In this month's America's Pharmacist®, we spotlight Jen Hightower of Olympic Pharmacy in Gig Harbor, Wash. Olympic is leaning into collaborative practice agreements to broaden the services it can offer to the community.
"On point-of-care testing and treating, we have an urgent care in our building. So just to test for flu, COVID, strep, UTIs, they can do that—but they're so busy that often the wait is hours," she says. "The doctor who has signed our collaborative practice agreement says, 'No, it would be great to have you help with that, because then I don't have to bog up my appointments for a UTI,'" Jen says.
You can learn more about Jen and the work at Olympic in our monthly column, "I am NCPA," in this month's magazine. Read here.
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