Dr. Chrystian Pereira

well first like whenever pharmacists ask that to a patient i i i think they're working at a high level i think that is that is that makes me really proud uh yeah i think it's a great question yeah our job is not to like is to think like problem solve and and think beyond kind of like what's right in front of us because like you know that pharmacist works in a hospital with tons of drugs and they right but

well first like whenever pharmacists ask that to a patient i i i think they're working at a high level i think that is that is that makes me really proud uh yeah i think it's a great question yeah our job is not to like is to think like problem solve and and think beyond kind of like what's right in front of us because like you know that pharmacist works in a hospital with tons of drugs and they right but

But that's transitions of care. So that's a passion area for me too. So very proud that that was being asked and asking a patient for further information. One thing I'll just... just bring up here is to say that that's a good example of a patient that needs acute medicine. And so needs acute acute therapy.

But that's transitions of care. So that's a passion area for me too. So very proud that that was being asked and asking a patient for further information. One thing I'll just... just bring up here is to say that that's a good example of a patient that needs acute medicine. And so needs acute acute therapy.

One of the kind of counter arguments to like the pharmacy shortage is to say, well, what about mail order? I get my, you know, I get my chewing gum delivered to me. I get like groceries delivered to me. I get other things delivered to me. What, what is, what is the problem? doesn't that just solve this problem? But there are acute needs that someone needs.

One of the kind of counter arguments to like the pharmacy shortage is to say, well, what about mail order? I get my, you know, I get my chewing gum delivered to me. I get like groceries delivered to me. I get other things delivered to me. What, what is, what is the problem? doesn't that just solve this problem? But there are acute needs that someone needs.

So someone leaving the hospital for pain medications for a controlled substance, that is an acute need. Or when there's some therapy that needs to be changed quickly and without some delay, those are things that need to happen quickly. And so having access to a location that can sell you those things or kind of provide those things through your insurance is necessary. So I think that's the

So someone leaving the hospital for pain medications for a controlled substance, that is an acute need. Or when there's some therapy that needs to be changed quickly and without some delay, those are things that need to happen quickly. And so having access to a location that can sell you those things or kind of provide those things through your insurance is necessary. So I think that's the

kind of questions we have to ask is to say like, what is your access? And access means different things to different people. For some people, it just means that like, well, you know, I'll just drive to a pharmacy. If the pharmacy that's three miles away from me closed, I can drive 10 miles away for me to close. But then, you know, it's 10 miles a lot, or what about like

kind of questions we have to ask is to say like, what is your access? And access means different things to different people. For some people, it just means that like, well, you know, I'll just drive to a pharmacy. If the pharmacy that's three miles away from me closed, I can drive 10 miles away for me to close. But then, you know, it's 10 miles a lot, or what about like

20 miles if it's 10 miles closing 20 miles or if someone doesn't have a car what does that mean like if the pharmacy closes that's a mile away from them then three miles away from them so it is a relative question so it's a question you have to ask an individual person because for that individual person distance to that pharmacy might be totally different

20 miles if it's 10 miles closing 20 miles or if someone doesn't have a car what does that mean like if the pharmacy closes that's a mile away from them then three miles away from them so it is a relative question so it's a question you have to ask an individual person because for that individual person distance to that pharmacy might be totally different

I have a I have a family member that has a disability and can't travel, doesn't drive. And so I go and pick up their medication for them when they need it. And it's it's not fun. I have to go and go in the pharmacy and then explain that they need it. And then I have to wait because it's not ready and then get it ready and then and then get it and then bring it back to my family member.

I have a I have a family member that has a disability and can't travel, doesn't drive. And so I go and pick up their medication for them when they need it. And it's it's not fun. I have to go and go in the pharmacy and then explain that they need it. And then I have to wait because it's not ready and then get it ready and then and then get it and then bring it back to my family member.

But that's a person that just if if he didn't have me, then, you know, getting his medication would be a lot harder. Um, so, so I think, yeah, I think access is a big thing and then it's, it's, uh, relative to that person in terms of how can they get to a pharmacy.

But that's a person that just if if he didn't have me, then, you know, getting his medication would be a lot harder. Um, so, so I think, yeah, I think access is a big thing and then it's, it's, uh, relative to that person in terms of how can they get to a pharmacy.

That's right.

That's right.

Yeah, I'll say that delivery to homes is a complicated question as well. It's, you know, it's the gift giving season right now, but it's also the packages taken from porches season. And all of us have kind of seen like theft happening at people's places. I've had patients that can't receive medications because they live in a facility that doesn't really easily accept packages for them.

Yeah, I'll say that delivery to homes is a complicated question as well. It's, you know, it's the gift giving season right now, but it's also the packages taken from porches season. And all of us have kind of seen like theft happening at people's places. I've had patients that can't receive medications because they live in a facility that doesn't really easily accept packages for them.