Richard,

Along with your challenge to the CFO, each primary purchasing professional leader, and each industry sponsor to meet, engage, and utilize the expertise of a pharmacy purchasing professional in your next cost control initiative for pharmacy. I would also challenge each of the Pharmacy Purchasing Professionals to engage the aforementioned people by providing reports, become involved in the budgeting process and know the numbers of the Pharmacy each month if they are on budget or not and why. Discuss these numbers with finance and the department Directors.

We, as Pharmacy Purchasing Professionals have significant influence on a daily basis. We need to promote our profession by being seen and heard.

Name of Facility: St. Francis Health Center

City, State: Topeka, KS

Years as a Buyer: 7 in healthcare and 25+ in home improvements