Pharmacists can reduce COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy through honest, nonjudgmental communication and by using every patient touchpoint as an opportunity to offer vaccination.
|Articles|June 14, 2021
Pharmacy Times: Week of June 14 Lineup
This week on Pharmacy Times, there are a number of important topics that will be covered and posted throughout the week.
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This week on Pharmacy Times, there are a number of important topics that will be covered and posted throughout the week, including:
- A video interview with Susan Lang, MA, MBA, CEO of XIL Health and former senior executive at Express Scripts, on how pharmacies across the country that have already been hard hit by the pandemic may be impacted by an annual revaccination against COVID-19 variants if Pfizer is projected to increase its COVID-19 vaccine prices.
- An article that discusses the importance of managing hypertension to minimize complications of cardiovascular disease, stroke, and renal failure. When this disease is appropriately managed, patients can significantly improve their life expectancy, as well as limit medical costs from disease progression.
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