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Cencora's 2026 Pharmacy Outlook highlights benchmarking data on specialty, 340B, infusion, and more from 100+ health system pharmacy leaders. At over 60 pages, this flagship thought leadership asset -- distributed in print and electronic form -- is key to how the company positions itself as a strategic health systems partner. The project behind this publication began with an extraordinarily short four-month timeline that involved creating a multi-question survey emailed to leaders at regional health systems, community hospitals, integrated delivery networks, ambulatory centers, and critical access hospitals across the U.S. with an average pharmacy spend of $144.8M.  In addition to helping craft and proof survey questions, my role involved developing an outline of the entire report; coordinating review of survey results with six different teams representing areas reflected in the results; interviewing dozens of team members about what the results represent; and then writing and edit...

The 2022 Annual Impact Report is a comprehensive, 21-page document that answers who CastleBranch is, why the company does what it does, and what makes it special.  The publication shines a spotlight on the work CastleBranch is doing to help millions of individuals transition from education to and through professional life -- with a special focus on improving the pathways from healthcare education to healthcare employment, to reduce the nationwide nursing shortage, and to improve the healthcare experience for all. The Report was a multi-month project requiring work from initial concept to final publication, utilizing skills such as research, interviewing, writing, editing and proofing. Click here to view a copy on the CastleBranch website, or click here for a version hosted on Google Docs .

Press Release: Duke to Give Apple iPods to First-Year Students for Educational Use (Click for original Duke University press release by David Menzies)    — Duke University will distribute Apple iPods to its incoming freshmen, as part of an initiative to encourage creative uses of technology in education and campus life. The pocket-sized digital devices, which can download and make use of both audio and text material, will be preloaded with Duke-related content, such as information for freshman orientation and the academic calendar. ( Click for resulting Inside Higher Ed coverage )

Heather Bell Adams, Nina de Gramont, J.G. Hetherton, Donna Everhart, Leah Weiss Complete Lineup at Sold-Out Event HAMPSTEAD, N.C. – Local Author David Dean joined five fellow southern writers Saturday, March 11 at the 2023 Feast of Authors Luncheon sponsored by Quarter Moon Bookstore of Topsail Beach. The sold-out event held at Nineteen Restaurant featured presentations, Q&A, and book signings by Dean and Leah Weiss, Donna Everhart, J.G. Hetherton, Heather Bell Adams, and Nina de Gramont. "The camaraderie and networking with such a great group of authors was amazing, as were the many conversations with the wonderful readers who we got the opportunity to visit with," Dean said. During his presentation, Dean discussed the genesis behind writing OBX, his action-packed murder/mystery novel set in the Outer Banks of North Carolina, and the inspiration behind the strong female lead character Michael Francis. The State Bureau of Investigation agent and mother of three navigates ...

OUTER BANKS, N.C. – OBX , David Dean’s new suspense thriller set in North Carolina’s Outer Banks, has made its way onto shelves of local bookstores and gift shops from Duck to Ocracoke as sales soar for the engaging summer read.  The 300-page novel is also available for purchase online as a paperback via IndieBound.org, Amazon.com and BarnesandNoble.com. Additionally, it is published as an eBook for the Amazon Kindle on Amazon.com. OBX (ISBN: 979-8-218-00862-8) is the first in a series of books featuring Michael Francis, an agent with the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation. Agent Francis is sent from Raleigh to the vacation mecca of the Outer Banks to investigate the murder of an influential politician’s staffer. The struggling mother of three finds herself in a gathering storm of cover-ups, crooked cops, drug trafficking, and attempts on her life while she deals with a difficult separation from her police detective husband. In the midst of unexpected and confusing romant...

TOPSAIL ISLAND, N.C. – Just in time for summer, David Dean’s new suspense thriller OBX is now available in paperback to independent booksellers on IngramSpark. OBX (ISBN: 979-8-218-00862-8) is set in the popular beach destination of North Carolina’s Outer Banks and introduces readers to NC State Bureau of Investigation Agent Michael Francis as she investigates the murder of an influential politician’s staffer, right in the middle of a campaign. The struggling mother of three finds herself in a gathering storm of cover-ups, crooked cops, drug trafficking, and attempts on her life while she deals with a difficult separation from her police detective husband. In the midst of unexpected and confusing romantic overtures from a prime suspect, an approaching hurricane threatens to sabotage her investigation as Michael chases down a serial killer who's been operating in the shadows for years, facing human threats more dangerous than mother nature herself in a climactic ending with an unexp...