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How about credentialing and privileging pharmacists?

In 2014, The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) predicted that in the next 10 years, one-third of all doctors currently practicing will retire, and there will be 90,000 fewer doctors than needed to serve the nation's aging population. The expanding role of midlevel extenders is an important element toward meeting the demands of the aging population. Further, it is indisputable that pharmacists have played an increasing valuable role as members of the healthcare team. Some health systems, such as Kaiser and the U.S. Veteran's Administration, have been granting clinical privileges to pharmacists, and it seems like a natural progression that more pharmacists will be credentialed and privileged by hospitals in the coming years.

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