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You are here: Home / Articles / The Plight of the Retail Pharmacist

The Plight of the Retail Pharmacist

March 12, 2020 • By Philip Seo

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Philip Seo, MD, MHSPhilip Seo, MD, MHS, is an associate professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore. He is director of both the Johns Hopkins Vasculitis Center and the Johns Hopkins Rheumatology Fellowship Program.

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Author’s note: I would like to thank Tim Hinze PharmD, RPh, and Michele B. Kaufman, PharmD, BCGP, RPh, for their helpful comments on this column.

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Filed Under: Electronic Health Records, Legislation & Advocacy, Rheuminations Tagged With: pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), Prescription drugsIssue: March 2020

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