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That’s according to Forbes, which picked pharmacist as the top healthcare job for 2015 because of average annual salaries of more than $116,000 and a projected growth rate of 14% by 2022.

Ninety percent of primary care doctors recently surveyed said they are concerned about prescription drug abuse-and nearly half of those surveyed said they are less likely to prescribe powerful painkillers than just a year ago.

Is fee for service dead?

Now that pharmacists are being recognized as full members of the healthcare team, we don't have to worry about payment any more, right? Not quite.

This patient's birthday was the happiest day of her life. But that's only half the reason the hospital pharmacist has never forgotten her.

Pharmacy in flux

Despite the ups and downs of 2014, pharmacists in both the community and hospital settings anticipate an improved business climate.

The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) recently approved funding for up to four large studies comparing different approaches to treating hepatitis C. The institute also approved funding for phase II of National Patient-Centered Clinical Research Network (PCORnet).