The pharmacy profession is changing, and there is a growing need for the contemporary pharmacist workforce to provide more clinical services aimed at achieving medication optimization. This workforce is diverse and includes generalist practitioners, focused practitioners, advanced generalist practitioners, and
Jerry McKee, PharmD, MS, BCPP Clinical Pharmacy Specialist-Psychiatry BalladHealth-Woodbridge Psychiatric Hospital Many healthcare providers lack comfort and confidence in working with persons with mental illness, owing largely to a relative lack of specific training in the needs of this
Brian Lawson, PharmD Senior Director, Professional Affairs and International Engagement Board of Pharmacy Specialties The vision statement serves as the North Star for the Board of Pharmacy Specialties while we map out plans to create more
Patient Safety and Quality Addressed Through Certification Jointly Written by BPS and PTCB The issues related to safety and quality in providing patients with Compounded Sterile Preparations has been well documented. “According to the U.S. Pharmacopeia (USP), millions of medications
Thomas R. Clark, RPh, MHS, BCGP Senior Director of Special Projects Board of Pharmacy Specialties A credential from the Board of Pharmacy Specialties is known to demonstrate that the pharmacist has knowledge and expertise in a particular branch of