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DEDICATION
Contributors I ix
Preface I xiii
Acknowledgmcnts I xvii
Index I 695
CONTRIBUTORS
Steve Boone
Pharmacy Insurance Practice Leader, Heffernan Insurance Brokers, Chesterfield, Missouri
ix
x CONTRIBUTORS
PerryL Fri
Executive Vice President of Industry Relations, Membership and Education, Healthcare Distribution Alliance
(HOA} and Chief Operating Officer, HOA Research Foundation, Alexandria, Virginia
Md L Nelson, PhannD
Director of Research and Academic Affairs, Pharmacy Quality Alliance, Alexandria, Virginia
Rachel Sullivan
Project Manager, HDA Research Foundation, Alexandria, Virginia
• Every chapter has been updated to reflect the fluid nature of its respective management topic.
• New trends in the management literature are reflected in each of the chapters, including management trends
within and beyond pharmacy.
• Some chapters have been revised substantially and with new authors to provide users of the text with the most
relevant information. Examples include the following:
• Sustaining medication therapy management services through implementation science as well as other mod-
els of care delivery, such as continuous medication monitoring (CoMM).
• Leveraging leadership skills into practice by guiding change management, establishing a culture of employee
self-motivation, extracting the most from your resources and infrastructure, all while advocating for your
profession and the patients you serve.
• Broadening our views of how pharmacists manage the supply chain, particularly to ensure that they can
access safe and effective medications and other resources that are needed by their patients.
xiii
xiv PREFACE
• Maintaining compliance with laws, rules, and regulations which impact a pharmacy manager's ability to
care for patients and manage their practice.
• Developing new ways of organizing and managing our time for our own success and the success of others,
particularly given the challenges and opportunities provided by social media and other forms of technology.
We have also added new chapters commensurate with contemporary pharmacy practice in anticipation of
continually evolving models of care. These include:
• Ethical Decision Making, Problem Solving, and Delegating Authority, where pharmacists utilize appropriate
judgment processes when faced with decisions of how to optimize care in the face of budgetary constraints
and preferences of various stakeholders in the medication use process.
• Negotiation Skills, a skill needed through various components of practice, ranging from encouraging treatment
adherence from patients, to requesting a change from the prescriber in a patient's medication regimen, to
adjudicating a fair contract with a third-party payer for the services renders to covered enrolees.
• Pharmacy Technicians, the persons to whom pharmacists are increasingly delegating more responsibility and
greater numbers of tasks that pharmacists used to perform so that they can now spend more time in direct
patient care activities.
organization. After establishing the need for management in both our personal and professional lives, the next
four sections describe the management functions and resources that are common to all pharmacy practice set.-
rings (operations, people, money, traditional pharmacy goods and services). Chapters within each section focus
on important aspects of each function or resource.
As pharmacy practice moves from a product orientation to a patient orientation, there are unique challenges
that arise in managing the value-added services that pharmacists are devdoping to meet patient needs in medic~
tion therapy management. A section of this book is dedicated to the planning, implementation, and reimburse-
ment of these new patient care services offered by pharmacists.
Several chapters are dedicated to describing the risks inherent in pharmacy practice and the impact that
laws, regulations, and medication errors have on pharmacy management. The final section describes how man-
agement functions are applied by entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs in settings ranging from independently owned
community pharmacies to those devdoping new goods, services, and ideas in any setting to meet needs related
to medications and their use.
The creators of each chapter have put a great deal of time and effort into getting their final outputs ready for
consumers, but it rarely can be considered a "finished product." Textbooks are "works in progress" that can always
be improved. The best way to improve these products is to seek input from our users. As you use this book,
we would like to learn what you like about it, what could be improved, and what topics or features you would
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continuing to reflect changes in the management sciences and pharmacy practice.
We would like to thank the colleagues who have played provided an environment that makes this type of
an important role in our development throughout our endeavor possible. We would also like to thank all of
undergraduate, professional, and graduate studies, as the students we have taught who have inspired us to
well as at our institutions. In addition, as our careers continue to strive to become better educators.
have advanced, we also have come to know many We would like to thank everyone at McGraw-
great academicians in other disciplines and other Hill Education and, in particular, our editor, Michael
leaders in pharmacy who have greatly influenced our Weitz, for working with us to improve this compre-
careers and provided keen guidance. We have learned hensive pharmacy management textbook.
so much from all these people and feel fortunate that Finally, we would like to acknowledge the efforts
they have been willing to share their knowledge and of each of our chapter authors. We chose our authors
experience with us. not only because of their expertise but also because
Thanks must also go to all the faculty, staff, and of their dedication to teaching and the professional
administrators at Northeastern University, University development of pharmacy students and pharmacists.
of Texas College of Pharmacy, South University There is no way in which we could have completed
Savannah Campus, and Touro University who have this textbook without their efforts.
xvil
SECTION I
PHARMACY SCHOOL?
THE "MANAGEMENT" IN
MEDICATION THERAPY
MANAGEMENT
Shane P. Desselk, Leticia. R Moczygemba, DaviJ P. Zgarriclt, and Grtg L. Alston
as a chain pharmacy administrator and an independ- and The Ten Things A New Manager Must Get /Ught
ent pharmacy owner. He earned a Doctor of Phar- From the Start, and Own Your ~lue- The Real Future
macy degree from the University of the Pacific and ofPharmacy Practice. His passion lies in teaching the
has published three best-selling management books, next generation of pharmacists how to create value for
The Bossho/e Effect-Managing People Simplified the stakeholders they serve.
• LEARNING OBJECTIVES
After completing this chapter, readers should be able to
1. Identify changes in the roles of pharmacists since the early 1900s.
2. Describe how pharmacy practitioners and educators viewed the need for man-
agement skills as the roles of pharmacists evolved.
3. Identify principal domains of pharmacy care.
4. Describe how management skills and functions fit within the context of provid-
ing medication therapy management services.
5. Identify myths surrounding the practice of pharmacy and health care as a business.
6. Evaluate the need for a management perspective to better serve patients and
improve outcomes to drug therapy.
7. List the managerial sciences and describe their use as tools to assist pharmacists
in practice.
seemed to run smoothly at Middletown North. and empathic and seek personal reward and self-
Mary even noticed that the patients at Middletown actualization through the helping of others (Meyer-
North seemed happier and healthier than those at Juncol., 2015, Pohontsch et al., 2018; Warshawski et
Middletown South. al., 2018). Finally, many pharmacy students also con-
sider the relatively high salaries of their chosen profes-
sion prior to choosing a college major and a career
• CHAPTER QUESTIONS pathway. While few fields guarantee graduates a job,
and certainly not one with entry-level salaries in the
1. How have pharmacists' roles in delivering goods
six figures, pharmacy srudents take comfort in know-
and services evolved over the past few decades?
ing that employment in their profession will provide
What roles and functions do pharmacists perform
them with a generous and steady stream of income.
today?
