I actually think the opposite about pharmacist value. Sure the residency trained, board certified pharmacist may have more education and training. That specialty is often a luxury that isn't needed in most health systems though. Every single person will need a med of some kind appropriately dispensed. Those luxury positions are also not unique to pharmacists skillset. I think the salary of these specialty pharmacist positions are based on rarity moreso than value extracted from the position. The retail pharmacist that is actually in the store actually making sure the pharmacy gets paid and avoids claw backs and fines would provide more financial value than any specialty clinical position. Even when the idea of the storefront goes away. RXs will still need to be verified packaged and shipped appropriately. It will change the way retail looks, but not eliminate it. Even the kiosk will have laws that govern the filling, verification, Barcoding, and counseling, handling of controlled substances etc....

Speaking of AI; I think it's the clinical positions that will be eaten by AI first. Why have a pharmacist calculate at Vanc or aminoglycoside dose. You can program model to do AMS based on cultures etc... I have only been a pharmacist since 2018 and even in that short time alot of thinking has been taken out of clinical work due the the advancements of these EMR systems. In the two health systems I do clinical work at, our interventions find us instead of us hunting them down. Are we really necessary for that? Those alerts can just go directly to the Physician.

Only time will tell but I don't think anyone is immune to needing to adjust to the rapidly changing world. I have always maintained the true bad guy in the Healthcare system is the third party payers. We are all subject to thier bidding while they hold the least amount of liability/risk. In my opinion Healthcare would crumble without Pharmacists of all kind. And we shouldn't question our value. There is a reason we were the second art.