The year’s end always offers a unique opportunity to look ahead and begin planning for what is to come. It also is a time to reflect on the past year’s positive and negative experiences. After all, an understanding of both is necessary for growth. While negative experiences can be seen as lessons and parsed for corrective actions, do not gloss over your accomplishments as simply doing your job.

In contemplating the end of 2017, a tumultuous year to be sure, I looked back at the archive of Pharmacy Purchasing & Products (pppmag.com/issues) and scrolled all the way to the bottom: 2004. As with any enterprise, perhaps the best way to gauge success is taking the time to measure exactly how far we’ve traveled. Setbacks are a given, but true success is built over time. At PP&P, we have hundreds of authors to thank for their erudite contributions over the years to the betterment of hospital pharmacy practice.

In recognition of their efforts, we compile a list of all our annual authors to thank them once more for their knowledge, fortitude, and grace. The list is delightfully long and undoubtedly includes colleagues and friends. We ask that you take a look at page 6 and take a moment to recognize the contributions of your peers. We hope it serves to motivate you to share one of your success stories (or even a setback). PP&P is only as strong as the pharmacy thought leaders who enable us.

2018 is shaping up to be another interesting year and opportunity abounds for continued improvement of pharmacy operations. We hope you will continue to look to PP&P as a trusted source of peer-to-peer pharmacy practice knowledge. As we head into our 15^th year, we are proud of the work we have done and of the excellent pharmacy practitioners who have enabled our efforts.

All the best,

R. Mitchell Halvorsen
Publisher