Special DSN report examines pharmacy’s ‘impact’

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. House of Representatives and Senate — is meant to help educate lawmakers on the important role community pharmacy plays as the face of health care in neighborhoods all across America, helping to lower the cost of health care, improving patient access, advancing the quality of care and ultimately delivering better outcomes.



“Eight years ago, NACDS and allied organizations released a document entitled ‘Project Destiny,’ which sought to facilitate pharmacy’s healthcare services beyond medications,” wrote NACDS president and CEO Steve Anderson in a special column for the DSN special report. “Since that time, NACDS members have made tremendous strides in innovating healthcare delivery.”



Slated for March 17, in Washington, D.C., the annual NACDS event brings together hundreds of community pharmacy executives, pharmacy college deans and students, and other pharmacy advocates for a day of meetings with members of Congress and key Congressional staffers to emphasize the importance of pro-patient/pro-pharmacy policy to U.S. health care.



To download the digital version of DSN’s RxImpact report, visit DrugStoreNews.com/DigitalEditions.