|Videos|July 17, 2015

The Finish Line for Provider Status

Stephen F. Eckel, PharmD, MHA, Pharmacy Times Health-System Edition editor, defines what he thinks is the finish line of the provider status movement.

Stephen F. Eckel, PharmD, MHA, Pharmacy Times Health-System Edition editor and associate professor at the Eshelman School of Pharmacy at the University of North Carolina, defines what he thinks is the finish line of the provider status movement.

This video was recorded at APhA's Annual Meeting and Exposition in March 2015.

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