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Pharmacy Directors from Hospital Trends targets medical officers responsible for the efficient operation of the hospital pharmacy.  They direct the staff and programs of the pharmacy department, creating budgets and maintaining expenditures. 

These executives develop and implement policies, procedures, and quality standards for pharmacy services, ensuring top quality care for patients and all state and federal regulations are adhered to.  Quality assurance and improvement programs are crucial and adjusted as needed.  The upper management decisionmakers must be organized and detail oriented to manage staff and vendors.   

These administrators are employed by hospitals that are local, state, federal, church, military or corporately owned. The pharmacy director’s daily activities vary greatly based on bed size, number of patients they care for and whether the institution is a long term acute care, physical rehabilitation, psychiatric, children’s, or general medical/surgical hospital. These directors rely on new technology enhancements, continuing education programs, learning new managerial skills and techniques, attending trade shows, and reading medical and business journals to stay current in their field.

This target is made up of professional, intelligent, well-educated, driven, ambitious, and accomplished individuals.  These professionals have a masters or doctorate degree.  They tend to be older and have extensive and impressive work experience.  Most belong to community and professional organizations. They are leaders, volunteers and role-models in the community.  They do a considerable amount of business travel to medical conventions, conferences, and meetings.