It comes as no surprise that pharmacists and pharmacy
2. What is the significance of management within
students have been shown to be risk-averse individuals
the context of the profession's movement toward
who do not deal with uncertainties particularly well
the provision of direct patient-care services such as
(Latif, 2000; Leung et al., 2018). This further explains
medication therapy management? Why has its sig-
their gravitation toward science-oriented courses that
nificance typically been overlooked by pharmacists
offer straightforward solutions to problems.
and pharmacy students?
Unbeknown to many pharmacy students is that
3. What are some of the myths surrounding the con-
the actual practice ofpharmacy does not present a suc-
fluence of business practices and the provision of
cession of problems that can be resolved in such a lin-
patient care by pharmacists?
ear manner. While the sequential processes involved
4. What evidence exists that a business perspective is
in community pharmacy practice have remained the
critical to provide effective pharmacy services to
same-patients present with prescriptions, pharmacy
patients?
personnel fill them, and the necessary counseling
5. What are the managerial sciences, and how can
is offered or provided by the pharmacist-a careful
pharmacists use them effectively?
introspection reveals that the profession has under-
gone a rapid, head-turning transformation over just
• INTRODUCTION the past few decades. Pharmacists now are increas-
ingly involved with providing direct patient-care ser-
The preceding scenario, though perhaps overly sim- vices in addition to dispensing medications, and are
plistic, captures the feelings of many students who taking greater responsibility for patients' outcomes
select pharmacy as a major. They generally are inter- arising from drug therapy. Pharmacists have become
ested in science, have a desire to help people in need, more integrated into health care delivery teams that
and prefer a career offering long-term financial secu- coordinate patient care through the implementation
rity. Given that the pharmacy curriculum consists of of evidence-based guidelines and treatment algo-
courses that apply knowledge from physics, chem- rithms. This has been even further accelerated by
istry, anatomy, physiology, and therapeutics, most recent changes in states' pharmacist scope of practice
pharmacy students achieved success in science and regulations, collaborative practice agreements, reim-
math courses throughout their pre-pharmacy studies bursement incentives from payers, and the reorganiza-
(Keshishian et al., 2010). Second, students select- tion of health care delivery into medical home models
ing pharmacy as a major typically are attracted to and accountable care organizations (George et al.,
health care fields and may have contemplated nursing, 2018; Isasi & Krofah, 2015; McConaha et al., 2015).
medicine, or other health professions. Research has For students to better understand the way that
demonstrated that people in health care are caring pharmacy is practiced today, time should be devoted
6 WHY STUDY MANAGEMENT IN PHARMACY SCHOOL?
to understanding the major forces that have shaped Pharmacy was, at best, a "marginal" profession.
the profession. This chapter begins with a brief his- Most practitioners entered the occupation through
tory of the evolution of pharmacy practice in the 20th apprenticeships rather than formal education. The
century. This history, coupled with a snapshot of con- pharmacist's principal job function was described
temporary pharmacy practice, will make it clear that as the "daily handling and preparing of remedies in
the past and current pharmacy practice models are as common use" (Sonnedecker, 1963, p. 204). Phar-
much about management as they are about clinical macists, or "apothecaries," were often engaged in the
pharmacy practice. The chapter proceeds by pointing wholesale manufacture and distribution of medici-
out myths about the exclusivity of the pharmacy busi- nal products. Pharmacists' roles during this time
ness and patient outcomes and by providing evidence were considerably different than they are today. In
that what is best for the operation of a pharmacy busi- the early 20th century, pharmacists' primary roles
ness is often also best for the patients and other stake- were to procure raw ingredients and extemporane-
holders that it serves. The chapter concludes with a ously compound them into drug products for con-
brief discwsion of the managerial sciences-tools sumer use. While pharmacists had yet to achieve
that every practitioner will find weful at one point or recognition as health care professionals, they often
another regardless of the practice setting. This chapter had considerable autonomy in their practice. There
and all other succeeding chapters we an evidence-based was no dear distinction between "prescription" and
approach to discuss pharmacy management, relying "nonprescription" drugs. Although physicians were
on recent literature and research findings to describe engaged in the process of writing prescriptions,
and explain what is happening in practice today. pharmacists were not precluded from dispensing
Students are encouraged to explore readings of inter- preparations without a physician's order. Consum-
est among the references cited throughout the text. ers commonly relied on their pharmacists' advice
on minor ailments, and often entrusted the nick-
name of "doc" to their neighborhood pharmacist
• A BRIEF HISTORICAL (Hepler, 1987).
OVERVIEW OF PHARMACY Pharmacists had little choice but to have sharp
PRACTICE bwiness acumen to survive. Since few of the products
they dispensed were prefabricated by manufacturers,
There have been several noteworthy efforts to describe pharmacists had to be adept at managing inventories
the evolution of pharmacy practice. Some have of bulk chemicals and supplies wed in compound-
described the process within the context of "waves," ing the preparations they dispensed. They also had to
or shifts, in educational and indwtrial forces (Hepler, have a keen sense of how to manage time and people
1987), another through identifying stages of profes- to accomplish a series of complex tasks throughout the
sional identity (Hepler & Strand, 1990), and still workday.
another through describing activation of pharmacists' A series of studies commissioned by the US gov-
setvices as stewards of public health in a medical care ernment in the early 1900s produced what became
system increasingly challenging for patients to navi- known as the "Flexner reports" in 1915. These reports
gate (Blanchard et al., 2017). While these approaches were critical for health care professionals and their edu-
appear quite different, their descriptions of the princi- cation, including pharmacists. The reports questioned
pal drivers of change closely mirror one another. the validity and necessity of pharmacists as health
care professionals. Shortly thereafter, the American
Pharmacy in the Early Twentieth Century Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) com-
Pharmacy in the United States began in the 20th missioned a study directed by W. W. Charters that
century much like it existed in the latter 1800s. ultimately served as the basis for requiring a 4-year
The "Management" in Medication Therapy Management 7
baccalaureate degree program for all colleges of phar- and content driven. A fifth year of education was
macy (Hepler, 1987). These and other forces led to added to the 4-year baccalaureate degree by colleges
dramatic changes in pharmacy in the coming years. and schools of pharmacy during the late 1940s and
early 1950s following the AACP Committee on Cur-
Pharmacy in the Middle of the riculum report entitled, "The Pharmaceutical Cur-
Twentieth Century riculum" (Hepler, 1987). It was during this time
The 1940s through the 1960s often have been referred that pharmacology, pharmaceutics, and medicinal
to as the "era of expansion" in health care (Smyrl, chemistry matured as disciplines and became the
2014). The Flexner reports paved the way for a more core of pharmacy education. Pharmacy students were
scientifically sound, empirically based allopathic required to memorize an abundance of information
branch of medicine to become the basis by which about the physical and chemical nature of drug prod-
health care was practiced and organized. The federal ucts and dosage forms. Courses in the business aspects
government invested significant funds to expand the of pharmacy took a secondary role, whereas education
quantity and quality of health care services. The in patient care (e.g., communications, therapeutics)
Hospital Survey and Construction (Hill-Burton} Act was for all intents and purposes nonexistent.
