At its annual conference in Columbus, Ohio this month, the Pharmacy Technician Educators Council (PTEC) proudly recognized ...

As pharmacy technicians' role in a patient care team has expanded, the CPhT-Adv credential provides these dedicated technicians opportunities to grow their knowledge in specialty areas, pursue ...

“Many of our Hy-Vee pharmacy technicians are engaged in technician product verification programs, expanding their roles and responsibilities, which allows our pharmacists to focus on clinical ...

Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2003;60 (1) Preparing Pharmacy Technicians for Practice Originally, all pharmacy technicians received informal, on-the-job training.

“Pharmacy technicians play essential roles as members of the pharmacy team in hospitals and health systems and are integral to achieving optimal medication therapy care outcomes,” ASHP CEO ...

It all comes down to staffing, said Hogue. There are currently about 30,000 open retail pharmacy technician positions in the United States and about 7,500 open pharmacist positions, he estimated.

After formal recognition of the role in the early 2000s, registration was made mandatory in 2011, requiring two years of study. Pharmacy technicians are now regulated pharmacy professionals, who are ...

"Pharmacy technicians make up a huge part of the pharmacy team, and play critical roles in patient care," said JoAnne Myhre, CPhT, BA, FMSHP, chair of the ASHP Pharmacy Technician Forum and drug ...

Clinical Oncology Pharmacy Technician: Impact of a New Role on Pharmacy and Patient Metrics at a Large Academic Cancer Center The following represents disclosure information provided by authors of ...

In the community pharmacy sector, chain pharmacies supported the use of pharmacy technicians and favored on-the-job training. By contrast, the National Association of Retail Druggists (NARD, now ...