Pharmacy Benefit Management

Do pharmaceutical companies have too much influence over the way doctors practice medicine? An ongoing issue in the medical industry is pharmaceutical companies spending millions of dollars on doctors just so they will prescribe their medications. Unfortunately, once the doctors prescribe medications, they don’t give the patients the option to purchase a cheaper medication. Nevertheless the patient is the main priority, pharmaceutical companies essentially should be more concerned with helping…

pharmacist is the only expert on drugs. Over the past 40 years, the pharmacist 's role has changed from compounding and dispensing medicines to one of "Drug Therapy Manager". The pharmacy profession developed nowadays and moved towards a patient-centered practice. This profession toward patient called pharmaceutical care. It represents a major transformation in the pharmacist 's responsibilities. It is a paradigmatic…

biochemistry as my main major in college. I want to work in a medical field to help other people; however, I do not know exactly what job I will choose in the future. Therefore, I decide to interview my aunt, Mrs. Chi Tran, who works as a pharmacist in CVS pharmacy to explore about her career and life as a healthcare professional and have a better knowledge about my future career. I came to my aunt house on the sunny day of October. This…

Personal Essay for Pharmacy Application My interest in becoming a pharmacist has been cultivated a more backwards way than most. As I finished high school, I was sure that engineering was the right direction for me. I decided to go to Montana Tech for mechanical engineering and attended for just over two and a half years. Unfortunately, at that point I began to realize that my idea of engineering and the real world’s version were quite different. Also, at the same time, a family member, my…

curiosity heightened my interest in pharmacy. According to a Chinese proverb, “Prolonged illness makes a patient a good doctor.” In my case, I hope my illnesses will make me a good pharmacist. When I grew a bit older, I started to know more medications, including their functions, dosages, precautions, and side effects. What I went through during childhood has shaped my dream by…

One of the first events that helped to cement my interest in the pharmacy field was from my experiences of taking care of my grandmother. Being a diabetic and a survivor of breast cancer, my grandmother had difficulties managing her vast amounts of medications. Her health had begun to decline and our family became worried as what to do.We followed the recommendation of a doctor to take her to a pharmacist to reevaluate her medications. It was during that trip that I initially learned how much a…

Province in Cameroon, I witnessed at a very young age the devastating effects of the lack of adequate health care. The situation was further complicated by the illness of my grandmother who is the inspiration behind my desire to pursue a degree in pharmacy. Given our very close relationship, her illness gravely affected me. Initially, I guessed it was just old age, and she would get better, but the symptoms worsened overtime. Matters reached a peak one day when we were conversing and she could…

practical and organized; therefore, they would feel comfortable being a librarian or an office manager. While I mostly agree with the Type Focus test, I disagree with being a teacher or a librarian. While I see the merits in both professions such as benefit of helping people, I dislike the bureaucracy and politics involved with being a teacher, and while I enjoy books, I lack the passion for them that a librarian should possess. However, the Type Focus results also imply that I may be well…

There has been drug shortages of chemotherapeutic agents, which is an issue that has been affecting patients with cancer. The article Drug Shortages and the Burden of Access to Care: A Critical Issue Affecting Patients with Cancer, brings awareness about pharmaceutical drug shortages in the United States. Shortages of drugs have affected how health care is delivered, which has caused many problems to arise with patient care. The article brings attention and targets the public about the impact…

Though I still do not know what I want to do as a pharmacist, I did find a couple professional organizations in which I would fit in well. In fact there is one in particular that I thoroughly enjoyed after researching about which is the pediatric pharmacy association also known as PPAG. Before doing this research I had never heard of such an organization, but I believe it is one that I can serve well in as a member. With their overall vision being to be the primary resource for effective drug…