Historically, pharmacists were community-based healthcare providers who made and prescribed medicines. With rapid shifts in healthcare occurring in the 20th and 21st centuries, pharmacies once again should be considered as low-cost medical homes for patients, panelists said in a presentation at Asembia’s AXS24 Summit, in Las Vegas. Three of them spoke with Specialty Pharmacy Continuum after the meeting.
Pharmacists are potentially the most accessible healthcare professionals,