I was reading my daily digest of things from Becker's this morning when I came across an article entitled "75 hospital and health system chief pharmacy officers to know | 2024". I read through this list with great interest. There were a number that I know; there were a number that I do not know. There were a few surprises. There were some old friends. Congratulations to each and every pharmacy executive on this list.
There were names I was surprised not to see. One wonders how this list was chosen. The list explicitly claims to not be exhaustive but I can think of some that were surprising omissions. Perhaps ASHP would consider producing a more inclusive list. We should celebrate those who have succeeded in raising health system awareness of pharmacy as a key player in healthcare.
I came away with a renewed appreciation for those of our number who have risen to positions of enterprise-level executive authority, and for what that means for pharmacy as a profession. I was also reminded that the industries that serve our profession need to be aware of the migration toward enterprise-level management and that their offerings (especially in the automation arena) need to move from a facility focus to an enterprise focus.
Dennis A. Tribble, PharmD, FASHP
Retired
Ormond Beach, FL
datdoc@aol.com