Building a pharmacy technician structure for the future: A lesson from a multihospital academic health system.

Purpose: Over the past decade there has been increased attention on the need for highly skilled and trained pharmacy technicians; however, few best practices to assist health-system pharmacies in meeting technician workforce challenges have been identified. These challenges have been further revealed since 2019 through rising inflation, increased cost of living, and competing opportunities for skilled technical workers. This article describes an 18-hospital academic health system's experience implementing an innovative pharmacy technician career structure focused on increasing pharmacy technician engagement as well as improving recruitment and retention.

Pharmacist-led program to improve venous thromboembolism prophylaxis in a community hospital.

Purpose: The implementation of a pharmacist-led program to improve venous thromboembolism (VTE) prophylaxis is examined.

Summary: Nursing and pharmacy leaders at a 278-bed hospital reviewed VTE prophylaxis. The review revealed that among the total patient days for a month (excluding maternity, nursery, pediatric, and psychiatry patient days), prophylaxis was administered on only 19.