of 1946 provided considerable funding for the reno- With the APhA Code of Ethics suggesting that
vation and expansion of existing hospitals and the pharmacists not discuss drug therapies with patients,
construction of new ones, primarily in underserved the profession lost sight of the need for pharmacists
inner city and rural areas (Torrens, 1993). to communicate effectively with patients and other
Ironically, pharmacists began to see their roles health care professionals. As the number of hospital
diminish during this era of expansion in health care. and chain pharmacies expanded, resulting in pharma-
Among the factors responsible for this decline were cists being more likdy to be an employee than a busi-
advances in technology and in the pharmaceutical sci- ness owner, the importance of practice management
ences, coupled with societal demands that drug prod- skills was not stressed in schools of pharmacy. Ironi-
ucts become uniform in their composition. These cally, studies such as the "Dichter report" commis-
brought about the mass production of prefabricated sioned by the APhA revealed that consumers regarded
drug products in tablet, capsule, syrup, and dixir dos- pharmacists more as merchants than as health care
age forms, thus significantly reducing the need for professionals (Maine & Penna, 1996).
pharmacists to compound prescription orders. The
passage of the Durham-Humphrey amendment to
the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act in 1951 created a Pharmacy in the Latter Part of the
prescription, or "legend," category of drugs. Pharma- Twentieth Century
cists did not have the ability to dispense these drugs The era ofexpansion slowed in the 1970s when society
without an order from a licensed prescriber. Finally, began to question the value obtained from the larger
pharmacy's own "Code of Ethics" promulgated by the amount of resources being allocated toward health
American Pharmaceutical Association (APhA) stated care. Congress passed the Health Maintenance Act of
that pharmacists were not to discuss the therapeutic 1973, which helped to pave the way for health main-
effects or composition of a prescription with a patient tenance organizations (HMOs) to become an integral
(Buerki & Vottero, 1994, p. 93). This combination of player in the ddivery of health care services. Govern-
forces relegated the role of the pharmacist largely to a ments, rather than the private sector, took the lead
dispenser of pre-prepared drug products. in attempting to curb costs when they implemented
The response of schools and colleges of pharmacy a prospective payment system of reimbursement for
to these diminishing professional roles was the crea- Medicare hospitalizations based on categories of
tion of curricula that were more technical, scientific, diagnosis-related groups (Pink, 1991).
8 WHY STUDY MANAGEMENT IN PHARMACY SCHOOL?
In 1975 the Millis Commission's report, Pharma- pharmacists willing and knowledgeable enough to
cists for the Future: The &port ofthe Study Commission provide patient-oriented clinical services face signifi-
on Pharmacy (Millis, 1975), suggested that pharma- cant barriers when practicing in a community phar-
cists were inadequately prepared in systems analysis macy environment (Blalock et al., 2013; Kennelty
and management skills and had particular deficien- et al., 2015; Schommer & Gaither, 2014). In addi-
cies in communicating with patients, physicians, and tion, the growth of mail order services in the outpa-
other health care professionals. A subsequent report tient pharmacy setting virtually excludes face-to-face
suggested incorporating more of the behavioral and consultation with patients. Mail order pharmacy has
social sciences into pharmacy curricula and encour- become a significant channel for the distribution of
aged faculty participation and research into real prob- pharmaceuticals and is used by the Veterans Admin-
lems inherent in pharmacy practice (Millis, 1976). istration system and many pharmacy benefits managers.
Prior to these reports, the American Society of Many brick-and-mortar pharmacy operations now
Hospital Pharmacists had published Mirror to Hospital have a significant mail order component to their
Pharmacy stating that pharmacy had lost its purpose, business as well. While providing consumers with a
falling short of producing health care professionals convenient way to obtain drug products, this form
capable of engendering change and noting that frw- of commerce has the potential to further remove the
tration and dissatisfaction among practitioners were pharmacist from patients and others who could ben-
beginning to affect students (Hepler, 1987, p. 371). efit from their clinical services. Moreover, this trend
The clinical pharmacy movement evolved in the has continued; at the time of writing this chapter,
1970s to capture the essence of the drug use control the massive e-retailer Amazon had begun its foray
concept forwarded by Brodie (1967) and promoted into the prescription drug market initially through
the pharmacist's role as therapeutic advisor. The clini- the purchase of a company (PillPack) that delivers
cal pharmacy movement brought about changes in medication to patients through the mail in packag-
pharmacy education and practice. After being intro- ing aimed to improve patient adherence (LaVito &
duced in 1948, the 6-year PharmD degree became the Hirsch, 2018). With Amazon's advantages in supply
only entry-level degree offered by a small number of chain and operational cost-savings (see Chapter 27),
colleges of pharmacy as early as the late 1960s and this could provide for a momentous disruption in the
early 1970s. The additional year of study was devoted prescription drug market. However, as described fur-
mostly to therapeutics or "disease-oriented courses" ther in this chapter and in many places throughout
and experiential education. The PharmD degree the text, sometimes challenges such as this can end up
became the entry-level degree into the profession in being a boon to practice and with the proper manage-
the early 2000s, with colleges of pharmacy phasing ment and leadership can be among a number of phe-
out their baccalaureate programs. nomena that could result in a greater opportunity for
These trends toward a more clinical practice pharmacists to become more highly involved in direct
approach may at first glance appear to be an ill- patient-care activities.
conceived response given recent changes in health
care delivery. These changes placed a heightened
concern over spiraling costs and have resulted in the • PHARMACEUTICAL
deinstitutionalization of patients and the standardiza- CARE AND MEDICATION
tion of care using tools such as protocols, treatment THERAPY MANAGEMENT AS
algorithms, and disease-based therapeutic guidelines. MANAGEMENT MOVEMENTS
Adoption of a clinical practice approach may also
appear to fly in the face of changes in the organiza- With these changes in mind, adopting pharmaceuti-
tion of the pharmacy workforce and current mar- cal care as a practice philosophy in the 1990s would
ket for pharmaceuticals. Studies have suggested that have appeared "a day late and a dollar short" for both
The "Management" in Medication Therapy Management 9
the profession and the patients it serves. And indeed, "domains" in which these standards could be classified
that might have been the case had the concept of (Desselle & Rappaport, 1995). These practice domains
pharmaceutical care been entirely clinical in nature. can be found in Table 1-1. Figuring prominently into
The originators of the concept fervently stressed that this classification was the "risk management" domain,
pharmaceutical care was not simply a list of clini- which included activities related to documentation,
cally oriented activities to perform for each and every drug review, triage, and dosage calculations. However,
patient but was, in fact, a new mission and way of the contributions of the managerial sciences do not
thinking that takes advantage of pharmacists' accessi- stop there. The remaining four domains connote sig-
bility and the frequency to which they are engaged by nificant involvement by pharmacists into managerial
patients-a way of thinking that engenders the phar- processes. Two of the domains ("services marketing"
macist to take responsibility for managing a patient's and "business management") are named specifically
drug therapy to resolve current problems and prevent after managerial functions.
future problems related to their medications.
