Pharmacist prescribes shift from pills to patients

When US-trained Chinese pharmacist Lijian "Leo" Cai returned to China for two weeks this month, he only had one day to spend with his family.

The rest of his time was devoted to salons, talks and seminars in Shanghai, Beijing and Jinan, capital of Shandong province, in which he pushed for an overhaul of the pharmacy system.

Cai is the medication safety officer of The University of Chicago Medical Center (UCMC) and an adjunct faculty member of the College of Pharmacy, Chicago State University (CSU).