With 19 locations throughout the Milwaukee area, Hayat Pharmacy focuses on providing quality health care to the underserved. To Hashim Zaibak, pharmacist and owner, quality health care isn’t about dispensing medications; it’s about removing barriers that influence his community’s health. The pharmacists and pharmacy technicians of Hayat, an Arabic word that means “life,” visit patients in their homes, and the team collectively speaks over 20 different languages and dialects. During these visits, which Zaibak calls “Medication Therapy Management,” or MTM, pharmacists educate patients about their medical conditions, provide alternative methods for health management, administer antipsychotic medications, and ensure that …