It has been argued that the focus on preventing
and resolving medication-related problems is simply From Pharmaceutical Care to Medication
an extension of risk management (Heringa et al., 2016 Therapy Management and Other Paradigms
see also Chapter 11). Risks are an inherent part of While the pharmaceutical care movement made an
any business activity, including the provision of phar- indelible mark on the profession, its use in the mod-
macy services. Common risks to a business include ern lexicon describing pharmacists' services is fad-
fire, natural disasters, theft, economic downturns, ing. It has been replaced with terminology that more
and employee turnover, as well as the fact that there accurately reflects pharmacists' growing roles in the
is no guarantee that consumers will accept or adopt provision of public health services and reorganization
any good or service that the business offers. The prac- of care into medical homes. In recognizing the mor-
tice of pharmacy involves additional risks, specifically bidity and mortality resulting from medication errors
the risk that patients will suffer untoward events as as a public health problem, the profession embraced
a result of their drug therapy or from errors in the the concept of medication therapy management
medication dispensing process. These events are sig- (MTM). MTM represents a comprehensive and pro~
nificant because they may result in significant harm active approach to hdp patients maximize the ben-
and even death to a patient. They can also harm phar- efits from drug therapy and includes services aimed
macists and their businesses. Risk management sug- to facilitate or improve patient adherence to drug
gests that risk cannot be avoided entirely, but rather therapy, educate entire populations of persons, con-
it should be assessed, measured, and reduced to some duct wellness programs, and become more intimately
feasible extent (Flyvbjerg, 2006). involved in disease management and monitoring. The
The idea that pharmaceutical care should be MTM movement has been strengthened by language
viewed strictly as a clinical movement was called into in the Medicare Prescription Drug. Improvement
question (Wilkin, 1999). Evidence that pharmaceuti- and Modernization Act (MMA) of 2003 (Public Law
cal care existed in part as a management movement Number 108-173, 2010), which mandates payment
was provided in a study that sought to identify stand- for MTM services and proffers pharmacists as viable
ards of practice for providing pharmaceutical care health professionals that may offer such services. The
(Desselle, 1997). A nationwide panel ofexperts identi- place of MTM in health care delivery was advanced
fied 52 standards of pharmacy practice, only to have a even further in the Patient Protection and Affordable
statewide sample of pharmacists judge many of them Care Act, which established pilots for integrated care
as unfeasible to implement in everyday practice. Of delivery, comprehensive medication review for Medi-
the practice standards that were judged to be feasible, care beneficiaries, and grants specifically for MTM
the researchers constructed a system of "factors" or programs (Public Law Number 111-148, 2010). As
10 WHY STUDY MANAGEMENT IN PHARMACY SCHOOL?
I. Risk management
Devise system of data collection
Perform prospective drug utilization review
Document therapeutic interventions and activities
Obtain over-the-counter medication history
Calculate dosages for drugs with a narrow therapeutic index and special populations, such as children
and older adults
Report adverse drug events to FDA
Triage patients' needs for proper referral
Remain abreast of newly uncovered adverse effects and drug-drug interactions
II. Patient-centered care delivery
Serve as patient advocate with respect to social, economic, and psychological barriers to drug therapy
Attempt to change patients' medication orders when barriers to adherence exist
Counsel patients on new and refill medications as necessary
Promote patient wellness
Maintain caring, friendly relationship with patients
Telephone patients to obtain medication orders called in and not picked up
Ill. Disease and medication therapy management
Provide information to patients on how to manage their disease state/conditions and medication
regimens
Monitor patients' progress resulting from pharmacotherapy
Carry inventory of products necessary for patients to execute and monitor a therapeutic plan
(e.g., -inhalers, nebulizers, glucose monitors)
Supply patients with information on support and educational groups (e.g., American Diabetes
Association, Multiple Sclerosis Society)
IV. Pharmacy care services marketing
Meet prominent prescribers in the local area of practice
Be an active member of professional associations that support the concept of pharmaceutical care
Make available an area for private consultation services for patients as necessary
Identify software that facilitates pharmacists' patient care-related activities
V. Business management
Utilize technicians and other staff to free up the pharmacist's time
Identify opportunities for billing and reimbursement of pharmacist services
such, MTM is now considered a key component in in collaborative practice environments (American
the provision of pharmacy care services. College of Clinical Pharmacy, 2015). This is light of
Pharmacy has seldom oome short in develop- emphasis on patient-centered, team-based care and
ing new acronyms and proposed models of practice. increasingly linked to reimbursement through pay-
Moving beyond MTM, the concept of comprehen- for-performance, even while those reimbursement
sive medication management (CMM) is designed ro systems do not always recognize clinical pharmacy
optimize medication-related medication outcomes services as uniquely billable. It focuses attention
The "Management" in Medication Therapy Management 11
of the United States' gross national product and than the pharmacists who accept these challenges
cost $9,892 per person (Organisation for Eco- as part of their practice.
nomic Co-operation and Development [OECD], The profession has come under more intense
2017), health care consumers have little choice but pressure to reduce the incidence of medication errors
to become more discerning shoppers of health care in both institutional and ambulatory settings (Insti-
goods and services. Because resources are limited, tute of Medicine, 2006). This is placing a burden on
the number of goods and services provided to con- pharmacists to be especially productive, efficient, and
sumers cannot be boundless. Conscientiousness error-free. Productivity is a function of a pharmacist's
in the allocation of resources helps to ensure that ability to manage workflow, technology, the quality
more of the right people receive the right goods and and efficiency of support personnel, phone calls, and
services at the right time and place. Many people other problems that arise in day-to-day practice.
