

Pharmacists, being the most accessible health care professionals, have an important role to play in the management of this pandemic.

Pharmacy Times interviewed Cory Kidd, PhD, CEO and Founder of Catalia Health, on the value of a pharmacist today.

Rich Tremonte, the executive vice president and president of Community & Specialty Pharmacy at AmerisourceBergen, discusses the critical role community pharmacies are playing in helping to expand testing and reduce infections amid re-openings in the country.

Today, we’re celebrating Larisa Janoczkin, PharmD, a pharmacist with CVS is Howell, New Jersey.

Student pharmacists across the country have had to adjust their expectations of what P4 year will look like.

Today, we’re celebrating Morgan Adams, PharmD, a pharmacist with CVS in Connecticut.

Today, we’re celebrating Manzil Panchal, BS Pharm, owner and pharmacy manager at East Norriton Pharmacy in Pennsylvania.

Today, we’re celebrating Farzana Qavi, RPh, who works at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.

Today we’re celebrating Jude Peron, RPh, pharmacy manager at a CVS Pharmacy in Andover, Massachusetts.