Dr. Eric Maroyka, Pharm.D., BCPS, Senior Director, Center on Pharmacy Practice Advancement sits down with Dr. Ryan Roux, Pharm.D., M.S., Vice President of Pharmacy at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center to discuss COVID-19 preparation, response, and mitigation lessons learned to share with the field.

In this third installment of the series, Dr. Roux discusses lessons learned and key planning considerations for hospital and health-system pharmacy leaders with respect to pandemic planning, response, and mitigation. The coronavirus pandemic is stressing our healthcare system infrastructure, has the potential for a devastating economic fallout, and will test the outer limits of healthcare worker resilience. The potential and actual surge in COVID-19 patients is threatening the capability and capacity of the US healthcare system as well as the safety and welfare of healthcare workers.