do not stop to think that if a company in the health Moreover, pharmacy administrators reward phar-
care business is not able to pay its own workforce macists who can manage a pharmacy practice. New
and cover its other costs of doing business, it will PharmD graduates may obtain entry-level adminis-
have little choice but to close its doors, leaving a trative positions (e.g., pharmacy department man-
void in the array of goods and services previously ager, area manager, clinical coordinator) within their
afforded to consumers. Even not-for-profit enti- frrst few years of practice. It is not uncommon to see
ties have to pay the bills, because if they cannot pharmacy graduates move up into even higher-level
break even, they too have to shut down operations. administrative positions (e.g., district or regional
Students may be surprised to learn that most not- manager of a chain, associate director or director of a
for-profit companies in health care both depend on hospital pharmacy department) within 5 to 10 years
and compete with companies that are structured on of graduation. Pharmacists who can manage a prac-
a for-profit basis. tice successfully (i.e., reduce errors, engender patient
• The good pharmacist is one who is a "clinical purist. " satisfaction, improve profitability, reduce employee
This is perhaps a manifestation of the other mis- turnover) are in the best position for promotions.
conceptions, in addition to a false pretense that A final point to consider is that even if a phar-
the complexities of modern drug therapy do not macist does not ascend to an administrative posi-
allow time for concern with other matters. On the tion, that person inherently "manages" a practice the
contrary, a lack of knowledge on how to manage instant he or she takes a position as a pharmacist. Staff
resources and a lack of understanding on how to pharmacists in every practice setting manage techni-
work within the current system of health care deliv- cians, clerks, and other personnel every hour of every
ery only impede pharmacists' ability to provide day. They also manage the flow ofwork through their
MTM and other patient-care services. Pharmacists sites and the use of medications by patients. Closely
who "don't want to be bothered with management" tied to this issue is the issue of personal job satisfac-
face the same logistical constraints, such as formu- tion. The pressures on the modern pharmacist are
laries, generic substitution, prior authorizations, unmistakable. Satisfaction with one's job and career
limited networks, employee conflict and lack of are important because they are closely related to one's
productivity, breakdowns in computer hardware satisfaction with life (Gubbins et al., 2015). Pharma-
and software, budgetary limitations, and changes cists' ability to manage their work environment can
in policy, that all other pharmacists face. The prob- have a significant impact on their ability to cope with
lem with the "don't want to be bothered with man- the daily stressors of practice, increasing job satisfac-
agement" pharmacists is that they will be less likely tion, and diminishing the likelihood of career burn-
to operate efficiently within the system, becoming out or impairment through the abuse of alcohol and
frustrated and ultimately less clinically effective drugs.
The "Management" in Medication Therapy Management 13
Table 1-2. Factors Affecting the Delivery of pharmacists do not bias their answers but are able to
Phannacy Goods and Services triage the patient's request with appropriate informa-
tion and recommendations.
Pailent demographics A management perspective is essential when it
Aging population comes to issues dealing with third-party payers (e.g.,
Females as decision makers private insurers, government-sponsored programs--
Ethnic composition of patients see Chapter 23). Unlike other countries, whose health
Attitudes and belief systems care systems are founded on single-payer reimburse-
Beliefs about disease, sick role, and medication ment structures, practitioners in the United States face
taking a mix of payers, including individual patients, private
Trust in the health care delivery system insurers, employers, and government health plans.
Direct-to-consumer advertising of prescription Each payer differs in its formularies (list of approved
drugs drugs), rules for reimbursement, quality indicators,
Third-party payers and coverage issues
and the network of pharmacists qualifled to accept
Complexity/differences among payers' policies
its coverage. Pharmacists must identify payers that
Formularies
compensate their practices to provide high-quality
Limited networks
patient care, while at the same time managing their
Limited access for some patients
own resources to maintain an appropriate level of
Lack of knowledge by patients
Competitive markets profit. Pharmacists must provide information about
Diminished margins insurance coverage to patients, particularly those with
Diversity in the types of providers offering low health literacy, who often do not know about the
products and services intricacies of their plans and the health care system
Technology (Loignon et al., 2018). In addition, pharmacists must
Software coordinate therapeutic plans for patients whose finan-
Automated dispensing technology cial situation may preclude them from receiving cer-
tain therapies and services.
An additional challenge facing pharmacies and
pharmacists is that of shrinking profit margins. A phar-
have about treating their disease states, taking medica- macy's net profit margin is the excess of revenues after
tions, and their trust in the health care ddivery system. covering expenses that it secures as a percentage of its
All the clinical and scientific knowledge in the world total revenues. As the percentage of prescriptions paid
is rendered useless ifpharmacists lack basic: knowledge for by sources other than patients has increased, phar-
about the patients whom they serve. Even the most macy profit margins have decreased. In addition to
carefully devised and therapeutically correct medica- sdecting the right mix of plans in which to participate,
tion care plan will not work if the patient does not pharmacists must seek other opportunities to bring
put faith in the pharmacist's recommendations. Good in additional revenues and decrease expenses, such
pharmacists are able to relate to patients of all persua- as implementing patient-care services, selling ancil-
sions and convince them to put faith in the consulta- lary products, effectively purchasing and maintaining
tion they provide. This requires cultural competence proper levels of inventory, effective marketing, and
by pharmacists and other pharmacy personnel. An having the appropriate amount and type of person-
additional consideration is the increased marketing nel needed to do the job. This is especially important
of health care products directly to consumers. This in light of the fact that consumers have more choices
has resulted inevitably in an increase in the frequency than ever in seeking health care solutions, ranging from
of medication-specific queries from patients. Good nontraditional sources (complementary and alternative
The "Management" in Medication Therapy Management 15
medicine) to more traditional sources (grocery stores, areas where the company's assets could be managed
convenience stores, gift shops, the Internet). more efficiently. While accounting is used to evaluate
Pharmacists must also maintain technologies a company's financial position, finance is more con-
that enhance the dispensing and drug distribution cerned with the sources and uses of funds (e.g., Where
processes, enable the provision of clinical services, will the money come from to pay for new and exist-
and manage information used to make business and ing goods and services? Which goods and services are
patient care decisions (see Chapter 9). Effectively most likely to enhance profitability for a pharmacy?).
managing technology gives pharmacists more time to The other managerial science commonly associ-
provide patient care and perform other practice and ated with managing money is economics. Economics
management functions. is a tool to evaluate the inputs and outcomes of any
Changes in the legal and regulatory environments number ofprocesses, including and even transcending
(see Chapter 13), which have impacted both the types financial considerations. It can be used to determine
of goods and services pharmacists may provide as wdl the right mix of personnel and automated dispens-
as their levds of reimbursement, further underscore ing technologies, the optimal number of prescriptions
the need for practice management skills among phar- dispensed given current staffing levels, whether or not
macists. In addition to knowledge required to help a pharmacy should remain open for additional hours
patients navigate the health care system, pharma- of business, and how much to invest in theft deter-
cists must he able to maximize efficiency in human, rence. It is also used to determine the most appropri-
capital, and technological resources to serve patients, ate drugs to place on a formulary or to include in a
provide services, and take advantage of the unique critical pathway.
