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|Videos|October 15, 2014
Provider Status Would Open Opportunities for Pharmacists
Stephen Eckel, PharmD, MHA, BCPS, FASHP, discusses how provider status would influence pharmacists' daily practice.
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Stephen Eckel, PharmD, MHA, BCPS, FASHP, discusses how provider status would influence pharmacists’ daily practice.
“It really, for me, allows pharmacists to do what they’re best trained to do,” he says. “It really opens up a lot of opportunities for pharmacists to utilize the education that they worked so hard to get.”
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