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While experts have been measuring the impacts stemming from US pharmacy deserts, they are also working to establish a path forward to reduce closures and increase access.

Sustainable reimbursement and policy support are essential for community pharmacies to expand services, integrate care, and improve patient and population health outcomes.

Gaining insight from Walgreens’ senior director of immunizations, Samantha Picking, PharmD, discusses her company’s innovative approaches to boosting vaccination rates.

Community pharmacies can play a key role in addressing health-related social needs, but success requires overcoming different challenges.

Cross-training pharmacy staff as CHWs enables pharmacies to address patients’ social needs effectively and sustainably, improving engagement and health outcomes.

Integrating HRSN screening and referral services allows community pharmacies to address social and clinical needs and strengthen public health.

Leveraging staff support, multimodal education, and policy change can make CGM counseling more sustainable in community pharmacies.

Proactive planning, patient engagement, and strong community partnerships can help pharmacies manage vaccine demand and protect high-risk populations during respiratory illness season.

Ashley Kay Pendrick, PharmD, owner of Prosper Rx Consulting, provided insights on how pharmacists can expand their scope within the confines of current practice regulations.

Pharmacists are key to CGM education, but time, training, and reimbursement remain major barriers.

Through her work with Prosper Rx Consulting, Ashley Kay Pendrick, PharmD, discusses the expansion of pharmacists’ roles beyond medication dispensing.

Hashim Zaibak, PharmD, CEO of Hayat Pharmacy, discusses the ongoing narratives surrounding vaccine hesitancy as well as his thoughts on the best ways of addressing the phenomenon.

When independent and retail storefronts close across the country, creating a lack of pharmacy services in the community, pharmacy deserts arise.

With expertise into the growing issue of pharmacy deserts, Michael Murphy, PharmD, MBA, discussed exactly what patients are losing when their community no longer has pharmacy access.

Kristen Jones, PharmD, discusses challenging traditional workplace paradigms by emphasizing the human element in pharmaceutical operations.

Kristen Jones, PharmD, discusses pharmacists as leaders at McKesson ideaShare 2025.

Pharmacists are now seeking roles that offer better well-being, flexibility, and long-term satisfaction beyond traditional practice settings.

In part 4 of our interview with Michael Kleinrock, lead director of research at IQVIA, he discussed how trends in medication use are currently impacting pharmacy businesses.

More pharmacists are moving into nontraditional roles within health care, driven by limited advancement opportunities, stagnant wages, and a growing desire for flexibility

Michael Murphy, PharmD, MBA, discusses how the lack of a universal definition for pharmacy deserts is leading to a significant impact on patients’ access and outcomes.

Perceptions of pharmacy as a long-term career have evolved significantly in recent years due to shifts in education, work roles, and workplace challenges.

Susan Cornell, PharmD, CDCES, FAPhA, FADCES, discusses how pharmacists can explain insulin timing and mealtime coordination effectively to patients.

IQVIA’s Lead Director of Research Michael Kleinrock discusses how federal policy has been impacting prescription drug costs in the US and where those trends are expected to go.

Pharmacists play a key role in ensuring safe and effective insulin use by identifying common challenges, providing ongoing education, and supporting patient confidence through regular engagement.

Tamara McCants, PharmD, president of NPhA, and Tazche Turner, PharmD, national president of SNPhA, discuss what to expect at this year’s meeting.

Susan Cornell, PharmD, CDCES, FAPhA, FADCES, discusses how pharmacists can help patients who express fear when starting insulin therapy.

Michael Kleinrock, lead director of research at IQVIA Institute for Human Data Science, discusses the current trends in medication use and where these drivers may be headed in the near future.

Brooklyn Morgan, PharmD, director of state policy at the National Alliance of State Pharmacy Associations, emphasizes the importance of making the pharmacist's voice heard.