opponunities arising to gain reimbursement for their Human resources management (HRM, see
goods and services. Chapter 17) is used to optimize the productivity
of any pharmacy's most critical asset-its people. It
involves determining the jobs that need to be done,
• THE MANAGERIAL recruiting people for those jobs, hiring the right
SCIENCES persons for those jobs, training them appropriatdy,
appraising their performance, motivating them, and
Although mentioned throughout this chapter, a more seeing that they are justly rewarded for their efforts.
formal examination of the managerial sciences should Pharmacy managers are beginning to realize the value
put into perspective their use as tools to implement in support personnel, particularly technicians, if they
pharmacy services effectively. The managerial sciences are going to transform their practice to include more
are summarized in Table 1-3. The reason they are direct patient-care services (see Chapter 19). HRM
referred to as sciences is that their proper application also involves issues such as determining the right mix
stems from the scientific process of inquiry, much the of fringe benefits and retirement, setting vacation and
same as with other pharmaceutical sciences. The sci- absentee policies, assistance with career planning,
ence of accounting (see Chapter 21) involves "keeping ensuring employees' on-the-job safety, and complying
the books," or adequately keeping track of the busi- with laws and rules established by regulatory bodies.
ness' transactions, such as sales revenues, wages paid Melding HRM with other aspects of management
to employees, prescription product purchases from requires excellent leadership skills (see Chapter 3).
suppliers, rent, and utility bills. This must be done It may be easy to assume that marketing is sim-
to ensure that the company is meeting its debts and ply another word for advertising (see Chapters 24
achieving its financial goals. Accounting is also used and 25). While promotional activities are a sig-
to determine the amount of taxes owed, make reports nificant component of marketing, its activities
to external agencies and/or auditors, and identify include identifying the company's strengths over
16 WHY STUDY MANAGEMENT IN PHARMACY SCHOOL?
its competitors, properly identifying consumers to be performed (i.e., workflow design). It also entails
which marketing strategies will be directed, carrying maintaining the proper inventory of prescription and
the right mix of goods and services, arranging these nonprescription products so that, on the one hand,
products for optimal "visual selling," and establish- the pharmacy is not consistently running out of drug
ing the right prices for goods and services. Price set- products that patients need, and on the other hand,
ting is critical not only for goods but also especially there are not excess amounts of products reaching
important for services, particularly MTM and other their expiration date prior to sale or otherwise taking
patient-care services that are increasingly becoming up valuable space that could be used for other pur-
pan of pharmacy practice. poses (see Chapter 27).
Operations management (see Chapter 8) involves Knowledge and skill sets in each of these areas
establishing policies ddineating the activities of each assist and inform yet another very important compo-
employee on a day-to-day basis, what tools they will nent of management, which is value m:ation, which
use to accomplish the tasks, and where those tasks will can be defined as the art of utilizing foundational
The "Management" in Medication Therapy Management 17
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MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS
David P. Zgarrick
• LEARNING OBJECTIVES
After completing this chapter, readers should be able to
1. Define the terms management and managu. Describe how concepts in manage-
ment figure into our everyday lives.
2. Compare and contrast managmzmt and kat:krship.
3. Compare and contrast classical views of management with modern views.
4. Describe the management process within the contexts of what managers do,
resources they manage, and levels at which managers perform their roles.
s. Integrate modern views of management with the management process.
6. Apply the management process to a variety of activities, ranging from performing
professional roles to accomplishing one's tasks of daily living.
• SCENARIO
Krista Connelly is a serond-year pharmacy student. Like most second-year st:udenta, she
describes her life as "incredibly stre&sed. out." A typical day consists of getting up at 6 AM, get-
ting dressed and running out the door by 7 AM, and driving to school to get to her first class
by 8 AM (making sure to avoid the accident on the exprcssway that she heard about on her
21
22 WHY STUDY MANAGEMENT IN PHARMACY SCHOOL?
way out the door). While at school, she finds time to "I don't see how being a manager can help me do the
squeeze in cups of coffee and snack bars between the things I want to as a pharmacist."
lectures, labs, and workshops that usually last until at
least 4 PM. She also makes a point to go to the library
to prepare upcoming assignments, as well as to meet
• CHAPTER QUESTIONS
with her professors to review how she did on her
1. Why is it that all pharmacists should be considered
examinations.
managers regardless of their titles or positions?
After class today, Krista has an Academy of Stu-
2. Why should pharmacy students study management?
dents of Pharmacy (ASP) meeting. Krista is the presi-
3. What is the difference between management and
dent of her chapter and works with committee chairs
leadership?
to accomplish the goals of the organization. In the
4. How does management affect every aspect of our
past few weeks, she has helped the new professional
daily lives?
service chairperson develop a diabetes screening pro-
5. Will the same approach to management be effec-
gram, talked her fundraising chairperson out of quit-
tive for all types of situations encountered by
ting, and wrote a repon on each committee's activities
pharmacists?
for the chapter website. While Krista enjoys her lead-
ership role in ASP, she finds some of the people she
works with to be frustrating and wonders how she can • WHAT IS MANAGEMENT?
motivate them to do a better job.
After her meeting, Krista drives to a fast-food res- For many people, a distinct set of images comes to
taurant to grab a quick dinner on her way to her part- mind when they hear the word management. First and
time pharmacy intern job. When she is not working, foremost, they think of a person (or possibly a group
she will usually head to a friend's house to study for of people) who is "the boss" to whom they report at
an upcoming examination. She typically gets back to work. While some people view their relationships
her apartment between 10 and 11 PM and mentally with management as positive, many of us have had
prepares for what she needs to do in the next few experiences where this has not been the case. This is
days. She might stream a new show or spend some why when you ask people what they think of manage-
time on social media before heading to bed at around ment, they often provide negative views and experi-
midnight. ences. Ask pharmacy students what they think about
On weekends, Krista catches up on what one entering careers in pharmacy management, and you
might call "activities of daily living." She does her likely will get answers similar to those provided by
laundry, pays her bills, calls her parents and friends Krista Connelly and her friends in the scenario.
back home, and gets together with her friends on Perhaps it may be better to start by looking a bit
Saturday nights. When Krista and her friends (most more closely at the term management. The stem of
of whom are also pharmacy students) go out, they the word is manage, which according to the Merriam-
often talk about their plans after they graduate from ~bster Dictionary is a verb meaning "to handle or
pharmacy school. They talk about how exciting it will direct with a degree of skill, to work upon or try to
be to treat patients, work with other health care pro- alter for a purpose, or to succeed in accomplishing"
fessionals, and finally start making a pharmacist's sal- (Merriam-Webster, 2019). Think about how this
ary to begin paying down their student loans. None definition applies to your daily life. Have you ever
of them says that they want to be pharmacy managers. handled or directed something with a degree of skill
"The pharmacy manager at my store is always on my (even if it was just yourself)? Have you worked upon
case about coming in late or having to arrange my or altered something for a purpose (your appearance,
hours around my examination schedule," said Krista. perhaps)? Have you ever succeeded in accomplishing
Management Functions 23
a task (even if it was just getting to an examination responsibilities or position, should view themselves as
on time)? managers.
