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Left to right: Alexa Mitchell and Holly Moore, both second-year pharmacy students at Washington State University \r\n\tCollege of Pharmacy, work with clinical assistant professor Kimberly McKeirnan, PharmD, to deliver health screenings \r\n\tat a local Albertsons pharmacy.
Better industry collaboration equates to better patient care and lower costs. This industry-recognized truth is especially true within medication management processes, where errors and preventable adverse events are a focal point of national attention.
WASHINGTON – In their ongoing commitment to protect TRICARE beneficiaries’ access to prescription medications, the National Association of Chain Drug Stores and the National Community Pharmacists Association sent letters last week to the chairmen and ranking members of the House Armed Services Committee and the Senate Armed Services Committee urging them to protect TRICARE beneficiary access by refusing to further increase retail community pharmacist copayments.
Drug Store News in March published the fifth edition of RxImpact, a special supplement to DSN, produced in support of the National Association of Chain Drug Stores’ RxImpact Day on Capitol Hill. The special Rx-Impact report — inserted in headquarter copies of this issue of DSN and delivered to all current members of the U.S.
WASHINGTON — The Senate this week unanimously passed the Ensuring Patient Access and Effective Drug Enforcement Act to help ensure that prescription drugs land in the hands of patients and not those who would abuse them.
WASHINGTON - Now in its eighth year, the 2016 National Association of Chain Drug Stores RxIMPACT Day on Capitol Hill kicked off by showcasing both quantity and quality in grassroots advocacy and political engagement.
The event that is bringing nearly 400 pharmacy advocates to Capitol Hill on March 16 and 17 to meet with 90% of the U.S. Congress also is recognizing with a series of awards those who help to set the standard for advancing and telling the story of pharmacy patient care.
This month, DSN published the fifth edition of RxImpact, a special stand-alone report that we produce to help educate lawmakers about the ever-expanding role community pharmacy plays in our nation’s healthcare system. The issues are stuffed into kits that National Association of Chain Drug Store members leave behind with members of Congress during desk-side meetings that are organized by NACDS.
Left to right: Alexa Mitchell and Holly Moore, both second-year pharmacy students at Washington State University
College of Pharmacy, work with clinical assistant professor Kimberly McKeirnan, PharmD, to deliver health screenings
at a local Albertsons pharmacy.