Pharmacy orgs hold summit on workplace conditions, set course to implement solutions
The American Pharmacists Association, American Society of Health-System Pharmacists and National Association of Boards of Pharmacy hosted an invitation-only event on June 21 to discuss pharmacy workplace conditions.
“Implementing Solutions Summit: Building a Sustainable, Healthy, Pharmacy Workforce and Workplace” convened members of the pharmacy workforce from all pharmacy settings to identify key actions that will improve workplace conditions by addressing day-to-day challenges, removing obstacles to well-being and advancing practice models for pharmacists and pharmacy technicians.
The summit incorporated past conferences, consensus statements and recommendations to formulate effective solutions and actionable measures.
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The summit was centered around five themes: practice advancement; mental health; workforce; regulations and requirements; and technology and workflow efficiencies.
Participants discussed next steps and identified actionable solutions to implement that:
- Ensure psychological and physical safety of the pharmacy workforce;
- Determine employer accountability for ensuring workplace conditions that support the well-being of the pharmacy workforce;
- Advance technology and workflow efficiencies that balance resources, workload, and cognitive load;
- Minimize overly restrictive regulations and requirements while allowing for flexible and innovative policies supportive of new and emerging patient care models;
- Recruit, retain and empower an engaged and equitable pharmacy workforce; and
- Identify sustainable practice model advancements that offer patient-centered professional autonomy and flexibility.
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Proceedings of the Solutions Summit will be disseminated from each organization in the near future.