Management educators focus on processes, the Another term that is often used in concert with
"how" tasks are accomplished and goals are achieved. management is kadership. While some people use the
Daft (2018) defines management as "attainment terms interchangeably to describe characteristics that
of organizational goals in an efficient and effective are expected of people who are "in charge" of organi-
manner through planning, organizing, leading, and zations, leadership is a distinctly different skill from
controlling organizational resources." Tootelian and management. Leadership involves the ability to guide,
Gaedeke (1993) describe management as "a process inspire, and direct others. While it certainly is desir-
which brings together resources and unites them in able that managers have leadership skills, the two do
such a way that, collectivdy, they achieve goals or not necessarily go hand in hand. You can learn more
objectives in the most efficient manner possible." A about leadership and its role in effective pharmacy
process which is simply a method of doing something. management in Chapter 3. Because managers use
Processes are used to perform simple everyday tasks resources, including resources that may or may not
(e.g., checking your phone or driving to school) as well bdong to them, managers must also apply ethical
as more complex activities (e.g., hiring a pharmacy principles when making decisions and solving prob-
technician or monitoring the outcomes of a patient's lems. Chapter 4 provides an overview of ethical prin-
drug therapy). People perform processes because ciples that are applied by pharmacists in the context
they want to achieve a goal or objective. Goals and of managing their operations and caring for patients,
objectives can be personal (e.g., keeping track of your in addition to reminding us that both managerial and
friends or getting to school on time) or professional leadership skills are important.
(e.g., a smoothly operating pharmacy or high-quality
patient care). Because processes require resources, and
because resources are scarce (they are not present in • CLASSICAL AND MODERN
unlimited supply), it is important that resources be VIEWS OF MANAGEMENT
used in such a way as to achieve goals and objectives
in the most efficient manner possible. While one While management activities have been part ofhuman
could achieve one's goal of getting to school on time existence since there have been tasks to perform and
by driving 90 miles an hour, one also could argue that goals to accomplish (e.g., gathering food or finding
this would not be the most efficient use of the driver's shelter), the study of management as a scientific and
resources, especially if there is a sharp turn ahead or a academic curriculum is relatively new. Before the
police officer waiting around the corner. industrial revolution of the 18th and 19th centuries,
Managers are simply people who perform man- most people lived and worked alone or in small
agement activities. While people whom we think of as groups. While people at that time still had goals and
"the boss" and those with administrative titles within objectives that needed to be accomplished efficiently,
an organization certainly are managers, the fact is there was little formal study of the best ways to do
that anyone who has a task to accomplish or a goal so. The advent of the industrial revolution brought
to achieve is also a manager (see Chapter 14). Phar- together groups of hundreds and thousands of people
macy students and pharmacists who say that they do who shared a common objective. To get large groups
not want to be managers may not desire the author- of people to work together effectively, industrialists
ity and responsibilities of having an administrative and academics established hierarchies and systems
position, but there is no getting around their need to that allowed large industrial organizations to ac.com-
use resources efficiently to perform the tasks related plish their goals, especially goals related to growth and
to their jobs. All pharmacists, regardless of their job profitability.
24 WHY STUDY MANAGEMENT IN PHARMACY SCHOOL?
Around the wm of the 20th century, an American Fayol argued that all organizations, regardless of size
industrialist and a French engineer began to publish or objective, had to perform a standard set of func-
observations in what would become known as the tions to operate efficiently. Fayol's five management
classical or administrative, school of management functions (i.e., forecasting and planning, organizing,
thought. F.W. Taylor, an executive with Bethlehem commanding, coordinating, and controlling) became
Steel, published The Principles of Scientific Manage- widdy accepted throughout the industrialized world.
ment in 1911. He was among the first to espouse Both Fayol's five management functions and 14 prin-
applying scientific principles to management of the ciples for organizational design (Table 2-1) are still
workplace. Henri Fayol, a French mining engineer used by managers today. For example, while in the
and corporate executive, published Administration scenario Krista Conndly has the responsibility for
Industrie/le et Generak in 1916. Both Taylor and working with her ASP chapter's committee chairs,
she cannot be effective in her ability to carry out her and medicine. These books and research studies
responsibilities unless her position provides her with make important contributions to management sci-
authority that is recognized by the committee chairs. ence, given the continued need to use scarce resources
Much ofTaylor's and Fayol's work was developed to achieve goals and objectives in an ever-changing
based on the workplace conditions of the 19th and business climate. Readers will also see many quotes
early 20th centuries. The great industries of those from management practitioners throughout the text,
times focused primarily on the mass production describing how they have applied management theo-
of tangible goods. Very few people were educated ries, evidence, and experience in the real world. As
beyond high school. The few people with higher lev- such, we have leveraged all of these aspects into a text
els of education (almost always men) generally were that provides practical advice and strategies for read-
given administrative positions. They were expected to ers to translate into everyday practice, both in a phar-
supervise large numbers of less educated production- macy and in our personal lives.
line employees. In this hierarchy, the role of adminis-
trators generally was to command and control their
employees, and the role of workers was to carry out • THE MANAGEMENT
the tasks at hand without question. PROCESS
On the other hand, the workforce and workplace
of the early 21st century have evolved into some- Figure 2-1 describes one way in which Fayol's man-
thing quite different. According to the U.S. Bureau agement functions can be adapted to describe what
of Labor Statistics (2019), more than three times the managers do in today's world. There are three dimen-
number of people are employed in positions which sions of management: (1) activities that managers per-
provide services than are employed in jobs which pro- form, (2) resources that managers need, and (3) levels
duce tangible goods. Today's workforce is better edu- at which managers make decisions. Every action taken
cated and more highly skilled than workers have been by a manager involves at least one aspect of each of the
in the past. In many cases, today's administrators have three dimensions.
less formal education and fewer technical skills than
the people they are supervising. Management Activities
These trends have led many to question the rel- Fayol's five management functions have been adapted
evance of classical management theories in today's to describe four activities that all managers perform.
rapidly changing world. Browse the "Business'' sec- While managers who hold administrative positions in
tion of practically any bookstore or online bookseller their organizations may have formal ways of perform-
and you'll find literally hundreds of works written by ing these activities (and are evaluated on their ability
management "gurus" such as Covey, Drucker, Peters, to get them done), all managers (which means all of
and many others espousing modern management us!) perform each of these activities every day, whether
techniques and offering "hands on" advice about how we are thinking of them or not.
