Pharmacy Stakeholder Groups Collaborate to Draft Pharmacy Principles for Health Care Reform
WASHINGTON-(Business Wire)-February 10, 2009 - As the new administration embarks on one of its top priorities—reforming the nation’s healthcare system—twelve pharmacy stakeholder groups have collaborated to form the Pharmacy Principles of Health Care Reform which will be announced during a media briefing on February 12, 2009 at the National Press Club. The stakeholders include: Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy, American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, American College of Clinical Pharmacy, American Pharmacists Association, American Society of Consultant Pharmacists, American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, Food Marketing Institute, National Association of Chain Drug Stores, National Alliance of State Pharmacy Associations, National Community Pharmacists Association, Rite Aid Corporation, and Walgreen Co.
Pharmacists have a critical role to play as the medication experts and most accessible member of patients’ health care team. The Pharmacy Principles of Health Care Reform lay the ground work for what the profession can do to advance the health care system’s delivery of services by:
- Improving the quality and safety of medication use,
- Assuring patient access to needed medications and pharmacists services,
- Promoting health information technology interoperability.
| WHAT: | Media briefing of the Pharmacy Principles for Health Care Reform | |
| WHEN: | Thursday, February 12, 2009, 9:30 to 11:00 a.m. EST | |
| WHERE: | *National Press Club, 529 14th St. NW, 13th Floor (Zenger Room) | |
| There is a call-in number for media who are unable to attend the live press conference: | ||
| 1-800-277-3988. There is no pass code. | ||
| WHO: | John Coster | |
| Senior Vice President of Government Affairs | ||
| National Community Pharmacists Association | ||
| Tom Menighan, RPh, MBA, FAPhA | ||
| Executive Vice President & CEO Designate | ||
| American Pharmacists Association | ||
| Bruce Roberts, RPh | ||
| Executive Vice President & CEO | ||
| National Community Pharmacists Association | ||
| Steven Anderson, IOM, CAE, | ||
| President & CEO | ||
| National Association of Chain Drug Stores | ||
*Please RSVP to Erin Wendel, ewendel@aphanet.org or 202.429.7558 by COB on February 10, 2009 if you plan to attend in-person or dial-in. Upon RSVP, you will be provided a copy of the Pharmacy Principles for Health Care Reform. Extra copies will be available on site and on the stakeholders’ Web sites.
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