Interviews

Jillian Dann, pharmacy student at the University of Colorado Skaggs School of Pharmacy, talks about the pressure of studying for the sake of patients' wellbeing.

Jillian Dann, pharmacy student at the University of Colorado Skaggs School of Pharmacy, talks about the pressure of studying for the sake of patients' wellbeing.

Michael Cohen, RPh, MS, ScD, DPS, FASHP, President of the Institute for Safe Medicine Practices (ISMP), outlines the biggest medication safety issues reported to ISMP last year.

Marc O'Connor, Chief Operating Officer of Curant Health, discusses how to evaluate the short term cost of treatment with new hepatitis C drugs versus the long term cost of care.

Michael Cohen, RPh, MS, ScD, DPS, FASHP, President of the Institute of Safe Medicine (ISMP) talks about some of the "hot topics" in pharmacy with respect to dosing error.

Mollie Scott, PharmD, discusses the ways in which health-system pharmacists can work to improve patient outcomes.

Shaun Ellen Gleason, PharmD, MGS, assistant professor at the University of Colorado Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, talks about what characteristics good pharmacists need.

Mollie Scott, PharmD, describes how newer anticoagulants have changed the pharmacist's role in providing transitions of care services.

Michael Cohen, RPh, MS, ScD, DPS, FASHP, President of the Institute for Safe Medicine Practices (ISMP), discusses the guidelines in place to avoid having drug products with similar names. He also discusses instances in which product names have been the source for error.

Michael Cohen, RPh, MS, ScD, DPS, FASHP, President of the Institute for Safe Medicine Practices (ISMP), discusses the recent strategies to reduce medication errors that have proven to be most successful.

Mollie Scott, PharmD, discusses how health-system pharmacists, who have traditionally held a dispensing role, can prepare themselves to be closely aligned with more clinical outcomes.

Michael Cohen, RPh, MS, ScD, DPS, FASHP, President of the Institute for Safe Medicine Practices (ISMP), discusses occasions in which reporting medication errors may have negative consequences.

Michael Cohen, RPh, MS, ScD, DPS, FASHP, President of the Institute of Safe Medicine (ISMP) outlines the role pharmacists can play in reducing medication errors that occur at discharge or during other transitions of care.

Mollie Scott, PharmD, discusses how ambulatory care pharmacy services can help improve medication adherence.

Michael Cohen, RPh, MS, ScD, DPS, FASHP, President of the Institute of Safe Medicine (ISMP) discusses current medication error trends that pharmacists should be keeping an eye out for.

Adam Smith, pharmacy student at Purdue University College of Pharmacy, talks about how he became interested in pharmacy.

Michael Cohen, RPh, MS, ScD, DPS, FASHP, President of the Institute of Safe Medicine (ISMP) discusses how computerized order entry systems may be a source of medication error.

Mollie Scott, PharmD, discusses the role pharmacists can play in meeting new quality measures under a value-based care model.

Mollie Scott, PharmD, details the ways in which pharmacists can contribute to patient care in an ambulatory setting despite not having provider status.

Ethan Wahl, pharmacy student at Purdue University College of Pharmacy, talks about what he thinks is the most important issue facing pharmacy.

Mollie Scott, PharmD, describes the role of a pharmacists in providing anticoagulation resources in a transitions of care setting.

Mollie Scott, PharmD, discusses how pharmacists can help correct the problem of overscreening in patients who don't need it and reaching patient populations currently under screened for a variety of health issues.

Heather Bonome, PharmD, director of Pharmacy Segment at URAC, discusses how accreditation programs can enhance health care overall.

Peter J. Rice, PharmD, PhD, BCPS, discusses what drew him to teach pharmacy students.

Chris Topoleski, director of federal regulatory affairs for ASHP discusses how the federal compounding law will affect health-system pharmacists.

Tom Frank, PharmD, BCPS, Director of Research and Education at Area Health Education Center, discusses actions that health-system pharmacists can take to better support patient medication adherence.

Chris Topoleski, director of federal regulatory affairs for ASHP discusses how changes to the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act help address shortages of critical drugs.

Tom Frank, PharmD, BCPS, Director of Research and Education at Area Health Education Center, discusses products currently in the short-term development pipeline that will likely be important for health-system pharmacists.