to deal with day-to-day workplace issues. This text The first of these four activities is planning. Plan-
recognizes the value of classical management theories ning is predetermining a course of action based on
by using them as the foundation from which each one's goals and objectives. Managers must consider
chapter is built. Classical theories also serve as the many factors when planning, including their internal
foundation upon which well-renowned management and external environments. The pharmacy manager at
researchers, educators, and practitioners perform a community pharmacy or the chief pharmacy officer
their work. Researchers apply scientific methods to of a hospital will develop plans to predetermine which
the study of management and publish their results in drug products she wishes to carry or what professional
scholarly journals, similar to what we see in pharmacy services she might offer. Some pharmacists will even
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Author: S. Baring-Gould
Language: English
By The
LONDON
Preface . . . v
I. The Fall of the Angels . . . 1
II. Adam . . . 7
1. The Creation of Man . . . 7
2. The Pre-Adamites . . . 14
III. Eve . . . 15
IV. The Fall of Man . . . 21
V. Adam and Eve after the Fall . . . 34
VI. Cain and Abel . . . 55
VII. The Death of Adam . . . 62
VIII. Seth . . . 66
IX. Cainan son of Enos . . . 69
X. Enoch . . . 70
1. The Translation of Enoch . . . 70
2. The Book of Enoch . . . 73
XI. The Giants . . . 77
XII. Lamech . . . 82
XIII. Methuselah . . . 84
XIV. Noah . . . 85
XV. Heathen Legends of the Deluge . . . 91
XVI. The Planting of the Vine . . . 106
XVII. The Sons of Noah . . . 109
XVIII. Relics of the Ark . . . 111
XIX. Certain Descendants of Ham . . . 113
XX. Serug . . . 116
XXI. The Prophet Eber . . . 117
XXII. The Prophet Saleh . . . 122
XXIII. The Tower of Babel . . . 130
XXIV. Abraham . . . 135
1. His Youth and early Struggles . . . 135
2. The Call of Abraham, and the Visit to Egypt . . . 148
3. The War with the Kings . . . 152
4. The Birth of Ishmael . . . 157
5. The Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah . . . 158
6. The Birth of Isaac . . . 163
7. The Expulsion of Hagar and Ishmael . . . 167
8. The Strife between the Shepherds . . . 171
9. The Grove in Beer-sheba . . . 172
10. The Offering of Isaac . . . 174
11. The Death of Sarah . . . 183
12. The Marriage of Isaac . . . 187
13. The Death of Abraham . . . 189
XXV. Melchizedek . . . 191
XXVI. Of Ishmael and the Well Zemzem . . . 196
XXVII. Esau and Jacob . . . 201
XXVIII. Joseph . . . 213
XXIX. The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs . . . 229
XXX. Job . . . 231
XXXI. Jethro . . . 237
XXXII. Moses . . . 238
1. Israel in Egypt . . . 238
2. The Birth and Childhood of Moses . . . 245
3. The Youth and Marriage of Moses . . . 252
4. Moses before Pharaoh . . . 261
5. The Passage of the Red Sea . . . 268
6. The giving of the Law . . . 273
7. The Manna . . . 278
8. The smitten Rock . . . 279
9. Moses visits El Khoudr . . . 281
10. The Mission of the Spies . . . 284
11. Of Korah and his Company . . . 287
12. The Wars of the Israelites . . . 290
13. The Death of Aaron . . . 293
14. The Death of Moses . . . 296
XXXIII. Joshua . . . 301
XXXIV. The Judges . . . 304
XXXV. Samuel . . . 305
XXXVI. Saul . . . 311
1. War with the Philistines.—Goliath slain . . . 311
2. Saul’s Jealousy of David . . . 315
3. The Death of Saul . . . 317
XXXVII. David . . . 318
XXXVIII. Solomon . . . 333
1. How Solomon obtained Power . . . 333
2. How Solomon feasted all Flesh . . . 335
3. The Building of the Temple . . . 337
4. The Travels of Solomon . . . 339
5. The History of the Queen of Sheba . . . 344
6. Solomon’s Adventure with the Apes . . . 350
7. Solomon marries the Daughter of Pharaoh . . . 350
8. How Solomon lost and recovered his Ring . . . 352
9. The Death of Solomon . . . 355
XXXIX. Elijah . . . 356
XL. Isaiah . . . 359
XLI. Jeremiah . . . 362
XLII. Ezekiel . . . 363
XLIII. Ezra . . . 364
XLIV. Zechariah . . . 366
I.
THE FALL OF THE ANGELS.
In the beginning, before the creation of heaven and earth, God made
the angels; free intelligences and free wills; out of His love He made
them, that they might be eternally happy. And that their happiness
might be complete, He gave them the perfection of a created nature;
that is, He gave them freedom.
But happiness is only attainable by the free will agreeing in its
freedom to accord with the will of God. Some of the angels by an act
of free will obeyed the will of God, and in such obedience found
perfect happiness; other angels by an act of free will rebelled against
the will of God, and in such disobedience found misery.
Such is the catholic theory of the fall of the angels.
Historically, it is represented as a war in heaven. “And there was war
in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and
the dragon fought and his angels, and prevailed not; neither was
their place found any more in heaven. And the great dragon was
cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which
deceiveth the whole world; he was cast out into the earth, and his
angels were cast out with him.”[1] The reason of the revolt was that
Satan desired to be as great as God. “Thou hast said in thine heart, I
will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of
God; I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation in the sides of
the north; I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like
the Most High.”[2]
The war ended in the fall of Satan and those whom he had led into
apostasy; and to this fall are referred the words of Christ, “I saw
Satan like lightning fall from heaven.”[3]
Fabricius, in his collections of the apocryphal writings of the Old
Testament, has preserved the song of triumph which the Archangel
Michael sang on obtaining the victory. This is a portion of it:—
“Glory to our God! Praise to His holy Name! He is our God; glory be
to Him! He is our Lord! His be the triumph! He has stretched forth His
right hand; He has manifested His power, He has cast down our
adversaries. They are mad who resist Him; they are accursed who
depart from His commandments! He knoweth all things, and cannot
err. His will is sovereignly just, and all that He wills is good, all that
He advises is holy. Supreme Intelligence cannot be deceived;
Perfect Being cannot will what is evil. Nothing is above that which is
supreme, nothing is better than that which is perfect. None is worthy
beside Him but him whom He has made worthy. He must be loved
above all things and adored as the eternal King. You have
abandoned your God, you have revolted against Him, you have
desired to be gods; you have fallen from your high estates, you have
gone down like a fallen stone. Acknowledge that God is great, that
His works are perfect, and that His judgments are just. Glory be to
God through ages of ages, praises of joy for all His works!” This
song of the Archangel is said to have been revealed to S. Amadeus.
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