Harold, a registered pharmacist licensed in New Jersey and New York, is the former Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of U.S. Pharmacist. He is a widely published author and international speaker on all issues pertaining to the business and practice of pharmacy who takes a pragmatic and visionary approach to pharmacy’s future and the profession’s impact on the marketplace and other healthcare platforms.
Hopefully, our new president will eventually spell out in clear terms, sooner than later, what will be in store for healthcare professionals under the ACA.
Pharmacists should do their homework on the issues, choose the best candidate regardless of party, and finally and most importantly, exercise their power to vote.
It’s too early to assess the full impact genetic therapies will have on the pharmacist’s role, but it is an area that pharmacists should follow closely, because it is surely coming.